The latest reviews and critic recommendations from San Francisco / Bay Area.
BWW Review: A NOH CHRISTMAS CAROL at Theatre Of Yugen is a stunning traditional Japanese theatre re-imagining of Dicken's famous tale.
The larger-than-life fantasy wizarding world of Harry Potter comes to life on the stage in J.
BWW Review: BULL IN A CHINA SHOP at Aurora Theatre dramatizes the love letters of early women's rights activist Mary Wooley, President of Mt.
BWW Review: GROUNDHOG DAY THE MUSICAL at SF Playhouse is a story of redemption and hope.
BWW Review: THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX at Berkeley Repertory Theatre is PigPen Theatre Co.
Tony Award winning Best Play 'The Humans' (2016) now showing at The San Jose Stage Company.
On November 24, 2019, San Francisco Opera presented Giacomo Puccini's third opera, MANON LESCAUT with two spectacularly large-voiced singers, Liana Haroutounian and Brian Jagde.
On November 23, 2019, the San Francisco Baroque opera company Ars Minerva, presented the modern world premiere of composer Domenico Freschi and librettist Francesco Maria Piccioli's 1680 comedy ERMELINDA.
BWW Review: MOTHER OF THE MAID at Marin Theatre Company is dramatization of the life of Joan of Arc as seen through the eyes of her mother.
a?oeGypsya?? is undeniably one of the all-time great achievements of the American musical theater.
The heyday of Vaudeville may have come to an abrupt end in the 1930s, but it is alive and well in Gypsy, Bay Area Musical's fifth season opening act.
David Hirata has got quite a lot to offer with his multi-layered 'A Box Without a Bottom (Soko-nashi Bako).
Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour's eponymous play a?oeNassima?? currently enjoying an all-too-brief run at the Magic Theatre adheres to an unorthodox format.
Cirque du Soleil has produced a staggering number of shows in its 35-year history--there are no less than seven currently running on the Las Vegas strip alone--so one must marvel at the company's ability to ensure its quality matches its quantity.
Filmmaker Robert Townsend is a born entertainer, and his solo show a?oeLiving the Shufflea?? is perhaps more than anything about the pleasure of his company.
It may be an unfamiliar sport to most American audiences, but in Kate Attwell's ambitious new play Testmatch, cricket becomes a prism in which she explores the lasting legacy of British colonialism in the Commonwealth countries that regularly compete against their former rulers.
The first thing you notice as the lights slowly rise on Noche Flamenca's a?oeEntre Tú y Yoa?? is its astonishing lead dancer, Soledad Barrio.
BWW Review: THE CAKE at New Conservatory Theatre Center is a smart dramatization based on the true story of a baker who refused to bake a same-sex cake.
The trials and tribulations of two thirty-something middle class Single Black Females (SBFs) is presented in a series of comedic vignettes in Lisa B.
Ray of Light's (ROL's) production of The Rocky Horror Show filled me with hope for the youth of America.
Holding court on a corner in downtown San Jose is 3Below Theaters and Lounge.
BWW Review: THE CHINESE LADY at Magic Theatre is a dramatization of the life of Afong Moy, the first Chinese Lady to set foot on American soil.
Magic Theatre kicks off its 2019-20 season with Lloyd Suh's intriguing a?oeThe Chinese Lady.
Watching Richard O'Brien's a?oeThe Rocky Horror Showa?? at San Jose Stage Company, I was struck by what an odd duck the show is.
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The Still Point: An Immersive Experience SOMArts Cultural Center (7/16-7/25) |
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The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark SPARC (7/03-7/26) |
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show Spooktacular Tour with Barry Bostwick Curran Theatre (10/11-10/11) |
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Based on a Totally True Story City Lights Theater Company (1/21-2/14) |
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Therapist Zero Potrero Stage (8/01-8/03) |
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Private Lives by Noel Coward Santa Cruz Shakespeare (9/04-10/04) |
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Ride the Cyclone City Lights Theater Company (7/16-8/23) |
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Company City Lights Theater Company (7/15-8/22) |
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Pearl Ong’s Night Driver The Marsh Berkeley (7/11-8/08) |
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Comedy Oakland at Quinn's Lighthouse Fri July 24 8:30pm Quinn's Lighthouse (7/24-7/24) |
