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What did our critic think of SPENCER DAY: SONMGS FOR A WINTER'S NIGHT at Feinstein's At The Nikko?

The Playwrights Foundation's Resident Playwright Celebration will be on Monday, December 8 at ACT's Garret, celebrating the foundation's 2024-2025 Resident Playwright cohort.

BroadwayWorld chats with actor Emily Ota about starring in 'Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley,' Lauren Gunderson & Margot Melcon's Austen-inspired holiday tale at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley through December 28th in Palo Alto.

Circus Bella will return to San Francisco this winter with Starlight, an all-new circus production staged in a custom heated Big Top at The Crossing at East Cut.

  TheatreWorks Silicon Valley is returning to the world of Jane Austen with the heartwarming holiday tale filled with music Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley, written by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon and directed by Giovanna Sardelli.

The Formerly Incarcerated People’s Performance Project Co-Founder and Producer Mark Kenward has revealed the dates for their festival of performance work, taking place at Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s Roda Theatre.

San Francisco Playhouse is presenting Into the Woods now through January 17, 2026, at 450 Post Street in San Francisco.

Debbie Wileman has unveiled a brand-new music video for “Santa Claus is Coming To Town”—featuring choreography by two-time Emmy Award winner Spencer Liff—as a preview of her upcoming San Francisco debut.

The complete cast has been set for The Streetcar Project at American Conservatory Theater (A.

Sunset Solos, the acclaimed San Francisco performance series dedicated to the art of solo theater, will celebrate its two-year anniversary on Sunday, January 18, 2026, at 7:00 pm at Sealevel Gallery in the Outer Sunset.

Kicking off the new year, Berkeley Repertory Theatre will present its 90th world premiere production,  How Shakespeare Saved My Life — an autobiographical and music-filled tour de force written and performed by Jacob Ming-Trent.

San José Chamber Orchestra will present Celebration on December 31 at St.

San Francisco Opera Guild honored philanthropist Maria Manetti Shrem at its 2025 An Evening on the Stage gala on November 19 at the War Memorial Opera House.

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will ring in 2026 with the return of actor/pianist/writer Hershey Felder in the World Premiere of Hershey Felder: The Piano and Me.

One of the most prestigious opera training programs in the world, San Francisco’s acclaimed Merola Opera Program has selected 28 artists from a pool of more than 1,500 international applicants to participate in its 2026 program.

The Phil Collins Story, a new docu-concert celebrating the life, career, and music of Academy Award, Grammy, and Golden Globe-winning performer and songwriter Phil Collins, will play BroadwaySF’s Curran Theatre.

The San Francisco SPCA will present its 39th Annual Holiday Windows at Macy’s Union Square, offering adoption opportunities, a shelter animal toy drive, and multiple appearances at Winter Walk.

The Ross McKee Foundation have announced the four young pianists named as 2025 McKee Laureates: Avery Armstrong (12), Isabel Feng (14), Peter Parra (15), and Meining Wu (16).

EXIT Theatre seeks plays for its 2026 Short Play Festival.

CABARET at Oakland Theater Project is not just a show that sticks with you, it haunts you.

What did our critic think of KINKY BOOTS at Broadway San Jose?

Sondheim fans rejoice! We have not one, but two sensational productions to satisfy that itch for smart lyrics and equally solid books.

Feinstein's at the Nikko will present Samantha Pauly in an intimate holiday concert for two nights.

The Marsh Berkeley and the ghosts of politicians' past, present and future have a message this holiday season with an irreverent variety show, A Very Scrumpy Holiday Carol starring Joyful Raven as the laughably notorious King Scrump.

BroadwayWorld chats with Bay Area favorite Heather Orth who is appearing as Cinderella's Stepmother in Stephen Sondheim & James Lapine's 'Into the Woods' at San Francisco Playhouse through January 17th.