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On the eve of its first performance, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley has announced that its presentation of Hershey Felder's Our Great Tchaikovsky is already establishing a new all-time box office record for the 48 year-old Bay Area theatre company and it is not even open yet.

The Hammer Theater Center launches its new three-part ArtTech Series with mesmerizing dancers and drones illuminating the stage this January.

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presents the Tony Award-winning musical The Bridges of Madison County, based on the 1992 best-selling novel by Robert James Waller about love both lost and found.

Novato Theater Company continues its entertaining and provocative 2017- 2018 season with the Arthur Miller classic, Death of a Salesman, one of the greatest plays in American Theatre.

Valley of the Moon Music Festival(VMMF) founders, Tanya Tomkins and Eric Zivian, today announced the program for their fourth season, which kicks off this month with a return to the Green Music Center's Schroeder Hall at Sonoma State University.

The Marsh San Francisco announces award-winning performer Brian Copeland will offer free performances of his acclaimed The Waiting Period, a deeply moving and surprisingly funny work on his own struggles with depression and suicidal thought.

In his youth, Wagner created his fastest moving and perhaps his most effective score with The Flying Dutchman.

Smuin dancers will step into the spotlight as choreographers during Smuin's 2018 Choreography Showcase, utilizing fellow company members to bring their original ideas to life on stage in fresh new dances.

PlayGround has announced the lineup for the inaugural PlayGround Solo Performance Festival, a celebration of the best in Bay Area solo performance, running January 11-28 at Potrero Stage.

BottleRock Napa Valley 2018, presented by JaM Cellars, announces its sixth annual festival lineup today, which includes headline artists Bruno Mars, The Killers and Muse.

Multi-award winning Foothill Music Theatre presents 9 to 5 The Musical, featuring eight-time Grammy Award winner Dolly Parton's Grammy and Tony Award-nominated, country, gospel, and pop music-infused score.

Today, American Conservatory Theater (A.

In her 12th and final solo play Latin Standards Marga Gomez performs the loving, funny and true story of perseverance and creative addiction passed down from immigrant father to lesbian daughter.

AKArt and state are pleased to present Object Action: The 'F' Word in a Post-Truth Era to mark the inauguration of Collect For Change-an initiative which collaborates with artists across disciplines, offering artwork with a portion of sales benefiting a charity personally selected by each artist.

The San Francisco Early Music Society's 2017-18 concert season continues the weekend of February 2 with three concerts by AGAVE BAROQUE with guest countertenor Reginald Mobley performing music of love and loss in the shadow of the Thirty Years' War (1618 1648), works by Johann Christoph Bach, Ma

Smuin, on the heels of a successful run of its annual holiday extravaganza The Christmas Ballet, returns in February to bring its Dance Series 01 to Mountain View and Carmel.

Central Works begins its 2018 season of new plays with Bamboozled by award-winning playwright Patricia Milton, opening with a press night on Saturday, Feb 17, and running through March 18 (previews Feb 15 & 16) at the historic Berkeley City Club.

Back by popular demand, the Drag Kings take over the stage at Oasis in D'Arcy Drollinger's Star Trek Live! Opening Friday February 16th and running Friday-Sunday through March 17th at Oasis, 298 11th Street @ Folsom.

To celebrate 30 years of The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway, Franc D'Ambrosio returns to Feinstein's at the Nikko with The Phantom Unmasked The Songs of Broadway, a magical evening celebrating the finest songs of Broadway, for two performances only - Today, January 5 (8 p.

In March, New Conservatory Theatre Center presents the regional premiere of Terrence McNally's It's Only a Play, in a newly revised version which marks McNally's eleventh production at NCTC.

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) presents the San Francisco premiere of Until, Until, Until.

The Marsh San Francisco announces a new solo show by Jill Vice, A Fatal Step.

On January 26 & 27 the Paul Dresher Electro-Acoustic Band premieres Ned Rothenberg's improvised concerto Beyond C, an Ensemble commission inspired by Terry Riley's In C.

Rob Melrose and Paige Rogers started the Cutting Ball Theater almost 20 years ago with a goal of taking audiences to places that they don't normally go.

Contra Costa Civic Theatre (CCCT) continues its 58th season with Mary Zimmerman's wildly inventive, highly theatrical The Secret in the Wings from February 16 through March 11.