by Steve Murray - March 09, 2026
TheatreWorks and director Jeffrey Lo must have been licking their chops with the chance to produce the regional premiere of Eboni Booth’s Pulitzer Prize winning Primary Trust. In Lo’s skillful hands, and with a seasoned powerful cast, Primary Trust is a winner – both deeply emotional and full ...
by Steve Murray - March 06, 2026
For every lover of Ibsen, Arthur Miller and Stephen Sondheim, there’s a lover of The Three Stooges, Abbott & Costello and of course, Monty Python. Back in the 1970’s Monty Python’s Flying circus was a sensation with their irreverent and risqué observational comedy. If you couldn’t recite th...
by Steve Murray - March 02, 2026
There’s a giant dynamo inside the petite frame of Marilyn Maye that propels her constantly forward, now approaching her 98th birthday, and eighth decade of performances. She’s a national treasure and receives adulation befitting her status wherever she performs....
by Steve Murray - March 02, 2026
The late AIDS activist Larry Kramer meets Pete Buttigieg in John Fisher’s wild political fantasia Left Field, now occupying the full stage at Theatre Rhino. Written and directed by Fisher, Left Field follows an angry radical f****t who rises from mayor to supervisor, to VP candidate, to potential ...
by Steve Murray - February 26, 2026
Arthur Miller needed after his disastrous Broadway debut with the four-performance The Man Who Had All the Luck, and an article in an Ohio newspaper would provide the basis for All My Sons which would on to win two Tony awards for Best Author and Direction of a Play....
by Steve Murray - February 25, 2026
The Paranormal Activity franchise (seven films from 2007 -21), while critically panned, proved people love to be scared, then laugh at their foolishness. Now a theatre piece, the crowd anticipated the expected thrills of supernatural goings on in a live experience....
by Steve Murray - February 14, 2026
What did our critic think of THE NOTEBOOK at Orpheum Theatre?...
by Steve Murray - February 12, 2026
What did our critic think of M. BUTTERFLY at SF Playhouse?...
by Kelly Rogers Flynt - February 11, 2026
IMPROBABLE FICTION at Masquers Playhouse is a tale of two parts. Don’t let the easy-going first half lull you into complacency. When the action hits, it comes in quick succession with quippy lines, funny costumes, over the top dramatics, and plenty of belly laughs....
by Steve Murray - February 04, 2026
Change is hard, we all know that. We get stuck in patterns and the comfortable, even if that inertia is destructive. Watching Chekhov’s Cherry Orchard, brilliantly directed by American Conservatory Theatre Artistic Director emerita Carey Perloff and starring an all-star cast of local legends, will...
Past Shows
Palo Alto Players presents the beloved Broadway classic ANNIE, featuring a cast of 26 actors and directed by Joey Dippel. The story follows orphan Annie...
Palo Alto Players presents the classic musical Fiddler on the Roof at the Lucie Stern Theater. Directed and choreographed by Jennifer Copaken, with music and...
Palo Alto Players presents the musical adaptation of Roald Dahl’s timeless story, bringing the whimsical world of Willy Wonka to life on stage. Under the...
Click your heels and take a journey with us down the yellow brick road! Follow The Scarecrow, The Tinman, The Cowardly Lion, Dorothy… and Toto...
Singing teapots and candlesticks, an evil spell, and an unlikely love story are all part of the magic of Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, an...
Based on the hit film, School of Rock follows Dewey Finn, a wannabe rock star posing as a substitute teacher who turns a class of...
Orsino loves Olivia (who wont give him the time of day). Olivia loves Viola (whom she thinks is a boy). Viola loves Orsino (who doesnt...
Inspired by the true childhood experience of TV/film actor and social media icon George Takei (Mr. Sulu on Star Trek), ALLEGIANCE tells the story of...
MEN ON BOATS is the tale of ten men, four boats, and two great rivers, told on stage entirely without boats, riversor men! Pack your...
Sometimes, a revolution needs a womans touch. Palo Alto Players continues its 91st season with THE REVOLUTIONISTS - Lauren Gundersons irreverent, girl-powered comedy about four...
I hear America singing. Based on Studs Terkels 1974 best-selling book of interviews with American workers, WORKING paints a vivid musical portrait of the men...
Palo Alto Players, the Peninsulas longest running theatre company, for the first time in its recent history will premiere an original one-man show by Bay...
