BWW Reviews: A.C.T.'s UNDERNEATH THE LINTEL Delights Through November 23
San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater's Production of 'Underneath the Lintel' has extended its run due to advance ticket sales.
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BWW Reviews: NORM LEWIS in Concert at Bay Area Cabaret
Norm Lewis' amiable charm immediately makes him the best friend, next-door neighbor type.
BWW Reviews: CCMT's TARZAN Swings to Stunning Lesher Center Stage
With a cast that seems to come straight from Broadway, Contra Costa Musical Theatre's production of Disney's Tarzan is a visual spectacle.
BWW Reviews: BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL - A Hit Show with a Bullet
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.
BWW Reviews: 42nd Street Moon's SUPERMAN a Memorable and Fun Time
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.
BWW Reviews: ACT's 1776 Drums Up Patriotic Fun
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.
BWW Reviews: Virago Theatre Company's AROUSAL and The Lover
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.
BWW Reviews: SPAMALOT Pleases at Hillbarn Theatre
Feche la Monty Python quotes and let the familiar one-liners commence.
BWW Reviews: ANYTHING GOES Sets Sail in San Leandro Thru August 25
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.
BWW Reviews: Pinter's NO MAN'S LAND Sublime at Berkeley Rep
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.
BWW Reviews: Lamplighters' IOLANTHE Flies in with the Best
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.
BWW Reviews: HARVEY MILK 2013 with SF GAY MEN'S CHORUS and ANDREW LIPPA Celebrates the Human Spirit
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.
BWW Reviews: Virago's SONIA FLEW Finely Crafted, Must-See Theatre
Virago Theatre Company steps boldly and passionately into heart-wrenching territory with its production of 'Sonia Flew,'.
BWW Reviews: Hillbarn Provides A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
It's fitting that Stephen Sondheim wrote "A Little Night Music" as one grand waltz.
BWW Reviews: LITTLE ME Big on Talent and Value
Jason Graae is a comic genius.
BWW Reviews: STUCK ELEVATOR a Hit at A.C.T.
'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.
BWW Reviews: CCCT's NEXT TO NORMAL is Anything But and is a Must-See!
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"
BWW Reviews: BEING EARNEST Charming But Not Perfect
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.
BWW Reviews: Broadway San Jose's BLUE MAN GROUP Astounds
'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!
BWW Reviews: THE WHIPPING MAN an Incredible and Telling Experience
Playwright Matthew Lopez is a master at weaving jaw-dropping moments of revelation with stirring soliloquies on faith and perfectly placed gems of humor.
BWW Reviews: THE SORCERER is Full of Magic
With a unique staging and charming humor, the Lamplighters' production of 'The Sorcerer' charms audiences.
BWW Reviews: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Limited Engagement Now Thru March 24
'Little Shop of Horrors, the deliciously dark comedy/horror-rock musical -- beloved by high school and community theatre companies across the country -- spreads its gripping green vines now through March 24 in the East Bay at Holy Names University's Regents' Theatre.
BWW Reviews: Those Boys from Jersey Man, Can They Sing! JERSEY BOYS Rocks the Curran Theatre
The hit musical 'Jersey Boys' made its way to the California shore and into San Francisco's Curran Theatre for a spectacular opening night where Franki Valli and the Four Seasons ruled the airwaves once again.
BWW Review: It's a Big Bright Beautiful World with SHREK THE MUSICAL
Decorated with Monty Pythonesque humor, the touring production of 'Shrek' the musical contains enough tasteful pop culture and Broadway musical references to make the Genie at Disney California Adventure's 'Aladdin Musical Spectacular' proud.
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ELTON DOM: The Young Elton Experience Great Star Theater (9/10-9/13) |
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Julius Caesar Marin Shakespeare Company (8/14-9/13) |
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Pickleball Hillbarn Theatre (8/20-9/13) |
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The Fantasticks San Anselmo Playhouse (9/04-9/07) |
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The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown Santa Cruz Shakespeare (9/11-10/03) |
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Dear San Francisco Club Fugazi (9/16-1/10) |
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Hannah Gould’s Divorced: The Musical! The Marsh Berkeley (8/27-8/29) |
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The Legend of Robin Hood Hillbarn Theatre (1/21-2/14) |
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The Glass Menagerie Lesher Center for the Arts (9/06-9/27) |
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“E4TT Call For Scores: Solo Piano, Vol. 3” Berkeley Piano Club (10/25-10/25) |