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Almost every cast member unveils something new and delicious in Rotimi Agbabiaka's production of Shakespeare's island-set play.
Leontyne Mbele-Mbong and Michael Torres are so good in this "echo" of "Macbeth" that you might realize you never fully understood Shakespeare's tragedy before.
With San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, Edris Cooper-Anifowoshe is playing Prospero, the spell-casting lead in "The Tempest," as her first Shakespeare performance.
Director Susan Dalian sets the tragedy in the Kennedy era, when women wore their hair shellacked around their heads, like Christmas ornaments.
Bob Dylan's songbook is reimagined through the lens of Connor McPherson's haunted vision of America unraveling in this sobering musical.
Perhaps not since 2021 has a work of Shakespeare seemed so apt to help us understand an extraordinary political moment.
The East Bay Theater attempted to raise $350,000 in a single week. That didn't happen, so company leaders are hoping a few more days will help.
Berkeley company's new production of 2018 play probes pathos and humor to mostly great effect.
The lawyer, author and theater producer is backing the social media personality on her solo musical debut.Â
The Oakland concert found its footing as soon as the Tony Award winner and Disney princess voice returned to her musical theater roots.
The Tony Award-winner plans to be in the Bay Area for the second stop of her North American tour.
The three-year-old Napa concert series inaugurated its summer season with not one, but two, "West Side Story" Anitas.
The title character of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1978 musical might recognize much in 2024's election runup.
"Who's-Dead McCarthy: Stories by Kevin Barry" creeps into your mind, vine-like, and flowers.
Domenique Lozano's adaptation of "Much Ado About Nothing" reveals Shakespeare as not some holy writ etched in stone but a bubbling lab ripe for experimentation.
Venue changes, shaded seats and costume modifications are just some ways Bay Area theaters have learned to adapt amid a record-breaking heat wave.
Tony Award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe brings together an audience of old and new with its annual July 4 opening performance at Dolores Park.
John O'Farrell and Karey and Wayne Kirkpatrick's musical shadowboxes its way through key plot points and memorable shots from the 1993 Robin Williams film set in San Francisco.
Rob McClure, who originated the musical's title role, tackles both its joys and criticisms ahead of the Bay Area premiere.
Jeremy Kareken and David Murrell's adaptation of John D'Agata and Jim Fingal's book fails as both a portrait of journalism and a work of theater.
 Berkeley Repertory Theatre continues its tradition of sending shows off to Broadway.
Octavio Solis' reverse-migration sequel to John Steinbeck's "Grapes of Wrath" feels as overladen as the Joad family jalopy.
The musical of "Merrily We Roll Along" also won big, nabbing the revival award as well as trophies for Daniel Radcliffe and Jonathan Groff.Â
The Mission District theater is facing a perfect storm of increased costs from insurance, utilities, payroll and more.
The actor, who was raised in Menlo Park, spoke with the Chronicle about starring in the Marin County-set play "Stereophonic," nominated for a record-breaking 13Â Tony Awards.
