Upcoming Shows
SJSU School of Music - Opera Theaterpresents -A captivating double bill of LA VOIX HUMAINE & STUCK ELEVATOR-LA VOIX HUMAINEby Francis PoulencPoulenc’s searing one-act opera follows a...
by Kelly Rogers Flynt - April 05, 2026
Center Rep presents Neil Simon’s classic tale of family and obligations, LOST IN YONKERS. In a world of sound bites, TikTok, and AI images, this show reminds us that when it comes to family, things haven’t really changed that much. With humor and heart, the show demonstrates that even in the mid...
by Steve Murray - April 03, 2026
Berkely Rep’s co-production with La Jolla Playhouse of Ngozi Anywanu’s The Monsters is a joyous, heartwarming story of the bond between sister and brother that will want to make you hug your sibling. Both emotionally devastating and rewarding, The Monsters is brilliantly written, superbly acted ...
by Steve Murray - April 02, 2026
For Starra Jones, a baller from rural Plainnole, Arkansas, fulfilling her mother’s dream of basketball glory is her prime motivation. Playing a style of ‘dirty’ ball, her braggadocio will lead her to a foul play in Candrice Jones’ Flex, making its West Coast premiere at SF Playhouse....
by Linda Hodges - April 01, 2026
It's easy to see why Beetlejuice, the screen-to-stage adaptation of Tim Burton's beloved 1998 cult-classic film, earned eight 2019 Tony Award nominations including Best Musical. It is to die for. ...
by Steve Murray - March 30, 2026
There are many types of great theatre- light, cheerful, romantic, uplifting, silly, classic. Z Spaces’ co-production of Tadeusz Slobodzianek’s Our Class is unflinchingly dark, emotionally devastating and a tough watch – but it is great theatre, a timely cautionary tale of evil startingly conce...
by Steve Murray - March 23, 2026
I admit I’ve never seen Stephen Sondhiem’s Assassins, nor ever heard the score or read the synopsis. A flop in 1990, the 2004 revival won five Tony awards, and it’s been in theatre rotations since, often causing controversy for its raw language and unsavory content. A play from the perspective...
by Steve Murray - March 23, 2026
The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus, the world's first openly gay chorus, continues it’s forty-eighth season with a concert both cheerful and deeply emotional celebrating the music and events of the 1980’s. For the LGBT community, the 80’s was the apocalypse incarnate - a community devastate...
by Jim Munson - March 22, 2026
What did our critic think of DON QUIXOTE at San Francisco Ballet?...
by Steve Murray - March 21, 2026
What did our critic think of AN INTIMATE EVENING WITH LUCIE ARNAZ at Feinstein's At The Nikko?...
by Steve Murray - March 19, 2026
There is plenty of interesting ideas in Eisa Davis’ into the lives of four women, students in a summer music program. The need for arts education drives these girls, partly for parity in a male dominated world of music and secondly as a respite from the dramas of their individual lives....
Past Shows
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...
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...
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...
Gillian Anderson (Sex Education), Vanessa Kirby (The Crown), and Ben Foster (Lone Survivor) lead the cast in Tennessee Williams’ timeless masterpiece, returning to cinemas. As...
Three-time Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who; Sex Education) in this joyful reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy....
Hammer Theatre Center presents a blistering political thriller with its National Theatre Live (NT Live) screening of Best of Enemies, a multi-award-winning drama by James Graham, starring Zachary Quinto...
South Bay audiences can see Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke in her West End stage debut, when Hammer Theatre Center presents the National Theatre Live (NT Live) screening of The Seagull,...
Bay Area Theatre lovers will be transported to pastoral Britain during the 1940s when Hammer Theatre Center presents the National Theatre Live (NT Live) screening of Jack Absolute Flies Again,...
In honor of California’s iconic and beloved redwood, sequoia and Joshua trees, Hammer Theatre Center invites audiences to Treelogy, a musical tribute created in response to the wildfires...
Renowned for its vibrant and high-energy performances, The Philadelphia Dance Company (PHILADANCO) is set to bring down the house at Hammer Theatre Center with works from a diverse collection...
Hammer Theatre Center takes audiences to the heart of the #MeToo movement during its National Theatre Live (NT Live) screening of Prima Facie, Suzie Miller’s award-winning play about a criminal...
