Adrienne Herro to Lead Cast of San Jose Stage's MAMMA MIA!
by BWW News Desk - April 16, 2019
San Jose Stage Company (Randall King, Artistic Director and Cathleen King, Executive Director) has announced the cast and creative team for the final production of The Stage's 36th Anniversary Season, the smash hit ABBA musical MAMMA MIA! The production run from May 29 - July 7, 2019 at San Jose Stage Company (490 South 1st Street, San Jose, CA, 95113). MAMMA MIA! will be directed by Allison F. Rich* (who will also play the role of "Tanya Cresham-Leigh"), with choreography by Keith Pinto (who will also play the role of "Harry Bright"). Martin Rojas Dietrich will serve as Associate Music Director. The press opening will take place on Saturday, June 1, 2019 at 8:00 p.m.
by BWW News Desk - April 16, 2019
San Jose Stage Company (Randall King, Artistic Director and Cathleen King, Executive Director) has announced the cast and creative team for the final production of The Stage's 36th Anniversary Season, the smash hit ABBA musical MAMMA MIA! The production run from May 29 - July 7, 2019 at San Jose Stage Company (490 South 1st Street, San Jose, CA, 95113). MAMMA MIA! will be directed by Allison F. Rich* (who will also play the role of "Tanya Cresham-Leigh"), with choreography by Keith Pinto (who will also play the role of "Harry Bright"). Martin Rojas Dietrich will serve as Associate Music Director. The press opening will take place on Saturday, June 1, 2019 at 8:00 p.m.
Trevor Noah Returns to Luther Burbank Center
by BWW News Desk - April 16, 2019
Luther Burbank Center for the Arts (LBC)announced today that "The Daily Show" host and award winning comedian Trevor Noahwill return to Santa Rosa on his Loud & Clear Tour on Saturday, July 6, 2019 at 7 p.m.Tickets range in price from $65-$125 and will be available beginning Friday, April 19 at 12 p.m. online at lutherburbankcenter.org, by calling 707-546-3600 or at the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts ticket office (50 Mark West Springs Road in Santa Rosa.
by BWW News Desk - April 16, 2019
Luther Burbank Center for the Arts (LBC)announced today that "The Daily Show" host and award winning comedian Trevor Noahwill return to Santa Rosa on his Loud & Clear Tour on Saturday, July 6, 2019 at 7 p.m.Tickets range in price from $65-$125 and will be available beginning Friday, April 19 at 12 p.m. online at lutherburbankcenter.org, by calling 707-546-3600 or at the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts ticket office (50 Mark West Springs Road in Santa Rosa.
Idiot String Announces Site-Specific PORT STORIES Production In Port Costa
by BWW News Desk - April 16, 2019
In connection with their residency at the Port Costa Schoolhouse, sponsored by the Port Costa Conservation Society, Idiot String (Founding Producers Joan Howard and Rebecca Longworth) announced today that their upcoming site-specific theatrical production PORT STORIES will perform from June 7 - 23, 2019 (Saturdays at 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m., Sundays at 5:00 p.m.).
by BWW News Desk - April 16, 2019
In connection with their residency at the Port Costa Schoolhouse, sponsored by the Port Costa Conservation Society, Idiot String (Founding Producers Joan Howard and Rebecca Longworth) announced today that their upcoming site-specific theatrical production PORT STORIES will perform from June 7 - 23, 2019 (Saturdays at 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m., Sundays at 5:00 p.m.).
Soprano Patricia Westley Replaces Mary Evelyn Hagley In April 24 Schwabacher Recital
by BWW News Desk - April 16, 2019
Soprano Patricia Westley will replace Mary Evelyn Hangley in the final recital of the 2019 Schwabacher Recital Series, presented by the Merola Opera Program and San Francisco Opera Center. Soprano and first-year Adler Fellow Mary Evelyn Hangley has withdrawn from the April 24 recital for personal reasons.
by BWW News Desk - April 16, 2019
Soprano Patricia Westley will replace Mary Evelyn Hangley in the final recital of the 2019 Schwabacher Recital Series, presented by the Merola Opera Program and San Francisco Opera Center. Soprano and first-year Adler Fellow Mary Evelyn Hangley has withdrawn from the April 24 recital for personal reasons.
