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Paranormal Activity
Feb 19 – Mar 15, 2026 · American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco
James and Lou move from Chicago to London to escape the past… but they soon discover that places aren’t haunted, people are. An original story...
Songs for a New World
Mar 5 – Mar 22, 2026 · Hillbarn Theatre, FOSTER CITY
Jason Robert Brown’s Songs for a New World is a thrilling, contemporary song cycle that captures the electric moment just before everything changes. In a...
Comedy Oakland at The Elbow Room Thu Feb 26 8pm
Feb 26 · Elbo Room Jack London, Oakland
Comedy Oakland, 2016-2025 winner of "Best Comedy Night" in East Bay Express Reader's Poll features funny, diverse, industry pros alongside up-and-coming comedians. Our comedians have...
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
Feb 26 · Hammer Theatre Center, Fremont
Hammer Presents National Theatre Live: Hamlet Olivier Award-winner Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) is Hamlet in this fearless, contemporary take on Shakespeare’s famous tragedy. Trapped...
Comedy Oakland at Quinn's Lighthouse Fri Feb 27 7:30pm
Feb 27 · Quinn's Lighthouse, Oakland
Comedy Oakland, 2016-2025 winner of "Best Comedy Night" in East Bay Express Reader's Poll features funny, diverse, industry pros alongside up-and-coming comedians. Our comedians have...
Comedy Oakland at The Elbow Room Fri Feb 27 8:30pm
Feb 27 · Elbo Room Jack London, Oakland
Comedy Oakland, 2016-2025 winner of "Best Comedy Night" in East Bay Express Reader's Poll features funny, diverse, industry pros alongside up-and-coming comedians. Our comedians have...
National Theatre Live: The Fifth Step
Feb 25 – Feb 27, 2026 · Hammer Theatre Center, San Jose
Olivier Award-winner Jack Lowden (Slow Horses, Dunkirk) is joined by Emmy and BAFTA-winner Martin Freeman (The Hobbit, The Responder) in the critically acclaimed and subversively...
SF Chamber Orchestra 'Seeing Double' w/ Jory Fankuchen, Music Director and Jory Vinikour, harpsichord
Feb 27 · Taube Atrium Theater, San Francisco
Admission Free!These concerts are sponsored by Karen Traister in memory of Leon TraisterJory Fankuchen, Music DirectorPROGRAM:Jens Ibsen - Scene SymphonySFCO Commission with support from the...
All Things Equal: The Life and Trials of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Feb 28 · Curran Theatre, San Francisco
Written by Tony Award Winning playwright RUPERT HOLMESStarring Michelle Azar as Ruth Bader GinsburgDirected by Laley LippardSupreme Court Justice “RBG” welcomes a friend of the...
Comedy Oakland at Quinn's Lighthouse Sat Feb 28 7pm
Feb 28 · Quinn's Lighthouse, Oakland
Comedy Oakland, 2016-2025 winner of "Best Comedy Night" in East Bay Express Reader's Poll features funny, diverse, industry pros alongside up-and-coming comedians. Our comedians have...
Comedy Oakland at Quinn's Sat Feb 28 9pm
Feb 28 · Quinn's Lighthouse, Oakland
Comedy Oakland, 2016-2025 winner of "Best Comedy Night" in East Bay Express Reader's Poll features funny, diverse, industry pros alongside up-and-coming comedians. Our comedians have...
San Francisco Boys Chorus Gala and Auction Evening, Saturday, February 28 at the St. Regis Hotel
Feb 28 · The St. Regis San Francisco, San Francisco
You're invited to the 2026 San Francisco Boys Chorus Gala & Auction Evening for the benefit of the Chorus Tuition & Camp Assistance Fund. Enjoy...
“E4TT/RMF New Music Piano Summit”
Mar 1 · Berkeley Piano Club, 2724 Haste Street, Berkeley
In collaboration with the Ross McKee Foundation, Dale Tsang will perform a program of works chosen from E4TT's 2025 Call for Scores for piano four-hands.
An Evening with a Mentalist: Jay Alexander's Mind Tricks Live
Feb 27 – Mar 1, 2026 · San Francisco Magic Theater (w/Jay Alexander) at the Marrakech, San Francisco
At the San Francisco Magic Theater, we don't give you a "show." We hand you an experience... a carefully engineered collision of impossible mentalism, laugh-out-loud...