Bay Area jazz lovers are in for a treat this December when the San Jos State University Jazz Orchestra brings Cool Yule, a jazz concert...
The holiday season roars into the Hammer Theatre Center with the blazing sounds of Mariachi Sol de Mexico presenting A Merry-Achi Christmas, a fiesta of favorite holiday tunes from both sides...
Hammer Theatre Center launches its Black Cab Jazz series with Malian guitarist Habib Koit, one of Africas most popular and recognized musicians and one of...
Hammer Theatre Center invites audiences to escape to the Italian Riviera during its National Theatre Live (NT Live) screening of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Simon Godwin...
For those loading up on horror in time for Halloween, Hammer Theatre Center will present on its mainstage the National Theatre Live screening of the...
Just in time for the witching season, Hammer Theatre Center presents the renowned troupe Actors From The London Stage, performing Shakespeares chilling tale of power,...
8:00pm, Friday, September 23, 2022Developed in Oakland, California, The Alaya Project merges the intricate Carnatic style of Indian classical music with contemporary jazz and funk....
8:00pm, Thursday, September 22, 2022Known for her wildly inventive guitar playing, Los Angeles-based Sunny War enlivens traditional folk and blues by freshening her musical sounds...
The fascinating true story of American public official Robert Moses comes to life at the Hammer Theatre Center during its National Theatre Live (NT Live)...
The sounds of Brazil will fill The Hammer Terrace when vocalist/composer Claudia Villela, guitarist/composer Guinga, and clarinetist/saxophonist Nailor Proveta Azevedo join forces in September. Born...
Grammy Award-winning baritone saxophonist and composer Aaron Joseph Lington willbe joined by American session drummer Gary Novak, trombonist Michael Davis, and other jazz giants for...
Hammer Theatre Center rounds out July with San Jose Jazzs High School All Stars, giving Bay Area audiences a sneak peek at the next generation...
Hammer Theatre Center continues its Sunset Series with folk-pop singer/songwriterMason Jennings. One of the most talked-about new artists on the acoustic music scene, Jennings is...
Hammer Theatre Center continues its National Theatre Live (NT Live) series with a screening of William Shakespeares thrilling "Henry V," starring Kit Harington (Game of...
Hammer Theatre Center launches its Sunset Series with an exuberant performance by Svetlana & the New York Collective, a group of jazz talents known for...
sjDANCEco presents "Encores and Celebration" a program of two revivals and performances of four World Premieres. The Program: Earth Song (Revival from 1988) Choreography: Fred...
Hammer Theatre Center announces the return of National Theatre Live (NT Live), kicking off the series with Philip Pullmans wildly compelling "The Book of Dust...
Presented by Hammer Theatre Center and San Jos State University, the Black Cab Jazz series continues with progressive pianist Cameron Graves, who is taking the...
Acclaimed pianist/composer Helen Sung comes to downtown San Jose with an all- star quartet and special guest vocalist to present a program of original compositions...
Hammer Theatre Center presents Actors From The London Stage performing Shakespeares "Twelfth Night." This deliriously enjoyable romantic comedy offers up love triangles, mischief, and disguise,...
Hammer Theatre Center presents "The Other Mozart," the untold story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts prodigy sister. Sylvia Milos award-winning production tells the true story of...
Almost every woman owns a little black dress. It may be buried in the back of the closet or seldom worn, but this simple piece...
Hammer Theatre Center and San Jose Jazz present a spirited spectacle of song and dance celebrating Cubas greatest cultural traditions. The Havana Cuba All-Stars are...
Hammer Theatre Center presents Cirque Éloize’s latest adventure "Saloon," an action-packed musical acrobatic adventure through the desert. Through the saloon doors is a mythical world...
Hammer Theatre Center presents Kid Koala’s "Nufonia Must Fall," a revolutionary live staging of the graphic novel featuring a team of puppeteers manipulating a cast...
The SJSU School of Music & Dance gives the South Bay its first look at the wildly popular, highly acclaimed New York dance troupe A.I.M...
Dec. 1 – 3: Friday 7pm, Saturday 2pm & 7pm, Sunday 2pm The holiday season kicks off with the return of Tandy Beal & Company,...
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