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Wilbur -- stage name Bruiser -- got the casting call from the Peninsula Humane Society
Though Rolly Crump's animation portfolio was disappointing, and he initially was hired at Disney as just a 'finisher' for cels created by better artists, he made a lasting mark with designs …
NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden appears in a live satellite talk with director Oliver Stone following a sneak preview of 'Snowden' at Bay Area movie theaters Sept. 14.
Fairyland in Oakland to celebrate nation's longest-running puppet theater.
Fall stage season features 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch,' a new Tom Stoppard play, and a Berkeley Rep political satire featuring a guy who sounds a lot like The Donald.
Impressive arias, duets and ensembles pile up onstage at the S.F. Opera training program's Grand Finale concert at War Memorial.
'WaistWatchers the Musical' subverts classic and contemporary songs in a 90-minute comedic revue about women with body issues; it's playing in Walnut Creek and San Jose through Sept. 25.
Woodminster Summer Musicals' production of the classic Kander and Ebb musical 'Chicago' is a first-rate production that's a blast from start to finish.
Smash Broadway musical 'Beautiful,' built around the life and music of pop legend Carole King, returns to the city where the jukebox hit was born starring Abby Mueller, the big sister of ori…
'Florence Foster Jenkins' is a heartfelt look at the real-life New York socialite who thought she could sing, although everyone around her could tell she couldn't; but despite lovely turns b…
Japanese references and stereotypes are gone in this new adaptation of the Gilbert and Sullivan classic, being staged by Lamplighters Music Theatre through Aug. 28.
Barbra Streisand thrills fans during her show at the SAP Center at San Jose.
Conflicting reports, no comments from theater company leave situation murky.
Susan-Jane Harrison's impressionistic play invokes characters from Greek mythology to create a world where love can't seem to overcome war for people's attention; it plays at Oakland's Fligh…
Fanciful 'Cunning Little Vixen' enchants, and sardonic 'Powder Her Face' transfixes.
There are plenty of new things to discover at Disneyland and California Adventure this year, and we're not just talking 'Star Wars' attractions. The popular Soarin' ride has gone global, and…
'Sesame Street’ has let go Bob, Gordon and Luis while retooling show for a modern audience.
Miranda will host the PBS Arts Fall Festival, which includes a documentary that provides a glimpse into the creative process behind 'Hamilton.'
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley is prefacing its New Works Festival with a contemporary retelling of Aristophanes' 'The Birds.' Like last year's festival lead-in, a reimagining of 'Lysistrata,' …
Livermore Shakespeare Festival presents a lighthearted adaptation of the Bard's 'The Tempest' at Wente Vineyards through Aug. 7.
The $30 million production that is 'Odysseo,' with its 65 horses, 48 acrobats and dancers and large-scale special effects, will play in San Jose Sept. 14-Oct. 2.
West Edge Opera is all aboard with its new fulltime home, the Abandoned Train Station in Oakland, and a summer season featuring 'The Cunning Little Vixen,' 'Powder Her Face' and 'Agrippina.'
Popular comedy is part of East Side Prep theater program
The composer known as 'The March King' actually penned a wider variety of music in his day, much of which has rarely been performed. Now, Lyric Theatre is doing its part to change that by st…
City Lights Theater in San Jose presents a stripped-down adaptation of 'American Idiot,' the jukebox musical based on the Green Day album that premiered at Berkeley Rep seven years ago.
