Lin-Manuel Miranda says, 'I knew that with six months of doing ('Hamilton') off-Broadway I would know a lot more of what worked and what didn't. I had that experience with 'In the Heights.' …
I had never heard the term "rock/jukebox musical" until I attended Center Repertory's powerhouse of energy "Rock of Ages" last week.
PINOLE --The suspense thriller "Wait Until Dark," presented by the Pinole Players, opens June 3 at the Community Playhouse, 601 Tennent Ave.
'For Peter Pan on her 70th Birthday,'a quirky new fable from brilliant playwright Sarah Ruhl, feels intriguing but unfinished in its West Coast premiere at Berkeley Rep.
Jackson Gay and 'House of Cards' writer Kenneth Lin remix Shakespeare's 'Much Ado About Nothing' into a gender-bending romantic comedy that benefits from a stellar cast.
The production marks the U.S. premiere of Calixto Bieito's bold 1999 staging of Bizet's 'Carmen.' He has set the action in post-Franco Spain, cut much of the dialogue and created indelible p…
Bocelli's concert at SAP Center switched to June 3 after Sharks earned spot in Stanley Cup final.
San Francisco Symphony mounts lively production of the Bernstein musical with cast from the 2014 Broadway revival.
As a theater critic, I prefer musicals with a character-driven story arc. But 'Mamma Mia' is my mom's favorite, and over the years of going with her and feeling her unfettered joy, the chees…
Bust out the lighters! Center Repertory Company scores with the 1980s jukebox musical 'Rock of Ages,' which plays at Walnut Creek's Lesher Center through June 25.
Controversial production of 'Carmen' from Spanish director Calixto Bieito will be transmitted live for free at AT&T Park
Often when a new work makes its first trip from page to stage, some things work well and others need some tweaking.
Gretchen Givens and Linda Gregg, from Martinez and England, respectively, worked on high seas adventure over 11 years. It's being performed at Campbell Theatre in Martinez through June 5
Eric Ting sets the tone for his gutsy vision of the East Bay theater company as a crucible for examining the present. Among the shows he has lined up are a re-imagined 'Much Ado About Nothin…
Central Work gets inside the mind of Robert Louis Stevenson as he writes 'Jekyll and Hyde' in a new play presented in Berkeley through June 12.
Lauren Gunderson's emotional drama about two very different high school students forging a surprising bond gets a wonderful production at City Lights Theater in San Jose.
'Beauty and the Beast’ live action remake will star Emma Watson of 'Harry Potter’ fame.
Cher turns 70 on Friday and just keep going strong.
In Jason Robert Brown's tender two-character musical 'The Last Five Years,' we watch a romance bloom and fade, but the production at San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater doesn't del…
Writer, singer to perform in solo show at Oshman Family JCC on Sunday
Here are six outdoor theater series, boasting Shakespeare, Jane Austen, 'Shrek' and other big musicals, that you need to know about.
Instead of just re-creating on camera the Broadway performance that won Bryan Cranston a 2014 Tony Award for 'All the Way,' HBO's movie version expands several emotionally wrenching scenes f…
Iconic Leonard Bernstein musical to receive a semistaged production in Davies Hall
Barbra Streisand performs Aug. 4 at the SAP Center at San Jose. Here's how to score tickets.
Academy Award-winning actress Helen Mirren is finalizing a deal to play Sarah Winchester, the millionaire heiress to the Winchester gun fortune.