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Magic Theatre's Loretta Greco Receives SDCF's 2018 Fichandler Award
by BWW News Desk - October 17, 2018
Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation (SDCF), the not?for?profit foundation affiliated with Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, has announced the honorees of this year's Zelda Fichandler Award, Joe A. Callaway Awards, and Breakout Award. The awards will be presented at an invitation? only event on Sunday, November 11, 2018 in Manhattan.
The Empress Theatre To Present Saxophonist And Composer Boney James
by BWW News Desk - October 17, 2018
The Empress Theatre, a historical landmark theatre located in downtown Vallejo, California, is pleased to present four-time Grammy nominee and multi-platinum-selling artist Boney James for an exclusive Bay Area performance on Wednesday, November 7th at 8pm.
Los Altos Youth Theatre Goes Back to Middle School with 13 THE MUSICAL
by BWW News Desk - October 17, 2018
Los Altos Youth Theatre proudly brings its fall musical to the Bus Barn Theater when 13 the Musical takes the stage this November.
Photo Flash: First Look at San Francisco Opera's ARABELLA
by BWW News Desk - October 17, 2018
San Francisco Opera presents Richard Strauss' Arabella in five performances at the War Memorial Opera House from October 16 through November 3. Last performed by the Company 20 years ago, Arabella returns in Tim Albery's acclaimed production with leading Strauss interpreter Marc Albrecht, making his United States opera debut on the podium. The cast features soprano Ellie Dehn performing the title role for the first time, baritone Brian Mulligan in his role debut as Mandryka, soprano Heidi Stober as Zdenka, tenor Daniel Johansson in his first San Francisco Opera engagement as Matteo and Hye Jung Lee as the Fiakermilli. Company Chorus Director Ian Robertson prepares the San Francisco Opera Chorus.
AXIS Dance Company Closes Out 2018 With A Flourish & Announces Collaboration With Arthur Pita
by BWW News Desk - October 16, 2018
Following a successful 4-city tour of Florida that included a well-received appearance at the Forward Motion Physically Integrated Dance Festival in Miami, the company brings its vaunted skill set back to the Bay Area with select performances that include a newly reconceived staging of Robert Dekkers' Flutter, along with AXIS Artistic Director Marc Brew's Quartet No.1 to the Berkeley Ballet Theater, that will then be followed by a collaboration with Crowded Fire Theater, Star Finch, and Ensemble Mik Nawooj at the Bay View Opera House in San Francisco entitled Death Become Life: Banish Darkness, all before segueing to its 2019-20 season that will include a special Oakland-based educational event for Dance Access Day in February, as well as the world premiere of Alice in Oakland-their ambitious and much anticipated collaboration with Arthur Pita-coming to and co-presented by Z Space in San Francisco, November 2019
Aurora Theatre Company Presents West Coast Premiere Of Jonathan Safran Foer's EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED
by BWW News Desk - October 16, 2018
Aurora Theatre Company continues its dynamic 27th season with EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED, based on the best-selling, critically acclaimed novel by Jonathan Safran Foer. Tom Ross directs the West Coast premiere that features Adam Burch, Lura Dolas (Abigail's Party, The Glass Menagerie, The Persians), Jeremy Kahn (Dry Powder, Wittenberg), Marissa Keltie and Julian Lopez-Morillas (The Heir Apparent, The Homecoming). EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED runs November 9 - December 9 (Opens: November 15).
Surfboards, Dancing Trees, and Elvis Return in Smuin's THE CHRISTMAS BALLET
by BWW News Desk - October 16, 2018
Smuin kicks off the holidays with the return of The Christmas Ballet, the beloved Bay Area tradition featuring two acts packed to the brim with both flawless classical ballet and red-hot contemporary numbers.
Review Roundup: FAIRVIEW at Berkeley Rep
by BWW News Desk - October 16, 2018
Berkeley Repertory Theatre's production of Fairview is now on stage! Written by Jackie Sibblies Drury, directed by Sarah Benson, with choreography by Raja Feather Kelly, the world premiere production comes straight to Berkeley Rep from a critically acclaimed New York run. Previews began on Thursday, October 4 with regular run of the show opening on Thursday, October 11 and continuing through Sunday, November 4. Individual tickets begin at $30 ($15 if you're under 35) and can be purchased online at berkeleyrep.org or by phone at 510 647-2949.
Cinnabar Theater Opens The Salon Concert Series With A Piano/Vocal Concert Featuring Soprano Carolyn Bacon
by BWW News Desk - October 16, 2018
Join Cinnabar audience favorite Carolyn Bacon (The Fantasticks, My Way: A Tribute to Frank Sinatra) to explore the world of over-the-moon, mystifying, heartbreaking, and foolish love! A versatile and award-winning entertainer, Carolyn will sing Gershwin, Bernstein, Mozart, Jason Robert Brown, and more in this exciting, one-night-only cabaret. Pianist Brian Fitzsousa will accompany Carolyn and she will be joined by special guests, TBA.
