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A Hollywood action star tries to prove himself in a serious Broadway play by Kafka, and he comes up against a new understudy with a chip on his shoulder and a tangled romantic past, in San Jose Rep's production of The Understudy, scheduled to run tonight, May 10 through June 3.

The 6th Street Playhouse has just announced an extension of its current production of 'The Marvelous Wonderettes.

Franc D'Ambrosio is best known as the 'Phantom' in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Tony Award winning Musical, "The Phantom Of The Opera.

THE RRAZZ ROOM, San Francisco's premiere nightclub, presents the debut solo engagement of Valerie Simpson running now through May 13.

Bay Area musical favorites, Robin Flower and Libby McLaren will perform a selection of brand new tunes and other choice picks from their extended catalog of original songs.

San Francisco's African-American Shakespeare Company has announced the lineup for its 18th season.

American Conservatory Theater (A.

This June, Shady Shakespeare Theatre Company presents The Lion in Winter, James Goldman's compelling drama about a king's search for a successor within his feuding family.

I have a difficult time staying away from Fiddler on the Roof comparisons when I consider 42nd Street Moon's production of Zorba.

Perhaps the reason the film version of the musical The Producers did not do so well as its Tony-award winning Broadway counterpart because it lacked that special magic that only live theatre can give.

Cutting Ball Theater has announced that it will add an additional four performances of its current hit production of TENDERLOIN, a World Premiere about the people and places in Cutting Ball Theater's neighborhood.

'One for the money, two for the show, three to get ready now go-go-go' to Broadway San Jose to experience Million Dollar Quartet, tonight May 8 through May 13th for a limited engagement.

Are you ready for summer? Why not join one of our performing arts classes just for adults?

Jo Schuman Silver, producer of Steve Silver's Beach Blanket Babylon, announced today the selection of nine Bay Area finalists for the Steve Silver Foundation and Beach Blanket Babylon "Scholarship for the Arts.

Clove Productions, in association with SAFEhouse Productions, presents the San Francisco premiere of Michael Martin's VERBATIM VERBOTEN, Directed by Michael Martin and Assisted by Skip Emerson, Fri-Sat, May 11-12 & 18-19 @ 8pm.

The New Conservatory Theatre Center presents a Public Community Performance of THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CLOSET, written by Ed Roy and directed by Sara Staley, at NCTC tonight, May 7, 2012 at 7pm.

The stage adaptation of Stuart Little, the popular children's story based on the book by E.

Cutting Ball Theater continues its 2012 celebration of August Strindberg's centennial with a Hidden Classics presentation of three one-act plays that show the power of Strindberg's invention.

'One for the money, two for the show, three to get ready now go-go-go' to Broadway San Jose to experience Million Dollar Quartet, May 8 - 13th for a limited engagement.

42nd Street Moon, the company that presents intimate productions of uncommon musicals, concludes its 2011-12 season with a journey to Greece and Crete for the Kander and Ebb classic, ZORBA.

The Tony Award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe opens its 53rd season with FOR THE GREATER GOOD, or THE LAST ELECTION, July 4-September 3, 2012.

Nathalie Fillion is the author of Out There.

Maureen McGovern returns to The RRazz Room to perform her new show, 'dangling conversations.

Dragon Productions will present Wonderful World, Written By Richard Dresser and Directed By Susannah Greenwood at Dragon Theatre, 535 Alma Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301 from May 25th - June 17th, 2012.

Berkeley Playhouse has announced its next KidStage production, HONK! JR.