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by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 11, 2026
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley has revealed the cast for the world premiere of The Employee Dharma Handbook by Geetha Reddy, directed by Snehal Desai at Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto....
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 11, 2026
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley has revealed the cast for the world premiere of The Employee Dharma Handbook by Geetha Reddy, directed by Snehal Desai at Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto....
by Steve Murray - June 07, 2026
What did our critic think of BECOMING A MAN at Z Space?...
by Linda Hodges - June 03, 2026
Broadway San Jose launched its run of Back to the Future: The Musical before an enthusiastic Opening Night audience, and judging by the gasps, applause, laughter and the standing ovation, Hill Valley has nost none of its power to delight. While many audience members undoubtedly arrived carrying fond...
by Steve Murray - May 28, 2026
What did our critic think of THE LUNCHBOX at Berkeley Rep?...
by Steve Murray - May 22, 2026
What did our critic think of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES at Theatre Rhinoceros?...
by Steve Murray - May 21, 2026
Kate Hamill’s cheeky feminist reimagination of Bram Stoker’s Dracula is a lot to chew tacking issues of toxic masculinity, female empowerment, and even a political message on unchecked power and megalomaniacal dangers. It’s a times bold, moody, haunting, well-acted and unusually comic....
by Steve Murray - May 18, 2026
This production is a touch bittersweet – it’s NCTC Founder Ed Decker’s last programed show after passing the baton to new Artistic Director Ben Villegas Randle. His choice to present Hedwig is extremely prescient in a time where sexual identity is being both vilified and explored....
by Steve Murray - May 13, 2026
What did our critic think of PICTURES FROM HOME at Marin Theatre?...
by Steve Murray - May 11, 2026
What did our critic think of DAVID MARINO LIVE AT THE ORINDA at Orinda Theatre?...
Past Shows
San Francisco Playhouse will present the West Coast Premiere of Candrice Jones’ Flex, directed by Bay Area theatre titan and Lorraine Hansberry Theatre artistic director...
San Francisco Playhouse will present the Tony Award-winning M. Butterfly, written by David Henry Hwang (Chinglish, Yellow Face, Soft Power, and operas The Monkey King,...
San Francisco Playhouse will journey Into the Woods this holiday season. Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s enchanting musical interweaves fairytale favorites in an exploration of...
San Francisco Playhouse presents Michael Frayn’s rollicking backstage comedy Noises Off. Full of slapstick silliness and choreographed chaos, this uproarious comedy follows a dysfunctional British...
San Francisco Playhouse presents Lerner and Loewe’s My Fair Lady. This Tony Award-winning musical adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion follows Eliza Doolittle’s transformation from...
San Francisco Playhouse will stage the Olivier Award and Tony Award-winning The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, written by Simon Stephens based...
San Francisco Playhouse presents the Northern California Premiere of 2022 Pulitzer Prize-winning Fat Ham. Playwright James Ijames turns William Shakespeare’s Hamlet on its head in...
San Francisco Playhouse will serve up a holiday treat with the beloved Broadway favorite "Waitress," directed by San Francisco Playhouse Producing Director and co-founder Susi...
San Francisco Playhouse presents Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s Tony Award-winning Broadway musical “Evita.” This powerful musical explores the life and meteoric rise of...
San Francisco Playhouse stages Tennessee Williams’ seminal masterpiece “The Glass Menagerie,” directed by in-demand Bay Area theatre artist Jeffrey Lo. In this captivating and visceral...
San Francisco Playhouse continues its season with “The 39 Steps,” a fast-paced farce that riffs on the Alfred Hitchcock thriller of the same name. Following a mysterious...
San Francisco Playhouse will ring in 2024 with the World Premiere of Minna Lee’s "My Home on the Moon." In this epic sci-fi journey into the metaverse,...
Offering a snappy spin for the holiday season, San Francisco Playhouse will stage a new look at the Broadway hit "Guys and Dolls." Inspired by...
San Francisco Playhouse opens its 2023-24 season with the West Coast Premiere of the romantic comedy “Nollywood Dreams.” Written by Ghanian-American writer/performer Jocelyn Bioh (“School...
San Francisco Playhouse concludes its 20th Anniversary Season with the hit Broadway musical A Chorus Line. In this groundbreaking work, twenty-four hopeful dancers undertake a...
San Francisco Playhouse presents the comedy "Chinglish" by Tony Award winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist David Henry Hwang ("M. Butterfly," "Yellow Face," "Soft Power"). In...
San Francisco Playhouse brings the beloved board game "Clue" to the stage in a hilarious farce-meets-murder mystery. Murder and blackmail are on the menu as...
San Francisco Playhouse presents the World Premiere of "Cashed Out" by Native American playwright Claude Jackson, Jr. "Cashed Out" shares the story of three generations...
