Review: JANE EYRE at Orinda Starlight Village Players
Travel back in time to the days of Georgian England with the Orinda Starlight Village Players’ production of Jane Eyre.
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Review: EMMA at Silicon Valley Shakespeare
Emma, the well-intentioned matchmaker from Jane Austen’s first published novel is brought to life on the stage as the closing show for the 2025 Summer Repertory Sanborn Park Series.
Review: GOOD PEOPLE at Altarena Playhouse
GOOD PEOPLE is a good story with good acting.
Review: PLAZA SUITE by Neil Simon at Hillbarn Theatre
It’s no coincidence that Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite opens Hillbarn’s historic 85th season, for it was 85 years ago that the comedy opened on Broadway.
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.
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.
Review: THE MAGNOLIA BALLET at Shotgun Players
A Black queer teen longs to be touched, to be held and squeezed tight.
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.
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.
Review: DISRUPTION at Dolores Park
Michael Gene Sullivan and his troupe may be secretly saying to us all- “See I told ya so.
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.
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.
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.
Review: NEXT TO NORMAL at Victoria Theatre
A musically gifted daughter feeling neglected and invisible.
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.
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.
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.
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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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“E4TT Call For Scores: Solo Piano, Vol. 3” Berkeley Piano Club (10/25-10/25) |
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School of Rock Hillbarn Theatre (11/19-12/20) |
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The Phantom of the Opera San Jose Center for the Performing Arts (10/07-10/18) |
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The 1940s Radio Hour City Lights Theater Company (11/19-12/20) |
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Bye Bye Birdie Warren Theater (9/18-10/04) |
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Hannah Gould’s Divorced: The Musical! The Marsh Berkeley (8/27-8/29) |