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Cinnabar Theater will present MY FAIR LADY as the opening production of its 2026 season at the Warren Theater at Sonoma State University.

PlayGround will launch its first annual Comedy Festival in San Francisco, showcasing new stand-up, sketch, improv, and comedic theatre from artists across the Bay Area and beyond.

SFJAZZ has announced a new partnership with the San Francisco Community Music Center to launch a free, 12-week music production course for youth beginning in January 2026.

John Malkovich will appear with the San Francisco Symphony in Aleksey Igudesman’s The Music Critic, a theatrical concert blending classical music with historic criticism.

THE WIZ is back and coming to San Jose’s Center for the Performing Arts for a limited engagement.

Dan Hoyle’s Takes All Kinds will kick off its next leg of performances with a strictly limited engagement at The Marsh San Francisco, directed by Aldo Billingslea.

Front Porch Music will return to Town Hall Theatre with a new installment of its quarterly series, presenting a lineup of local folk and acoustic artists.

BATS Improv, San Francisco’s vibrant nonprofit organization dedicated to the art of improvised theatre, will celebrate their milestone 40th anniversary season with a lineup of original productions and returning hits.

BroadwaySF will present Unscripted: Good Writing — An Evening with Anne Lamott & Neal Allen—the next installment in BroadwaySF’s Unscripted series.

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will present the Regional Premiere of Eboni Booth’s Primary Trust.

All Things Equal – The Life and Trials of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the joyful theatrical event by multiple-Tony Award winning playwright Rupert Holmes, will return to San Francisco’s Curran Theater.

San Francisco Shakespeare Festival will present its 2026 season under the thematic banner Empire, featuring Julius Caesar on tour and Antony and Cleopatra for Free Shakespeare in the Park.

Over two hundred and fifty years after fighting the British for independence, we’re absolutely gaga over Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon’s delightful Christmas at Pemberley series and its spot on depictions of Regency England.

Broadway Holiday has always been more than a performance.

HADESTOWN will return to BroadwaySF’s Orpheum Theatre for a limited engagement.