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'The 39 Steps,' a fast-paced, silly comedy that pays homage to Alfred Hitchcock, plays through Dec. 20
Liz Duffy Adams' 'Or,' presents a thoroughly entertaining look at a 17th-century feminist icon; it plays through Dec. 6 at Berkeley City Club.
Composer savors operatic aspect of Poe's tale of terror
$21M renovation of Veterans Building adds venue, archive
Rossini's beloved romantic comedy 'Barber of Seville' gets a production by San Francisco Opera that charms in every facet.
The dress Dorothy wore to see the Wizard still didn’t top what the Cowardly Lion’s suit went for last year.
Conor McPherson's dark comedy about a Christmas Eve poker game plays at Live Oak Theatre in Berkeley through Dec. 20.
The endearing romantic comedy about a culture-clashing couple plays at City Lights Theater through Dec. 20.
Tony Award-winner 'Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder' plays at San Francisco's Golden Gate Theatre Dec. 1-27.
Wagner's comic masterpiece is
On Opera San Jose's Saturday night opening performance of Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro," French police stormed the Boulevard Beaumarchais of the 11th arrondissement in Paris, where but a…
The Walnut Creek opera company winningly performs Indian-flavored works: Gustav Holst's 'Savitri' and Jack Perla's 'River of Light.'
The Amy Freed sendup of Ibsen and pretentious artists follows an arrogant architect who may or may not get his just desserts. It plays at Berkeley's Aurora Theatre through Dec. 6.
The performer's talent and megawatt stage presence more than overshadow the musical's problems. It plays at San Francisco's Orpheum Theatre through Dec. 6.
But the book, from 1949, shows its age and suffers from some slow pacing in Broadway By The Bay production
Hayward's Douglas Morrisson Theatre is mounting the musical adaptation of the Shakespeare comedy through Nov. 19
The company presents a new program Nov. 6-8, featuring works by Robert Moses' Kin, Amy Seiwert and company artistic director Dexandro Montalvo.
The Broadway diva who gained stardom from 'Rent,' 'Wicked' and 'Frozen'
Conleth Hill, aka Varys, will star opposite Frances McDormand in the Berkeley Rep production.
The comedy in the bittersweet 'Vanya and Sonia and Sasha and Spike' is sometimes overly broad, but the sendup of Chekhov plays is an entertaining night of theater in its Walnut Creek product…
Gilbert and Sullivan go on Spring Break in this party-hearty adaptation by visiting Hypocrites Theater Company production.
American Conservatory Theater production plays up the nostalgia in this portrait of the playwright as a young man.
“Orange Is the New Black” actress to play iconic Tim Curry role.
Florence Welch and crew deliver powerful show at Greek Theatre in Berkeley
Also on tap: Celebrating Day of the Dead; Jazz and cartoons; Liss Fain Dance's latest extravaganza; a Cuban guitar great.
