Justin Glaser and Liz Shivener. Photo by Joan Marcus.

Theater Review: Disney’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’ (San Francisco)

Nathaniel Hackmann is a standout. He plays Gaston with a likable swagger. At full-on bravado, he struts, flexes, and prunes as a harem swoons.

SF Debut: Rapid Descent Performance

Part of what makes this area so vital for the arts is that so many people have very, very different ideas about what theater is and what theatre can be.
A.C.T. San Francisco

Get into the Act with Studio A.C.T.

Studio A.C.T. offers exciting, rewarding classes for all levels—from acting, audition technique, voice, and improvisation to dialect and movement workshop.
Aurora Theatre, Berkeley

Berkeley: Aurora Theatre Company announces GAP festival Directors

Berkeley'’s acclaimed Aurora Theatre Company announced the directors for the company’s sixth Global Age Project (GAP) festival of new works: Aurora Theatre Company Artistic Director chose Allen McKelvey, M. Graham Smith, Jonathan Spector, and Tracy Ward to sit on this year’s GAP Director’s Council. Over the next several weeks,...
Disney's Aladdin at Berkeley Playhouse

Theater Review: Magic of Disney’s ‘Aladdin’ irrepressible

Loni told me later that if parents don't take their children to see it, then they are: bad parents.
San Francisco Mime Troupe

San Francisco Mime Troupe delivers

Ever young and vital, it seems inconceivable that the San Francisco Mime Troupe could possibly be fifty one years old.

Step right up… to ‘Barnum’

This is the perfect treat for the young people in your life as summer begins to draw to a close.

Bill Irwin returns to San Francisco in ‘Scapin’ at A.C.T.

In this lively baggy-pants comedy, the rascally title character balances his penchant for mayhem and mischief with a promise to help two pairs of wide-eyed lovers.

Carmina Burana: Revisited

This was a creative and impactful setting to Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, which in Labayen's own words features "strong women that will kick your ass and look good while doing it."

Theater Review: ‘Rent’ at City Lights, San Jose

And it is about the people that we become when that love is rent from us and rips an incredible hole from our hearts and souls.