The latest news on live theater in San Francisco from Broadway shows on tour to regional theater.
The Royal Players will present Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella Youth Edition at The Royal Theatre in Benton, with performances, a Royal Tea Party, carriage rides, and a Glass Slipper Hunt.
The Richmond/Ermet Aid Foundation will present the 32nd annual Help Is on the Way: Broadway & Beyond benefit concert on August 2 at San Francisco's Marines' Memorial Theatre.
Single tickets for the San Francisco Symphony's 2026–27 season are set to go on sale, with newly added programs including a memorial concert for Michael Tilson Thomas, Lang Lang in Recital, and Carmina burana.
Broadway and Vine kicked off its 2026 season with a sunset concert by Tony and Olivier Award Winner Lea Salonga on Carneros Resort’s Vineyard Lawn in Napa Valley.
Cabrillo Stage announced its 2026 summer production of SISTER ACT, running at the Crocker Theater in Aptos, CA, with Karriyma Pekary leading the cast as Deloris Van Cartier under director Rebecca Haley Clark.
The San Francisco Symphony will present a memorial concert honoring Michael Tilson Thomas, featuring Audra McDonald, Yuja Wang, and others, with tributes, archival footage, and performances.
BATS Improv is continuing its milestone 40th anniversary season with a lineup of unscripted, original programming already in the works from August through December 2026.
Carnegie Hall's NYO JAZZ will tour Asia this summer under bandleader Kris Johnson, with Grammy-winning vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater as special guest, following concerts at Carnegie Hall and SFJAZZ.
Festival Napa Valley's 20th anniversary season will feature three world premieres, including THE JUDGMENT OF PARIS, a new opera by Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer, plus new works by John Corigliano and Michael Thurber.
OrSVP's production of THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD, the first Bay Area staging of Agatha Christie's story adapted by Mark Shanahan, wraps its run in Orinda with two remaining performances.
Marin Theatre will launch its 60th season with the Bay Area Premiere of THE WHITE CHIP, Sean Daniels' semi-autobiographical comedy about addiction and recovery, directed by Executive Artistic Director Lance Gardner.
The iconic Tortona Big Top will once again rise on the waterfront at Radium Runway at Alameda Point as Vau de Vire Society presents the return of its beloved immersive, circus-infused dinner-theater spectacular, The Soiled Dove.
Opera Parallèle and the San Francisco Transgender District will present the 5th annual EXPANSIVE concert at A.
Red Barn Productions, creators of The Great Dickens Christmas Fair, will present the San Francisco Historium Spotlight at Pier 35, a one-weekend immersive theatrical event recreating Gold Rush-era San Francisco.
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of San Francisco’s historic Orpheum Theatre, ATG San Francisco is launching “100 for 10,” a special ticket initiative offering fans the opportunity to experience live events for just $10.
The Haight Street Art Center will present Forever Grateful, an exhibition that pays tribute to the legacy of the Grateful Dead.
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner Laurie Anderson will bring The Republic Of Love, featuring Sexmob to ATG San Francisco's Curran Theatre, performing songs and stories about the current state of America.
The Marsh Berkeley will present Little BIG Mouth, a new solo work from Pamela Gaye Walker, the actress who brought Georgia O'Keeffe to life on stages across the country for nearly two decades.
The full cast has been revealed for the North American Tour of Dirty Dancing: The Musical, a new stage production based on the beloved film Dirty Dancing.
San Francisco Opera celebrated the LGBTQIA+ community with the second annual Pride Concert at the War Memorial Opera House hosted by Sapphira Cristal.
Festival Opera will present Donizetti's THE ELIXIR OF LOVE in two free outdoor performances in Orinda and Walnut Creek, followed by a Salon Series at Piedmont Center for the Arts featuring a commissioned song cycle.
Celebrating its milestone 40th anniversary season, BATS Improv will present the return of its most celebrated educational tradition, August Intensives, a month-long series of immersive workshops.
Tenderloin Museum will present special performances of THE COMPTON'S CAFETERIA RIOT this August, honoring the 60th anniversary of the 1966 uprising and California Transgender History Month, with guest appearances by local activists and drag legend Peaches Christ.
The Actors' Reading Collective announced a Summer Reading Series, bringing staged readings to Bay Area audiences.
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Pickleball Hillbarn Theatre (8/20-9/13) |
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Help Is On The Way: Broadway & Beyond – 32nd Anniversary Concert & Gala Marines' Memorial Theatre (8/02-8/02) |
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Hadestown (Non-Equity) Orpheum Theatre San Francisco (1/07-1/10) |
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Jagged Little Pill Paper Wing Theatre (7/17-8/09) |
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Much Ado About Nothing Santa Cruz Shakespeare (7/11-8/30) |
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Arsenic and Old Lace City Lights Theater Company (3/11-4/11) |
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The Marsh Berkeley, 2120 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA The Marsh Berkeley (7/10-8/07) |
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Disney''s Beauty and the Beast San Jose Center for the Performing Arts (9/08-9/13) |
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Dream Hou$e City Lights Theater Company (5/13-6/06) |
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Knockoff Broadway: The Improvised Musical All Out Comedy Theater (7/25-12/26) |
