The latest reviews and critic recommendations from San Francisco / Bay Area.
San Francisco audiences were delighted to welcome a powerful and wistfully evocative production of The Gershwin's Porgy and Bess to the bay area and to the stage of the Golden Gate Theatre where it plays now through December 8.
Cirque du Soleil's newest creation, "Amaluna," has a lyrical feel, like the grand dance of the peacocks it so beautifully uses in much of its imagery.
Swashbuckling adventure and hilarious hijinks await patrons of SHNSF's Curran Theatre with 5-time Tony Award winning Peter and the Star Catcher, which has sailed into San Francisco for a magical turn before returning to Neverland or other parts unknown.
San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater's Production of 'Underneath the Lintel' has extended its run due to advance ticket sales.
Norm Lewis' amiable charm immediately makes him the best friend, next-door neighbor type.
With a cast that seems to come straight from Broadway, Contra Costa Musical Theatre's production of Disney's Tarzan is a visual spectacle.
SHNSF's Curran Theatre in San Francisco hosts the world premiere of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical - a hit-filled bio-musical about the woman whose songs epitomized the late 60s and early 70's.
It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's 42nd Street Moon's campy production of Superman the musical! In the same line as the original Batman television series, It's a Bird… It's a Plane… It's Superman makes fun of comic book heroes in a light way that most fans will appreciate: melodrama.
The creators of '1776' held political opinions that strongly disagreed with the ideals of many, like former president Richard Nixon, who ultimately came to enjoy and appreciate the musical.
Virago Theatre Company's 'shameless passion for theatre' comes alive - twice in one night - with AROUSAL, a new play by George Pfirrmann, and The Lover by Harold Pinter.
Feche la Monty Python quotes and let the familiar one-liners commence.
In 1934, during the height of the Great Depression, Americans were looking for escapist entertainment and they found it in Cole Porter's frothy, screw-ball comedy, Anything Goes.
Berkeley Rep's discerning theatre patrons, long accustomed to high caliber performances and superior productions, were thoroughly beguiled and delighted with the special pre-Broadway presentation of Harold Pinter's No Man's Land.
I grew up on 'The Mikado,' and in the past year or two I've begun to slowly educate myself on Gilbert and Sullivan via Lamplighters Music Theatre, which does one or two full staged Gilbert and Sullivan operettas each year.
Hodges and Hodges attended an historic night at the Nourse Theatre in San Francisco as droves of people came out to celebrate the 35th anniversary season of the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus.
Virago Theatre Company steps boldly and passionately into heart-wrenching territory with its production of 'Sonia Flew,'.
It's fitting that Stephen Sondheim wrote "A Little Night Music" as one grand waltz.
Jason Graae is a comic genius.
'Stuck Elevator' is a thought-provoking, sometimes funny, often stirring piece that opens the door to the dark side of the American dream exposing, in the story of one lone man, the flawed and feckless nature of our attitude toward immigrants.
Contra Costa Civic Theatre offers a prescription for a remarkable theatre experience and an emotionally powerful journey in the Tony award winning "Next To Normal"
Paul Gordon has a distinctive style that has made musicals like "Emma," "Daddy Long Legs," and "Jane Eyre" successful in their smaller regional and short Broadway runs.
'Blue Man Group' is full-throttle fun, deliriously served up and flung out into the audience - which is why the front row people are given plastic ponchos to wear! 'Hodges and Hodges' was there to review the show for you!
Playwright Matthew Lopez is a master at weaving jaw-dropping moments of revelation with stirring soliloquies on faith and perfectly placed gems of humor.
With a unique staging and charming humor, the Lamplighters' production of 'The Sorcerer' charms audiences.
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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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Comedy Oakland at Quinn's Lighthouse Fri July 24 8:30pm Quinn's Lighthouse (7/24-7/24) |
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Macbeth Santa Cruz Shakespeare (7/12-8/30) |
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Ah Ha! Circus Bella (6/03-7/26) |
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Comedy Oakland at Elbo Room Fri Aug 21 7:30pm Elbo Room Jack London (8/21-8/21) |
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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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Goat Blood Theatre Rhinoceros (6/25-7/19) |
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Iphigenia in Splott Shotgun Players Ashby Stage (7/25-8/30) |
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Comedy Oakland at Quinn's Lighthouse Sat Aug 22 8pm Quinn's Lighthouse (8/22-8/22) |
