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Children's Musical Theater San Jose Artistic Director Kevin Hauge to Retire
by BWW News Desk - June 17, 2024
Children’s Musical Theater San Jose Artistic Director Kevin Hauge will retire at the close of the 57th season.
Photos: First Look at PARTENOPE at San Francisco Opera
by BWW News Desk - June 16, 2024
San Francisco Opera’s 2024 Summer Season continues with George Frideric Handel’s Partenope in director Christopher Alden’s award-winning production. Check out photos here!
The Marsh Presents First Ever IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES Performance Festival This August
by BWW News Desk - June 14, 2024
The Marsh has announce the inaugural In Front of Your Eyes Performance Festival, running from August 1 to 25, 2024, showcasing a diverse array of live performances.
San Francisco Opera to Celebrate Pride Month with 'Pride Night at the Opera' and San Francisco Pride Parade
by BWW News Desk - June 14, 2024
San Francisco Opera will celebrate Pride month, bringing together LGBTQIA+ artists, staff, audience and community, and highlighting the city’s connection to opera.
Cynthia Erivo to Join Esa-Pekka Salonen and the SF Symphony in Concert in September
by BWW News Desk - June 14, 2024
London-born Broadway and film actress and singer Cynthia Erivo will join Esa-Pekka Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony in concert at Davies Symphony Hall in September. Learn how to purchase tickets.
Patricia Milton's ACCUSED! Opens In July At Central Works
by BWW News Desk - June 13, 2024
Patricia Milton's play ACCUSED! opens at Central Works on July 13.
Mario Van Peebles Joins 2024 San Francisco Black Film Festival With Screenings
by BWW News Desk - June 13, 2024
The San Francisco Black Film Festival has announced the participation of acclaimed filmmaker and actor Mario Van Peebles in its 2024 edition.
The Actors' Reading Collective Will Host Summer Reading Series Outside the Box
by BWW News Desk - June 13, 2024
The Actors’ Reading Collective, in residence at Marin Shakespeare Company, will present a summer reading series of Shakespeare-themed contemporary plays.
FOUR PLAY to Begin This Thursday at Theatre Rhinoceros
by BWW News Desk - June 12, 2024
Following up on sold out runs of A Guide for the Homesick and Fucking Men, JT Presents and Theatre Rhinoceros will bring Jake Brunger’s hit Four Play from London to San Francisco in time for Pride 2024
Merola Opera Program to Present DON GIOVANNI in August
by BWW News Desk - June 12, 2024
Merola Opera Program will continue its Summer Festival season with a fully staged production of Don Giovanni, Mozart’s vivid retelling of the Don Juan legend, with libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. Learn how to purchase tickets.
San Jose Stage Company To Host 28th Annual MONDAY NIGHT LIVE!
by BWW News Desk - June 12, 2024
San Jose Stage Company celebrates its 28th annual MONDAY NIGHT LIVE! event, featuring performances and special guests.
Ensemble For These Times Launches Second Season of 'For Good Measure'
by BWW News Desk - June 12, 2024
San Francisco contemporary music chamber group Ensemble for These Times has announced the start of the second season of its podcast, 'For Good Measure,' an interview series celebrating diverse composers and other creative artists from underrepresented communities, with a special focus on women composers.
Playful People Productions Announces Summer Tech Camps
by BWW News Desk - June 11, 2024
Kids who love theater can expand their skills beyond the spotlight with Playful People Productions Summer Tech Camps, a rare opportunity for teens ages 12 to 15 to learn the basics of set design and construction, and lighting and sound design; as well as the opportunity to run the lighting or sound board during a live performance
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG Comes to San Francisco Playhouse in September
by BWW News Desk - June 11, 2024
San Francisco Playhouse will kick off its 2024-25 season with the Olivier Award-winning comedy The Play That Goes Wrong. This fast-paced farce full of slapstick silliness and inventive theatricality finds the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society on opening night of its newest production, The Murder at Haversham Manor.
GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY Comes to the Golden Gate Theatre in July
by BWW News Desk - June 11, 2024
The North American Tour of GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY will perform a limited engagement at BroadwaySF’s Golden Gate Theatre beginning Tuesday, July 30 and running through Sunday, August 18, 2024.
Outside Lands Details Lineup For Dolores'
by Josh Sharpe - June 11, 2024
Outside Lands has unveiled the programming for the now-beloved, dance space Dolores’. The space celebrates queer and trans communities with the joy and vibrancy that the Bay Area is known for. Dolores’ will return to the Polo Field at the festival grounds and honor the rich history of queer arts, events and activism in San Francisco and beyond… Everyone is welcome at Dolores’! 
CAT KID COMIC CLUB: THE MUSICAL Comes To San Francisco's Curran Theater This September
by BWW News Desk - June 10, 2024
CAT KID COMIC CLUB, based on the popular book series by Dav Pilkey, will be performed at San Francisco's Curran Theater.
Synergy Theater to Present SPONTANEOUS SOAP: AN IMPROVISED DAYTIME DRAMA
by BWW News Desk - June 10, 2024
Synergy Theater will bring unscripted comedy to the Lesher Center for the Arts with the world debut of SPONTANEOUS SOAP: AN IMPROVISED DAYTIME DRAMA. Learn how to purchase tickets.
Review: BEING ALIVE: A SONDHEIM CELEBRATION at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
by Steve Murray - June 10, 2024
Let the tributes begin, and there will be many. The enduring legacy of Stephen Sondheim’s music is ours forever and his works ensure he’s one of Broadway’s greatest composers. He is Theatreworks’ most produced composer and Founding Artistic Director Robert Kelly collaborates with Resident Musical Director William Liberatore to celebrate the joyous and complicated human relationships prevalent throughout Sondheim’s musicals and plays.
Review: COMPANY at Orpheum Theatre
by Steve Murray - June 09, 2024
What a mess – the characters I mean. Sondheim’s original Tony-winning play examines both the merit and harsh realities of relationships as seen through the perspective of a detached, intimacy avoiding individual. They’re all delightfully dysfunctional, their relationships messy, beautifully mirroring reality.
Review: GHOST OF KING at Oakland Theater Project
by Kelly Rogers Flynt - June 09, 2024
Captivating from start to finish, GHOST OF KING brings the power of MLK’s words to life. Whether you are familiar with King’s speeches and sermons or not, the show provides all you need to understand the dilemma at hand. In a time where MLK is memorialized on street corners nationwide and with an annual holiday, we rarely take time to listen to his message beyond convenient sound bites and taglines. GHOST OF KING seeks to put the context and thus the heart back into King’s message and deliver it with urgency.
THE BIG SNAP to Play The 2024 SF FRINGE FESTIVAL
by BWW News Desk - June 09, 2024
Award-winning solo performer, Jeremy Julian Greco, will bring his solo show, The Big Snap, to the 33rd San Francisco Fringe Festival for three performances. 
Los Gatos Music and Arts to Present SOUNDS OF SUMMER This Month
by BWW News Desk - June 09, 2024
Los Gatos Music and Arts will present THE SOUNDS OF SUMMER on Saturday, June 22, from noon to dark at Los Gatos Town Plaza, Main Street and Santa Cruz Avenue in downtown Los Gatos.
Video: Cast Members Talk THE LEHMAN TRILOGY on KPIX CBS News Bay Area
by BWW News Desk - June 08, 2024
Aaron Krohn, Howard W. Overshown, and John Heffernan stopped by CBS to discuss The Lehman Trilogy, running at A.C.T. through June 23rd. Watch the interview here!
Photos: First Look At BEING ALIVE: A SONDHEIM CELEBRATION At TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
by BWW News Desk - June 07, 2024
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will close its 53rd season with the World Premiere of a new musical tribute honoring Stephen Sondheim, Being Alive: A Sondheim Celebration. See photos from the production.

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