Comedy Oakland at Quinns Lighthouse Sun Mar 1st 7pm
Mar 1 · Quinn's Lighthouse, Oakland
Comedy Oakland, 2016-2025 winner of "Best Comedy Night" in East Bay Express Reader's Poll features funny, diverse, industry pros alongside up-and-coming comedians. Our comedians have...
HOW SHAKESPEARE SAVED MY LIFE
Jan 23 – Mar 1, 2026 · Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Jacob Ming-Trent's autobiographical work explores the transformative power of language and music. In this world premiere, directed by Tony Taccone, Ming-Trent shares his journey from...
HOW SHAKESPEARE SAVED MY LIFE
Jan 23 – Mar 1, 2026 · Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Jacob Ming-Trent's autobiographical work explores the transformative power of language and music. In this world premiere, directed by Tony Taccone, Ming-Trent shares his journey from...
Live At the Orinda - Meghan Murphy
Mar 1 · Orinda Theatre, Orinda
Award winning vocal powerhouse Meghan "Big Red" Murphy, actress, global cabaret star and world traveler, described as "a cross between Jessica Rabbit and Bette Midler" will...
Mark Twain's
Feb 19 – Mar 1, 2026 · CounterPulse, San Francisco
San Francisco Youth Theatre (SFYT) proudly presents the world premiere of Mark Twain’s The Mysterious Stranger, running February 19-March 1, 2026. CounterPulse Theatre SF.
The Notebook
Feb 10 – Mar 1, 2026 · Orpheum Theatre San Francisco, San Francisco
Monday Night PlayGround
Mar 2 · PlayGround, San Francisco
“Goodnight stars, goodnight air, goodnight noises everywhere.”– Margaret Wise Brown, Goodnight Moon (illustrations by Clement Hurd)Artie and the Three Bears by Laura DomingoAnd Then I Would Dream by KT Frances HartlineNot...
Comedy Oakland at Elbo Room Thu Mar 5 8pm
Mar 5 · Elbo Room Jack London, Oakland
Comedy Oakland, 2016-2025 winner of "Best Comedy Night" in East Bay Express Reader's Poll features funny, diverse, industry pros alongside up-and-coming comedians. Our comedians have...
National Theatre Live: Inter Alia
Feb 22 – Mar 5, 2026 · Hammer Theatre Center, San Jose
Oscar-nominated Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl, Saltburn) is Jessica in the much-anticipated next play from the team behind Prima Facie. Jessica Parks is a smart Crown...
Comedy Oakland at Elbo Room Fri Mar 6 8pm
Mar 6 · Elbo Room Jack London, Oakland
Comedy Oakland, 2016-2025 winner of "Best Comedy Night" in East Bay Express Reader's Poll features funny, diverse, industry pros alongside up-and-coming comedians. Our comedians have...
Voices that Raised Us: An Evening of Iconic Female Hits from Decades Past (Concert at the Center)
Mar 6 · Sonoma Community Center, Sonoma
Voices That Raised Us is a heartfelt live music experience celebrating the women whose voices shaped generations. Led by vocalist and acoustic guitarist TJ Carter,...
Comedy Oakland at Quinns Lighthouse Sat Mar 7 9pm
Mar 7 · Quinn's Lighthouse, Oakland
Comedy Oakland, 2016-2025 winner of "Best Comedy Night" in East Bay Express Reader's Poll features funny, diverse, industry pros alongside up-and-coming comedians. Our comedians have...
Comedy Oakland at Quinns Lighthouse Sat Mar 7th 7pm
Mar 7 · Quinn's Lighthouse, Oakland
Comedy Oakland, 2016-2025 winner of "Best Comedy Night" in East Bay Express Reader's Poll features funny, diverse, industry pros alongside up-and-coming comedians. Our comedians have...
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Review: WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME at Hillbarn Theatre
by Steve Murray - February 02, 2026
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by Linda Hodges - January 28, 2026
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by Jim Munson - January 26, 2026
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by Steve Murray - January 16, 2026
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