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Berkeley Playhouse continues their ninth season of professional theater for family audiences with the East Bay premiere of Elton John's Tony Award-winning musical, Billy Elliot the Musical.

SF Opera Lab presents composer Ted Hearne's universally acclaimed digital-age oratorio The Source, drawn from the contents of Chelsea Manning's WikiLeaksrelease and called 'some of the most expressive socially engaged music in recent memory-from any genre" by Pitchfork.

SF Opera Lab presents composer Ted Hearne's universally acclaimed digital-age oratorio The Source, drawn from the contents of Chelsea Manning's WikiLeaks release and called 'some of the most expressive socially engaged music in recent memory-from any genre" by Pitchfork.

Kinky Boots, the smash-hit musical that brings together four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein (Book) and Grammy Award-winning rock icon Cyndi Lauper (Tony Award-winner for Best Score for Kinky Boots), will perform a limited engagement at San Jose's Center for the Performing Arts (255 Almaden

Celebrated American pianist George Winston will release a cancer research benefit album, Spring Carousel, on RCA Records on March 31, 2017.

More than 6,000 people marched and rallied in San Francisco on the evening of January 20 protesting Donald Trump's elevation to the presidency and the ultra-reactionary agenda of the new administration.

Novato Theater Company Hosts a Comedy Weekend February 24-26.

Annika and Tommy are in for some excitement when they meet their new neighbor, Pippi Longstocking, who has crazy red pigtails, a horse, a pet monkey named Mr.

With special permission from Stephen King, Playhouse Merced will be producing "Stephen King's The Shining.

Bay Area playwright, Lauren Gunderson, one of the most produced playwrights in 2015-2016, has invited artists to stage a reading of her play The Taming on Inauguration Day 2017 for free as a fundraiser.

A refreshing new take on a timeless classic.

 In keeping with its mission to "inspire the imagination and ignite critical dialog," the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) invites all members of the community to come together on Friday, January 20 for a full day of positive, creative events and act

Children's Musical Theater San Jose (CMTSJ), a nationally acclaimed theater company honored 10 times by the NEA and the oldest operating performing arts organization in San Jose now in its 49th year, presents The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, the first 2017 show of the current Mainstage se

Due to a break-in at San Jose Stage Company that has caused a momentary disruption to our facilities in addition to the unpredictable weather, tomorrow's event The Ghostlight Project hosted at San Jose Stage Company will be moved.

On the eve of the Presidential Inauguration, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will join with others in the theatre community - from Broadway to regional theatres to high schools and colleges, and community theatres - at 5:30pm, Today, January 19, 2017 to participate in The Ghostlight Project.

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Part dark comedy and part psychological thriller, Ideation takes us behind the closed doors of our corporate world, where motivations get murky and ethics are ambiguous.

Marin Theatre Company continues its 50th Anniversary Season with the West Coast Premiere of Nambi E.

Hillbarn Theatre - the Peninsula's premier theatre company - kicks off 2017 with John Kander and Fred Ebb's acclaimed musical masterpiece, Cabaret.

Bay Area Musicals!, the newest non-profit theatrical organization to join the vibrant San Francisco Bay Area arts community, continues its second season with the acclaimed tribal Stephen Sondheim musical,Assassins.

Jewish Community Center of San Francisco has released its updated schedule of February events.

Emily Keeler, San Francisco Arts Education's Artistic Director, announced today that the San Francisco Arts Education Project's 2017 production is the classic Broadway musical Carnival, which introduced the song "Love Makes the World Go 'Round.

Golden Thread Productions, the first American theatre company devoted to the Middle East, continues the celebration of its 20th anniversary with an ambitious and truly international season of new work featuring artists and stories from or about Iran, Syria, Afghanistan, Palestine, Turkey, Iraq, Arme

The third annual Yountville Live, the ultimate, luxury getaway event, featuring exquisite cuisines from world-class restaurants and Award-winning rock star chefs, exclusive intimate performances from some of today's hottest recording artists and a unique variety of some of Napa Valley's most celebr

San Francisco Opera General Director Matthew Shilvock and Music Director Nicola Luisotti today announced plans for the 2017-18 repertory season.