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Review: CHAIN OF LOVE (A BROADWAY ALBUM) Release Party And Concert With Carly Ozard And Friends
What did our critic think of CHAIN OF LOVE (A BROADWAY ALBUM) ALBUM RELEASE PARTY AND CONCERT WITH CARLY OZARD AND FR at GRNHS Gallery + Studio?...
Review: HOME? A PALESTINIAN WOMAN'S PURSUIT OF LIFE, LIBERTY & HAPPINESS at Z Below
Hend is an adorable Palestinian five-year old giddy about attending her Jewish best friend’s Purim party. Dressed as a pretty princess, she can’t wait for the poppyseed hamantaschen, the ubiquitous pastry of the holiday....
Review: MJ Dazzles at Broadway San Jose
It was the 1984 Grammys, and a friend and I were lucky enough to score tickets in the cheap seats at LA’s Shrine Auditorium. Michael Jackson’s Thriller was a global phenomenon, and the excitement was electric even before the award show began....
Review: THE MAGNOLIA BALLET at Shotgun Players
A Black queer teen longs to be touched, to be held and squeezed tight. His expression of love is hampered by generations of stoic, toxic masculinity unable to express tenderness or self-expression. ...
Review: LIBERACE & LIZA: A TRIBUTE 'PIER PRESSURE' at Feinstein's At The Nikko
Liberace & Liza: Pier Pressure (A Tribute), which rolls back into Feinstein’s for a return engagement, is one of the finest acts of this genre, featuring two extraordinary performers combining their talents to bring Liberace and Liza Minelli to life. ...
Review: JURASSIQ PARQ at SF Oasis
There’s a strong history of outrageous drag performance art in San Francisco. Born of necessity as a weapon against homophobia, discrimination and vile hatred, the gay community developed an all-inclusive, often comic, in-your-face style of theatre that includes nudity, sexual innuendo, and social...
Review: MY FAIR LADY at SF Playhouse
Who doesn’t love a good transformation story? Dowdy bookkeeper Loretta Castorini morphing into Cher in Moonstruck or the streetwise prostitute becoming the elegant Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman are contemporary examples. ...
Review: MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL at Broadway San Jose
While many performances deliver a pleasing experience, only a rare, luminous creation possesses the alchemical magic to truly dazzle, delight, and forever enchant an audience, leaving an indelible mark on their hearts and minds. And what, you ask, is this extraordinary show? Ladies and gentlemen, ...
Review: DISRUPTION at Dolores Park
Michael Gene Sullivan and his troupe may be secretly saying to us all- “See I told ya so.” For 66 years they have been to sole voice of the left in the Bay Area scene, and their continuous commitment to socially relevant, in-your-face politically resistant theatre in proudly realized in this yea...
Review: & JULIET at Orpheum Theatre
Witty, funny, flashy, and eye-popping, & Juliet rides the wave of phenomenally successful jukebox musicals and succeeds not only with the familiarity of the pop songs it includes, but by its remarkably well-written book...
Review: COME BACK TO THE 5 & DIME, JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
Robinson’s adaptation sticks to the development of the characters and deletes some unnecessary filler. Set in Nina Ball’s excellently appointed 5 & Dime during a drought, the once thriving town is now a dried-up skeleton, and the women brought together for their reunion are all caught up in the ...
BWW Review: Transcendence Theatre's ‘BROADWAY UNDER THE STARS’ - Best Year Ever
The Transcendence Theatre Company welcomed in their 14th season with ‘Broadway’s Best Night Ever,’ featuring some of the greatest songs from favorite musicals spanning multiple generations. From old classics such as CAROUSEL, GYPSY, and A CHORUS LINE to more modern shows like WICKED, THE NOT...
Review: DO YOU FEEL ANGER? at Marin Theatre
Marin Theatre concludes its 24-25 season with Mara Nelson Greenberg’s Do You Feel Anger?, about an empathy coach hired to train workers at a debt collection agency facing major lawsuits for their abusive communication skills....
Review: DOODLER at The Marsh
Developed during the COVID pandemic lockdown, this one-man show has Fisher playing about a dozen characters and running the technical aspects of the show as well....
