The breakup play "The Last of the Love Letters" by Ngozi Anyanwu is indulgent, repetitive and trite.Â
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 02:21PM[SHARE]The show reimagining Henry VIII's six wives makes clear that the boundary between pop concert and musical theater is increasingly blurring, to salutary effect.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 12:28PM[SHARE]Magic Theatre's world premiere about birdwatching and a disease carrier is gentle to the point of nonevent.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 02:00PM[SHARE]The comedian, actor and trans activist's approach to Shakespeare's tragedy is that of a speeding steamroller.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 03:34PM[SHARE]Stephen Sondheim and David Henry Hwang mark two highlights in San Francisco Playhouse's 23rd lineup.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 12:00PM[SHARE]In Yasmina Reza's 1994 play, an exorbitant purchase of an all-white painting turns men into beasts.Â
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 02:34PM[SHARE]The boardroom drama seizes an opportunity many established local theaters have been slow to act on: the chance to delve into the current events dividing the tech world in its own backyard.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 02:27PM[SHARE]In American Conservatory Theater's "Nobody Loves You," a skepticism about the show's own mechanisms lends it an agreeable edge.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 03:04PM[SHARE]If TheatreWorks and Center Rep's world premiere more galumphs than fizzes, failing to root for it anyway would be like cheering against true love.Â
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 02:47PM[SHARE]The Berkeley City Club is always an up-close-and-personal venue, but it's a special thrill when actors' necks are bulging and steaming to lift giant weights.Â
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 02:41PM[SHARE]American Conservatory Theater's musical, written by Berkeley natives Itamar Moses and Gaby Alter, explores whether authentic, old-fashioned love is possible in the age of "The Bachelor" and …
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 07:00AM[SHARE]"Cuckoo Edible Magic," inspired by gaming and anime, suffers from typical early-career shortcomings, but playwright Reed Flores proves himself a rising star.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 03:06PM[SHARE]Center Repertory Company's world premiere is a one-of-a-kind construction, complete with GoPros and foley sound effects.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 02:41PM[SHARE]The remake at BroadwaySF's Orpheum Theatre recalls a theme park in both joyous and infelicitous ways.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 03:09PM[SHARE]Reed Flores' world premiere seeks to represent CHamorro cuisine, language and culture onstage as part of a tapestry of AAPI identities.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 07:00AM[SHARE]"An Enemy of the People" has rarely felt as true-to-life as it does in San Jose Stage Company's trenchant production.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 03:22PM[SHARE]San Francisco Playhouse's production is "inject this into my veins" funny but shambolic, as if a ouija board is in charge.Â
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 03:39PM[SHARE]In Geoff Sobelle's "Food," in a four-day Stanford Live run, our appetites write history itself.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 02:40PM[SHARE]Center Repertory Company's world premiere of "Froggy" is a departure on multiple fronts.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 07:00AM[SHARE]Berkeley Repertory Theatre's "Uncle Vanya" marks its first play from the theatrical canon since Johanna Pfaelzer became artistic director in 2019.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 07:00AM[SHARE]Cirque du Soleil returns to Oracle Park with "Echo," featuring a unique cube set and running Nov. 20 to Dec. 21.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 12:00PM[SHARE]'Exotic Deadly' at San Francisco Playhouse was inspired partly by playwright Keiko Green's experience as the granddaughter of a MSG food scientist.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 07:00AM[SHARE]You start to wish Daphne's story could take life as its own new musical instead of being shoehorned into preexisting intellectual property.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 02:25PM[SHARE]Shotgun Players, SFBATCO, Berkeley Rep and others offer shows to organize your calendar around.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 07:00AM[SHARE]Despite its indulgences, Marcus Gardley's world premiere stands as an example of how Oakland Theater Project is the most ambitious little theater company in the region.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 03:21PM[SHARE]Oakland Theater Project, Theatre Lunatico and American Conservatory Theater made Bay Area theater sparkle this year.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 09:50AM[SHARE]Director Pam MacKinnon and playwright Craig Lucas don't establish enough ground rules for their story to cohere into something more than a string of random events.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 07:56PM[SHARE]'Peter Pan' aspires to, and often achieves, smooth-mind, sparkly escape from worldly cares.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 04:00PM[SHARE]TheatreWorks' production of Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon's "Pride and Prejudice" sequel combines holiday confection, spicy debate and sumptuous visuals.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 01:58PM[SHARE]For all of Susi Damilano's compassionate, imaginative direction, this production of Jessie Nelson and Sara Bareilles' 2015 musical suffers from a near-fatal flaw.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 02:01PM[SHARE]Leah Nanako Winkler's world premiere, inspired by a New York Times article, capitalizes on how theater is, at its core, bodies in the same space as you.
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