Magic Theatre kicks off its 2019-20 season with Lloyd Suh's intriguing a?oeThe Chinese Lady.a?? Suh's point of departure is one of those fascinating a?oetruth is stranger than fictiona?? tales that are so compelling it's hard to believe they aren't more widely known. His play tells the story of Afon... (more...)
Watching Richard O'Brien's a?oeThe Rocky Horror Showa?? at San Jose Stage Company, I was struck by what an odd duck the show is. There really is nothing else even remotely like it in the musical theater canon. At this point in its stage-to-screen-back-to-stage evolution, it invites you not just to e... (more...)
BWW Review: MARK TWAIN'S RIVER OF SONG at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley is a musical/historical ride down the mighty Mississippi guided by famed chronicler Mark Twain... (more...)
A time warp opens to a provocative dimension at The Stage in San Jose, with The Rocky Horror Show. This production is filled with juicy morsels delicious enough to whet ones uninhibited appetite. This slice of pop culture is still succulently scintillating and fresh today as it celebrates the indiv... (more...)
BWW Review: THIS SIDE OF CRAZY at New Conservatory Theatre Center is Del Shores dramatic confrontation of a narcissistic mother and her three daughters.... (more...)
BWW Review: SOVEREIGNTY at Marin Theatre Company is a powerful, fact-based story of the historical and present day plight of the Cherokee Nation.... (more...)
I was super excited to learn that SF Playhouse was kicking off its 19-20 season with Clare Barron's a?oeDance Nationa?? based on what I'd read and heard about its 2018 world premiere at New York's Playwrights Horizons. I was certain it was going to be right up my alley: an edgy, satirical, unsettlin... (more...)
Gilbert and Sullivan are brought into the jazz age in this charming, if uneven, production of Hot Mikado by 42nd Street Moon at the Gateway Theatre. ... (more...)
BWW Review: BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON at Custom Made Theatre Company takes an anarchic rock approach to the genocidal, land-grabbing President.... (more...)
South Bay stages a sinister saga of singing and suspense. A Gentleman's guide to Love & Murder at South Bay Musical Theatre (SBMT) in Saratoga. The 2014 Tony Award winner for best musical. Sept 28-Oct 19, 2019... (more...)
BWW Review: FREE FOR ALL - A NEW 'MISS JULIE' FOR A NEW WORLD at Cutting Ball Theater is a sensational modern spin on Strinberg's 'Miss Julie' .... (more...)
BWW Review: THE GREAT WAVE at Berkeley Repertory Theatre is a riveting true-life geopolitical thriller involving abduction, brainwashing and spies.... (more...)
Sunnyvale Community Players take on a Monster of a show with 'Jekyll & Hyde The Musical'.SCP open's their 51st season with an ambitious musical, a?oeJekyll & Hydea??. The show, by Frank Wildhorn, Steve Cuden, and Leslie Bricusse spent several years on Broadway and had multiple Tony Award nomination... (more...)
There is just something so damned exciting about Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori's 'Caroline, or Change'! It is rare indeed to experience a work of art this ambitious, morally complex, entertaining, honest, and just plain downright human. It is easily one of the handful of best musicals written in t... (more...)
The persistent legend, mystique and fascination of what may have happened to Anastasia during Russia's revolution finds a new home in the musical ANASTASIA... (more...)
BWW Review: BETTE DAVIS AIN'T FOR SISSIES at 3Below Theater is a compelling portrait of the great stage and film legend and early feminist.... (more...)
BWW Review: THE 39 STEPS at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley is a brilliantly directed and acted rollicking spoof of Hitchcock's noir spy thriller The 39 Steps.... (more...)
Marin Shakespeare's SPAMALOT is an altogether delightful and uproariously zany production that has their audiences laughing almost non-stop throughout the show. Playing its final week now through August 25, SPAMALOT is a not-to-be-missed, hugely enjoyable show.... (more...)
Playing now through September 8, Broadway San Jose's Wicked is a dazzling, deeply satisfying bucket list musical for Broadway aficionados of every age.... (more...)
Christina Gorman's a?oeRoan @ The Gatesa?? currently in its world premiere production by Central Works at the Berkeley City Club could not be timelier. Lest that sound like a vapid platitude, in this instance it is well deserved. In a taut 70 minutes, it explores themes of online and IRL privacy, pe... (more...)
Is the state of the world making you more than a little crazy these days? The president's latest racist rants gotcha down? Well, Bay Area Musicals' production of "Hairspray" just might be the perfect remedy to lift you out of your despair and make you believe in our collective power to triumph over ... (more...)
BWW Review: THE CHINESE LADY at Magic Theatre Brings to Light a Fascinating Piece of Cultural History
BWW Review: THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW at San Jose Stage Company Does the Time Warp Again
BWW Review: PUPPETS AND POE: DEVISED DEFIANCE at Theatre Of Yugen is a Halloween ode to Edgar Allan Poe's macabre themes.
BWW Review: MARK TWAIN'S RIVER OF SONG at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley is a Musical/Historical Ride Down the Mighty Mississippi Guided by Famed Chronicler Mark Twain
BWW Review: THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW at San Jose Stage Company
BWW Review: THIS SIDE OF CRAZY at New Conservatory Theatre Center is Del Shores Dramatic Confrontation of a Narcissistic Mother and Her Three Daughters
BWW Review: SOVEREIGNTY at Marin Theatre Company is a powerful, fact-based story of the historical and present day plight of the Cherokee Nation.
BWW Review: DANCE NATION at San Francisco Playhouse Intrigues but Ultimately Mystifies
BWW Review: HOT MIKADO at Gateway Theatre
BWW Review: TOP GIRLS at American Conservatory Theatre
BWW Review: BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON at Custom Made Theatre Company Takes An Anarchic Rock Approach To The Genocidal, Land-Grabbing President
BWW Review: A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER at South Bay Musical Theatre
BWW Review: FREE FOR ALL - A NEW 'MISS JULIE' FOR A NEW WORLD at Cutting Ball Theater
BWW Review: THE GREAT WAVE at Berkeley Repertory Theatre
BWW Review: JEKYLL & HYDE THE MUSICAL at Sunnyvale Community Players
BWW Review: CAROLINE, OR CHANGE at Ray Of Light Theatre Thrills and Inspires
BWW Review: ANASTASIA Delights at San Francisco's Golden Gate Theatre Now Thru Sep 29
BWW Review: Annie Baker's THE FLICK at Shotgun Players is Astute Observations of Three Lonely, Dysfunctional Theater Attendants
BWW Review: BETTE DAVIS AIN'T FOR SISSIES At 3Below Theater Is A Compelling Portrait Of The Great Stage And Film Legend And Early Feminist
BWW Review: THE 39 STEPS at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley is a Brilliantly Directed and Acted Rollicking Spoof of Hitchcock's Noir Spy Thriller
BWW Review: MARIN SHAKESPEARE'S SPAMALOT KEEPS AUDIENCES IN LAUGHS-A-LOT NOW THRU AUGUST 25
BWW Review: WICKED: A STORY FOR OUR TIMES at Broadway San Jose
BWW Review: BETTE DAVIS AIN'T FOR SISSIES at 3Below Theaters & Lounge is an up close and personal
conversation with Bette Davis.
BWW Review: ROAN @ THE GATES at Berkeley's Central Works Explores Privacy and Personal Responsibility in Our Uneasy World
BWW Review: HAIRSPRAY at Bay Area Musicals Provides the Perfect Tonic for Our Times
