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Christopher Durang comedy has a great cast, set and costumes
Battle of the bands meets battle of the sexes in Silicon Valley Shakespeare's 'Love's Labour's Lost,' playing now at Bramhall Park in Willow Glen. In directing Shakespeare's classic romantic…
Remembering more than 50 songs for one show is no easy task, but luckily for the cast of 'Motown the Musical' these are so ubiquitous in American culture that their lyrics and tunes are know…
Yes, 'Finding Dory' has a similar story line to its predecessor, 'Finding Nemo,' but with some lovable new characters and a charming lesson about never giving up, the movie stands strong on …
New theatrical docudrama shatters the silence around abortion issue by giving a voice to women's real-life experiences. Presented by the D.C.-based nonprofit called Advocates for Youth, the …
'Beautiful' and 'Cabaret' and 'Motown,' oh my! Broadway's greatest hits musicals are heading back to town for a victory lap this summer.
Penelope Skinner's 'Village Bike,' playing at Berkeley's Ashby Stage, might make you squirm as it follows a pregnant woman who grows sexually frustrated by her inattentive husband.
All parts were in place at War Memorial for a superb performance of Verdi's political-religious masterpiece.
Contra Costa Civic Theatre in El Cerrito presents the musical 'American Idiot,' bringing the famed Green Day music and play back to its geographical roots.
NEW YORK (AP) -- As presenter Barbra Streisand noted, "tonight our joy is tinged with sorrow" -- and she wasn't the only one making reference to the horrific Orlando shootings during the Ton…
CorrespondentMARTINEZ -- If it wasn't for too-loud, mildly offensive rap music playing on a BART passenger's iPod, Candy Campbell might never have composed her 50-minute, one-woman show.
They were supposed to be a secret, but when word leaked that the new "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" in London was using real owls during performances, fans of the saga went wild on soci…
NEW YORK (AP) -- Be prepared to fork over a lot more Hamiltons to see the Broadway smash "Hamilton." Producers have pushed the top premium seat price up to a record $849.
Sheryl Sandberg, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Michelle Obama and others offer up valuable life lessons at graduation ceremonies all over the country.
If 'Summer of '42' -- that '70s-era love story about a dalliance between older married woman and a virginal young man -- were remade today, it just might turn out to be 'Careful What You Wis…
'The Conjuring 2' is even better than the original. While the first film teased us with the tale of a doll named Annabelle before diving into the haunting of the Perron family, the new film …
Great cast of singers overcomes weaknesses of Broadway By The Bay production; go see it
Town Hall Theatre presents 'Play It Again, Sam,' an early romantic comedy by Woody Allen, through June 25 in Lafayette.
J.K. Rowling doesn’t upset critics’ reasoning why Hermione should be white in new London stage play
An elderly woman, her son and a dozens of Molotov cocktails set the stage for 'Velocity of Autumn,' Eric Coble's drama about the indignities of aging.
American Conservatory Theater stages the world premiere of Joseph Dougherty's mystery about a wounded soldier who can't remember how he was injured; David Strathairn stars.
Berkeley's Impact Theatre will cease regular productions following its goofy and adoring adaptation of Ed Wood's B-movie classic 'Plan 9 From Outer Space.'
A talk with Jimmy Mason, who is 'Spike' in the Palo Alto Players production of 'Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
'Hamilton' creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda will star with Emily Blunt in Disney's 'Mary Poppins Returns.'
Douglas Morrisson will have a staged reading of playwright Scott Munson's modern twist on classic farce 'Charley's Aunt
