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The cash-strapped company fought for years to stay afloat, but 'donor fatigue' played a part in hardscrabble Silicon Valley arts scene..
Ubuntu Theater Project presents a mesmerizing production of the solo show 'I Am My Own Wife,' which tells the story of a mysterious German transvestite and museum owner.
A wealth of vocal music is heading our way this month, beginning with German baritone Matthias Goerne, who comes to San Francisco Opera's new Atrium Theater with a performance of Schubert's …
Lafayette's Town Hall Theatre presents the second part of Tony Kushner's classic work on AIDS in America, 'Angels in America: Perestroika
Berkeley Rep has announced 4 shows in its 2016-17 season, which includes 'Hand to God,' Lisa Loomer's 'Roe,' another appearance by Kneehigh Theatre and 'The Last Tiger in Haiti.'
The stage musical 'Dirty Dancing' stomps all over memories of classic '80s movie
The El Campanil Theatre in Antioch will be the venue for the fifth annual Delta Blues Festival Benefit Concert. Show organizer Frank Giovanni sees it as an opportunity to present a personal …
Frances McDormand plays Lady Macbeth in the explosive but erratic Berkeley Repertory Theatre production of Shakespeare's bloody classic 'Macbeth.'
The Hammer Theatre Center, the former home of the San Jose Rep, has reopened after two years, with San Jose State managing the space.
Students from Oakland School of the Arts will perform Andrew Lloyd Webber's Broadway musical 'School of Rock' in San Francisco, after the legendary Webber himself approved the rare permissio…
Led by a dynamite performance by Lisa Chvez in the title role, Opera San Jose's production of 'Carmen' lives up to the opera's legendary charms.
Luis Valdez's play recalls the horrors and bigotry of World War II Japanese internment camps in a drama that is rich and moving but historically dense at times.
Sarah Rule's fantastical comedy 'Clean House' gets an appealing production at Contra Costa Civic Theatre, where it plays through March 6.
Julia Cho's 'Aubergine' examines the process of dying and the ties between food, family and culture in its satisfying world premiere at Berkeley Rep, where it plays through March 20.
Hershey Felder is continuing to break his own TheatreWorks box-office record for his "Iriving Berlin" show, which is at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts through Sunday, and i…
Other weekend highlights: Kronos Quartet throws an awesome festival; Diablo Ballet salutes Balanchine; Booker T. brings his coolness to Oakland.
Just weeks after setting its box-office record with "Jane Austen's 'Emma,'" TheatreWorks Silicon Valley has broken the record again, with "Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin" -- which still has…
Mark Jackson's 'Little Erik,' adapted from a Henrik Ibsen play, packs plenty of suffering and eerie mystery into its 80 minutes; it plays at Berkeley's Aurora Theatre through Feb. 28
The cast of the Broadway blockbuster 'Hamilton,' including playwright and star Lin-Manuel Miranda, has been added to the list of performers at the Grammy Awards Feb. 15.
'Grease: Live' and Vanessa Hudgens' remarkable performance made for must-see TV.
A new stage adaptation of the classic tale 'Wizard of Oz' has great special effects and new songs by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, but doesn't always measure up to the original.
'Grease: Live,' 'O.J. Simpson' drama and 'Madoff' are among the week's TV highlights.
Here's everything you need to know about Lin-Manuel Miranda, the hot-as-blazes star and creator of 'Hamilton.'
Currently, becoming a subscriber to SHN is the only surefire way to lands tickets to 'Hamilton,' the hottest show on Broadway.
'Hamilton,' the groundbreaking blockbuster musical, will come to the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco in March 2017.
