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Opened Aug. 23, 2008 at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts  Beth Glover (left) is Big Edie and Elisa Van Duyne is Little Edie as they perform "Peas in a Pod" in Act 1 of th…
If you're a fan of Showtime's "Weeds," as I have been since the series debuted four seasons ago, you're probably quite aware of the emergence of Hunter Parrish (right, photo by Joan Marcus),…
There aren't many details yet, but you can check out Sony Pictures' Web site for "The Hot Ticket" about the final performances of Rent on Broadway being shown in movie theaters around the co…
Manoel Felciano, a San Francisco native who used to work at Recycled Records on Haight Street, plays Jan, the central character in Tom Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll, an ACT production. Photo by A…
San Jose Repertory Theatre announced today that Rick Lombardo of Boston's New Repertory Theatre will be the company's next artistic director, succeeding the Rep's long-time director, Timothy…
News from the the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, the Bay Area's premiere African-American theater company that has been left homeless by the Academy of Art University's virtual takeover of the …
Idris Ackamoor debuts a fragment of his work-in-progress, Music for One Hand Clapping, as part of Afro Solo's Black Voices series at The Marsh. Photo by Pat Mazzera  Not to be too dramat…
Leon Gertzen (left), Louise Chegwidden (center) and Carolyn Doyle whip up some satiric comedy in the Rough and Tumble production of Candide, Len Jenkin's take on the Voltaire classic. Photos…
Beth Glover is Edith "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale in the TheatreWorks production of Grey Gardens, the first since the original closed on Broadway. Photo by David Allen For Beth Glover, Grey G…
The Walt Disney Company never has handled success very well. Surprisingly, abundance of imagination can lead to a hit, then absence of imagination can kill it dead. Look no further than the …
Check out this short documentary, part of Christopher Coppola's Project Access Hollywood film festival. It's about the demise of the wildly popular game Scrabulous, a version of online Scrab…
Kurt Deutsch didn't mean to get into the record business. The self-described "total theater guy" grew up in St. Louis going to theater whenever possible (usually at The Muny) and then studie…
Felicia Benefield is Mare in Suzan-Lori Parks' Betting on the Dust Commander, one of three avant garde plays in The Cutting Ball Theatre's avantGARDARAMA at the EXIT on Taylor. Photos by Rob…
Stephen Lawson, half of the Canadian duo 2boys.tv, performs in Zona at the New Conservatory Theatre Center  Candian duo drags out, lip synchs through twilight `Zona'«««  Aaro…
Continues through Aug. 31 at the Bruns Amphitheater in Orinda Annie Purcell is Sonya and Dan Hiatt is Vanya in Cal Shakes' beautiful, moving production of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya. Photos by Ke…
Melissa Gilbert stars as Ma in the Guthrie Theatre's world-premiere musical adaptation of Little House on the Prairie. Photo by Michal Daniel First a series of beloved, ever-popular books, t…
I never expected, on my recent vacation getaway to Michigan, to find such a treasure trove of beauty and culture. Visiting friends in the Saugatuck/Douglas area on the shores of Lake Michiga…
Berkeley Repertory Theatre's season-opening play Yellowjackets, a drama about life at Berkeley High School in the early '90s, has inspired a free teen journalism summit. Photo by Kevin Berne…
The cast of the national tour of The Drowsy Chaperone will raise money for the Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation Monday, Aug. 11 at Club Fugazi, the home of Beach Blanket Babylon. Photo by Joan…
David Kahawaii (left) is JoJo and Carl Danielsen is The Cat in the Hat in the Woodminster Musicals production of Seussical the Musical. Summer used to be a dead time in Bay Area theater. No …
There's no getting around the fact that for more than 40 years now, Dolly Parton has been a bright light of show business. She quickly transcended her beginnings on country radio and corny c…
Last summer, Dan Hiatt was in three California Shakespeare Theater shows, including The Triumph of Love (above, with Domenique Lozano). This summer he is playing the title character in Cal S…
Word from the California Shakespeare Theater is that artistic director Jonathan Moscone's production of An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde has become the company's biggest box-office hit in its…
"We're calling it our Bar Mitzvah season not just because the company is run by two Jews," says Impact Theatre artistic director Melissa Hillman referring to herself and managing director Ch…
Opened Aug. 2 at John Hinkel Park, Berkeley Dave Garrett is Pa Ubu (roughly translated as Father Turd) and Carla Pantoja is Ma Ubu in Shotgun Players' rollicking summer production Ubu for Pr…
