The San Francisco Symphony, based at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, features a talented ensemble that includes the youngest member, 18-year-old cellist Starla Breshears. Breshears joins the Symphony after an impressive musical journey, having studied with renowned...
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What did our critic think of AFRICAN STEW at Lorraine Hansberry Theatre?…
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.…
A love of food sustains houseworker Gladys over a forty-year arc that coincides with the social, economic and political changes wrought by the Cuban revolution of 1959 in Eduardo Machado’s The Cook, opening Berkeley Rep’s 59th season. In Tanya Orellana’s superbly appointed and functional kit…
Review of Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST at Broadway San Jose, where dazzling stagecraft, spectacular choreography and standout performances make the new touring production a theatrical feast.…
VANYA and SONIA and MASHA and SPIKE is a delightful romp with equal measures of nostalgia and hope for the future. With rapid-fire dialogue and pitch-perfect timing, the cast bring the script by Christopher Durang to life. …
Marin Theatre opens its 60th season with a bang – a sobering dark comedy from director, writer and former California Shakespeare Theatre Associate Artistic Director Sean Daniels. Chronicling the dark ride of self-delusion into alcoholism, Daniels’ semiautobiographical story is beautifully exec…
Marin Theatre opens its 60th season with a bang – a sobering dark comedy from director, writer and former California Shakespeare Theatre Associate Artistic Director Sean Daniels. Chronicling the dark ride of self-delusion into alcoholism, Daniels’ semiautobiographical story is beautifully execut…
RUMORS at Woodminster Summer Musicals is full of laughs and gaffs, and is a jolly good time. Set in a posh New York townhouse, RUMORS is Neil Simon’s only full length farce. From half truths to utter nonsense and mistaken identities to outright charades, this production will ensnare you in a strea…
Pickleball at Hillbarn Theatre, written by Jeff Daniels, takes one of the country’s fastest-growing sports and serves it up as an unabashedly silly comedy filled with eccentric players, romantic entanglements, and plenty of physical humor. …
Altarena Playhouse brings Noël Coward’s FALLEN ANGELS to life with wit and charm. When the sardonic writing of a genius playwright meets the witty interpretation of a theater, it produces a night full of laughs and insights. …
Merola Opera Program presents Ariadne auf Naxos, a serio-comic opera by Richard Strauss, as part of its 2026 summer season. Conducted by Ann-Katrin Stöcker and directed by Omer Ben Seadia (Merola '14), the production blends mythological tragedy with comic opera through its...
Merola Opera Program continues its 2026 Summer Festival with La Tragédie de Carmen, performed at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. This condensed adaptation of Bizet's Carmen, created by Peter Brook, Jean-Claude Carrière, and Marius Constant, presents the story in a raw...
San Francisco’s acclaimed Merola Opera Program kicks off its 2026 season with “L’Anima Napoletana,” a Neapolitan-inspired vocal/piano recital celebrating the lyrical richness and emotional depth of Southern Italy. Widely recognized as the premier training ground for emerging...
Women in Transit is a multimedia concert presented by Ensemble for These Times, featuring world premieres by composers Niloufar Nourbakhsh, Han Lash, and Tamara McLeod. This performance is part of a two-year project focusing on themes of women's immigration and identity. The...
Merola Opera Program continues its 2024 Summer Festival with a fully staged production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni . Merola artists will perform this masterpiece, based on the retelling of the Don Juan legend with libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, set to one of Mozart’s richest and...
Bay Area audiences are invited to revel in the passion and melody of classic opera, as the young artists of the 2024 Merola Opera Program perform extended scenes from Donizetti's "Lucrezia Borgia," Gounod's "Faust," Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci," Massenet's "Cendrillon," Puccini's...
Bay Area audiences are invited to revel in the high drama and opulent melodies of classic opera as artists from the 2023 Merola Opera Program perform extended scenes from works by Donizetti, Handel, Verdi, and others in the Schwabacher Summer Concert . Featuring a full...
WHEN: 7:30pm, Thursday, July 14 & 3:00pm, Saturday, July 16Lush, lyrical, and romantic works by Latin American and Spanish composers are showcased in the Schwabacher Summer Concert, when the young artists of the 2022 Merola Opera Program perform vibrant operatic scenes by...
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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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Rock of Ages Woodland Opera House (10/02-10/24) |
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Good Night, Oscar Hillbarn Theatre (3/04-3/28) |
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DRACULA ORINDA STARLIGHT VILLAGE PLAYERS (9/04-9/26) |
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Eureka Day City Lights Theater Company (9/24-10/18) |
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The 2026 GLIDE Holiday Jam: Turn It Up and Turn It Out The Warfield (11/05-11/05) |
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Once Upon A Mattress Saratoga Civic Theater (9/26-10/17) |
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Come From Away Berkeley Playhouse (2/19-3/21) |
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Legally Blonde The Musical Berkeley Playhouse (9/11-10/11) |