Palo Alto Players, the first theatre company on the Peninsula, celebrates its 90th Anniversary with its first-ever hybrid gala fundraiser on Sunday, June 27th at...
What is it like for a woman when her husband becomes the president of the United Statesand she is suddenly thrust into the spotlight? This...
Palo Alto Players continues its 90th season with the award-winning off-Broadway musical THE LAST FIVE YEARS. Starring real-life married couple Chris and Marah Sotelo, this...
Holiday Family Sing Along bonds the Palo Alto Players family of performers with yours during the holiday season! Regardless of how you celebrate, youre invited...
Palo Alto Players presents If You Knew My Story an inspiring and uplifting virtual cabaret that relishes in the meeting of passion, self worth, and...
Palo Alto Players presents a virtual Halloween-themed cabaret. Once Upon a Midnight Dreary is what happens when some of your favorite Palo Alto Players ghouls...
God is coming to Palo Alto for the first time ever and Shes got a lot to say! Palo Alto Players opens its 90th anniversary...
Palo Alto Players, the first theatre company on the Peninsula, will hold its fifth annual gala fundraiser on Saturday, April 4, 2020 at the University...
A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2By Lucas HnathNominated for eight Tony Awards in 2017, this sharp-witted sequel to Ibsens masterpiece begins with a knock at the...
A CHRISTMAS STORY, THE MUSICAL Book by Joseph Robinette Music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul Based on the motion picture A Christmas...
BRIGHT STAR Music, Book & Story: Steve Martin Music, Lyrics & Story: Edie Brickell From Grammy, Emmy, and Academy Award-winning Steve Martin and Grammy Award-winning...
ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORSBy Richard BeanSongs by Grant OldingBased on The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo GoldoniDirected by Patrick KleinMusical Direction by Lauren BevilacquaIts...
FLOWER DRUM SONG Music by Richard Rodgers Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Book by David Henry Hwang Based on the original book by Oscar Hammerstein...
Palo Alto Players, the first theatre company on the Peninsula, will hold its fourth annual gala fundraiser on Sunday, March 17, 2019 at the University...
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE Adapted for the stage by Lee Hall Based on the screenplay by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard Directed by Lee Ann Payne...
Disney's TARZAN® Book by David Henry Hwang Music and Lyrics by Phil Collins Based on the story, Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs,...
“Plastics, Ben. Plastics. Will you think about that?” Recent college graduate Benjamin has excellent grades, very proud parents and, since he helped Mrs. Robinson with...
“Wendy Kesselman's finely textured new DIARY tells a deeper story. A sensitive, stirring and thoroughly engaging new adaptation.” —NY Newsday In this transcendently powerful new...
WHO: Palo Alto Players WHAT: DISNEY’S THE LITTLE MERMAID WHEN: September 16-October 2, 2016 Thursdays @ 7:30pm Fridays @ 8pm, no show September 30 Saturday...
WHO: Palo Alto Players WHAT: VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE WHEN: June 10 - 26, 2016 Thursdays 7:30pm Fridays-Saturdays 8pm Sundays 2pm Paid...
Happily ever after sometimes isn’t… INTO THE WOODS Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by James Lapine Directed by Patrick Klein Musical Direction by...
WHO: Palo Alto Players WHAT: DEATH OF A SALESMAN WHEN: January 15 – 31, 2016 Thursdays 7:30pm Fridays-Saturdays 8pm Sundays 2pm Paid Preview: Friday, January...
WHO: Palo Alto Players WHAT: DEATH OF A SALESMAN WHEN: January 15 – 31, 2016 Thursdays 7:30pm Fridays-Saturdays 8pm Sundays 2pm Paid Preview: Friday, January...
WHO: Palo Alto Players WHAT: CLYBOURNE PARK WHEN: November 6 – 22, 2015 Thursdays 7:30pm Fridays-Saturdays 8pm Sundays 2pm Paid Preview: Friday, November 6 Opening...
He had it coming… CHICAGO Book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse Music by John Kander Lyrics by Fred Ebb Based on the play by...
Come meet the family. We’ll leave the lights off for you! THE ADDAMS FAMILY Book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice Music and Lyrics by...
TOO HEAVY FOR YOUR POCKET by Jiréh Breon Holder ...a companion staged reading for Palo Alto Players’ production of ALL THE WAY THE STORY: In...
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