Going Red for Christmas: ‘It’s a Wonderful Life – A Live Radio Play’ at SJ Stage (Review)
Stephen Hilliard’s costumes could be out of a 1940’s Vogue… and his costumes for men are equally memorable.
Cops and Robbers: Violence and moral culpability in Oakland (Review)
Seventeen different voices, each with a different perspective, sketch out unexpected boundaries of moral culpability in Oakland.
We are Family… NOT! ‘The Lyons’ at the Aurora (Review)
Above all, you wonder 'Who are these two to each other?' Is this really the time to be arguing about redoing the living room? You never question why your attention is fixed like a laser on these really disagreeable people.
The Revolution Will Not be Digitized: Dan Hoyle at the Marsh
He’s critically attuned to how this steady diet of digital distraction diminishes our ability to form real connections and real community.
Original Broadway Cast: ‘IF/THEN’ at the Orpheum, San Francisco (Review)
Superficially, the execution appears unremarkable until it hits that your brain has been stolen by the shape of the entire dance, moving on the stage like a school of fish, leaving you more aware of the geometries that power it forward.
Friendly Skies: ‘Boeing Boeing’ (Review)
Part of the tight fast-paced brilliance, sold here in a Mary Quant vision of primary colors and angular geometries, can be attributed to Kenneth Kelleher’s tight stage direction and the cast’s quick comic timing.
Must-See Theater: ‘A Christmas Carol’ at A.C.T. (Review)
Of all the Christmas pageants performed in the Bay Area during the holiday season, A.C.T.’s annual offering of A Christmas Carol has evolved into a must-see event, required viewing for the entire family. Some have called Charles Dickens “the man who invented Christmas.” After experiencing his novella adapted for...
San Francisco: EXIT Theatre’s annual Fog City Magic Fest returns
Fans of magic, get ready for some of San Francisco's best.
EXIT Theatre has announced its annual Fog City Magic Fest will run January 24-27, 2018.
Festival co-founder Jay Alexander (The Marrakech Magic Theater) kicks things off with a performance at the opening night gala on Wednesday, January 24.
Magicians and stars...
What’s Happening On Stage: ‘Grief is Horny’ at SF Fringe Festival
"One man, one cat suit, every possible emotion."
What’s Happening: ‘Ragtime the Musical’ coming to Silicon Valley
Summer calendars! Incoming!
Ragtime the Musical is coming to TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, one of several events organizers this week announced.
June programming at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts also includes TheaterGames Productions, children's theatre in the park and a roast of Silicon Valley -- in front of a...
