The Interestings, a new musical based on Meg Wolitzer's bestselling novel, will have its world premiere at Berkeley Repertory Theatre in early 2027. Directed by Michael Arden, the show features music and lyrics by Sara Bareilles, with a book co-written by Wolitzer and Sarah...
What did our critic think of AFRICAN STEW at Lorraine Hansberry Theatre?…
Stories of romantic love are delivered by a variety of interdisciplinary artists in the second Bay Area incarnation of Crushing, and it’s a winner for the art of spoken word. The featured writers span genders, ages and viewpoints and you never know what’s coming next.…
A love of food sustains houseworker Gladys over a forty-year arc that coincides with the social, economic and political changes wrought by the Cuban revolution of 1959 in Eduardo Machado’s The Cook, opening Berkeley Rep’s 59th season. In Tanya Orellana’s superbly appointed and functional kit…
Review of Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST at Broadway San Jose, where dazzling stagecraft, spectacular choreography and standout performances make the new touring production a theatrical feast.…
VANYA and SONIA and MASHA and SPIKE is a delightful romp with equal measures of nostalgia and hope for the future. With rapid-fire dialogue and pitch-perfect timing, the cast bring the script by Christopher Durang to life. …
Marin Theatre opens its 60th season with a bang – a sobering dark comedy from director, writer and former California Shakespeare Theatre Associate Artistic Director Sean Daniels. Chronicling the dark ride of self-delusion into alcoholism, Daniels’ semiautobiographical story is beautifully exec…
Marin Theatre opens its 60th season with a bang – a sobering dark comedy from director, writer and former California Shakespeare Theatre Associate Artistic Director Sean Daniels. Chronicling the dark ride of self-delusion into alcoholism, Daniels’ semiautobiographical story is beautifully execut…
RUMORS at Woodminster Summer Musicals is full of laughs and gaffs, and is a jolly good time. Set in a posh New York townhouse, RUMORS is Neil Simon’s only full length farce. From half truths to utter nonsense and mistaken identities to outright charades, this production will ensnare you in a strea…
Pickleball at Hillbarn Theatre, written by Jeff Daniels, takes one of the country’s fastest-growing sports and serves it up as an unabashedly silly comedy filled with eccentric players, romantic entanglements, and plenty of physical humor. …
Altarena Playhouse brings Noël Coward’s FALLEN ANGELS to life with wit and charm. When the sardonic writing of a genius playwright meets the witty interpretation of a theater, it produces a night full of laughs and insights. …
28 total · showing 11–20
BY SELINA FILLINGER DIRECTED BY ANNIE TIPPE RODA THEATRE SEP 16–OCT 22, 2023 TICKETS NOW ON SALE Berkeley Rep brings you this gleefully feminist satire just in time for the Presidential primaries! When the President unwittingly spins a PR nightmare into a global crisis, the...
Before he won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical ( The Band’s Visit ), Ari’el Stachel grew up in Berkeley, an Israeli American of Yemeni Jewish descent. Then came 9/11. Desperate to avoid taunts and threats at school, Ari hides his Middle Eastern background –...
Sarah Ruhl; dir: Anne Kauffman. World Premiere
Suzan-Lori Parks; dir: Jaki Bradley.
Francis Turnly; dir: Mark Wing Davey. American Premiere
Roda Theatre: - adapt: Sarah Ruhl from Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Lowell; dir: Les Waters.
Thrust Stage: - William Shakespeare; dir: Mark Wing-Davey.
Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci was larger than life. Her childhood courage resisting the Nazis fueled her work as a war correspondent with an antiauthoritarian zeal that perfectly matched the ‘60s and ‘70s. She gained fame by grilling Kissinger, Castro, Khomeini, Qadaffi and...
Roda Theatre: - adapt: Emma Rice; book: Carl Grose; lyrics: Carl Grose; music: Stu Barker; dir: Emma Rice.
Get ready for Troublemaker, or The Freakin Kick-A Adventures of Bradley Boatright. Only Berkeley Rep could unleash this wild world premiere, commissioned from hot young playwright Dan LeFranc. It’s nineteen mighty-eight. In working-class Rhode Island, Bradley and his bestest...
|
Bye Bye Birdie Warren Theater (9/18-10/04) |
|
ELTON DOM: The Young Elton Experience Great Star Theater (9/10-9/13) |
|
Gutenberg! The Musical! Hillbarn Theatre (10/08-11/01) |
|
Julius Caesar Marin Shakespeare Company (8/14-9/13) |
|
Pickleball Hillbarn Theatre (8/20-9/13) |
|
“E4TT Call For Scores: Solo Piano, Vol. 3” Community Music Center (10/18-10/18) |
|
Come From Away Berkeley Playhouse (2/19-3/21) |
|
Antony and Cleopatra McLaren Park, Jerry Garcia Amphitheater, San Francisco (9/05-9/13) |
|
Odyssea We Players (10/08-10/18) |
|
The Fall Show Shotgun Players Ashby Stage (9/26-10/25) |
