174 stories by "Sam Hurwitt, Correspondent"
Woodminster Summer Musicals' production of the classic Kander and Ebb musical 'Chicago' is a first-rate production that's a blast from start to finish.
Japanese references and stereotypes are gone in this new adaptation of the Gilbert and Sullivan classic, being staged by Lamplighters Music Theatre through Aug. 28.
Susan-Jane Harrison's impressionistic play invokes characters from Greek mythology to create a world where love can't seem to overcome war for people's attention; it plays at Oakland's Fligh…
Livermore Shakespeare Festival presents a lighthearted adaptation of the Bard's 'The Tempest' at Wente Vineyards through Aug. 7.
Tri-Valley Repertory's production of the musical 'Mary Poppins' is saved by winning performance by Rachel Powers in title role.
TheatreWorks presents Suzanne Bradbeer's drama 'Confederate,' about a reporter and candidate's daughter in the middle of a mushrooming political scandal; it plays in Palo Alto through Aug. 7.
'Shrek the Musical,' adapted from the DreamWorks movie, is touching and hilarious in its production at Woodminster Summer Musicals.
Thanks to a strong performance by Margo Hall and other touches, Cal Shakes presents a moving production of August Wilson's prizewinning 'Fences,' which details the hard life of a struggling …
Livermore Shakespeare Festival is presenting a Jane Austen adaptation for the third year in a row; this year's production of 'Persuasion' is the best yet.
Actor/comedian John Leguizamo's solo show 'Latin History for Morons' gets its world premiere at Berkeley Rep, and the meandering work flies on the strength of his comedic talents and charism…
Ubuntu Theater Project delivers a powerful rendition of Shakespeare's disturbing 'Othello' in Berkeley, with other productions in Marin and Orinda to follow.
Penelope Skinner's 'Village Bike,' playing at Berkeley's Ashby Stage, might make you squirm as it follows a pregnant woman who grows sexually frustrated by her inattentive husband.
Contra Costa Civic Theatre in El Cerrito presents the musical 'American Idiot,' bringing the famed Green Day music and play back to its geographical roots.
Town Hall Theatre presents 'Play It Again, Sam,' an early romantic comedy by Woody Allen, through June 25 in Lafayette.
Berkeley's Impact Theatre will cease regular productions following its goofy and adoring adaptation of Ed Wood's B-movie classic 'Plan 9 From Outer Space.'
Berkeley Playhouse's first nonmusical production is a strong adaptation of 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' Harper Lee's classic civil rights novel.
Contra Costa Civic Theatre presents 'The Mountaintop,' which imagines Martin Luther King Jr. having a strange, revelatory encounter with a hotel worker on his last night alive; it plays thro…
F. Scott Fitzgerald's indictment of the idle rich in 'Great Gatsby' comes through loud and clear in the Role Players Ensemble's production playing in Danville through May 1.
Oakland's Ubuntu Theatre Project, which has been staging plays in alternative venues, presents John Steinbeck's classic drama at Oakland City Church.
'Gypsy,' the classic musical about a showbiz mother from hell and her beleaguered daughter gets a rousing, fun production from Contra Costa Music Theatre.
Berkeley Playhouse's production of 'The Addams Family' stage musical elevates pretty good material into something better.
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.
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.
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.
