Playhouse Merced
Playhouse Merced is a theatre in San Francisco / Bay Area.
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Review: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST at Actors Ensemble Of Berkeley
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.…
Review: PETER PAN GOES WRONG at SF Playhouse
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.…
Review: KING LEAR at Oakland Theater Project
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.…
Review: KING LEAR at Z Space
What did our critic think of KING LEAR at Z Space?…
Review: LEGALLY BLONDE at Berkeley Playhouse
LEGALLY BLONDE explodes onto the stage at Berkeley Playhouse with a joie de vivre that lights up the house. The high energy dancing, powerful vocals and the never ending onslaught of jokes keep the audience smiling. …
Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at New Conservatory Theatre Center
What did our critic think of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at New Conservatory Theatre Center? Little Shop of Horrors, whose star is a bloodthirsty flora, plants its roots at the New Conservatory for the opening of its 26-27 season and it’s an energetic, darkly comic, gender bending allegory for all that…
Review: NORTH BY NORTHWEST at American Conservatory Theatre
From across the pond, acclaimed director Emma Rice’s latest adaptation North by Northwest makes its West Coast debut, turning Alfred Hitchcock’s 1959 suspense film on its ear with her whimsical, comic stylings.…
Review: THE GLASS MENAGERIE at Center Rep
What did our critic think of THE GLASS MENAGERIE at Center Rep?…
Review: AFRICAN STEW at Lorraine Hansberry Theatre
What did our critic think of AFRICAN STEW at Lorraine Hansberry Theatre?…
Review: CRUSHING at A.C.T. Strand
Stories of romantic love are delivered by a variety of interdisciplinary artists in the second Bay Area incarnation of Crushing, and it’s a winner for the art of spoken word. The featured writers span genders, ages and viewpoints and you never know what’s coming next.…
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Bye Bye Birdie Warren Theater (9/18-10/04) |
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Gutenberg! The Musical! Hillbarn Theatre (10/08-11/01) |
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The 42nd Great Dickens Christmas Fair & Victorian Holiday Party The Cow Palace (11/21-12/20) |
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Live At the Orinda - 2026/2027 Concert Season Orinda Theatre (9/22-5/23) |
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School of Rock Hillbarn Theatre (11/19-12/20) |
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The Rocky Horror Show Paper Wing Theatre (10/09-10/31) |
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Legally Blonde The Musical Berkeley Playhouse (9/11-10/18) |
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Seeds of Time Festival Marin Shakespeare Company's Downtown Theater (10/03-10/18) |
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Hadestown (Non-Equity) Orpheum Theatre San Francisco (1/07-1/10) |
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Hamilton (Angelica Company) San Jose Center for the Performing Arts (7/07-7/18) |
