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Following an extensive nationwide search, San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus (SFGMC) Executive Director Chris Verdugo and Board of Directors Chair Glenn DeSandre today announced the appointment of Jacob Stensberg as the new Artistic Director of San Francisco's premier choral organization.

Writer composer Dave Malloy and director Annie Tippe came together to discuss the West Coast premiere of OCTET, running April 20-May 29, 2022 at Berkeley Repertory Theatre.

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Multiple award-winning actress and singer Lea Salonga is known across the world for her powerful voice and perfect pitch.

A benefit concert for Ukraine, Concert of Compassion, will be held Monday, May 9 at 7:30 p.

California Symphony, led by Music Director Donato Cabrera,concludes its 2021-22 season May 14-15, 2022 with a spectacular EPIC FINALE, featuring the symphony's live premiere of Young American Composer-in-Residence Viet Cuong's Next Week's Trees.

Artistic Director Tina Taylor and the Theatre Lunatico ensemble present Melancholy Play by Sarah Ruhl: a contemporary farce that takes on new meaning in a post-pandemic world.

BroadwaySF has announced its 2022-23 season, which includes Jagged Little Pill, Six, Mean Girls, Beetlejuice, Frozen, Dear Evan Hansen, and Tina - The Tina Turner Musical.

San Francisco Opera Guild and Neiman Marcus San Francisco present a luncheon and fashion show of the Carolina Herrera Pre-Fall and Fall Winter 2022 Collections on May 11, 2022, with a special appearance by Carolina Herrera Creative Director Wes Gordon.

State of Play features two weeks of activities across ODC's two-building campus, including nine world or regional premieres, seven works-in-progress by performing artists from across the country plus an array of free activities.

PlayGround has announced the full lineup for its 26th annual FESTIVAL OF NEW WORKS, running May 9-29, returning for in-person performances at Potrero Stage, where the festival has been based since 2008, and, new this year, all simulcast online.

August Wilson's powerful drama of racial unrest in Pittsburgh circa 1905 seems exceptionally prescient these days, confirming that the struggle for equality and freedom are a constant for African Americans that shapes their everyday lives in ways both subtle and overt.

The Magic Theatre has announced the cast and creative team for the World Premiere of Sam Chanse’s Monument, Or Four Sisters ( A Sloth Play).

836M Gallery presents the finale to Ensemble for Nonlinear Time@836M, the multidisciplinary residency project led by choreographer Hope Mohr and visual artist Ranu Mukherjee.

Word for Word is back making live theater in 2022 on April 25th 7:30 PM.

THE ART OF THE BRICK—a captivating exhibition featuring intriguing works of art by renowned contemporary artist Nathan Sawaya—debuts the Art of the Brick Lounge, an interactive activity center where guests can explore their own artistry after experiencing Sawaya’s work.

Merola Opera Program will showcase lush, lyrical, and romantic works by Latin American and Spanish composers in the Schwabacher Summer Concert, when the young artists of the 2022 program perform vibrant operatic scenes by distinguished composers that include Daniel Catán, Manuel de Falla, Osvaldo

Playwrights Foundation, the West Coast’s premier launchpad for exceptional new plays and playwrights, has announced the semifinalists and finalists for the 45th Bay Area Playwrights Festival (BAPF), which will be presented as a hybrid (in-person and streamed) festival July 29-August 07, 2022.

Town Hall Theatre has announced its 4th Annual Day of Giving on May 4, 2022! The Day of Giving is a time to come together to learn about what Town Hall is doing and to give generously to make sure live theatre and theatre education can continue to be resilient and thrive.

San Jose Stage Company will present Tracy Letts’ Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award​®​-winning play AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY.

Lighthouse Immersive, North America's leading producer of groundbreaking experiential art exhibits, announced today that Immersive Van Gogh and Immersive Frida Kahlo—the blockbuster immersive experiences that have been dazzling and delighting millions of visitors across North America—enters its

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Resuming their long-standing history of collaboration, Ragazzi Boys Chorus will join forces with the Peninsula Girls Chorus in Siblings in Song, a rousing concert celebrating the dynamic performance skills of both groups.

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will present Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner August Wilson’s sweeping drama Gem of the Ocean.