On the Stark Theater Radar: openings at Marin Theatre Company, Magic Theatre, and Aurora Theatre.

Why are sports writers and political pundits able to stir up active online debate whereas their counterparts in theater cannot?

Theaters with the largest growth in followers include SF Playhouse (23%) and Marin Theatre Company (53%).

Features six productions, including Suzan-Lori Park’s Pulitzer Prize-winning ‘Topdog/Underdog’, Samuel Beckett’s ‘Waiting for Godot’, Martin McDonagh’s ‘The Beauty Queen of Leenane’,

Twitter is a double-edged sword. It affords tremendous opportunity. You can reach the world with the click of a mouse button or the touch of your iPhone. That’s the easy part.

A round-up of some of the top holiday productions across the San Francisco Bay Area including A.C.T., Berkeley Rep, San Jose Rep, TheatreWorks, Magic Theatre, SJ Stage, and more.

“9 Circles is very close to my heart.” says playwright Bill Cain.

The performances by the three actors in this play are astonishing. And it was nice to see they were so cool off-stage as well. Hey, kind of like Frank Ferrante.

Isaiah Johnson will be leaving to join the Broadway cast of The Merchant of Venice with Al Pacino.

Marin Theatre Company announced that due to exceptional ticket demand, the west coast premiere production of In the Red and Brown Water (review) by Tarell Alvin McCraney will be extended one week. In the Red and Brown Water, Part One of McCraney’s acclaimed The Brother/Sister Plays trilogy and directed by MTC Producing Director Ryan Rilette, extends its run [...]