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The company that has faced financial hardship making its first trip to Spain beginning Jan. 28; next performances in San Jose are Feb. 19-21.
Kim Rosenstock's comedy 'Tigers Be Still' follows a family in crisis; it plays through Feb. 21 at City Lights Theater in San Jose
Hershey Felder pays homage to Irving Berlin in tuneful TheatreWorks solo show
'Nerds,' billed as a high-tech musical comedy about the rivalry between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates opens on Broadway in April.
The classic coming-of-age musical 'Pippin' has been retooled as a Cirque du Soleil-like production, but still packs plenty of heart; it plays at San Jose Center for the Performing Arts throu…
Also on tap, 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch' revival roars into San Francisco.
'Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play' at ACT was a daring and provocative show, and the Bay Area's best theater offering; but Angela Lansbury, TheatreWorks, Berkeley Rep and Shotgun Players also…
"Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.
'A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder,' a Broadway hit that knocks them dead.
Tony Award-winner 'Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder' plays at San Francisco's Golden Gate Theatre Dec. 1-27.
The endearing romantic comedy about a culture-clashing couple plays at City Lights Theater through Dec. 20.
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.
The Broadway diva who gained stardom from 'Rent,' 'Wicked' and 'Frozen'
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…
Conleth Hill, aka Varys, will star opposite Frances McDormand in the Berkeley Rep production.
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.
The ACT production draws from two Lysley Tenorio short stories, and plays at The Strand through Nov. 22.
The revival of David Auburn's prizewinning play features an all-black cast, but despite strong performances, the drama loses some of its depth of emotion.
What this production lacks in polish it makes up for with a stylish atmosphere and exuberant performances that will get you in the mood for the dark spirit of Halloween.
A terrific American Conservatory Theater cast, led by a stunning performance by Carl Lumbly, makes the most of Stephen Adly Guirgis' potent play about one man holding out against changing ti…
Stephen Sondheim's vicious, darkly funny revenge musical gets a grand staging Sept. 12-29 at War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco.
The tragicomedy by Donald Margulies gets its regional premiere at TheatreWorks through Sept. 20.
Theater community mourns passing of Mark Rucker, an associate director at American Conservatory Theater.
