Bay Area stages are dark, but you can catch a wide variety of theater productions via streaming -- here's a rundown.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 01:30PMMagic Theatre's world preview of Ricardo Pérez González's brilliant 'Don't Eat the Mangos' SF must close March 13 due to COVID-19 fears.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 10:45AMCustom Made Theatre in SF unveils the comedy 'Lady Scribblers,' about the dicey conditions women playwrights faced in 17th-century England.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 02:00PMBay Area-founded Culture Clash has brought its incisive satire back to Berkeley Rep with funny and sharp (Still) in America'
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 05:09PMFamed playwright Octavio Solis' deeply personal book of stories, "Retablos," will be performed by Word for Word theater troupe in S.F.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 03:05PMElevator Repair Service brings its astounding stage hit 'Gatz' -- a unlikely retelling of 'The Great Gatsby' -- to Berkeley Rep's Roda Theatre.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 02:59PM'Devil's Music' captures Bessie Smith's raw talent and swagger in production by Center Rep in Walnut Creek.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 02:06PMPacific Coast Repertory Theatre stages a lively 'West Side Story' revival that subtlety acknowledges the racism, misogyny that occurs on stage.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 04:25PMTony Hale, best known for starring in TV's "Arrested Development" and "Veep," comes to ACT in S.F. to star in "Wakey, Wakey."
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 05:28PMTheatreWorks presents Mona Golabek's Holocaust-themed "Pianist of Willesden Lane," a triumph of storytelling and piano playing.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 05:04PMSarah Ruhl's comedy "Stage Kiss" is a play within a play within a play, and it succeeds at all levels at City Lights Theater in San Jose.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 03:41PMQui Nguyen's play "She Kills Monsters" pairs a 'Dungeons and Dragons'-themed story with '90s pop culture in a massively entertaining show in Berkeley.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 02:54PMJennifer Hayley's play about the creepy, dark underside of an AI system opens at Dragon Productions Theatre Company in Redwood City.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 01:30PMWith Oakland arts center the Flight Deck set to close soon, the Flax Art & Design store is emerging a potential performance site.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 01:00PM'PolySHAMory' by Kate Robards plays The Marsh and 'How to Transcend a Happy Marriage' by Sarah Ruhl plays at Custom Made Theatre.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 03:36PMCaryl Churchill's powerful witch-hunt drama "Vinegar Tom," playing at Berkeley's Ashby Stage, speaks to the current political climate.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 02:11PMUnique Derique's "Fool La La" clown blends gentle humor with circus tricks, magic and other fun; it's playing at The Marsh Berkeley.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 01:00PMYes, "Groundhog Day the Musical," getting its Bay Area premiere at SF Playhouse, is a worthy holiday show.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 03:05PMCal Shakes, Shotgun Players, Marin Theatre Company, Berkeley Rep and ACT delivered some of the best Bay Area stage productions we saw in 2019.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 04:22PMQuantum Dragon in SF performs the West Coast premiere of a futuristic sci-fi comedy of manners, 'An Invitation Out.'
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 02:00PMPrize-winning playwright Sarah Ruhl returns to Berkeley Rep with "Beck Nurse," a comedy inspired by the Salem witch trials.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 11:45AMTheatreWorks Silicon Valley's world premiere of a musical adapted from Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice' needs better songs.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 03:03PM"Head Over Heels," which marries Go-Go's tunes to a silly Elizabethan story line, comes to New Conservatory Theatre in SF for a holiday run.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 02:54PMBay Area monologist Josh Kornbluth is performing three of his best-known solo shows in Berkeley to benefit TheatreFirst stage company.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 06:46PM'The Humans,' Stephen Karam's prize-winning portrait of a struggling family, gets strong staging at San Jose Stage Company.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 06:04PMBay Area playwright Geetha Reddy adapted epic Indian poem "The Mahabharata" into a brisk solo show for Ubuntu Theater in Oakland.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 02:28PMBerkeley's Aurora Theatre hosts Phil Wong and Dan Wolf's "Tell Tale Hearts," a hip-hop take on the Edgar Allan Poe classic horror tale.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 02:00PMBased on the award-winning kids book, 'Tales of Despereaux' at Berkeley Rep charms as a family friendly holiday show.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 06:49PMCaryl Churchill's time-traveling 'Cloud 9' tackles hot-button issues in unusual ways; it plays at Custom Made Theatre in S.F. through Dec. 15.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 01:23PMFlight Deck performing arts space in Oakland will close in March after Ragged Wing Ensemble moves out -- unless someone takes it over.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 03:53PM'Midsummer Night's Dream' gets a unique production by Arabian Shakespeare Festival in S.F.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 11:45AM
