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Shotgun Players is reviving Caryl Churchill's time-traveling classic through Aug. 2.
The musical, adapted from a children's novel about a resourceful girl coping with a cruel world, plays at San Francisco's Orpheum Theatre through Aug. 15
Compelling TheatreWorks staging can't quite mask new play's faults as it intertwines two loves stories around a notorious 1911 New York City garment district blaze.
The Oscar-winning actress will play Lady Macbeth, one of Shakespeare's most unforgettable characters, in a production opening in February 2016.
From 'Nurse Jackie' to her groundbreaking stage performances; the actress and writer is all about finding solutions to our most pressing problems.
The Jane Austen novel gets a strong adaptation in Livermore Shakes' new digs at Wente Vineyards
Echo Brown's 'Black Virgins Are Not for Hipsters' tackles race, sex and income inequality with a no-holds-barred autobiographical approach.
The traveling San Francisco Shakespeare Festival production plays in Livermore, Cupertino, Redwood City and San Francisco
Berkeley's Aurora Theatre serves up a biting satire on middle-class values in the explosive comedy playing through July 19 in Berkeley.
J.K. Rowling says new Potter story, hitting stage next year, about his early life is not a prequel.
See what actors, musicians, politicians and other celebrities are saying about the Supreme Court's decision to strike down bans on gay marriage.
Two blocks from Computer History Museum, new facility seats more than twice as many and has three times as many bathrooms, plus rehearsal and shop space
A cutting-edge tale of love and technology.
Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner and 'Mythbusters' co-host Adam Savage were among the audience Sunday for Broadway San Jose's presentation of 'The Illusionists' at the Center for the Perform…
The guitarist for 5 Seconds of Summer was recovering well enough from his injury that he returned with the band to perform the following night.
World premiere of Marco Tutino's 'Two Women' treats audience to another spectacular performance by Anna Caterina Antonacci.
The musical based on the creepy and kooky Charles Addams characters has a few, um, dead spots, but a talented cast mines the material for all it's worth.
More than 100 costumes, dolls and other Shirley Temple memorabilia will be exhibited Friday through Sunday at the Stanford Theatre in Palo Alto, along with screenings of five of her best-kno…
In 'I Am Michael,' the Palo Alto native portrays true-life story of gay rights advocate who suffers a spiritual crisis and becomes an anti-gay preacher.
The First Street Opera, who perform every month at San Jose's Caffe Frascati, will bring their voices and eclectic repertoire to a larger stage on Sunday.
San Jose strikes deal to have San Jose State University run the 538-seat venue, which has been dark since San Jose Rep closed last year.
The play about ruthless political campaign, from, Beau Willimon, the writer who created 'House of Cards,' runs in Point Richmond through June 27.
Berlioz's epic, demanding opera is also a work of mesmerizing beauty, and the opera captures it convincingly with star-studded cast anchored by Susan Graham, Bryan Hymel, and Anna Caterina A…
'Love and Information' ushers in new era for ACT, is its the latest Bay Area company to open more intimate venues aimed at different kinds of entertainment.
Opera based on a classic Italian novel -- and a movie that won Sophia Loren an Academy Award -- debuts at War Memorial on June 13
