The latest reviews and critic recommendations from San Francisco / Bay Area.
'Blues in the Night,' now playing 8-weeks at San Francisco's Post Street Theatre, offers an evening from the loneliest pages of the American song-book performed by three stunning ladies in a dimly-lit hotel.
The special off-Broadway engagement of 'The Big Voice: God or Merman?' now playing San Francisco's New Conservatory Theatre Center is an unwavering true, hilarious and passionate story worth a-thousand retellings.
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Finally, after a relative dry-spell, ACT polishes off their 40th season with a hilarious reinvention of Moliere's 'The Imaginary Invalid.
Richard Greenberg's 'Take Me Out,' now at the New Conservatory Theatre Center, is a grand slam production played by a highly focused and polished team of theatrical athletes.
Neil Bartlett's reimagined 'Oliver Twist' abducts Charles Dickens' classic tale, sends it through the meat-grinder, and spits it back onto its feet in a fantastic and grimy work of art.
Ray of Light's 'Songs for a New World' is not afraid of anything, simply putting four-actors center-stage with nothing but the music.
David Harrower's 'Blackbird,' now making its West Coast premiere at the American Conservatory Theatre, is risky, stirring, and uncomfortable.
To close their 37th season, TheatreWorks tackles 'Merrily We Roll Along,' the self-proclaimed Broadway flop.
Edmund White's US premiere of 'Terre Haute' at San Francisco's New Conservatory Theatre Center is beautifully uncomfortable and exceptionally performed, putting us in the opposing minds of a terrorist and a novelist.
The world premiere of Philip Kan Gotanda's 'After the War' at ACT is more a sappy 1940s San Francisco soap-opera than a nod to Japanese-American history.
A winning combination of catchy songs, heart-pumping dance, and good wholesome Jesus-loving makes 'Altar Boyz' a non-stop rockin' evening.
ACT's 'Hedda Gabler,' by Henrik Ibsen and directed by Richard E.
The Berkeley Rep's production of 'The Pillowman' has the expected chill here-and-there and notable performances, but misses some of the essential rhythm of Martin McDonagh's thrilling style of fear.
The SF Playhouse continues its 4th season with a pleasantly funny and touching West Coast premiere, 'Three Seconds in the Key' by Deb Margolin, brimming with creative word- and sport-play.
Ted Neeley phenomenally headlines in the Farewell Tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's 'Jesus Christ Superstar.
The first national tour of 'Jersey Boys,' had unsurprising Opening Night success at San Francisco's Curran Theatre.
'all wear bowlers,' the Drama Desk Award-winning clown act starring Trey Lyford and Geoff Sobelle, is a comical romp that puts a unique and fun spin on familiar gags.
'Convenience,' the five-person Gregg Coffin musical (with only seven chairs and a keyboard), charms audiences at the New Conservatory Theatre Center of San Francisco.
The world-premiere of 'Passing Strange' at the Berkeley Rep, featuring a book and music by Stew, blends psychedelic rhythm with a semi-stale story.
'The Little Foxes' at the American Conservatory Theatre delectably wriggles in a snake-pit of lies, corruption, and familial deceit.
'Chicago' has made a great 2-week stop at San Francisco's Orpheum Theatre.
'The War at Home,' now playing at the New Conservatory Theatre Center, skillfully reminds audiences that the fight for the freedom to love can hit closer than we think.
While dripping in political comedy and appropriateness, Sam Shepard's 'The God of Hell,' now playing the Magic Theatre, offers a cold slap of reality a few years late.
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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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Eureka Day City Lights Theater Company (9/24-10/18) |
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Comedy Oakland at Elbo Room Fri July 31 7:30pm Elbo Room Jack London (7/31-7/31) |
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Little Shop of Horrors 40th Anniversary Tour with Ellen Greene (the Original Audrey) Curran Theatre (8/16-8/16) |
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An Evening with a Mentalist: Jay Alexander's Mind Tricks Live San Francisco Magic Theater (w/Jay Alexander) at the Marrakech (8/07-8/09) |
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Much Ado About Nothing Santa Cruz Shakespeare (7/11-8/30) |
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An Evening with a Mentalist: Jay Alexander's Mind Tricks Live San Francisco Magic Theater (w/Jay Alexander) at the Marrakech (7/31-8/02) |
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Comedy Oakland at Elbo Room Fri July 24 7:30pm Elbo Room Jack London (7/24-7/24) |
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The Sound of Music San Jose Center for the Performing Arts (7/21-7/26) |
