Review: THE ADDAMS FAMILY at Palo Alto Players
What happens when everyone's favorite delightfully dysfunctional family finds itself navigating love, relationships, and the unfamiliar concept of being normal?…
California Theatre
345 South First Street
San Jose, CA 95113
California Theatre is a theatre in San Francisco / Bay Area.
+ Add a Show
DISNEY'S FROZEN & More Lead San Francisco / Bay Area's 2026 Holiday Theatre Shows
Browse the full list
Browse the full list
Recent San Francisco / Bay Area Discounts:
- Spotlight: THE MADNESS OF LADY BRIGHT at Mannakin Theater and Dance
- Spotlight: Tony Winner Shoshana Bean and Idol's Clay Aiken at Yoshi's This Week
Articles
Review: LIBERATION at Berkeley Repertory Theatre
It’s a season for women’s stories in the Bay Area. We have the comic fairy tale feminist Once Upon a One More Time at Ray of Light and Harold Pinters’ deceit-filled Betrayal at Marin Theatre. Now we get the heavy hitter in Bess Wohl’s Tony and Pulitzer winning Liberation which opened at Berk…
Review: BETRAYAL at Marin Theatre
In the first scene of Harold Pinter’s award-winning play, it’s 1977 and Emma and Jerry are peppering each other with perfunctory ‘how ya doing’ questions over drinks at a pub. It’s awkward and testy, with some kind of subtext lurking beneath the surface. They’re meeting two years after t…
Review: ONCE UPON A ONE MORE TIME at Ray Of Light Theatre
ONCE UPON A ONE MORE TIME: THE BRITNEY SPEARS FAIRY TALE MUSICAL by Ray of Light Theatre at the Barbary Stage brings down the house on opening night with a electric dancing and high octane vocals.…
Review: THE LION IN WINTER at Altarena Playhouse
THE LION IN WINTER roars onto the stage at Altarena Playhouse. Political intrigue, succession battles, and holiday festivities are all wrapped up in a soap opera of family squabbles and topped off with a love triangle.…
Review: ONCE UPON A ONE MORE TIME - THE BRITNEY SPEARS FAIRY TALE MUSICAL at The Barbary Stage
A child requests her favorite fairy tale, and The Narrator puts out a call for the players to assemble on set to re-enact the story verbatim, as it’s been told since inception, no changes.…
Review: A CASE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD at New Conservatory Theatre Center
What did our critic think of A CASE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD at New Conservatory Theatre Center?…
Review: OH, MARY! at Curran Theatre
What happens when one of America's most recognizable First Ladies becomes a foul-mouthed, cabaret-obsessed, and completely unhinged theatrical sensation?…
Review: EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT at A.C.T. Strand
A weary Donte Coleman sits in his Western Addition family home that he’s just listed for sale. In this well constructed memory play, scenes from his childhood burst to life in SFBATCO’s homage to the golden age of 1950’s San Francisco’s Fillmore district. Local legend Daryl V. Jones is the e…
Review: DRACULA at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
What did our critic think of DRACULA at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley?…
Past Shows
17 total · showing 1–10
Tutti Frutti: The Little Richard Concert Tribute
Tutti Frutti: The Little Richard Concert Tribute comes to The California Theatre of Santa Rosa on June 19, 2026, performed by 2022 Emmy and Broadway World Award winner Dedrick Weathersby. The 80-minute concert recreates the electricity of Little Richard's 1960s Hollywood "Club...
Symphonic World Cup
Symphony San Jose closes its 2025-26 Season with a program of international composers timed to coincide with the FIFA 2026 World Cup in Santa Clara County. The program features Carl Nielsen's Helios Overture, Alberto Ginastera's Harp Concerto performed by harpist Katherine...
Forbidden Kiss LIVE - Red, a Halloween Spook-tacular
RED! Our Halloween Spook-tacular features burning hot dancers, dark comedy, dangerous magic and more! Cheryl King has gathered together the most astonishing acts for your unholy pleasure! Put on your Halloween costumes and join us for burlesque routines from Thotty McNaughty and...
"Zorro"
Opera San José will conclude its 41st season with the Northern California premiere of Héctor Armienta’s Zorro . Latino stage director David Radamés Toro will make his OSJ debut staging the production, while Argentinian conductor Jorge Parodi , who last conducted Rigoletto for...
Opera San José presents “Florencia en el Amazonas”
Opera San José will conclude its 40th Anniversary season with the Bay Area premiere of "Florencia en el Amazonas." Marrying romance with magical realism, this enthralling opera was co-commissioned by Houston Grand Opera, Los Angeles Opera, and Seattle Opera – making it the first...
Gounod’s “Romeo and Juliet"
Opera San Jose launches its 40th Anniversary season with an all-new production of Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet , directed by OSJ General Director Shawna Lucey, her first production for the company she now helms. Following on the heels of Lucey’s critically acclaimed legacy...
Carmina Burana
Symphony San Jose presents "Carmina Burana" Who: Symphony San Jose presents What: Carmina Burana When: Saturday, June 3, 2023 at 8:00pm and Sunday, June 4, 2023 at 2:30pm Where: The California Theatre, 345 South First Street, downtown San Jose, 95113 . Convenient, inexpensive...
Cinderella
Performances: Fri., May 19, 2023 @ 7:30pm Sat., May 20, 2023 @ 2pm Sun., May 21, 2023 @ 2pm Cinderella is a classical ballet composed by Sergei Prokofiev, first performed in 1945. Prokofiev’s music for the ballet is renowned for its sweeping melodies, lush orchestration and...
"Tosca"
Opera San Jose ’s 2022-23 season concludes with a vivid production of Puccini’s thriller Tosca . With breathtaking music and some of opera’s most celebrated arias, the work follows the tragic story of a tempestuous opera singer and her artist lover, whose illicit involvement...
"Falstaff"
Women take charge in Opera San Jose ’s rollicking production of Verdi’s Falstaff . Adapted from Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor and scenes from Henry IV , Parts 1 and 2, this hilarious and beloved comedic masterpiece offers a joyful look at one of the Bard’s most...
Is this your theatre? Claim it to manage listings and submit updates.
|
The Madness of Lady Bright Venue: iMPACt Center for Art & Dance (11/06-11/15) |
|
Lena Hall: In Concert Feinstein's at the Nikko (11/06-11/07) |
|
School of Rock Hillbarn Theatre (11/19-12/20) |
|
The Secret Garden Marin Shakespeare Company’s Downtown Theatre (11/27-12/20) |
|
The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show Golden Gate Theatre (12/27-12/27) |
|
Arsenic and Old Lace City Lights Theater Company (3/11-4/11) |
|
BEAVER BAUER: FROM STREET TO STAGE San Francisco Public Library (SFPL) Main Library (11/05-4/11) |
|
The Death of Meyerhold Shotgun Players Ashby Stage (11/28-1/01) |
|
The 2026 GLIDE Holiday Jam: Turn It Up and Turn It Out The Warfield (11/05-11/05) |
|
Based on a Totally True Story City Lights Theater Company (1/21-2/14) |
