Aurora Theatre - Palomino

Aurora Theatre Company continues 19th season with ‘Palomino’

Aurora Theatre Company continues its 19th season with the Bay Area Premiere of acclaimed writer and actor David Cale’s new solo play Palomino. Written, directed, and starring David Cale, it plays October 29 through December 5 at the Aurora Theatre in Berkeley. Palomino is a beautifully-realized play written for one actor about the sexual exploits...
Anna Karenina - Opera San Jose

Premiere: A lavish ‘Anna Karenina’ at Opera San Jose

The opening stage set is stunning, writhe with foreboding dramatic lines, brooding lighting and rich textures.
(left to right) Mary Waterfield as Jean, and Daniel Trecroci as Gordon's Brother Dwight-1

Theater Review: ‘Dead Man’s Cell Phone’

"You’re very comforting. I don’t know why. You’re like a very small casserole - has anyone ever told you that?’"

Teatro ZinZanni: Hail Caesar!

Clint, in the end, rises to the occasion and breaks out his version of Bono moves on stage.
Love Song - Dragon Productions - Palo Alto

Theater Review: ‘Love Song’ at Dragon, Palo Alto

36 different kinds of crazy, all contained in a four member cast.

Theater Review: ‘Black Pearl Sings!’ a spiritual revival at the Rep

“You know who a person really is by the language they cry in.”
Al Manners (c. r, Tim Kniffin*) directs Wiletta Mayer (c. l,Margo Hall*) in front of cast and crew (l, Melissa Quine, Rhonnie Washington*, r. front-back Patrick Russell*, Elizabeth Carter*, Jon Gentry*) in Trouble in Mind Photo by David Allen

Berkeley: Aurora Extends ‘Trouble in Mind’

Robin Stanton directs this play about race, identity, and opportunity, featuring Bay Area favorite Margo Hall in her Aurora Theatre Company debut.
Rob Melrose - Cutting Ball Theater - San Francisco

This week in Bay Area theater

As Nathan Lane once said, "Yes, it's throbbing, ... And I mean that in the nicest possible way."
Left to Right: Rayn Drummond, Kelsey Venter. Photo credit: www.kevinberne.com.

Theater Review: ‘She Loves Me’ a musical throwback with romantic charm

Who knew toilet water, Mona Lisa and Häagen-Dazs could make for a near perfect evening of theater?
Chicago, Hillbarn Theatre

Theatre Review: ‘Chicago’

Fosse, Fosse, Fosse… Will we ever get over him? And why would we possibly want to? How did one name become so synonymous with a quality of movement? Having grown up where learning to do the turned-in knees and perfectly articulated elbows was almost a rite of passage, I...