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...
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.…
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.…
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In 1971, Fair Housing advocates considered San Leandro one of the most racist suburbs in America. CBS aired a special on the situation. The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights conducted hearings. The next year, eight-year-old Brian Copeland and his African-American family moved in...
A single, Italian-American guy from New Jersey, Nick still sees both sets of his grandparents every Sunday for dinner. Then he’s offered a dream job thousands of miles away in Seattle. This news doesn’t go over well with his grandparents. Thus begins a series of schemes to keep...
Catch the seasonal spirit with singer Ren Geisick and her band! Fresh off the glow of releasing her second album, “The Place I Planned To Go,” this past June, Ren is excited to bring the holidays to life once again on the City Lights stage. For the 11th year, we proudly present...
Take Bram Stoker’s legendary vampire story and mix it up in the style of Mel Brooks and Monty Python. Then enjoy a lightning-fast, gender-bending comedy featuring lots of wordplay and six actors playing over a dozen roles. When her sister Mina is struck by a mysterious disease...
This October, Spooky Lights returns with a brand-new batch of eerie short plays written by the devilishly clever Lauren Doyle. And for the first time ever, we’re bringing the chills off the airwaves and onto the stage. Join us for a live, in-person staged reading at City Lights...
This laugh-out-loud love story is set to the infectious music of the iconic ’80s all-female rock band The Go-Go’s, featuring hit songs including “Vacation” and “Our Lips Are Sealed.” Led by the free-spirited Princess Pamela, the royal family journeys to save their beloved...
With his soulful voice and warm stage presence, singer/songwriter, producer and actor AJ Jaffari has delighted City Lights audiences in Kinky Boots and Big Band concerts with the Nineteen ensemble. On Sunday, Aug. 3, at 7 p.m., AJ brings us a solo concert celebrating his new...
City Lights' annual Lights Up! festival returns on Saturday, June 14, bringing bold new voices and unforgettable stories to the City Lights stage. This in-person celebration of new works features script-in-hand readings of two powerful plays, plus the Maker Fair, highlighting...
Della and her North Carolina bakery are renowned for creating the most delicious, beautiful cakes. So it’s no surprise that when the girl she helped raise returns to the South, she asks Della to make her wedding cake. The surprise? There are two brides. Now, even as Della’s life...
Trapped in Monkswell Manor by a snowstorm, a sundry group of guests and staff are also ensnared in a chilling web of fear after a local woman is murdered. A police detective arrives on skis to interrogate the diverse mix of suspects, who include the newlyweds running the house...
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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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Come From Away Revival Hall (11/13-12/06) |
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Knockoff Broadway: The Improvised Musical All Out Comedy Theater (7/25-12/26) |
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Live At the Orinda - Beth Leavel Orinda Theatre (11/08-11/08) |
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The Secret in the Wings Theatre Lunatico (10/10-11/01) |
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Bravura by Circus Bella The Crossing at East Cut (12/11-1/03) |
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Shrek the Musical Berkeley Playhouse (5/21-6/20) |
