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You probably won't enter Pear Theatre laughing, but after seeing "Pear Slices 2019," it's almost a sure bet you'll exit that way.
Jason Mendez's new play "Supremacy" explores Black Lives Matters within a framework borrowed from superhero comics.
Beckford toured with the acclaimed dancer/choreographer Katharine Dunham when she was just 17. She started the Ruth Beckford African Haitian Dance Company, taught Dunham technique at her dan…
Music and arts groups are scrambling to find a rental venues now that the downtown San Jose concert hall has been sold with plans to make it the new home for a South Bay church.
Afro-Cuban artists' stories emerge in Paul S. Flores' new 'We Have Ire,' premiering May 10-12 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in S.F.
TheatreFIRST and Shotgun players present Burlingame playwright Geetha Reddy's 'Far, Far Better Things," an adaptation of Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities."
Got your Mother's Day weekend plans yet? Here are 7 ways to celebrate, from awesome brunches to dazzling gardens to an all-female mariachi band.
Well, yes, "Mamma Mia!" has been on pretty much every stage from San Francisco to San Jose. Kindergarten classes have probably staged it. What's your point? Is it overdone? Hillbarn Theatre …
Bike to Work Day activities Thursday include a "movers and shakers" ride in San Jose, energizer stations throughout the Bay Area and after-parties in Sunnyvale, Palo Alto and Redwood City.
An iconic Big Sur landmark is back in business after undergoing a renovation and surviving a Highway 1 bridge outage and a massive landslide.
"Weightless," a rock music adapted from Ovid's "Metamorphoses" by the Bay Area band Kilbanes, plays at The Strand in SF through May 12.
Poland's Song of the Goat Theatre brings its passionate "King Lear" song cycle to UC Berkeley May 11-12.
Los Lupeños troupe celebrating its 50th anniversary
Fremont native Kristin Stokes stars as a Greek goddess in the Percy Jackson musical "The Lightning Thief" playing in San Jose May 10-12.
Flowers and brunch are nice, but here 16 other ways to enjoy a special Mother's Day -- from world-famous Rubens paintings to great music to Doris Day.
"Weightless," a rock musical by the Bay Area duo the Kilbanes, is being revived at the Strand Theaters, and that is very good news indeed.
"Flower Drum Song," a S.F.-set novel that became a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, plays in its updated version at Palo Alto Players.
Denis O'Hare and Lisa Peterson's Bible-themed "The Good Book" at Berkeley Rep eventually finds its groove and tells a compelling story.
Here's how to get tickets to see "Hamilton," the Tony Award-winning musical that now runs through (at least) early January at the SHN Orpheum in S.F.
Oscar Wilde's 'The Importance of Being Earnest' is a classic comedy in every sense, and Aurora Theatre gives it a great staging.
Got weekend plans? You do now -- from Cinco de Mayo fun and free festivals to Ariana Grande and mint juleps.
Disney's "Frozen," the Tony Award-nominated musical, is part of the SHN 2020-21 season in San Francisco. Here's what we know so far about the run.
Tony Award nominations include "Ain't Too Proud," a Temptations musical that premiered at Berkeley Rep; "Hadestown": "Tootsie"; 'Mockingbird' snubbed.
Mountain View's A la Carte & Art kicks things off May 4-5
Kate Hamill's wildly inventive adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's novel "Vanity Fair" plays at ACT through May 12.
