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Singers, orchestra and set design combine to make for a powerful three hours in the Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto
From 'Pericles' to 'Guys and Dolls,' the play's the thing at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in 2015. Here are our top 5 picks.
Actor who plays Tyrion Lannister joins Coldplay to sing about deaths on 'Game of Thrones' for Red Nose Day. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau also teams up with band in another 'Game of Thrones'-inspire…
The actress, singer and director has been the subject of dozens of books but will now 'tell her own story
Anniversary that almost wasn't will feature a mix of old in new at the Paramount Theatre and Laney College.
Lauren Gunderson's dark comedy about a wife exacting revenge on an abusive husband plays at City Lights Theater in San Jose through June 14.
The short piece, composed for a youth orchestra, will be performed in Davies Hall May 20-23 and May 21 in Rohnert Park.
Berkeley Rep hosts the British door-slamming comedy through June 21.
When the rocker brings his band to San Jose's SAP Center for concerts Monday and Tuesday, he'll be back in a city with which his connections -- both financial and emotional -- run deeper tha…
SHN, other arts groups, announce new seasons -- Stern Grove Fest, Oakland East Bay Symphony, Berkeley Symphony, San Francisco Performances.
Sitting still and being a silent audience member just isn't in the preschool DNA, and maybe that's as it should be.
A new drama maps a young video game player's inability to find happiness outside the game console. It plays in Berkeley through June 7.
The company mixes old favorites and new works in its latest program, which comes to San Francisco, Mountain View, Walnut Creek and Carmel.
Tarik O'Regan's score is often terrific, and well-sung, but the opera adapted from Joseph Conrad's famed novella lacks dramatic punch. The work is getting its U.S. premiere by Opera Parallel…
Orchestra music director Joana Carneiro proves once again she has a knack for pairing classic and contemporary works to great effect.
Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley's is inviting valley philanthropists and companies to join its 'Grant a Wish' initiative, providing tickets to its production of 'Cinderella' for up to 4,000 k…
The play about struggling and desperate real estate agents runs at Berkeley's Live Oak Theatre through May 24.
Lanford Wilson's play focuses on an eccentric widow and her troubled family, but fails to really connect with the audience.
It's hard not to fall for this wistful, romantic Dublin story, which plays through April 26 at the Center for the Performing Arts.
From its star-studded opener at Castelo di Amoroso to its nightly arts extravaganzas, the Festival del Sole should be on any classical music lover's bucket list.
The acclaimed young playwright explores faith and hardship in new drama.
Tarell Alvin McCraney's drama about one woman's spiritual stand in the face of tragedy plays at Berkeley Rep through May 24.
The production directed by Brad Dalton favors the lighter elements of the classic opera, which plays through May 3 at the California Theatre in San Jose.
Barry Manilow delivers hit after hit, along with his trademark self-deprecating charm, at the SAP Center in San Jose.
The touching story of a reclusive, bitter man who finds himself opening up to a new caregiver plays through May 3 at Geary Theater in San Francisco.
