The latest reviews and critic recommendations from San Francisco / Bay Area.
SPENDING THE END OF THE WORLD ON OK CUPID at Pear Theatre suggests should live in the moment and not be so in our heads and that we should know what we want and go after it.
BORDER PEOPLE, written and performed by Dan Hoyle, is based on his conversations with people who straddle, confront or live in the liminal border spaces where they deal with rejection and acceptance, hope and fear.
The catastrophic after-effects of teen suicide after anti-gay bullying is the subject of LATE COMPANY by Jordan Tannahill, a drama that explores questions of parenthood, the grieving process, tolerance, and forgiveness.
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley puts its high-quality thumbprint on FrostNixon, Peter Morgan's critically-acclaimed recounting of the debates that catapulted one man to new levels of fame and fortune, and the other to exile in San Clemente.
PARADISE SQUARE is a glorious if frustrating addition to the musical theatre canon, blessed with an exceptional cast, a stirring score, and the unbelievably exquisite choreography of Bill T.
MTC presents August Wilson's pentultimate autobiographical memoir of early life in Pittsburgh' Hill District.
Come From Away is far and away one of the best ensemble pieces to come to the Broadway stage in recent memory, and now theatre-goers in the San Francisco Bay area can see it at the Golden Gate Theatre, now through February 3, 2019.
In a production where the whole is certainly equal to the sum of its parts, Tuck Everlasting could emerge as a pleasing and long-lasting alternative to splashier or too familiar seasonal holiday fare.
The humor in many Sedaris pieces comes from the obvious anguish of social misfits forced to contort themselves into a publicly presentable form, or, conversely, the observer's schadenfreude in having the misfit revealed for their true, damaged self.
A Bronx Tale has been a "family" affair for decades.
BWW Review: A CONVERSATION WITH EDITH HEAD at Pear Theatre is an intimate evening of Hollywood backstory with the acclaimed costume designer
BWW Review: DAMES AT SEA at 42nd Street Moon is a zany spoof of 1930s movie musicals
Broadway San Jose welcomed the touring company of Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella, which made a short stop at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts, bringing with it the magical music of Rodgers and Hammerstein.
Laura Gunderson and Margot Melcon return to Jane Austen for a look at Christmas life 'downstairs' at the Pemberley estate.
Volta, the latest Cirque du Soleil tour never stints on athleticism but leaves your breath mostly untaken and your heartstrings unplucked.
There's magic brewing at the Bank's home on 17 Cherry Tree Lane courtesy of the new enchanting nanny Mary Poppins, who as her name suggests, 'pops in' and 'pops out' of her wards lives in SF Playhouse's delightful production of the award-winning Broadway musical based on the similarly titled Mary Po
All aboard for Jaclyn Backhaus' thrilling, testosterone-filled expedition down the Colorado River and through the wonderous gorges of the Grand Canyon in her sly and very funny take on macho adventuring mid-19th century America.
Latin Standards is a belly-laugh funny and loving, side-by-side tale of Willy Chevalier and what he did for laughs and love - and about Marga Gomez - the daughter who followed in his comedic footsteps.
Roger Grunwald has brought THE OBLIGATION, his solo performance on the Holocaust, directed by acclaimed Bay Area theatremaker Nancy Carlin back to Potrero Stage in a welcome and powerful revival.
It would be easy to make FUN HOME a dour polemic about LGBT oppression from within and without, but the gifts of Kron, Tesori, Bechdel - which director Robert Kelley artfully deploys - are the moments of lightness and pure joy that make the losses all the more tragic.
Currently playing at San Jose's 3Below, 'The Mystery of Edwin Drood' is at once a dramatic tour-de-force and a Vaudevillian comedic masterpiece that will have you laughing (not to mention cheering and hissing) and leave you thoroughly entertained.
The Berkeley Repertory Theatre production of fairview is disturbing.
SWEAT neither romanticizes nor demonizes the factory worker or their situations.
Red Scare on Sunset is a high-camp and all-to-relevant play by Charles Busch, currently playing at the New Conservatory Theatre Center in San Francisco.
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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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Private Lives by Noel Coward Santa Cruz Shakespeare (9/04-10/04) |
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Mamma Mia! San Jose Center for the Performing Arts (6/08-6/13) |
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Goat Blood Theatre Rhinoceros (6/25-7/19) |
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Comedy Oakland at Elbo Room Fri July 17 7:30pm Elbo Room Jack London (7/17-7/17) |
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Comedy Oakland at Quinn's Lighthouse Fri July 31 8:30pm Quinn's Lighthouse (7/31-7/31) |
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Comedy Oakland at Elbo Room Thu July 30 8pm Elbo Room Jack London (7/30-7/30) |
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Ronstadt Revolution - Featuring Natalie Amaya Woodminster Amphitheater (7/25-7/25) |
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Therapist Zero Potrero Stage (8/01-8/03) |
