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Berkeley author's 'You Kiss by th' Book' riffs off poetically from single lines from the Bard
David Gest, who was found dead Tuesday in London, may be best known for his brief, made-for-the-tabloids marriage to Liza Minnelli.
Oakland's Ubuntu Theatre Project, which has been staging plays in alternative venues, presents John Steinbeck's classic drama at Oakland City Church.
TheatreWorks production of Michael Hollinger and Aaron Posner's unmannered twist on Edmond Rostand's 'Cyrano' has good performances and some inspired moments, but never fully hits on all cyl…
'Gypsy,' the classic musical about a showbiz mother from hell and her beleaguered daughter gets a rousing, fun production from Contra Costa Music Theatre.
Sean Hayes, of 'Will & Grace' fame, brings a solid dose of holy camp to 'An Act of God,' the Broadway hit that plays in San Francisco through April 17.
Some are not happy that casting calls for Lin-Manuel Miranda's smash musical 'Hamilton' emphasize that all starring roles will go to nonwhite actors, but producers say that is what makes the…
The legendary Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater opened a Cal Performances stand at UC Berkeley March 29 with powerful West Coast premieres of works by Ronald K. Brown and company artistic d…
'Marguerite,' which won four Cesar awards in France, is loosely inspired by a real person, Florence Foster Jenkins, an American singer with the soul of an artist, but not the talent of the o…
Berkeley Playhouse's production of 'The Addams Family' stage musical elevates pretty good material into something better.
'Will & Grace' star Sean Hayes plays the Almighty in 'An Act of God,' the Broadway that plays in San Francisco through April 17.
Sarah Treem, who has written for TV's 'The Affair,' 'In Treatment' and 'House of Cards,' creates an engrossing play of ideas in 'The How and the Why,' which gets its West Coast premiere thro…
Still, some fine singing is heard in Broadway By The Bay production
The wildly popular hip-hop history musical Hamilton will open in March 2017 in SHN's new season, which also includes 'The King and I,' 'Into the Woods,' 'Finding Neverland,' a new adaptation…
West Edg Opera's production of Leoncavallo's overlooked gem sparkles
City Lights Theater Company presents a touching production of 'The Elephant Man,' a drama about the famous case of a horribly disfigured man in Victorian England.
The iconic Curren Theater in San Francisco, closed for renovations, will open in January 2017 with a touring production of the hit Broadway family-dysfunction musical 'Fun Home.'
American Conservatory Theater is presenting Will Eno's absurdist dark comedy 'The Realistic Joneses,' which inspires laughter, confusion and moments of real insight.
Altarena Playhouse in Alameda is presenting Donald L. Coburn's tense play about two friends playing gin rummy in a nursing home through April 10.
Albert Einstein will stop in Menlo Park next month to discuss his theories of relativity. That's not exactly true, but it might seem so when Los Angeles-based theater and film actor Duffy Hu…
Her 'tokyo fish story’ opening at TheatreWorks this week
Cinequest, San Jose's long-running independent film festival has always been about 'democratizing film and giving everyone a voice.'
Star soprano Renee Fleming's fans braved brutal weather to pack UC Berkeley Zellerbach Hall, and they witnessed an icon deliver a sumptuous performance touching on everything from Schumann a…
Joy Carlin, the Yale-trained actress and director, whose latest project is 'Talley's Folly' at Berkeley's Aurora Theatre, has been an institution on the Bay Area theater scene since the 1960…
'Saturday Night Live' icon Tina Fey gamely tries to keep the war comedy 'Whiskey Tango Foxtrot' on target, but the film can't stay focused and serves up too many cliches.
