578 stories from Theatre Bay Area
by Velina Brown
Q: I?ve been thinking about the Scarlett Johansson situation with the movie Rub & Tuck [in which Ms. Johansson was slated to play a transgender character]. I have always…
by David John Chavez
Rinabeth Apostol remembers performing in a 2002 production of Miss Saigon with the now-defunct American Musical Theatre of San Jose, which filed for bankruptcy …
When people hear that the Children?s Musical Theater in San Jose finds a role for every student who tries out, they have a couple reactions, says Kevin Hauge, who has been the company?s arti…
by Lauren Spencer
As summer heats up, theatre festivals nationwide are in full swing and would-be blockbusters are preparing for a new Broadway season. The Bay Area theatre community is lea…
Pictures of the #TBACon18 Closing Plenary, "Creating a Safe and Inclusive Theatre: What Will It Take?"
(Photo: Lorenz Angelo Photography)
At this year's TBA Annual Conference, the cl…
by Jia Taylor
For Dameion Brown, life looks a lot different than it did two decades ago. Incarcerated at age 24, Brown served 23 years of a life sentence at Solano State Prison. This June, …
by Velina Brown
Q: After a recent audition?which I felt very good about?I later heard that the director and musical director both thought I was perfect, but that the choreographer nixed me …
Westfield News Group review of Bekah Brunstetter's wonderful new play "The Cake" at Barrington Stage. Debra Jo Rupp stars as a baker, who is conflicted about baking a wedding cake for a lesb…
by Rotimi Agbabiaka
Last week, Theatre Communications Group (TCG)?the national organization for the American theatre?presented its annual conference in St. Louis, Missouri. This conference …
by Emily Wilson
When she was in high school, Ariel Craft directed her first play?Harold Pinter?s Betrayal about a wife?s long affair with her husband?s friend.
?It?s so funny because what…
by Rotimi Agbabiaka
On June 10, theatre artists across the nation will be glued to their screens, watching the Tony Awards and dreaming of the acceptance speeches they?ll one day make. Pres…
by Velina Brown
Q: So, before I say anything else, I?m not supporting rapists! It?s time for all this sexual abuse of women to stop. But not everyone is a Harvey Weinstein. Sometimes i…
by Brad Erickson
Earlier this spring, our Theatre Bay Area family suffered a devastating jolt in the loss of our former Managing Director, Dana Harrison. Dana passed away, with little warni…
by Brad Erickson
Earlier this spring, our Theatre Bay Area family suffered a devastating jolt in the loss of our former Managing Director, Dana Harrison. Dana passed away, with little warni…
by Lauren Spencer
The phone rang at 5 pm. Fontana Butterfield picked up to find Shotgun Player?s Artistic Director, Patrick Dooley, on the other end. The actor she was understudying in thei…
by Lauren Spencer
The phone rang at 5 pm. Fontana Butterfield picked up to find Shotgun Player's Artistic Director, Patrick Dooley, on the other end. The actor she was understudying in thei…
Wilks' brilliant direction of Harrison David Rivers' "This Bitter Earth" forces us to look at the raw vulnerability of gay interracial lovers in a terrifying political landscape.
THEATRE BAY AREA NAMES DALE ALBRIGHT
AS NEW DEPUTY DIRECTOR
(San Francisco, CA) - Theatre Bay Area is happy to announce that long-time TBA staffer Dale Albright is the organization?s n…
THEATRE BAY AREA NAMES DALE ALBRIGHT
AS NEW DEPUTY DIRECTOR
(San Francisco, CA) - Theatre Bay Area is happy to announce that long-time TBA staffer Dale Albright is the organization's n…
by Rotimi Agbabiaka
When Lisa Evans makes their directorial debut with the world premiere of WAAFRIKA 123 at TheatreFIRST, they will be fulfilling a dream that is as much personal and polit…
by Rotimi Agbabiaka
When Lisa Evans makes their directorial debut with the world premiere of WAAFRIKA 123 at TheatreFIRST, they will be fulfilling a dream that is as much personal and polit…
by Velina Brown
Q: I really want to do stunts for film and television but I have no idea how to get started. How do I break in?
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by Velina Brown
Q: I really want to do stunts for film and television but I have no idea how to get started. How do I break in?
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Westfield News Group ArtsBeat for 4/25/18. Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley added to Mahaiwe line-up; "The Tattooed Man Tells All" at Silverthorne Theatre and arts news for WMass and No.CT.
[Editor?s note: Online registration and group rates for the 2018 Theatre Bay Area Annual Conference end April 27. Don't miss out on your opportunity to share ideas, congregate with peers, an…