Review: CO-FOUNDERS at American Conservatory Theatre
There was a palpable buzz pre-show at A.C.T.’s Strand Theater for the world premiere of a new hip-hop musical, a buzz that turned to excitement and joy once the curtain rose and the opening number commenced. Wildly creative, bristling with kinetic energy, beautifully staged and excellently acted, ...
Review: NEXT TO NORMAL at Victoria Theatre
A musically gifted daughter feeling neglected and invisible. A dutiful husband struggling to cope, and the ghost of a dead child waiting for recognition before ascending. These are the emotionally devastated characters orbiting Diana Goodman, wife, and mother coping with mental illness....
Review: A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL at Golden Gate Theatre
It’s a good guess that ticket buyers walking into the Golden Gate Theatre will anticipate a rip-roaring concert of Neil Diamond's greatest hits – and the show absolutely delivers on that front. ...
Review: JUSTIN VIVIAN BOND: OH WELL at Feinstein's At The Nikko
Before JVB was a sensation in New York City ( Tony-nomination (2007) GLAAD (2000), Obie (2001), Bessie (2004), Ethyl (2007), and a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists (2012) awards, and 2024 MacArthur Fellow), they were a cherished counterculture icon in San Francisco....
Review: SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER at Altarena Playhouse
SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER at Altarena Playhouse is a slow burn of a Tennessee Williams’ play that never fully catches fire. It is a challenging play that delves into darker themes while retaining some of the lyricism of William’s style. With a focus on mental illness, manipulation, perversion, pride,...
Review: PARADE at Orpheum Theatre
A true story of unspeakable injustice is beautifully realized in Parade, deservedly winner of the 2023 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical. Like its dramatic courtroom cousins Inherit then Wind and To Kill a Mockingbird, Parade brings humanity to a tragedy, faces to the pictures projected on a ...
Review: TO MY GIRLS at New Conservatory Theatre Center
JC Lee’s 2022 To My Girls continues the tradition of a group of gay guys getting together to trade snarky barbs, renew friendships and uncover hidden grudges....
Review: THE RADICALIZATION OF ROLFE at Safehouse Arts
Andrew Bergh’s The Radicalization of Rolfe, winner of a 2016 FringeNYC Overall Excellence Award, might have had its germination by observing the naïve American white males joining the MAGA movement of our current president. ...
Review: THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME at SF Playhouse
San Francisco Producing Director and co-founder Susi Damilano has done a remarkable job of imagining the world of fifteen-year-old mathematics genius Christopher who just happens to be autistic....
Review: COST OF FREE- A CONVERSATION WITH SAN FRANCISCO MIME TROUPE'S MICHAEL GENE SULLIVAN
The San Francisco Mime Troupe, founded in 1959, started with movement 'Events' with visual art elements and music, segued to commedia dell’arte, and now presents fully fledged outdoor political musical theatre with a decidedly “left” bent. ...
Review: THE AVES at Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Jiehae Park’s World Premiere of her memory play the aves is gorgeously presented with a remarkable scenic design by visual artist Marsha Ginsberg. That the setting, and some fanciful avian puppetry by Erik Sanko becomes the focal point of the play is problematic. The story, set in a number of vign...
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Anastasia the Musical Douglas Morrisson Theatre (5/22-5/31) |
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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 (6/19-6/21) |
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San Francisco Boys Chorus Spring Concert: Coming Together to Sing - Saturday, June 6 Calvary Presbyterian Church (6/06-6/06) |
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The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown Santa Cruz Shakespeare (9/11-10/03) |
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Back to the Future The Musical San Jose Center for the Performing Arts (6/02-6/07) |
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Based on a Totally True Story City Lights Theater Company (1/21-2/14) |
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Iphigenia in Splott Shotgun Players Ashby Stage (7/25-8/30) |
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Comedy Oakland at Elbo Room Thu June 18 8pm Elbo Room Jack London (6/18-6/18) |
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Comedy Oakland at Quinn's Lighthouse Sun June 21 7pm Quinn's Lighthouse (6/21-6/21) |
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Hadestown (Non-Equity) Orpheum Theatre San Francisco (1/07-1/10) |
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