San Francisco Playhouse continues its 20th Anniversary season with the imaginative and exhilarating hit musical adaptation of William Shakespeare’s As You Like It, helmed by San Francisco Playhouse’s Artistic...
FOLLIESBook by James GoldmanMusic and Lyrics by Stephen SondheimDirected by Bill EnglishMusic Direction by Dave DobruskyChoreography by Nicole HelferPLAY DETAILSIts 1971, and theatrical impresario Dimitri...
THE PAPER DREAMS OF HARRY CHINBy Jessica HuangDirected by Jeffrey LoPLAY DETAILSDuring the Chinese Exclusion Act, Harry Chin, a Chinese national, entered the U.S. by...
WATER BY THE SPOONFULBy Quiara Alegra HudesDirected by Denise BlasorPLAY DETAILSSomewhere in Philadelphia, Elliot has returned from Iraq and is working at Subway while trying...
HEROES OF THE FOURTH TURNINGBy Will ArberyDirected by Bill EnglishPLAY DETAILSSeven years ago, Teresa, Kevin, Justin, and Emily graduated from a Catholic college in Wyoming....
TWELFTH NIGHTConceived by Kwame Kwei-Armah and Shaina TaubMusic and lyrics by Shaina TaubA musical adaptation of William Shakespeares Twelfth NightDirected by Susi DamilanoMusic Direction by...
THE GREAT KHANBy Michael Gene SullivanDirected by Darryl V. JonesCo-produced with the San Francisco Mime TroupePLAY DETAILSJayden, an African American teenager, just wants to be...
STARTING HERE, STARTING NOWMusic by David ShireLyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr.Directed by Susi Damilano and Nicole HelferMusic Direction by Dave DobruskyChoreography by Nicole HelferPLAY DETAILSStarting...
THE SONG OF SUMMERBy Lauren YeeDirected by Bill EnglishPLAY DETAILSEach summer, theres a song on every playlist, radio station, and wedding dance floor; that inescapable...
HOLD THESE TRUTHSBy Jeanne SakataDirected by Jeffrey LoStarring Jomar TagatacA GRIPPING STORY ABOUT A SHAMEFUL CHAPTER OF OUR HISTORY. THE NEW YORK TIMESCHILLINGLY RELEVANT SAN...
SHOOT ME WHENBy Ruben GrijalvaDirected by Susi DamilanoCommissioned by San Francisco PlayhouseStarring Blythe de Oliveira Foster, Dan Hiatt, Lorri Holt, and Melissa OrtizPLAY DETAILSJackie has...
'She Loves Me' follows Amalia and Georg, two perfume shop clerks who don’t quite see eye to eye. Constantly bumping heads while on the job,...
George Furth; lyrics: Stephen Sondheim; music: Stephen Sondheim; dir: Susi Damilano. ...
n reasons to be pretty, Greg’s tight-knit social circle is thrown into turmoil when his offhand remarks about a female coworker’s pretty face and his...
This classic Broadway musical is reinvented into a fresh new production designed to fit the intimate SF Playhouse Stage. By stripping the show to its...
Death comes for Admetus, and when his beloved wife Alcestis agrees to die for him, Hercules, his old lead-guitarist from the burnt out rock band,...
Art and life imitate each other in this contemporary drama about confronting the past and facing the future. Kelly, a sculptor of lifelike baby dolls,...
magine that tomorrow anyone with the money could get a brain implant that automatically makes them a genius. What if you couldn’t afford it and...
On a startlingly bright Autumn night in 2006 Harper Regan walked away from her home and her husband and her daughter and she kept walking....
Poor bored Coraline. She's left to rattle 'round her perpetually distracted, workaholic parents' house all by her lonesome. But late one night, her dreams of...
Videos
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RENT One Stage Theatre (6/12-6/14) |
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Tutti Frutti: The Musical - A Tribute to Little Richard (Concert Show) The California Theatre of Santa Rosa (6/19-6/19) |
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WRECKAGE: A Musical Tragicomedy San Francisco Mime Troupe (7/03-9/07) |
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Based on a Totally True Story City Lights Theater Company (1/21-2/14) |
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Hadestown (Non-Equity) Orpheum Theatre San Francisco (1/07-1/10) |
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An Evening with a Mentalist: Jay Alexander's Mind Tricks Live San Francisco Magic Theater (w/Jay Alexander) at the Marrakech (6/19-6/21) |
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The Death of Meyerhold Shotgun Players Ashby Stage (11/28-1/01) |
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Merola Grand Finale War Memorial Opera House (8/15-8/15) |
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Macbeth Santa Cruz Shakespeare (7/12-8/30) |
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Comedy Oakland at Elbo Room Thu June 25 8pm Elbo Room Jack London (6/25-6/25) |
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