954 stories from San Francisco Chronicle
"When I say no, I'm also saying yes to what is truly meant for me. I'm saying yes to who I am as a maker," Sarita Ocón said.
Oakland Theater Project, Shotgun Players and American Conservatory Theater are among the must-see theaters in 2023.
"It's not sustainable," said Rob Ready of PianoFight, where attendance and bar sales are down 65% compared to 2019.
Despite mammoth griefs, local theater made thrilling art this year, a testament to our artists' mettle, inventiveness and flair.
Center Repertory Company made a cast- and crew-wide effort to ensure that Wendy Wisely could go onstage one last time.
The musical commits the cardinal sin of misreading and thus omitting what makes its source material great.
Isabella Esler, 18, lands gig as Lydia Deetz for the touring production of the Broadway show adapted from the classic '80s film.
Irene (Anne Yumi Kobori) hears from a ghost words all bohemian youths dread hearing from their ancestors: "Go. Get. A. Job."
If the show doesn't always conjure the magic, to paraphrase one of its lines, you'd have to try hard not to have fun and have your heart tugged along the way.
Amid all the organ harvesting and groin juice licking, Dimitris Papaioannou also creates moments of levity.
Presidio Theatre's "Sleeping Beauty" looks to make participatory theater fun for an American audience.
At "A Christmas Carol" and "Nutcracker," neurodiverse audience members can make whatever noises they want or need to.
"Into the Woods" is the first major show in the Curran since "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" departed in September.
"Do You Hear What We Hear?" brings the drag duo back to the city after more than a decade.
As a sustained feat of musical tribute, "Halie!" stakes its claim in clear and often stirring musical terms. It's as a bio-musical that the show falters.
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley suggests just how many more shadings, facets and worlds the musical theater canon still has to show us.
Custom Made and FaultLine Theater's co-production is perfect for fans of homegrown theater who tire of the same old holiday fare.
In August Wilson's play, it makes sense to put all your faith in the lotto, even when you know the game is rigged.
KeyComp could make it possible for a single synthesizer player to replicate the sound of a large orchestra with unprecedented flexibility.
If "Wuthering Heights" doesn't equal the best of Emma Rice's works, it delivers plenty to savor and recollect.Â
At a recent "Two Trains Running" rehearsal at Marin Theatre Company, director Dawn Monique Williams led with conspiratorial joy.
Marin Theatre Company's artistic director departs at a time when many are questioning whether the demands of theater leadership are worth the rewards.
If you grew up on Disney princesses whose narrative arcs drove unswervingly toward heterosexual marriage, "Frozen" opens refreshing possibilities.
The small theater led by Michael Socrates Moran and William Hodgson is consistently one of the most vital and exciting in the Bay Area.
Next spring, Larissa FastHorse's script will be the first play by a Native American woman on Broadway.
