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Review: THE WHITE CHIP at Marin Theatre
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…
Review: THE WHITE CHIP at Marin Theatre
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…
Review: RUMORS at Woodminster Summer Musicals
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…
Review: PICKLEBALL at Hillbarn Theatre
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. …
Review: FALLEN ANGELS at Altarena Playhouse
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. …
Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS 40TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR WITH ELLEN GREENE at Curran Theatre
The Little Shop of Horrors 40th Anniversary Tour with Ellen Greene at San Francisco’s Curran Theatre answered that question with an evening overflowing with nostalgia, laughter, and plenty of love for one of musical theatre’s most enduringly strange creations.…
Review: THE SOILED DOVE at Alameda Point's Big Top Tent At Radium Railway
What happens when dinner, circus, cabaret, and a trip back in time all collide under one tent?…
Review: R.O.I. (RETURN ON INVESTMENT) at San Francisco Playhouse At Creativity Theater
What happens when innovation moves faster than our ability to understand its consequences?…
Review: BROADWAY UNDER THE STARS - MAMMA MIA! at Transcendence Theatre Company
What happens when three possible fathers, one determined bride-to-be, and the irresistible music of ABBA collide on a Greek island?…
Review: ORPHEUS DESCENDING at Oakland Theater Project
ORPHEUS DESCENDING remains painfully relevant. Tennessee Williams’ southern gothic play intertwines wisps of Greek myth with the racist Mississippi of the Jim Crow era. The lines are drawn, the expectations are set, but some people will choose their own lot rather than what’s handed to them. Des…
Past Shows
16 total · showing 1–10
Urinetown: The Musical
Urinetown: The MusicalMusic by Mark Hollmann, Lyrics by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis Book by Greg Kotis February 14 - March 1, 2020In response to a severe water shortage, private toilets have been banned, pay-to-pee public ones are owned by the Urine Good Company, and violators...
FeaturedMiss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley
Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley By Lauren Gunderson and Margot MelconNovember 22 - December 15, 2019 Inspired by Jane Austens Pride and Prejudice, this sequel from 2016 asks the intriguing question, What about Mary? The classic novel from 1813 ends with everyone married...
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Gallows humor at its best, A Gentlemans Guide to Love and Murder opens on the big stage at Spreckels Performing Arts Center on Oct. 11. The musical convulsed Broadway in 2014, winning four Tonys, including Best Musical and Best Book. It tells the tale of impoverished Monty, who...
FeaturedEureka Day
At Eureka Day School, a progressive charter school in Berkeley, all points of view are respected, all voices heard. After all, these parents only want the best for their kids. However, when the issue of vaccinations breaks out like a bad case of chickenpox, tolerance for...
FeaturedBarbecue Apocalypse
Barbecue Apocalypse By Matt Lyle Three couples gather on the back deck of a modest suburban home for a midsummer barbecue where the hosts, Mike and Deb, struggle with feelings of inadequacy about their decor, their clothes, their careers, their culinary skills, and pretty much...
Spreckels 30th Season Announcement Party
Spreckels Performing Arts Center is throwing a 30th Anniversary party, celebrating its 30th season of theatrical excellence. Happening March 9, 2019, at 7:00 p.m., this free event features concert-style songs from Spreckels past seasons with a look forward at the upcoming...
Peter and the Starcatcher
A little swash, a little buckle...you'll love it more than bread. "Peter and the Starcatcher" is an imaginative, witty and musical fantasy that serves as the prequel to the beloved story of "Peter Pan." Equally appealing to adults, teens and children, this swashbuckling tale...
TITANIC THE MUSICAL
The sinking of the TITANIC in the early hours of April 15, 1912, remains the quintessential disaster of the twentieth century. A total of 1,517 souls—men, women and children—lost their lives (only 711 survived). The fact that the finest, largest, strongest ship in the...
Disney's The Little Mermaid
Award winning Spreckels Theatre Company Disney's The Little Mermaid In a magical kingdom fathoms below the waves, we meet Ariel, the little mermaid who's tired of flipping her fins in her aquatic kingdom. She longs to be part of the fascinating world on dry land and will go to...
Wait Until Dark
Spreckels Theatre Company presents "Wait Until Dark," a thrilling theater experience taking audiences on a gripping, white-knuckle ride. Multiple award-winning North Bay actress, Denise Elia-Yen stars as Susy Hendrix, a blind Greenwich Village housewife who becomes the target of...
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Bye Bye Birdie Warren Theater (9/18-10/04) |
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ELTON DOM: The Young Elton Experience Great Star Theater (9/10-9/13) |
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Julius Caesar Marin Shakespeare Company (8/14-9/13) |
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Pickleball Hillbarn Theatre (8/20-9/13) |
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The Fantasticks San Anselmo Playhouse (9/04-9/07) |
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The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown Santa Cruz Shakespeare (9/11-10/03) |
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Once Upon A Mattress Saratoga Civic Theater (9/26-10/17) |
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DRACULA ORINDA STARLIGHT VILLAGE PLAYERS (9/04-9/26) |
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POTUS Live Oak Theater (9/11-9/26) |
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The Glass Menagerie Lesher Center for the Arts (9/06-9/27) |