The Empress Theatre Presents Scott Capurro
by BWW News Desk - April 16, 2019
The Empress Theatre Comedy Night presents Scott Capurro Saturday, April 27th, 8PM at The Empress Theatre - 330 Virginia St, Vallejo, CA 94590.
by BWW News Desk - April 16, 2019
The Empress Theatre Comedy Night presents Scott Capurro Saturday, April 27th, 8PM at The Empress Theatre - 330 Virginia St, Vallejo, CA 94590.
THE GARBOLOGISTS Is Playwrights Foundation Reading Series Final May Rough Reading
by BWW News Desk - April 15, 2019
Playwrights Foundation's 7th Rough Reading of the season will be The Garbologists by Lindsay Joelle, directed by Jessica Bird Beza on Monday, May 20, 7:30pm, Roble Hall, Stanford University; and Tuesday, May 21, 7:00pm,
by BWW News Desk - April 15, 2019
Playwrights Foundation's 7th Rough Reading of the season will be The Garbologists by Lindsay Joelle, directed by Jessica Bird Beza on Monday, May 20, 7:30pm, Roble Hall, Stanford University; and Tuesday, May 21, 7:00pm,
BEST OF PLAYGROUND To Kick Off 25th PlayGround Festival Of New Works
by BWW News Desk - April 15, 2019
PlayGround has announced the lineup for its twenty-third annual ten-minute play showcase, BEST OF PLAYGROUND 23. The fully-produced evening-length program of short plays by Linda Amayo-Hassan, Tom Bruett, Lauren Gorski, Sam Hurwitt, Molly Olis Krost, Alanna McFall, and Nic A. Sommerfeld were drawn from more than 170 submissions and 36 ten-minute plays developed at this season's Monday Night PlayGround staged reading series at Berkeley Rep and will kick off the 25th Season's PlayGround Festival of New Works, May 9-26, 2019, at Potrero Stage. For more information and tickets, visit http://playground-sf.org/bestof.
by BWW News Desk - April 15, 2019
PlayGround has announced the lineup for its twenty-third annual ten-minute play showcase, BEST OF PLAYGROUND 23. The fully-produced evening-length program of short plays by Linda Amayo-Hassan, Tom Bruett, Lauren Gorski, Sam Hurwitt, Molly Olis Krost, Alanna McFall, and Nic A. Sommerfeld were drawn from more than 170 submissions and 36 ten-minute plays developed at this season's Monday Night PlayGround staged reading series at Berkeley Rep and will kick off the 25th Season's PlayGround Festival of New Works, May 9-26, 2019, at Potrero Stage. For more information and tickets, visit http://playground-sf.org/bestof.
Town Hall Theatre Presents WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
by BWW News Desk - April 13, 2019
Closing out the Town Hall Theatre 2018/19 Lost & Found Season with a bang is WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN, a sizzling musical farce of female resilience, with book by Jeffrey Lane, music and lyrics by David Yazbek, based on the Academy Award nominated film by Pedro Almod var. WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN will have 12 performances, including two previews, May 30 through June 22, 2019, at Town Hall Theatre Company, 3535 School Street, in Lafayette, CA. Tickets are $18 - $35, and are available through the Box Office at (925) 283-1557 or online at www.TownHallTheatre.com.
by BWW News Desk - April 13, 2019
Closing out the Town Hall Theatre 2018/19 Lost & Found Season with a bang is WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN, a sizzling musical farce of female resilience, with book by Jeffrey Lane, music and lyrics by David Yazbek, based on the Academy Award nominated film by Pedro Almod var. WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN will have 12 performances, including two previews, May 30 through June 22, 2019, at Town Hall Theatre Company, 3535 School Street, in Lafayette, CA. Tickets are $18 - $35, and are available through the Box Office at (925) 283-1557 or online at www.TownHallTheatre.com.
Brian Copeland's NOT A GENUINE BLACK MAN Extends At The Marsh SF
by BWW News Desk - April 12, 2019
The Marsh San Francisco announces additional performances of Not a Genuine Black Man, the longest running solo show in San Francisco theater history by award-winning actor, playwright, and talk show host Brian Copeland. This funny, honest, and harrowing piece recounts the struggles Copeland faced growing up in what was declared one of the most racist suburbs in America.
by BWW News Desk - April 12, 2019
The Marsh San Francisco announces additional performances of Not a Genuine Black Man, the longest running solo show in San Francisco theater history by award-winning actor, playwright, and talk show host Brian Copeland. This funny, honest, and harrowing piece recounts the struggles Copeland faced growing up in what was declared one of the most racist suburbs in America.
