A HOLIDAY MYSTERY WITH VICTORIAN MISCHIEF ON ITS MIND Chesterton by way of Conan Doyle, wrapped in Wodehouse-style tomfoolery Arthur Conan Doyle wrote only one Christmas-themed Sherlock Holm…
A MUSICAL FABLE FOR THEN " AND NOW A cornerstone of the American musical theater canon. Corny and sexist? Undeniably. But it's still thrilling, still brassy, still Broadway. Guys & Dolls…
AN OMINOUS AND DISORIENTING THRILLER A meticulously staged interrogation that tightens its grip minute by minute In theater and in life, some risks are worth taking. Others may not be worth …
A VINTAGE-STYLE HOLIDAY CONCERT A warmly nostalgic night of classic music, crooning, and dance Imagine that it's 1962. You and your spouse decide to get a sitter and go down to the "club" be…
I FOUND A NEW BEAU FOR YOU But this wonderful new musical closes on January 4, 2026 at St. Luke's There are two standout reasons to catch Beau the Musical, the moving and musically stirring …
Have you ever wondered how a stage can completely change the feel of a performance? Stage design has always shaped the way we experience performing arts. From simple backdrops to elaborate s…
PLAIDS, CAROLS & COMIC CHAOS A tuneful Yule celebration filled with charm, harmony, and holiday silliness If you're craving holiday nostalgia served with tight four-part harmonies and a …
ENDURANCE, MANIA, AND THE WILL TO SURVIVE A raw solo performance that turns lived experience into hard-earned clarity Bipolar disorder, marked by its vertiginous highs and devastating lows, …
ESCAPISM AT THE EDGE OF COLLAPSE A Kit Kat Club that feels uncomfortably close to home Since its founding in 2012, Oakland Theater Project has set out to create theater experiences that insp…
A THRILLER THAT OUTLASTS ITS TWIST Even when we know what's coming, the tension holds Let's talk about the cojones required to mount a production of Gaslight nowadays. Even if we assume " a …
Theatre audiences often respond to a mood long before the first line is spoken. Light settles across the stage, shadows form in quiet corners, and the outline of furniture begins shaping exp…
THANK YOU FOR BEING A QUEEN Four drag icons, two episodes, and twenty years of perfectly timed shade Now celebrating its 20th consecutive year, The Golden Girls Live: The Christmas Episodes …
A HOLIDAY PANTO THAT KNOWS WHAT IT'S DOING The Actors' Gang offers a family-friendly fairy tale with teeth Children of the Winter Kingdom " The Bonkers Adventures of Holly and Spruce, now fr…
TRUTH, BEAUTY, FREEDOM, LOVE " MOULIN ROUGE! LIGHTS UP THE DESERT A pop-fueled fever dream lands at McCallum Theatre Moulin Rouge! The Musical took the stage of McCallum Theatre in all its s…
THE SOUP OF THE DAY IS A DARK BROTH INDEED There's a game some couples play when they're out and about: they make up lives about the strangers they see in places like diners. Part of what ma…
THE MONKEY KING LANDS WITH A ROAR A dazzling, design-driven premiere expands what opera can be Every now and then an opera house unveils something that doesn't just premiere " it shifts the …
A FAIRYTALE REBORN ON THE SOUTH SIDE Wheeldon's Chicago-set Nutcracker still casts a decade-long spell Ten years in, Pyotr Tchaikovsky and the World's Columbian Exposition are still a match …
HOOK, LINE & SEQUINER Presidio's Peter Pan Panto soars on camp, color, chaos, Christmas cheer, and unapologetic silliness ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ …
STILL CASTING ITS SPELL Sondheim and Lapine's fractured fairytales find fresh magic at San Francisco Playhouse Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Into the Woods may be one of the most belov…
A DARKER LOOK AT THE GANG WE GREW UP WITH Dog Sees God, Bert V. Royal's 2004 reimagining of the Peanuts universe, wonders what might happen if those familiar childhood figures stumbled into …
TAKE THAT, NAKATOMI The Troubies blow up Die Hard, Heart-style " and it's pure holiday mayhem The Troubadour Theater Company " the Troubies " has been wreaking musical-comedy havoc around Lo…
A TEXAS-SIZED CHRISTMAS MELTDOWN This is pure, sugar-spun, deep-fried, glitter-smothered Texas Trashmas " and honey, sometimes that's exactly what the doctor ordered. If your idea of Christm…
THE OG CHRISTMAS GHOST STORY The Goodman puts the chills back in the chestnuts ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ In some ways, it is remarkable that Goodm…
THE GODFATHER AND FELLINI MEET VERISMO Opera's most famous double bill is back… again Hundreds of one-act operas have been produced, but few have attained the popularity of Pietro Mascagni…
DICKENS IN AN IRISH PUB ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ The New England premiere of An Irish Carol by playwright Matthew Keenan offers a fresh take on C…