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On April 13th Opera San Jose's 35th season will conclude with Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly.

BWW Review: STEVE at New Conservatory Theatre Center: mid-life crisis is examined with wit and drama.

Below check out brand-new production photos from Lauren Yee's The Great Leap, performing at A.

Pear Theatre's new Pear Flambe Cabaret series continues with the D-Cup Divas and their American Cancer Society fundraiser show, "Every Heart, A Story" on Friday, April 19 and Saturday, April 20

Following a critically and publicly acclaimed engagement in the San Francisco Bay Area, VOLTA-Cirque du Soleil's newest Big Top production-will play its final performance under the Big Top at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds on Sunday, March 24, 2019.

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Everyone's favorite ogre goes from swamp to stage as Peninsula Youth Theatre (PYT) proudly presents Shrek the Musical, a hysterical and multi-layered fairy tale, playing at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts this March.

Utopia Theatre Project presents the world premiere of Anne Yumi Kobori's original play, Every Day Alice.

Marin Musical Theatre Company's stunning and provocative production of Spring Awakening is a no-holds-barred, deep dive into repression, control and the painful process of growing up.

The only unscripted theatrical award show of its kind, Broadway's Next Hit Musical hits the stage with some of New York's finest master improvisers at Montalvo Arts Center.

A captivating tale of a harrowing recovery, the hit solo show My Stroke of Luck will return to The Marsh Berkeley for a 2019 run.

ODC Theater announces the eighth annual Walking Distance Dance Festival, May 12 – 19, featuring artists from Los Angeles and the Bay Area in three programs based in and around ODC's two-building Mission district campus.

Bay Area Musicals (Matthew McCoy, Founder & Artistic Director, and AeJay Mitchell, Managing Director) has announced the show titles for its upcoming fifth season, which will include four spectacular titles.

The fourth play of Ross Valley Players 89th season is These Shining Lives which chronicles the strength and determination of women considered expendable in their day, exploring their story and its continued resonance.

Central Works 2019 Season's first show Wonderland, a comedy by Gary Graves, launches the 4 play 29th season and has EXTENDED THROUGH March 24th (originally scheduled to close March 17).

Leaders in the arts and civic communities came together at The Galleria in San Francisco for the spectacular silver anniversary celebration of Smuin Contemporary Ballet, one of the nation's preeminent dance companies.

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The Napa Valley Museum Yountville brings its popular series of Whisky Tastings to the CIA at Copia in Napa, with more wonderful whiskies and surprising food pairings - curated by Scotch whisky expert James Forbes.

San Francisco International Arts Festival is very proud to present the US debut of Collective Ma'louba, the ensemble of professional Syrian actors, writers and directors founded by its leading protagonists as they experienced life as refugees escaping the Syrian Civil war.

Golden Thread Productions, the first American theatre company devoted to plays from or about the Middle East, stages the U.

At the SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco today, March 7, Grammy winning Brazilian singer and pianist Elias performs songs from her previously unreleased 1995 album devoted to composer Mitch Leigh's Tony-winning score to the Broadway hit Man of La Mancha.

The fourth play of Ross Valley Players 89th season is These Shining Lives which chronicles the strength and determination of women considered expendable in their day, exploring their story and its continued resonance.

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ODC/Dance, San Francisco's internationally acclaimed contemporary dance company, is pleased to present the world premiere of World's on Fire, an evening-length work that tackles issues of kinship, belief, suffering, love, and the will to survive.

Colorful Dots-Yellow, Red and Blue-cavort onstage and off, while audience members are invited to accompany two clowns, Page and Turner, on a magical adventure at Press Here, the Musical, an original production by Bay Area Children's Theatre (BACT).