Broadway San Jose season to feature Wicked, Jersey Boys, Evita
The fifth Broadway San Jose season will start in October of 2013 with the Bay Area exclusive engagement of Priscilla Queen of the Desert, followed…
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Martina McBride, Lifehouse to headline Mondavi Winery summer concert lineup (Video)
Martina McBride, Lifehouse and Huey Lewis among acts that will headline the 44th annual summer concert series.
Dreaming in a ‘Stuck Elevator’
On a mild spring evening yesterday, with tourists overflowing Union Square, I took in a performance at the Geary Theater. What I discovered was an…
Little Fugitive
I had the opportunity to screen a remastered 1080p Blu-ray transfer ($34.95) of the classic on a on a 120-inch screen. Thankfully The Museum of…
Bay Area Stage: ‘Stuck Elevator’ at A.C.T., ‘Pericles’ at Berkeley Rep, ‘Persuasion’ at SJ Stage
Now playing in San Francisco, Berkeley and San Jose: A look at three shows worth checking out.
21st Century Complicity: ‘The Arsonists’ at Aurora
We’re confronted by the guardians, firemen who are “well disposed to the well disposed.” They act as a comically resolute Greek chorus in turnout gear,…
‘Last Love’ at the Mojo Theatre
In San Francisco, "an intense, sexy romp through the landmines of love."
Totally Mod: ‘Being Earnest’ at TheatreWorks
Think Twiggy, Yves St. Laurent’s Mondrian collection, Mary Quant, and Marianne Faithful in a fur rug, and you’ll be on the set of 'Being Earnest'.
Les Waters returns to Berkeley Rep with Sarah Ruhl’s ‘Dear Elizabeth’
Acclaimed collaborators paint a portrait of renowned poets Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop
Film Review: ‘Room 237’ heaps on ‘Shining’ conspiracy theories
Oh, also The Shining is really about the holocaust. Why? Because the typewriter that Jack Nicholson so maniacally pounds away on in the lounge is…