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Berkeley Repertory Theatre today announced the West Coast premiere of An Octoroon written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and directed by Eric Ting will close out its season.

A completely improvised salute to that classic sci-fi TV series of the 60s! Instead seeing Kirk and Spock (or spoofs of Kirk and Spock), BATS talented cast of actors will use audience suggestions to beam aboard an entirely new crew of characters, created and introduced on the spot.

"Lose your blues, everybody cut loose!" Shouldn't be too hard to do when the iconic rocker Kenny Loggins joins Pacific Symphony for a concert co-presented with the OC Fair, featuring the popular singer's greatest hits.

"Every day is a new beginning," wrote Artistic Director Amy Miller, who opened the production with passionate, inspiring words as Transcendence Theatre presented 'Another Openin' Another Show' at Jack London State Historic Park.

Single (non-subscription) tickets for San Francisco Opera's 2017 Fall Season at the War Memorial Opera House go on sale Monday, June 26, 2017, at 10 a.

PlayGround and Noise Pop present the July 8-30 premiere (Previews July 6 & 7) of  Vignettes On Love, a new multi-media play based on original writings by David Steele, with the play co-written by Steele, Victoria Chong Der and Davern Wright.

New Conservatory Theatre Center (NCTC) and Gala Co-Chairs Andrew Smith and Chris Yaros are proud to announce the 2017 annual season gala, All Decked Out!, celebrating Founder & Artistic Director Ed Decker's first 36 years of service to the community with many more to go.

Tony and two-time Grammy Award winner Jennifer Holliday will bring Jennifer Holliday: In a Mellow Tone to San Francisco's Marines' Memorial Theatre (609 Sutter St.

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley announced today that its acclaimed current production, Hershey Felder, Beethoven, has established a new all-time box office record for the 48 year-old Bay Area theatre company - and it is not even halfway through its scheduled run.

Tony and two-time Grammy Award winner Jennifer Holliday will bring Jennifer Holliday: In a Mellow Tone to San Francisco's Marines' Memorial Theatre (609 Sutter St.

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley kicks off its 48th season with the World Premiere of The Four Immigrants: An American Musical Manga.

Thingamajigs presents the latest edition of the sound-art festival that started it all.

Children's Musical Theater San Jose (CMT San Jose), a nationally acclaimed theater company honored 10 times by the NEA and the oldest operating performing arts organization in San Jose, presents The Hunchback of Notre Dame directed by CMT Artistic Director Kevin Hauge and running July 28-August 6 at

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love, Feinstein's at the Nikko is thrilled to announce the complete schedule for the month of August.

Continuing its commitment to developing new works, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will gather playwrights and composers from across the nation for its 2017 New Works Festival at Palo Alto's Lucie Stern Theatre, where the public can attend performances, participate in a panel discussion with the artists

The Board of Directors of the non-profit Luther Burbank Memorial Foundation, which owns and operates Luther Burbank Center for the Arts ("the Center"), today announced it is making additional improvements to the facility, as a continuation of the Bridge to the Future project.

Bay Area Musicals!, the newest non-profit theatrical organization to join the vibrant San Francisco Bay Area arts community, closes out its second season with the heart-warming Broadway hit musical, Seussical The Musical.

San Francisco Opera and KQED Public Television will join forces to bring the spectacle and power of grand opera into the homes of Bay Area residents with two telecast events that combine theater, stage craft, and exhilarating musical performances.

Disney Theatrical Productions and SHN announced today that tickets for the long-awaited engagement of Disney's ALADDIN will go on sale to the public on Friday, June 16.

Coming off their widely successful launch of the "White Rabbit Project" on Netflix, "Mythbusters" alumni Kari Byron, Tory Belleci and Grant Imahara will hit the road using their scientific sleuth skills as they head DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE to investigate weird and wonderful events from pop culture, sci

Crowded Fire Theater (CFT) In his inaugural commission as Crowded Fire's Playwright-in-Residence, Christopher Chen tackles the power structures inherent in large corporations.

Playwrights Foundation, the West Coast's premiere launchpad for exceptional emerging playwrights has named the artistic teams and daily schedule for the 40th Anniversary Bay Area Playwrights Festival (BAPF).

Transcendence Theatre Company's popular Broadway Under the Stars show series will present "Fantastical Family Night" for two nights only July 14 and 15 in the 150-year old open-air Winery Ruins at Jack London State Historic Park in Glen Ellen.

"OMG, I Love That Show!" Productions and D'Arcy Drollinger are thrilled to announce the co-production of Debbie Does Dallas playing a limited 4-week engagement July 12th through August 5th at Oasis nightclub in San Francisco.

Hope Mohr Dance has announced its seventh annual Bridge Project, the company's signature platform that approaches curating as a form of community organizing to convene interdisciplinary cultural conversations.