'Midsummer Night's Dream' gets a unique production by Arabian Shakespeare Festival in S.F.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 11:45AMCirque du Soleil's "Amaluna," adapted loosely from Shakespeare's 'Tempest,' is a entertaining show that falls just short of mind-blowing.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 06:39PMBerkeley’s Theatre Lunatico presents 'Convoy 31000,' based on stories on French women who fought the Nazis -- and the prices they paid.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 02:00PMIranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour keeps the script of 'Nassim' secret until each performance, when he takes the stage with a surprise actor.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 02:00PMDavid Hirata's solo show 'The Jap Box' at The Marsh Berkeley tells the story of a Japanese magician whose act was co-opted by Americans.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 11:45AMSheila Callaghan's clever rom-com "Elevada" -- featuring a great cast -- is presented by Shotgun Players at Ashby Stage in Berkeley.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 03:38PMLloyd Suh's new play 'The Chinese Lady' at Magic Theatre tells of Afong Moy, the first Chinese woman in America who was paraded as an oddity.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 07:07PM"Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" is opening at the The Curran in S.F.; here's what you need to know about the books before you attend the show.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 09:15PMEugene O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey Into Night" gets a pared-down but still powerful revival by Oakland's Ubuntu Theater Project.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 04:06PMAdapted from a hit indie movie, 'Priscilla, Queen of the Desert,' about drag queens on a road trip, comes to Walnut Creek.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 04:06PM'Rocky Horror Show,' Richard O’Brien's iconic campy musical about sexual freedom and mad science, gets 3 Bay Area productions in October.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 01:00PMSam Shepard's final play, 'A Particle of Dread,' blends the story Oedipus with a murder mystery; it opens in Berkeley Oct. 18.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 02:00PMIn time for Day of the Dead celebrations, Bay Area Theatre Co. presents 'Death and the Artist' in San Francisco.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 04:00PMIn Clare Barron's odd and powerful "Dance Nation," at SF Playhouse, adults perform as competitive teen dancers -- the results will astound you.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 01:56PM"Mark Twain's River of Song" at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley has some good music but fails to employ enough of Twain's character and wit.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 02:44PMWord for Word presents a haunting version of epic poem "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" that seems more a horror show than cautionary tale.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 01:00PMTown Hall Theatre opens season 75 with Matthew Lopez’ "Legend of Georgia McBride,” about an Elvis impersonator turned drag queen.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 01:00PMCaryl Churchill's feminist classic "Top Girls," with its famous fantasy dinner scene, gets a strong revival at ACT in S.F.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 04:23PMCal Shakes' "Macbeth" offers some aesthetic flourishes, but uneven acting and direction eventually sink the production.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 10:15AMSarah DeLappe's compelling "The Wolves" centers on a high school girls' soccer team; it opens City Lights' new season in San Jose.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 11:15AMBerkeley Rep presents Suzan-Lori Parks' racially charged ‘White Noise,’ a play she hopes has a an cathartic effect on audiences.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 02:00PM“Inked Baby,” about a young family grappling with a mysterious poison in their neighborhood, gets its Bay Area premiere at Crowded Fire Theater.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 11:30AMThe farce 'Murder for Two' in Walnut Creek spoof's classic murder mysteries while serving up high-energy farce and some nifty piano playing.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 05:20PMIke Holder's dark comedy "Exit Strategy" looks at what happens when a school can't be saved; it's playing at Aurora Theatre in Berkeley.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 11:00AMThe hit Harry Potter stage spin-off, plus 'The Great Wave' and 'Top Girls' head an exciting fall 2019 Bay Area theater season.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 01:40PMRole Players ensemble presents Tennessee Williams' classic "Glass Menagerie" as part of the 2019 Eugene O'Neill Festival.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 11:45AMAnnie Baker's 3-hour depiction of youthful suburban malaise gets a spot-on production at Aurora Theatre in Berkeley.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 11:00AMWith '39 Steps,' TheatreWorks Silicon Valley kicks off its 50th season in grand comical style.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 01:53PMMolly Smith Metzler's new play 'Cry It Out' spells out the joys, fears, exhilaration and pressure of motherhood with compelling realism.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 02:43PM"Wicked," the Wizard of Oz-inspired musical returns to the Bay Area, and its story has never seemed more timely.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 06:22PMAugust Strindberg's "Miss Julie" is considered a stage classic yet strongly misogynistic -- two new S.F. adaptations address that issue.
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