The latest news on live theater in San Francisco from Broadway shows on tour to regional theater.
Mandy Gonzalez will bring the music of Pulitzer Prize, Grammy, Emmy and Tony Award-winning Lin-Manuel Miranda to the Napa Valley for a special one-night-only benefit concert, Everything I Know, at the Uptown Theatre in downtown Napa, CA.
D'Arcy Drollinger will present DISASTROUS! at Oasis in San Francisco, marking the venue's first mainstage production since reopening, with Drollinger starring as Champagne White.
What happens when over 60 years of cinematic espionage is celebrated through the power of a live orchestra? The San Francisco Symphony's James Bond Forever concert reminds us that some of the most iconic moments in film history begin not with dialogue, but with a song.
San Francisco Playhouse has shared a trailer for its current production of HAIRSPRAY, the Tony Award-winning musical closing the company's 2025-26 season, running through September 12.
Tony Award nominee Emily Skinner will perform Broadway favorites and personal selections at Feinstein's at Hotel Nikko in San Francisco, with musicians accompanying her across two intimate cabaret performances.
Mischief has released new rehearsal photos for the West End return of The Comedy About Spies, which begins performances at the Adelphi Theatre on August 1.
Tony Award nominee Emily Skinner will perform Broadway favorites and personal selections at Feinstein's at Hotel Nikko in San Francisco for two intimate evenings.
The hills are indeed alive with The Sound of Music as the national touring production played to an enthusiastic, sold-out crowd at Broadway San Jose on opening night.
San Francisco Opera and San Francisco Opera Guild will present OPERA BALL, an Italian palazzo-inspired gala at City Hall, alongside the opening night of Verdi's SIMON BOCCANEGRA conducted by Music Director Eun Sun Kim.
Playwright and performer Anthony “AJ” Michael Jefferson is making his Marsh debut run in The Bumpy Road Less Traveled.
Experience The Terminator, on the big screen while Brad Fiedel's signature synthesizer-led, percussive score is performed live in-sync with the 1984 motion picture at ATG San Francisco's Curran Theatre.
Playwrights Foundation announced the four-playwright cohort and creative teams for the 47th Bay Area Playwrights Festival, selected from over 600 applicants, with in-person readings in San Francisco and on-demand recordings to follow.
Crowded Fire Theater will present the West Coast premiere of MANNING, a play by Benjamin Benne directed by Adin Walker, at the Potrero Stage in San Francisco.
PlayGround has announced four next-gen theatre leaders as its 2026-2027 Producing Fellows, selected from over 100 applicants to train across SF Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago.
Four-time Emmy winner Derek Hough announced a multi-city DANCE FOR THE HOLIDAYS tour, kicking off in Phoenix and wrapping in San Jose, with stops in Seattle, Austin, Salt Lake City, and Nashville.
San Francisco Playhouse will stage the Bay Area Premiere of Peter Pan Goes Wrong.
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, the first North American touring production of the musical presented by Disney in over 25 years, will be coming to San Jose’s Center for the Performing Arts for eight performances.
Eduardo Machado's The Cook directed by David Mendizábal, will open Berkeley Repertory Theatre's 2026/27 season at the Peet's Theatre, following a Cuban cook who guards an aristocratic family's mansion for 40 years after the Castro revolution.
Theatre Bay Area will host Bay Area Theatre Week, a 10-day metro-wide celebration featuring hundreds of free and discounted tickets, open rehearsals, and special events at more than 200 regional theatres across the San Francisco Bay Area.
Palace announced their fifth studio album, 'Ox,' marking the band's latest project.
The Billy Joel Legacy: A Tribute Experience national tour will visit ATG San Francisco's Curran Theatre for one performance only.
San Francisco Opera has announced its 2026-27 season, featuring productions of Simon Boccanegra, Mary, Queen of Scots, Manon, The Marriage of Figaro, Das Rheingold, and Tosca, along with concerts, Opera Ball, and Opera in the Park.
An Evening with Sutton Foster and Kelli O’Hara at the San Francisco Symphony is exactly the kind of event that reminds you why live performance is so magical.
Lorraine Hansberry Theatre will present the world premiere of African Stew, a satirical new comedy by playwright Lisa B.
What did our critic think of HAIRSPRAY at SF Playhouse?
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Pickleball Hillbarn Theatre (8/20-9/13) |
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The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown Santa Cruz Shakespeare (9/11-10/03) |
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Dan Hoyle’s Takes All Kinds The Marsh (8/01-8/07) |
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Company City Lights Theater Company (7/15-8/22) |
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Robyn DeGuzman’s Enough Free The Marsh Berkeley (8/28-8/30) |
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"Next Time" Potrero Stage (8/09-8/15) VIDEOS |
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Elizabeth Du Val’s For When Things Fall Apart The Marsh (8/15-8/16) |
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The Cottage Cloverdale Performing Arts Center (8/01-8/16) |
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Iphigenia in Splott Shotgun Players Ashby Stage (7/25-8/30) |
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Good Night, Oscar Hillbarn Theatre (3/04-3/28) |
