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​​​​​​​Jake Heggie will join SFCM's composition faculty in Fall, 2025.

Oakland Theater Project will stage Lorraine Hansberry’s final play Les Blancs (The Whites), adapted by Robert Nemiroff and directed by James Mercer II.

Berkeley Repertory Theatre has revealed the full lineup for its 2025 Ground Floor Summer Residency Lab, welcoming over 120 local and national artists to develop 24 cutting-edge theatrical projects.

Broadway San Jose will present the smash-hit musical MJ, playing a strictly limited engagement at San Jose’s Center for the Performing Arts (255 S.

The Merola Opera Program has appointed internationally renowned tenor, director, and 2007 Merola alum Alek Shrader as its new Director of Membership & Engagement.

PlayGround will conclude its summer season with the fourth annual Free-Play Festival, running August 1–24, 2025, at Potrero Stage and online via simulcast.

The holiday season is about to get a whole lot more fabulous! A Drag Queen Christmas returns for its 11th year, launching a 38-city national tour this November.

A musically gifted daughter feeling neglected and invisible.

SHUCKED will play a limited engagement at BroadwaySF’s Curran Theatre beginning Tuesday, September 9 and performing through Sunday, October 5, 2025.

The global participatory phenomenon Choir! Choir! Choir! is coming to the Curran Theatre for one night only with We Will Choir! You: An Epic Queen Sing-Along on Tuesday, October 21 at 7:30 p.

The six-time Tony Award–winning new romantic musical comedy, MAYBE HAPPY ENDING, will come to San Francisco as part of BroadwaySF's 2026/27 season.

The Marsh Berkeley will present the world premiere run of Scat-ter Brain: The Music of ADHD, a new solo musical written and performed by Candace Johnson, running Saturdays at 8pm from July 19 through September 13, 2025 (with a press opening on August 9 and no performance on August 30).

Abhinaya Dance Company, an Indian classical dance company founded by Artistic Director Mythili Kumar will celebrate its 45th anniversary on Sunday, August 3rd, 3 pm at Canada College in Redwood City.

Next to Normal, winner of three Tony Awards—including Best Musical Score—and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, opened at Ray of Light Theatre this past week.

It’s a good guess that ticket buyers walking into the Golden Gate Theatre will anticipate a rip-roaring concert of Neil Diamond's greatest hits – and the show absolutely delivers on that front.

Before JVB was a sensation in New York City ( Tony-nomination (2007) GLAAD (2000), Obie (2001), Bessie (2004), Ethyl (2007), and a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists (2012) awards, and 2024  MacArthur Fellow), they were a cherished counterculture  icon in San Francisco.

Market Street Arts has announced the full lineup for the summer’s first UNSTAGED: Live on Mid-Market, a free public celebration of Juneteenth, co-curated with the San Francisco Black Wall Street Foundation.

Today, SFJAZZ has revealed the lineup for 2025/26 SFJAZZ Season.

Marin Theatre will kick off its 2025/26 season with Jonathan Spector’s acclaimed play Eureka Day presented in partnership with Aurora Theatre Company featuring almost all of its original cast members.

pianoSonoma, under the leadership of Co-Founders and Artistic Directors Jessica & Michael Shinn, will present the 2025 season of Vino & Vibrato, a 4-part concert series held at the Green Music Center at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park.

Broadway Bares will return to San Francisco in 2025.

The Merola Opera Program will continue its Summer Festival season with a fully staged production of Rossini’s rarely performed comedic gem, Le Comte Ory.

 TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will close its 54th season with the World Premiere musical Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean: A New Musical.

On May 15, 2025 the Board of Directors of Friends of the Heritage Theatre (FOHT) voted unanimously to approve a new program providing financial assistance of up to $10,000 for three local schools to stage productions at the historic Campbell Heritage Theatre during the 2025-26 season.

As Symphony San Jose wraps up its 2025/2026 season with this weekend's performances, its board of directors has announced that it has signed CEO and Executive Artistic Director Robert Massey to a three-year contract extension, securing the orchestra's leadership through the 2027/2028 season.