578 stories from Theatre Bay Area
Craig Revel Horwood, the Strictly Come Dancing Judge, has been announced as Miranda Hart's replacement when she ends her run as Miss Hannigan in Annie 17 September.
by Velina Brown
Q: I'm not a professional actor but I would like to be one someday. But recently I had an experience that made me wonder if this is the business for me. I was in rehearsal f…
by Kim Tran
"More critics need to understand the preconceptions they bring into the work," says Diep Tran, associate editor of American Theatre Magazine.
Tran is responding to Chicago Sun …
The West End Bares are definitely not in Kansas anymore. The fabulously camp musical charity revue has come to Oz for this, their eighth year. The group will feature over 100 performers and …
by Brad Erickson
Coast to coast, theatre this summer is hitting a nerve. From Julius Caesar in New York City's Central Park, to Pass Over at Chicago's Steppenwolf, to the San Francisc…
by Kim Tran
"What does it mean to stay rooted, stay grounded, stay here?" asks Lisa Evans, the new artistic director of Peacock Rebellion. Lisa says this short phrase is their primary…
by Sam Hurwitt
People have foretold the death of theatre for hundreds of years, and it's as vital as ever, but theatre criticism really does seem to be on the wane. As newspapers and magazi…
by Velina Brown
Q: I recently got a short-notice call to audition for a gospel musical, but none of the songs in my audition book were gospel tunes, and it's not really a style I sing in mu…
by Mark Rafael
In order to become a lawyer, prospective candidates must pass the bar. In order to become a doctor, aspirants must pass the medical boards. But no such line of demarcation ex…
by Emily Wilson
Han Ong made his professional theatre debut at Magic Theatre with Reasons to Live. Reason to Live. Half. No Reason. Now, after a 25 year hiatus, he's back at the Magic with …
Olivier, Tony and Grammy award winning show Beautiful: The Carole King Musical is ending its London run on 5 August 2017. The show, which has been a feature of the West End for over two year…
by Emily Wilson
Julia Brothers, who lives the dream of being a bicoastal actress, working in the Bay Area and on the East Coast, can barely begin to say how excited she is to be bac…
by Emily Wilson
This year the San Francisco International Arts Festival has dual themes""In the Dark Times will there still be Singing?" and "San Francisco Sanctuary City""in response to th…
It has been announced that Colm Meaney will join Sienna Miller and Jack O'Connell in Benedict Andrews' Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, the Young Vic production which is set to begin previews …
by Jia Taylor
When Liesl Tommy received a Tony Award nomination for directing Danai Gurira's Eclipsed on Broadway, she made theatre history as the first woman of color ever nominate…
by Devon LaBelle
If you're searching for a designer or technician in the Bay Area, you've been there--a designer you love is leaving to pursue a career in New York, or a technician you have…
By Velina Brown
Q: I've been cast in my first touring production. I'm very excited. It will also be my first time leaving the country! Getting to travel with my work as an actor feel…
The list of presenters for this year's Olivier Awards, which will be hosted by Jason Manford, has now been revealed.
Star Finch has a pressing question in mind: "How do I talk to women of color and give something raw and true, but also something they can take with them to figure something out on their own?…
There's a reason why the starving artist cliche has persisted for so long. Art costs money and arts funding seems to be perpetually vulnerable to such threats as the current administ…
It has been announced that, following its sold-out run, the Almeida Theatre's production of Hamlet will be transferring to the West End's Harold Pinter Theatre.
By Sam Hurwitt
In January Theatre Bay Area announced that Julia Cho's Aubergine had won the Will Glickman Award for best play to premiere in the Bay Area in 2016, selected by a panel …
by Sean Kana
This past winter I was fortunate to once again be the music director for the TBA Awards celebration. I saw a plethora of local talent in the room that night"actors, choreog…
The Olivier Awards with Mastercard 2017 are set to be the biggest yet, as they make their debut at the incredible Royal Albert Hall on Sunday 9 April.
The nominees were announced today at 1…
by Rotimi Agbabiaka
On a rainy Tuesday afternoon, Russell Blackwood stands in the middle of the Hypnodrome surveying the SoMa hideaway that has been home to his theatre company, The…
