529 S 2nd St
San Jose, CA 95112
City Lights Theater Company is a theatre in San Jose, CA.
It’s December 21, 1942, and The Mutual Manhattan Variety Cavalcade is broadcasting live from the Hotel Astor. Join the studio audience for a delightful, musical trip back in time, featuring “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy,” “I’ll Be Seeing You” and other ‘40s favorites. All the while...
What’s as wonderful as 12 days of Christmas? The 12th annual “Ren’s Winter Wonderland” concert at City Lights. One of our favorite seasonal traditions is welcoming jazz singer & songwriter Ren Geisick to our stage with her band. You’ll enjoy a warm, family-friendly evening of...
Meet Ethan Keene, a struggling young playwright whose day job is writing The Flash for DC Comics. Then his world flips upside down when a Hollywood producer wants to turn one of his plays into a big-budget horror movie. With that tasty carrot clouding his vision, Ethan struggles...
Drama critic Mortimer Brewster’s engagement announcement is upended when he discovers a corpse in his elderly aunts’ window seat. It turns out Abby and Martha already knew about the dead man in their parlor: They put him there. Between his aunts’ penchant for poisoning wine, a...
Two Latina sisters are appearing on a reality show to sell their family home, hoping to capitalize on the gentrification in their neighborhood. As they perform for the camera, this comedy with a twist starts to slip into the surreal. One sister grapples with turmoil in their...
Confirmed bachelor Bobby is turning 35. During a series of dinners, drinks and even a wedding, his friends show him the ups and downs of commitment until he is forced to reexamine his own path. What is truly being alive? This groundbreaking comedy won six Tony Awards, and...
What did our critic think of A CASE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD at New Conservatory Theatre Center?…
What happens when one of America's most recognizable First Ladies becomes a foul-mouthed, cabaret-obsessed, and completely unhinged theatrical sensation?…
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…
What did our critic think of DRACULA at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley?…
What did our critic think of PHANTOM OF THE OPERA at Broadway San Jose?…
What did our critic think of GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL! at Hillbarn Theatre?…
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST by Actors Ensemble of Berkeley fills the Live Oak Theater with cheeky humor. As the characters treat serious matters like frippery, and trivial items with seriousness, the tone is set early for a romping good time.…
Co-founder and producing director Susi Damilano is at it again. Her previous comic stagings include Noises Off, Clue, The 39 Steps and the successful predecessor of this show, The Play That Goes Wrong back in 2024.…
Transformative, innovative, and hauntingly memorable. These words encapsulate the reaction to Oakland Theater Project’s production of KING LEAR. The story leaps to life with a flourish of energy and grace.…
What did our critic think of KING LEAR at Z Space?…
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The Eureka Day School in Berkeley is a bastion of progressive ideals: representation, acceptance, social justice. Every week over artisanal scones, the school’s five board members work to preserve a culture of inclusivity. But when a mumps outbreak threatens the Eureka...
The Eureka Day School in Berkeley is a bastion of progressive ideals: representation, acceptance, social justice. Every week over artisanal scones, the school’s five board members work to preserve a culture of inclusivity. But when a mumps outbreak threatens the Eureka...
The traditional 30th anniversary gift is pearls. Clay Hausmann gave his wife a one-man comedy show about their life. She’s still waiting for her pearls. Anyone who’s a parent, or has parents, will relate to the hilarious, warm-hearted Empty Nest and All the Rest. As Lookout...
In a sprawling mansion of her own design, Sarah Winchester navigates a complex legacy of guns, grief, and ghosts. She’s lost everything of value — her husband, her child — and gained a fortune. Her net worth can be measured in dollars… or blood. The confounding splendor of her...
When a freak roller-coaster accident claims the lives of a Canadian choir group on a field trip, the teens end up in a truly bizarre purgatory. A mechanical fortune teller tells them that only one of them can be brought back to life. To win the ultimate prize, they must prove...
New plays. Unforgettable stories. And your feedback. City Lights Theater Company's annual “Lights Up!” festival is back, with dynamic staged readings of two new scripts, followed by an audience talkback where you help the playwrights shape their work. Readings are...
In her immaculate Silicon Valley home office, Merril believes in patterns and systems. But her life as a hotshot coder and AI expert falls apart when her younger sister Angie vanishes on her way home from class. After the police abandon their search, Merril gathers the digital...
Playwright Jeffrey Hatcher, who wrote City Lights’ 2015 hit Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde , now brings us a new version of a celebrated mystery that inspired Hitchcock’s masterpiece. Tony is convinced that his wife Margot has been cheating on him with Maxine. Now it seems that the...
Morgan Collins is on a culinary journey. He used to buy his cookware at the 99-cent store, and is now a budding gourmet and an America’s Test Kitchen devotee. But today, as he unboxes his new garlic press live on Instagram, he also opens something completely unexpected. This box...
Get ready for an evening that’s equal parts music, mingling and pure City Lights spirit. Drop in anytime for this relaxed, comeandgo fundraiser featuring live music from Melodious Thunk, a local cover band playing hits from the ’60s to today. We’ll have appetizerstyle bites...
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The Madness of Lady Bright Venue: iMPACt Center for Art & Dance (11/06-11/15) |
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Gutenberg! The Musical! Hillbarn Theatre (10/08-11/01) |
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Lena Hall: In Concert Feinstein's at the Nikko (11/06-11/07) |
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The Secret Garden Marin Shakespeare Company’s Downtown Theatre (11/27-12/20) |
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Based on a Totally True Story City Lights Theater Company (1/21-2/14) |
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Hadestown: Teen Edition Dougherty Valley Performing Arts Center (10/30-11/02) |
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The Legend of Robin Hood Hillbarn Theatre (1/21-2/14) |
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The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show Golden Gate Theatre (12/27-12/27) |
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Disney's Frozen Berkeley Playhouse (11/13-12/23) |
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Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches Theatre Rhinoceros (11/05-11/29) |
