(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...
Smokey Joe's Cafe, Bus Barn Stage Co.

Theater Review: ‘Smokey Joe’s Cafe’

A toe-tapping revue, Smokey Joe’s Café takes us back to the world of transistor radios, sputnik and doo-wop with 37 treasured tunes.
SF Playhouse San Francisco. Photo: Clinton Stark.

SF Playhouse announces West Coast premiere of ‘The Sunset Limited’

"The theme of the 2010-2011 season is 'Why Theatre?", remarked Artistic Director Bill English.