VIDEO: Behind The Scenes with Jackie Sibblies Drury and Sarah Benson of FAIRVIEW at Berkeley Rep
by BWW News Desk - October 15, 2018
Go behind the scenes of Berkeley Repertory Theatre's production of Fairview in the video below with the playwright and director as rhey reveal their thoughts on this unpredictable and critically acclaimed play.
Bay Area Musicals Announces Casting for CRAZY FOR YOU
by BWW News Desk - October 15, 2018
Bay Area Musicals (Matthew McCoy, Founder & Artistic Director, and AeJay Mitchell, Managing Director) has announced the full cast and creative team for the first production of the Company' 2018-2019 season, CRAZY FOR YOU. Winner of the Tony and the Olivier Awards for Best Musical, CRAZY FOR YOU has wowed audiences on Broadway, the West End and around the world, reimagining classic Gershwin songs into a hilarious new book musical.  The show-stopping production will be an intimate version of the large-scale musical featuring the original Tony Award-winning choreography of Susan Stroman, recreated by Director/Choreographer Matthew McCoy.  
Cutting Ball Theater Presents THE CUTTING BALL VARIETY PACK
by BWW News Desk - October 15, 2018
Cutting Ball Theater's signature festival returns in the 2018/2019 Season, marking the 20th anniversary of the company's founding. The Cutting Ball Variety Pack - called 'half shindig, half artistic salon' by Artistic Director Ariel Craft - is an eleven-day festival dedicated to exploration and collaboration, featuring directorial shorts, new play workshops, and roundtable readings. The Cutting Ball Variety Pack offers an eclectic array of programming with particular delights for the creatively curious from November 8 through November 18. Tickets to festival offerings cost $15 each and all-festival passes costs $30 each. Admission includes a free drink at Cutting Ball's bar.
Tandy Beal's JOY Returns for the Holidays in San Jose
by BWW News Desk - October 15, 2018
Tandy Beal & Company kicks off the holiday season with JOY!, A Holiday Show with Circus, Dance, and Live Music, an exuberant family-friendly mix of brilliant visuals, rib-tickling circus comedy, and stunning acrobatics. Featuring the reunion of Pickle Family Circus stars Pino and Razz, also known as Cirque du Soleil soloists Jeff Raz and Diane Wasnak, this unique extravaganza returns after acclaimed performances last holiday season. Performing original Candy Land flavored tunes and other seasonal favorites, award-winning a cappella group SoVoSo will accompany this magical madcap holiday circus featuring world-class acrobats, dancers, and performers in a zany holiday spectacular
Berkeley Playhouse Soars Over the Rainbow with THE WIZARD OF OZ
by BWW News Desk - October 15, 2018
Berkeley Playhouse kicks off the holiday season with all-new production of the legendary family musical, The Wizard of Oz. Brimming with classic songs and Technicolor spirit, The Wizard of Oz blows its way into the Julia Morgan Theater this November.
Cirque du Soleil's VOLTA Extends in San Francisco
by BWW News Desk - October 15, 2018
Due to popular demand, Cirque du Soleil announced the extension of the San Francisco engagement of its newest Big Top production, VOLTA. Performances are now scheduled under the Big Top at AT&T Park in San Francisco from Thursday, November 15, 2018 through Sunday, February 3, 2019. Performances at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds in San Jose are scheduled from Wednesday, February 13, 2019 through Sunday, March 10, 2019.
NVM Announces The Opening Of WALT DISNEY'S TRAINS
by BWW News Desk - October 14, 2018
In the Main & Spotlight Galleries from November 10, 2018 through March 31, 2019, Napa Valley Museum Yountville will present: Walt Disney's Trains. This family-friendly exhibition, organized with The Walt Disney Family Museum in the Presidio of San Francisco, explores the influence that railroad trains had on Walt Disney's life and work. It also tells the story of how his railroading legacy lives on to this day in Disney films and theme parks around the world. The exhibition includes a wide variety of artifacts, firsthand accounts, archival videos, images of Walt and his trains, and one-of-a kind items, including Walt Disney's own Carolwood gondola railroad car, a light-up model of Disneyland, and a custom model train created in partnership with the Napa Valley Wine Train by the Napa Valley Model Railroad Historical Society.
