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Saturday, February 24, 2024

Big, scary ideas amid laughs in ACT’s Big Data by Chad Jones

ABOVE: Jomar Tagatac (left) is Max and BD Wong is M in the world premiere of Kate Attwell’s Big Data, now at American Conservatory Theater’s Toni Rembe Theater through March 10. BELOW: (…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 12:37PM
Friday, February 2, 2024

Moonwalking over biography in MJ by Chad Jones

ABOVE: Roman Banks as ‘MJ’ and the cast of the MJ First National Tour, part of the BroadwaySF season at the Orpheum Theatre through Feb. 25. BELOW: Jaylen Lyndon Hunter (center left) is …

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 04:33PM
Thursday, February 1, 2024

Cult of Love casts a spell at Berkeley Rep by Chad Jones

ABOVE: The cast of Leslye Headland’s Cult of Love includes (from left) Lucas Near-Verbrugghe as Mark Dahl, Dan Hiatt as William “Bill” Dahl, Vero Maynez as Loren Montgomery, and Luisa …

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 02:43PM
Thursday, January 25, 2024

Still crazy for Cirque’s Koozå by Chad Jones

ABOVE: The astonishing “Wheel of Death” act in Cirque du Soleil’s Koozå features Jimmy Ibarra Zapata and Angelo Lyezkysky Rodriguez. BELOW: Victor Levoshuk balances on a stack of chai…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 01:29PM
Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Mamma Mia! returns: How can we resist you? by Chad Jones

ABOVE: Christine Sherrill (center, top) is Donna Sheridan with the company of Mamma Mia! 25th Anniversary Tour at the Golden Gate Theatre as part of the BroadwaySF season through Dec. 10. BE…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 02:51PM
Friday, December 1, 2023

Hot Coco spices up Golden Girls in 18th year by Chad Jones

ABOVE: The cast of The Golden Girls Live: The Christmas Episodes at the Victoria Theatre includes (from left) Coco Peru as Dorothy, Holotta Tymes as Sophia, D’Arcy Drollinger as Rose and M…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 02:14PM
Thursday, November 30, 2023

Yes, Disney’s Lion King is still roaring by Chad Jones

ABOVE: Gerald Ramsey is Mufasa in the North American touring company of The Lion King. Photo by Matthew Murphy ©Disney BELOW: The Lionesses dance. Photo by Deen van Mee ©Disney This year f…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 01:22PM
Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Captivating Crudup makes us wild about Harry by Chad Jones

ABOVE AND BELOW: Emmy and Tony Award-winner Billy Crudup stars in David Cale’s dazzling Harry Clarke at Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s Roda Theatre through Dec. 23 Photos by Kevin Berne Th…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 02:51PM
Thursday, November 2, 2023

Of beauty, Bulrusher and Boontling by Chad Jones

ABOVE: Jordan Tyson is the title character in Eisa Davis’ lyrical coming-of-age story, Bulrusher, at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. BELOW: Cyndii Johnson (left) is mysterious stranger Vera, J…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 05:03PM
Friday, October 27, 2023

So a Jew walks into a room ful of neo-Nazis… by Chad Jones

Alex Edelman has crafted a stand-up comedy/one-man play hybrid in the hilarious Just for Us at San Francisco’s Curran Theatre Oct. 26 and 28. Photos by Matthew Murphy Alex Edelman is hilar…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 03:38PM
Friday, October 20, 2023

Anthony Rapp mines grief and triumph in moving Without You by Chad Jones

Anthony Rapp explores his life and work, his triumphs and his tragedies, in the solo show Without You at San Francisco’s Curran Theatre. Photos by Russ Rowland In the blockbuster musical R…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 04:36PM
Saturday, September 30, 2023

Cult of terror ignites interactive horror show at SF Mint by Chad Jones

Audience members are recruited into a spiritual cult gone terribly wrong in The Initiation, a new interactive horror experience at the San Francisco Mint through Oct. 31. Photos by Jose A. G…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 06:48PM
Thursday, September 21, 2023

Women in the White House make for a crude, funny POTUS at Berkeley Rep by Chad Jones

ABOVE: (from left) Stephanie Styles is Dusty, Deirdre Lovejoy is Harriet, Kim Blanck is Jean and Allison Guinn is Bernadette in Selina Fillinger’s feminist satire POTUS: Or, Behind Every G…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 12:53PM
Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Way down (again) in Hadestown by Chad Jones

Hannah Whitley (front left) is Eurydice and J. Antonio Rodriguez is Orpheus (with members of the company) in the Hadestown North American Tour at the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco before …

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 01:56PM
Thursday, September 7, 2023

Love, peace, soul fill ACT’s joyous Hippest Trip by Chad Jones

ABOVE: The cast of Hippest Trip – The Soul Train Musical dances up a storm on stage at American Conservatory Theater’s Toni Rembe Theater through Oct. 8. Set design is by Jason Sherwood,…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 02:15PM
Thursday, August 3, 2023

Tina: Do I love you? My, oh, my by Chad Jones

ABOVE: Zurin Villanueva is Tina Turner in the North American touring production of Tina – The Tina Turner Musical playing the Bay Area at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Theatre and San Jose…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 05:40PM
Saturday, July 8, 2023