Shotgun Players Presents KINGS By Sarah Burgess
by BWW News Desk - April 12, 2019
New member of congress, Sydney Millsap, sees how money corrupts politics, and she's on a mission to do something about it. Just imagine how a career senator and two ambitious lobbyists react to her efforts! Kings is a whip-smart political satire that will inspire you to change the system. And vote. Kings begins previews on Thursday, May 16; opens on Thursday, May 23; and runs through Sunday, June 16, 2019, at the Ashby Stage.
by BWW News Desk - April 12, 2019
New member of congress, Sydney Millsap, sees how money corrupts politics, and she's on a mission to do something about it. Just imagine how a career senator and two ambitious lobbyists react to her efforts! Kings is a whip-smart political satire that will inspire you to change the system. And vote. Kings begins previews on Thursday, May 16; opens on Thursday, May 23; and runs through Sunday, June 16, 2019, at the Ashby Stage.
CMT San Jose Mainstage Presents CHICAGO, May 10-19
by BWW News Desk - April 12, 2019
CMT Mainstage, featuring local performers ages 14-20 in two rotating casts,* will present Chicago, the musical that tells a sordid tale of fame, fortune and all that jazz.
by BWW News Desk - April 12, 2019
CMT Mainstage, featuring local performers ages 14-20 in two rotating casts,* will present Chicago, the musical that tells a sordid tale of fame, fortune and all that jazz.
Photo Flash: Peninsula Youth Theatre Presents Gilbert & Sullivan's Classic, THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
by BWW News Desk - April 12, 2019
Ahoy! Peninsula Youth Theatre (PYT) presents Gilbert & Sullivan's vivacious musical classic, The Pirates of Penzance, playing at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts this May. This hilarious comedy operetta features a slave to duty, a winsome maiden, bumbling police, a lying major-general, not-so-dutiful daughters and a pirate king who is too tenderhearted to make piracy pay.
by BWW News Desk - April 12, 2019
Ahoy! Peninsula Youth Theatre (PYT) presents Gilbert & Sullivan's vivacious musical classic, The Pirates of Penzance, playing at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts this May. This hilarious comedy operetta features a slave to duty, a winsome maiden, bumbling police, a lying major-general, not-so-dutiful daughters and a pirate king who is too tenderhearted to make piracy pay.
Quantum Dragon Theatre Presents FAHRENHEIT 451
by BWW News Desk - April 11, 2019
Quantum Dragon Theatre, the San Francisco Bay Area's premiere science-fiction/fantasy theatre company, launches its third season with a production of Ray Bradbury's own adaptation of his classic science-fiction novel Fahrenheit 451. This flagship production, directed by QDT Artistic Director Sam Tillis, will open at the Potrero Stage-located at 1695 18th St, San Francisco-on Saturday, June 22 at 8 PM. The production, which welcomes Quantum Dragon Theatre into their new theatrical home for this season, will feature the work of Bay Area mainstay actor Dorian Lockett in the role of Fire Chief Beatty.
by BWW News Desk - April 11, 2019
Quantum Dragon Theatre, the San Francisco Bay Area's premiere science-fiction/fantasy theatre company, launches its third season with a production of Ray Bradbury's own adaptation of his classic science-fiction novel Fahrenheit 451. This flagship production, directed by QDT Artistic Director Sam Tillis, will open at the Potrero Stage-located at 1695 18th St, San Francisco-on Saturday, June 22 at 8 PM. The production, which welcomes Quantum Dragon Theatre into their new theatrical home for this season, will feature the work of Bay Area mainstay actor Dorian Lockett in the role of Fire Chief Beatty.
Monterey Jazz Festival Announces 2019 Next Generation Jazz Festival Results
by BWW News Desk - April 11, 2019
by BWW News Desk - April 11, 2019
MAX 2019: A Space Festival Brings An Arts-Meets-Science Fueled Odyssey Of Space Exploration To San Francisco
by BWW News Desk - April 11, 2019
by BWW News Desk - April 11, 2019
A.C.T. Closes Its 2018–19 Season with RHINOCEROS
by BWW News Desk - April 11, 2019
American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) announced the full cast and creative team for Eugene Ionesco's Rhinoceros, closing out A.C.T.'s 2018-19 season.
by BWW News Desk - April 11, 2019
American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) announced the full cast and creative team for Eugene Ionesco's Rhinoceros, closing out A.C.T.'s 2018-19 season.
Peninsula Youth Theatre Presents THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
by BWW News Desk - April 11, 2019
Ahoy! Peninsula Youth Theatre (PYT) proudly presents Gilbert & Sullivan's vivacious musical classic, The Pirates of Penzance, playing at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts this May. This hilarious comedy operetta features a slave to duty, a winsome maiden, bumbling police, a lying major-general, not-so-dutiful daughters and a pirate king who is too tenderhearted to make piracy pay.
by BWW News Desk - April 11, 2019
Ahoy! Peninsula Youth Theatre (PYT) proudly presents Gilbert & Sullivan's vivacious musical classic, The Pirates of Penzance, playing at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts this May. This hilarious comedy operetta features a slave to duty, a winsome maiden, bumbling police, a lying major-general, not-so-dutiful daughters and a pirate king who is too tenderhearted to make piracy pay.
The Wayward Artist's NEXT TO NORMAL Opens This Friday!
by BWW News Desk - April 10, 2019
The Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, "Next to Normal" by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey opens this Friday. The production opens on April 12th at 7:30 p.m. and is directed by Craig Tyrl. "Next to Normal" tells the story of Diana Goodman and her family, struggling to find happiness and normality against a twenty-year backdrop of bi-polar disorder, depression, and grief. The musical examines mental illness and its powerful impact on the family unit.
by BWW News Desk - April 10, 2019
The Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, "Next to Normal" by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey opens this Friday. The production opens on April 12th at 7:30 p.m. and is directed by Craig Tyrl. "Next to Normal" tells the story of Diana Goodman and her family, struggling to find happiness and normality against a twenty-year backdrop of bi-polar disorder, depression, and grief. The musical examines mental illness and its powerful impact on the family unit.
Mills College Joins Sexual Harassment Action Collaborative
by BWW News Desk - April 10, 2019
Mills College is proud to join The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and 43 distinguished colleges and universities (full list below) to launch an Action Collaborative on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education.
by BWW News Desk - April 10, 2019
Mills College is proud to join The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and 43 distinguished colleges and universities (full list below) to launch an Action Collaborative on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education.
42nd Street Moon Presents 2019 Fundraising Cabaret Party BROADWAY FLIPPED
by Sarah Hookey - April 10, 2019
San Francisco's 42nd Street Moon (Daren A.C. Carollo and Daniel Thomas, Co-Executive Directors), currently celebrating its 26th Anniversary in continuous operation, has announced that the Company's fun-filled fundraising cabaret concert, BROADWAY FLIPPED, will return in an all-new edition on Sunday, May 12 and Monday, May 13 (both at 7:30 p.m.), at the Gateway Theatre (215 Jackson St, San Francisco, CA 94111).
by Sarah Hookey - April 10, 2019
San Francisco's 42nd Street Moon (Daren A.C. Carollo and Daniel Thomas, Co-Executive Directors), currently celebrating its 26th Anniversary in continuous operation, has announced that the Company's fun-filled fundraising cabaret concert, BROADWAY FLIPPED, will return in an all-new edition on Sunday, May 12 and Monday, May 13 (both at 7:30 p.m.), at the Gateway Theatre (215 Jackson St, San Francisco, CA 94111).
Yerba Buena Gardens Festival In San Francisco Announces Programming
by BWW News Desk - April 10, 2019
From May 4 to October 27, 2019, the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival will present over 100 free music, theater, circus, dance, poetry, and children's programs with artists from the Bay Area and around the world.
by BWW News Desk - April 10, 2019
From May 4 to October 27, 2019, the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival will present over 100 free music, theater, circus, dance, poetry, and children's programs with artists from the Bay Area and around the world.
San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus Closes Season 41 with QUEENS
by Sarah Hookey - April 10, 2019
The San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus (SFGMC)-under the leadership of Dr. Timothy Seelig, Artistic Director and Christopher Verdugo, Executive Director-concludes Season 41 with QUEENS, a concert commemorating the past, present, and future of the LGBTQ rights movement in celebration of Pride Month.
by Sarah Hookey - April 10, 2019
The San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus (SFGMC)-under the leadership of Dr. Timothy Seelig, Artistic Director and Christopher Verdugo, Executive Director-concludes Season 41 with QUEENS, a concert commemorating the past, present, and future of the LGBTQ rights movement in celebration of Pride Month.
