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Broadway Backstage: ‘Matilda the Musical’ at SHN Orpheum (Video)

"It is a full, physical workout, this show." It takes actor Bryce Ryness only about 15 minutes to transform -- warts and all -- into that most likable of an evil headmistress, Miss Trunchbull. But, removing all that makeup, glue, and effect pieces, well... that takes considerably longer. Perhaps most impressive...
Foothill Music Theatre Review

A Funny Thing Happened… at Foothill’s Smithwick

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum teaches all the elements that make for a great student farce: split second timing, physicality for sight gags and pratfalls, boundless energy paired against restraint, bouncy score, madcap choreography – the list goes on. However, whether you want to...
RFK - San Jose Stage

‘RFK’ to kick-off 33rd season at San Jose Stage

Jack Holmes' RFK will kick-off the 33rd season at San Jose Stage Company this September. Next up The 39 Steps, a stage adaptation based on Alfred Hitchcock's movie. “In our 33rd Season, The Stage is thrilled to be working with Luis Valdez and El Teatro Campesino (ETC) to bring the world...
Notes from the Field: Doing Time in Education, The California Chapter

Policy pivots along ‘School-to-Prison-Pipeline’ with Anna Deavere Smith (Review)

She’s so powerful that she can use words like “impactful,” and you want to believe them.
Matilda National Tour - Review

‘Matilda’ musical dazzles at the Orpheum (Review)

Outstanding performances, vocals, and choreography. 'Matilda' is a fine example of intelligent story-telling and the inspiration that live theater can deliver.
Company - San Francisco Playhouse Review

Living Up to its Reputation: ‘Company’ at San Francisco Playhouse

Company remains so vital you have to pay attention to this microscope on everyone’s marriage, complete with ironies, compromises, and connections for which we all keep looking
Triangle Review - TheatreWorks Silicon Valley

Staying in the Dream: ‘Triangle’ at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley (Review)

'Triangle', which just opened at the Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto, embraces our distant and immediate past, creating glimmers of a future, and doing things that other musicals just don’t.
Call Me Miss Birds Eye - Review

Celebrating Ethel Merman in San Francisco

No microphones. It's all about the Bel Canto in Voice Australia's 'Call Me Miss Birds Eye'.
Frances McDormand - Fargo

Academy Award-winner Frances McDormand to perform at Berkeley Rep

Frances McDormand, Kathleen Chalfant, and Steven Epp scheduled to star next season at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre.
Custom Made Theatre is moving

Custom Made Theatre to relocate to 99-seat space at Union Square

In conjunction with the news, Custom Made is launching a "moving campaign" aiming to raise $20,000.