The never-ending misery of Les Misérables by Chad Jones

ABOVE: The ensemble performs “One Day More” from the touring production of Les Misérables running at San Francisco’s Orpheum Theatre through July 23 as part of the BroadwaySF season. …

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 03:46PM
Thursday, June 29, 2023

Ari’el Stachel floods the Berkeley Rep stage with Character by Chad Jones

Tony Award-winner Ari’el Stachel stars in the world premiere of his autobiographical solo show Out of Character at Berkeley Rep. Photo by Kevin Berne/Berkeley Rep As a performer, Ari’el …

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 03:57PM
Wednesday, June 21, 2023

A glorious journey Into the Woods by Chad Jones

ABOVE: Stephanie J. Block and Sebastian Arcelus, a real-life married couple, are the Baker’s Wife and the Baker in the national touring company of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Int…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 07:09PM
Thursday, June 8, 2023

Grungy glamour fills ACT’s new journey to Oz by Chad Jones

ABOVE: Katrina Lauren McGraw (center) is Glinda, Chanel Tilgham (left) is Dorothy and Travis Santell Rowland is part of the lively ensemble in the American Conservatory Theater production of…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 04:07PM
Thursday, May 25, 2023

Blood, love, adolescence flow in Berkeley Rep’s Right One by Chad Jones

ABOVE: Noah Lamanna is Eli in the West Coast premiere of the National Theatre of Scotland production of Let the Right One In. BELOW: Diego Lucano (left) as Oskar and Lamanna as Eli. Photos b…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 02:17PM
Thursday, April 13, 2023

Poor Yella Rednecks: Second time is a little more charming by Chad Jones

ABOVE: Christine Jamlig and Will Dao in Qui Nguyen’s Poor Yella Rednecks running through May 7 at ACT’s Strand Theater. BELOW: Jenny Nguyen Nelson and Jamlig play daughter and mother in …

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 03:18PM
Friday, April 7, 2023

Speaking the language of life in Berkeley Rep’s English by Chad Jones

ABOVE: The cast of Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s English includes (from left) Sarah Nina Hayon as Roya, Christine Mirzayan as Goli and Mehry Eslaminia as Elham. BELOW: Sahar Bibiyan is Marj…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 05:18PM
Thursday, March 2, 2023

Nightmare or revelation? It’s Cambodian Rock Band, and it rocks by Chad Jones

ABOVE: The cast of Lauren Yee’s Cambodian Rock Band at Berkeley Repertory Theatre includes (from left) Joseph Ngo, Abraham Kim, Geena Quintos and Moses Villarama. BELOW: Ngo and Francis Ju…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 03:37PM
Saturday, February 25, 2023

Dear San Francisco still charms, dazzles by Chad Jones

The human-scale circus acts in Dear San Francisco are as captivating as ever as the show continues to evolve in its second year at Club Fugazi. Photos courtesy of Dear San Francisco and Club…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 03:21PM
Thursday, February 23, 2023

SIX sicks sexy exxies on Henry for histo-remix by Chad Jones

ABOVE: Olivia Donalson (center) as Anna of Cleves in the North American tour of SIX, part of the BroadwaySF season at the Orpheum Theatre. BELOW: The cast revives the six wives of King Henry…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 03:10PM
Wednesday, February 22, 2023

At Marin Theatre Company, these Supremes sing of Justice by Chad Jones

ABOVE: The cast of Justice: A New Musical at Marin Theatre Company includes (from left) Karen Murphy as Sandra Day O’Connor, Stephanie Prentice as Sonia Sotomayor and Lynda DiVito as Ruth …

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 01:29PM
Thursday, February 16, 2023

Murder, family meld in Chen’s Headlands at ACT by Chad Jones

ABOVE: Johnny M. Wu as George (left), Phil Wong as Henry (center) and Erin Mei-Ling Stuart as Leena in the West Coast premiere of Christopher Chen’s The Headlands, running at ACT’s Toni …

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 02:03PM
Thursday, February 2, 2023

On Wednesdays we wear pink and kvetch about Mean Girls by Chad Jones

ABOVE: The cast of the Mean Girls national tour includes (from left) English Bernhardt as Cady Heron, Jasmine Rogers as Gretchen Wieners, Nadina Hassan as Regina George and Morgan Ashley Bry…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 02:52PM
Friday, January 27, 2023

Stage, not screen, is the place for Evan Hansen by Chad Jones

ABOVE: Anthony Norman (left) is Evan Hansen in the 2022-23 North American tour of Dear Evan Hansen. Also in the cast are (from left) John Hemphill as Larry Murphy, Lili Thomas as Cynthia Mur…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 05:32PM
Thursday, January 26, 2023

Pain and strife sandwiched by laughs in Berkeley Rep’s Clyde’s by Chad Jones

ABOVE: Cyndii Johnson is Letitia and Wesley Guimarães is Rafael in Lynn Nottage’s Tony Award-nominated play Clyde’s, at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. BELOW: (from left) Louis Reyes McWill…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 02:24PM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards