November 11, 2016
Today, the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus (SFGMC), under the direction of Dr. Timothy Seelig, Artistic Director and Chris Verdugo, Executive Director, announced plans for an outreach tour through major southern conservative areas of the United States in Summer 2018. The 2018 Outreach Tour will...
October 26, 2016
Lena Hall is reprising her Tony Award-winning performance as Yitzhak in the National Tour of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, the 2014 Tony Award-winning Best Musical Revival, in performances at the SHN Golden Gate Theatre in San Francisco (through October 30, 2016) and the Hollywood Pantages Theatre i...
October 18, 2016
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley continues its 47th season with the regional premiere of a wry romantic comedy Outside Mullingar. BroadwayWorld has a first look at highlights of the show below!...
October 11, 2016
As if she didn't already have her hands full playing both Yitzhak and the title role in Hedwig and the Angry Inch on tour, Tony Winner Lena Hall took time off from the stage to sing the national anthem for game 3 of the National League Championship Series between the San Francisco Giants and the Chi...
October 04, 2016
The Curran today released a music video of the song 'Ring of Keys,' from the Tony Award-winning musical Fun Home, which will re-open the Curran this January after an extensive renovation that is currently underway (and pictured in scenes from the video). The song, written by Tony Award-winners Lisa ...
September 13, 2016
See how a nationwide casting call brought Cuban-American Actor Michael Angelo Gonzalez from Miami to Co-Star in this clash of cultures in a suburban back yard.
With Neva Huchinson*, Michael Angelo Gozalez. and director Bruce Bierman
The drama runs Sept 30 - Oct 15 at the Phoenix Theatre in S...
September 08, 2016
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley brings U.S. audiences their first look a London hit with the American Premiere of the joyous musical revue The Life of the Party. Directed and co-created byDavid Babani, the Artistic Director of London's Menier Chocolate Factory, this rollicking musical journey celebrate...
June 22, 2016
The series debuts of Seseso tomorrow, June 23, but you can check it out here first! That's right- BroadwayWorld is excited to bring you the entire first episode below!...
May 09, 2016
Following the wildly successful concert version at The Geary Theater in spring 2015, American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) presents a brand-new, fully staged production of Jason Robert Brown's acclaimed musical, THE LAST FIVE YEARS, running May 11-June 5, 2016. Under the direction of Michael Berr...
March 24, 2016
Joel Grey recently took part in Curran: Under Construction's 'Groundbreakers with Kevin Sessums' series on Tuesday, March 8 7:00 p.m., where he opened up about his storied life and career, touching upon his many roles including the Emcee in Cabaret, his history at the Curran, his 25+ year marriage a...
March 07, 2016
Kevin Sessums, the Curran's Editor-at-Large sat down with award-winning opera star Leah Crocetto for a special evening titled 'Leah Crocetto Talks Opera and Sings Jazz' on Thursday, February 4. Sessums discussed Crocetto's early years in the New York cabaret scene, her rise to fame in the opera wo...
March 02, 2016
SCHOOL OF ROCK star Alex Brightman and the Broadway cast sent an encouraging video to welcome the OSA students to the band and call upon the 'Gods of Rock' to guide them with their West Coast production. In turn, OSA recorded their own fun response. Check out the videos below!...
February 02, 2016
Jonathan Groff, currently back on Broadway dazzling audiences in HAMILTON, recently appeared at Curran for its Groundbreakers series to to discuss the intricacies of his boundary-crossing career in film, television, and theatre. Watch below as he sings a personal favorite, 'I'd Rather Be Sailin...
September 18, 2015
BroadwayWorld brings you a brand new official trailer of Berkeley Repertory Theatre's AMELIE, A NEW MUSICAL, starring award-winning British actress Samantha Barks, directed by Tony Award winner Pam MacKinnon (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?). Barks, who is best known for her stand-out performa...
September 10, 2015
Berkeley Repertory Theatre presents award-winning British actress Samantha Barks in the world premiere of AMELIE, A NEW MUSICAL directed by Tony Award winner Pam MacKinnon (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?). Barks, who is best known for her stand-out performance as Eponine in the film adaptatio...
September 08, 2015
Cameron Mackintosh's spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA is currently playing at San Francisco's Orpheum Theatre, where it will remain through October 4. With newly reinvented staging and stunning scenic design, this new version of PHANTOM is performed by a c...
September 03, 2015
The cast of the brand new production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, directed by three-time Tony Award winner Jack O'Brien, which wool soon hit the road, has just met the press - and BroadwayWorld was on hand. Below, check out a very first look at Ashley Brown, Ben Davis, and Kerstin Anderson in rehearsal!...
August 24, 2015
Berkeley Repertory Theatre has announced that award-winning British actress Samantha Barks will star in the world premiere of AMELIE, A NEW MUSICAL directed by Tony Award winner Pam MacKinnon (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?). Barks, who is best known for her stand-out performance as Eponine in...
July 22, 2015
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley kicks off its 2015/2016 season with the World Premiere of Triangle, a new musical with music by Curtis Moore, lyrics by Thomas Mizer, and book by Moore, Mizer, and Joshua Scher, originally developed at the company's 2012 New Works Festival. Triangle is directed by Mere...
May 21, 2015
HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL comes to Ray of Light Theatre....
April 07, 2015
What if we told you, that you could watch the entire Les Miserables musical in 8 minutes? Well you're in luck!...
March 26, 2015
Before Ben Rimalower brings PATTI ISSUES and BAD WITH MONEY to LA, San Diego and San Francisco, check out his performance last month at the awards acceptance speech parody show, 'You Like Me' at Joe's Pub, where he accepts Patti LuPone's 2008 Tony Award for GYPSY. Click below!...
February 18, 2015
Cutting Ball Theater continues its 16th season, devoted to the theme of 'Injustice,' with a new translation of Sophocles' ANTIGONE. Associate Artistic Director Paige Rogers, who helmed Cutting Ball's productions of Tontlawald and Mud, directs this new translation from Daniel Sullivan using music and...
February 06, 2015
Gillian Anderson recently took on the iconic role of Blanche DuBois in a sold-out production of A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE at London's Young Vic. As BroadwayWorld previously reported, the actress is now revisiting the character in a new short film she directed. Written by Andrew O'Hagan, 'The Departur...
February 05, 2015
Home Street Home, a new musical, will play an 11-performance run between February 20 - March 7, 2015 at Z Space, located in the Mission District in San Francisco, the producers announced today. Home Street Home features music by punk legend Fat Mike (NOFX), lyrics by Fat Mike, Jeff Marx (Tony Award ...