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Wayne Harris' DRAPETOMANIA Extends at he Marsh Berkeley
by BWW News Desk - October 27, 2025
The Marsh Berkeley will extend the World Premiere engagement of acclaimed playwright and performer Wayne Harris’ Drapetomania, directed by David Ford. Learn more!
Richard Thomas to Star in MARK TWAIN TONIGHT! at BroadwaySF's Curran Theatre
by BWW News Desk - October 27, 2025
Emmy-Award Winning Actor Richard Thomas will star in a new production of Mark Twain Tonight!, coming to BroadwaySF’s Curran Theatre. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.
Dance Brigade to Complete 50th Anniversary Season With MATCH GIRRL Premiere
by BWW News Desk - October 27, 2025
Dance Brigade will present the premiere of Match Girrl, a fractured fairy tale about class struggle exploring the drug and homeless crisis in San Francisco. Learn more here.
Review: THE WISDOM OF EVE at Altarena Playhouse
by Kelly Rogers Flynt - October 26, 2025
THE WISDOM OF EVE blends the magic of the stage with the shadows behind to expose the full world of theater. Here you find the blood, sweat, and tears that can take people to the top as well take people down as they climb. Altarena Playhouse’s THE WISDOM OF EVE takes you on a wild ride through the underbelly of theater life.
Photos: PARSIFAL at the San Francisco Opera
by BWW News Desk - October 25, 2025
San Francisco Opera's new production of Richard Wagner's PARSIFAL runs from October 25 through November 13 on the War Memorial Opera House stage, and the production released photos.
Review: SUFFS at Orpheum Theatre
by Steve Murray - October 24, 2025
The national touring company of Tony winner for Best Book and Best Score Suffs rolls into San Francisco with a production that is just as powerful and relevant as its 2022 Broadway debut. With its major theme of perseverance to a cause, the story of the suffragists movement can be seen as a precursor to the civil rights, gay rights, ERA, #metoo, and No Kings marches of today.
Review: SOME LIKE IT HOT at BROADWAY SAN JOSE
by Linda Hodges - October 22, 2025
San Jose is turning up the heat with SOME LIKE IT HOT! It bursts onto the stage in a blaze of jazz, joy and unapologetic flair. With dazzling choreography, comedy, and a story that balances the 1930s Prohibition era with 21st-century heart, this Broadway tour redefines what musical comedy can be.
Review: HARD TIMES - APPALACHIAN STORIES at Z Space
by Steve Murray - October 21, 2025
Three tender stories of human relationships, presented through the lens of Appalachian culture, are beautifully captured in Ron Rash’s Hard Times now at Z Below. We first get a comedy, then a touching tale about sadness, to the amazingly hyperreal story of deprivation and hopelessness.
Puscifer to Perform at BroadwaySF's Golden Gate Theatre in May
by BWW News Desk - October 21, 2025
Puscifer—the multi-dimensional band featuring Maynard James Keenan, Mat Mitchell, and Carina Round—will bring their “Normal Isn’t Tour” to BroadwaySF’s Golden Gate Theatre.
Silicon Valley Shakespeare's A CHRISTMAS CAROL to Return to Montalvo Arts Center
by BWW News Desk - October 21, 2025
This December, audiences will once again step inside the world of the beloved Charles Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol, with Silicon Valley Shakespeare's celebrated roving production.
Transcendence Theatre Company to Present BROADWAY HOLIDAY
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 20, 2025
Transcendence Theatre Company will ring in the holiday season with its beloved annual tradition, Broadway Holiday, performing at Sonoma Country Day School in Santa Rosa. Learn more!
HERSHEY FELDER: THE PIANO AND ME is Coming to Theatreworks Silicon Valley
by BWW News Desk - October 20, 2025
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will ring in 2026 with the return of actor/pianist/writer Hershey Felder in the World Premiere of Hershey Felder: The Piano and Me. Learn more!