Rajiv Joseph's Comic Drama ARCHDUKE Comes to TheatreWorks
by BWW News Desk - April 09, 2019
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presents the Northern California premiere of Archduke. Written by Pulitzer Prize finalist Rajiv Joseph, Archduke explores how one man, one moment, can derail an entire century. Focusing on the cataclysmic 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, three hapless insurgents embark on a darkly comic quest for immortality and purpose, unaware that their actions will launch World War I.
by BWW News Desk - April 09, 2019
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presents the Northern California premiere of Archduke. Written by Pulitzer Prize finalist Rajiv Joseph, Archduke explores how one man, one moment, can derail an entire century. Focusing on the cataclysmic 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, three hapless insurgents embark on a darkly comic quest for immortality and purpose, unaware that their actions will launch World War I.
Photo Flash: First Look at Luis Valdez's ADIÓS MAMÁ CARLOTA At San Jose Stage Company
by BWW News Desk - April 09, 2019
San Jose Stage Company (Randall King, Artistic Director and Cathleen King, Executive Director) has announced the complete cast and creative team for The Stage's next production, the World Premiere of Luis Valdez's ADIÓS MAMÁ CARLOTA. Presented in partnership with El Teatro Campesino and directed by Kinan Valdez, ADIÓS MAMÁ CARLOTA will run from April 3 - 28 2019 at San Jose Stage Company (490 South 1st Street, San Jose, CA, 95113). The press opening will take place on Saturday, April 6 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets range from $32 - $72 and can be purchased through the Box Office at (408) 283-7142 or online at www.thestage.org.
by BWW News Desk - April 09, 2019
San Jose Stage Company (Randall King, Artistic Director and Cathleen King, Executive Director) has announced the complete cast and creative team for The Stage's next production, the World Premiere of Luis Valdez's ADIÓS MAMÁ CARLOTA. Presented in partnership with El Teatro Campesino and directed by Kinan Valdez, ADIÓS MAMÁ CARLOTA will run from April 3 - 28 2019 at San Jose Stage Company (490 South 1st Street, San Jose, CA, 95113). The press opening will take place on Saturday, April 6 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets range from $32 - $72 and can be purchased through the Box Office at (408) 283-7142 or online at www.thestage.org.
Theatreworks Silicon Valley Presents A Whimsical Parable THE LANGUAGE ARCHIVE
by BWW News Desk - April 08, 2019
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley kicks off its 50th Anniversary Season with The Language Archive, a quirky comedy written by Julia Cho, whose Aubergine captured rapturous praise and multiple awards. Balanced delightfully between affection and adversity, The Language Archive is the whimsical, life-affirming chronicle of a linguist fighting to preserve the dying languages of far-flung cultures, only to neglect the promise and passion of his own. Winner of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for Women Playwrights, this romantic parable for our times will be directed by Jeffrey Lo, who helmed TheatreWorks's hit holiday comedy, The Santaland Diaries.
by BWW News Desk - April 08, 2019
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley kicks off its 50th Anniversary Season with The Language Archive, a quirky comedy written by Julia Cho, whose Aubergine captured rapturous praise and multiple awards. Balanced delightfully between affection and adversity, The Language Archive is the whimsical, life-affirming chronicle of a linguist fighting to preserve the dying languages of far-flung cultures, only to neglect the promise and passion of his own. Winner of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for Women Playwrights, this romantic parable for our times will be directed by Jeffrey Lo, who helmed TheatreWorks's hit holiday comedy, The Santaland Diaries.
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Cinderella
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STARLIGHT
Circus Bella (12/12 - 1/4) | |
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“Women Crossing/Liminality”
Cha Chi Ming Recital Hall, Bowes Center, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, 200 Van Ness Avenue (4/17 - 4/17) | |
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“El Tiempo Latine”
Center for New Music, 55 Taylor St (5/16 - 5/16) | |
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TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presents “Hershey Felder: The Piano and Me”
Mountain View Center for The Performing Arts (1/17 - 2/8) | |
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An Evening with a Mentalist: Jay Alexander's Mind Tricks Live
San Francisco Magic Theater (w/Jay Alexander) at the Marrakech (1/2 - 1/4) | |
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Into the Woods
San Francisco Playhouse (11/20 - 1/17) | |
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The 33rd Annual Kung Pao Kosher Comedy: Jewish Comedy on Christmas in a Chinese Restaurant
Imperial Palace Restaurant (12/24 - 12/26) | |
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