Six Degrees of Gavin Creel on the road to the Venetian Room in San Francisco.
by Robert Sokol - October 13, 2018
BroadwayWorld-San Francisco Senior Editor Robert Sokol takes Creel on a trip down memory lane to revisit his Main Stem alter egos in advance of his debut at Venetian Room at the Fairmont Hotel as part of producer Marilyn Levinson's fifteenth anniversary season of Bay Area Cabaret in San Francisco.
UC Berkeley Presents TARTUFFE: Molière's Classic Comedy
by BWW News Desk - October 13, 2018
UC Berkeley's Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies (TDPS) continues its 2018-19 season with TARTUFFE, a daring and witty comedy that tells the story of a crafty trickster who uses religion as a guise to flatter the vulnerability of a wealthy patriarch. Initially censored following its 1664 premiere, the play is one of Moliere's most famous works and will be presented at the Zellerbach Playhouse stage on the UC Berkeley campus. Translated into English verse by Richard Wilbur, and directed by Domenique Lozano, Tartuffe runs November 9-18. Tickets are $13 to $20 and can be purchased online through the TDPS box office (http://tdps.berkeley.edu/events/tartuffe/) or at the door.
Central Works Presents Chekhov's WARD 6
by BWW News Desk - October 13, 2018
Central Works 2018 season closes with a tale of madness, alienation and moral responsibility- Chekhov's WARD 6, adapted by Gary Graves opening Today Oct 13 running through Nov 11 (previews Oct 11 & 12) at the historic Berkeley City Club.
Chekhov's WARD Closes Central Works' Season
by BWW News Desk - October 13, 2018
Central Works 2018 season closes with a tale of madness, alienation and moral responsibility- Chekhov's WARD 6, adapted by Gary Graves opening Today Oct 13 running through Nov 11 (previews Oct 11 & 12) at the historic Berkeley City Club.
Immersive Production THE OBLIGATION Comes to San Francisco
by BWW News Desk - October 13, 2018
Internationally acclaimed actor Roger Grunwald explores a world gone mad in The Obligation, his riveting, immersive one person stage drama. Directed by Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle award winner Nancy Carlin, this celebrated work interweaves the stories of a Polish Jew coming of age during World War II, a half-Jewish lieutenant in Hitler's army, a high-ranking SS officer, and a Jewish-American comedian (the play's Chorus)-all brought to life onstage in Grunwald's tour-de-force performance.
San Francisco Opera Presents Plácido Domingo In Concert At War Memorial Opera House
by BWW News Desk - October 12, 2018
San Francisco Opera today announced program details for the upcoming Placido Domingo concert on Sunday, October 21, 2018 at 2 p.m. The legendary artist returns to the War Memorial Opera House with Puerto Rican soprano Ana Maria Martinez, Mexican tenor Arturo Chacon-Cruz and the San Francisco Opera Orchestra conducted by Spanish conductor Jordi Bernacer for this sold-out performance of operatic scenes from Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata and Simon Boccanegra, along with arias and duets from Spanish zarzuelas.
C.W. Nevius Brings 'The Oakland Raiders, True Crime & Coming Of Age' To The Marsh
by BWW News Desk - October 12, 2018
This November, The Marsh San Francisco presents C.W. Nevius' The Oakland Raiders, True Crime & Coming of Age in SF. Thirty-eight years ago, Nevius came to San Francisco from a small newspaper in Colorado Springs, to work at the San Francisco Chronicle. Assigned to cover the Oakland Raiders, Nevius was taken along for the ride of his life to the Super Bowl. He was also involved in covering the story of a shocking sexual assault case at the University of San Francisco, featuring an All-American basketball player. Throughout these experiences, many lessons were learned, many from a crusty, chain-smoking editor from - of all places - Oklahoma. Directed by David Ford and written and performed by Nevius, The Oakland Raiders, True Crime & Coming of Age in SF will be presented November 16-December 15, 2018 (press opening: November 30) with performances 8:00pm Fridays and 8:30pm Saturdays at The Marsh San Francisco Studio, 1062 Valencia St., San Francisco. For tickets ($20-$35 sliding scale, $55-$100 reserved) or more information, the public may visit www.themarsh.org or call The Marsh Box office at 415-282-3055 (open Monday through Friday, 1pm-4pm).
BWW Review: SWEAT tests loyalty and identity at the Geary Theater
by Robert Sokol - October 12, 2018
SWEAT neither romanticizes nor demonizes the factory worker or their situations. You know most of these people voted for Trump, but they are at worst, desperate, not deplorable. They face hard choices with honesty and determination, understanding the limited cards they have been dealt.
BWW Review: RED SCARE ON SUNSET at New Conservatory Theatre Center
by Chris Ryan - October 12, 2018
Red Scare on Sunset is a high-camp and all-to-relevant play by Charles Busch, currently playing at the New Conservatory Theatre Center in San Francisco.

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