Gautier Capuçon to Present GAÏA At Davies Symphony Hall in November
by BWW News Desk - October 20, 2025
Cellist Gautier Capuçon brings his groundbreaking project GAÏA to Davies Symphony Hall on November 16, 2025, featuring 16 world-premiere works inspired by the Earth and commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony.
Review: MURDER FOR TWO at Hillbarn Theatre
by Steve Murray - October 19, 2025
What did our critic think of MURDER FOR TWO at Hillbarn Theatre?
Terry Baum’s LESBO SOLO: MY TRUE-LIFE ADVENTURES THRU 50 YEARS OF GAY LIBERATION Extended at The Marsh
by BWW News Desk - October 16, 2025
Due to popular demand, The Marsh Berkeley has extended Terry Baum’s Lesbo Solo: My True-Life Adventures Thru 50 Years of Gay Liberation through November 30, 2025.
Cinnabar Theater Celebrates The Season With Festive Musical Celebration THE HOLIDAY SONGBOOK
by BWW News Desk - October 16, 2025
Cinnabar Theater will close out the year with The Holiday Songbook, a heartwarming, high-energy celebration of timeless holiday music and traditions. Created by Broadway and recording veterans James A. Rocco and Albert Evans, the family-friendly musical event will run December 19–21, 2025, at Warren Theater at Sonoma State University.
GEORGIANA AND KITTY: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY is Coming to TheatreWorks
by BWW News Desk - October 15, 2025
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will return to the world of Jane Austen with the heartwarming holiday tale filled with music Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley, written by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon and directed by Giovanna Sardelli.
Theatre Rhinoceros to Celebrate Halloween With GHOULS, ZOMBIES, & PSYCHOS!
by BWW News Desk - October 15, 2025
Theatre Rhinoceros, the nation’s longest-running LGBTQ+ theatre company, will celebrate Halloween night with Ghouls, Zombies, & Psychos! A Halloween Shocker.
Final Weeks To Submit For The 2025 BroadwayWorld San Francisco / Bay Area Awards
by BWW Awards - October 14, 2025
Time is running out to submit for the 2025 BroadwayWorld San Francisco / Bay Area Awards! The 2025 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025.
STOMP to be Presented at Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts
by BWW News Desk - October 14, 2025
STOMP will come to The Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts for three performances only. Learn more about the tour and see how to purchase tickets here!
Trisha Paytas to Bring TRISHMAS LIVE! Tour to BroadwaySF
by BWW News Desk - October 14, 2025
Nationally recognized media personality, entrepreneur, and author Trisha Paytas will present her 2025 Christmas tour, Trisha Paytas: Trishmas LIVE! Learn more!
THE GOLDEN GIRLS LIVE: THE CHRISTMAS EPISODES is Coming to the Curran Theatre
by BWW News Desk - October 14, 2025
Director D’Arcy Drollinger has revealed the two episodes that will be brought to life at the historic Curran Theatre as part of The Golden Girls Live: The Christmas Episodes. Learn more!
PBS To Premiere HEALING A SOLDIER’S HEART Nationally On Veterans Day Weekend 2025
by BWW News Desk - October 14, 2025
The documentary Healing a Soldier’s Heart will make its national premiere on PBS.org and public television stations on Veterans Day weekend, Sunday, November 9, 2025, at 6 p.m. PT / 9 p.m. ET.
Hillbarn Theatre To Celebrate 85 Years With November Anniversary Concerts
by BWW News Desk - October 14, 2025
Hillbarn Theatre in Foster City will celebrate its 85th anniversary with two special concerts on Saturday, November 14 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, November 15 at 2 p.m.
Review: THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW at SF Oasis
by Steve Murray - October 13, 2025
What did our critic think of THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW at SF Oasis? D’Arcy Drollinger, artistic director and owner of SF Oasis, plays her swan song appropriately as Frank-N-Furter, the mad transvestite scientist in the cult classic The Rocky Horror Show.

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