A powerful ‘Fun Home’, and a new theatrical home for San Francisco
Fun Home doesn’t need my praise. The show, by Jeanine Tesori (music) and Lisa Kron (lyrics and book) won rave reviews and the 2015 Best Musical Tony Award for its Broadway run. But I can’t restrain myself: go, go, go see this! I laughed, I teared up, I sunk...
Magic’s ‘Reel to Reel’ an engaging exploration of sound and memory (Review)
Chances are many of your favorite childhood memories are triggered by a certain smell or sound. In my case, like Mom's homemade chocolate chip cookies, perfect for a stormy winter night in Ottawa. Or, my grandfather filling the night sky in the backyard with a whimsical solo on his...
San Francisco Theater News: SHN is now BroadwaySF, Madonna ‘Madame X Tour’ arrives this month
Theater news out of San Francisco this week regarding branding of one of the city's most prominent theater houses.
SHN has announced a name change. Going forward the company, known for bringing Broadway touring musicals to San Francisco, will be known as BroadwaySF.
Per the news release:
"The new name projects a...
What’s Happening: ‘The Play that Goes Wrong’ to open San Jose Stage Company’s 40th anniversary season
Iconic theater company continues "the mission and the dream."
Marivaux’s ‘The Triumph of Love’ opens in April at Shotgun Players in Berkeley
Unifying theme of 2023 season is love
What’s Happening: May 2025 Bay Area Arts & Culture Highlights
May 2025 Bay Area Arts & Culture Highlights
May brings a wealth of performing arts, music, and culture to the Bay Area—an ideal time for theater lovers, festival-goers, and anyone eager to be inspired by live performance.
From a legendary tenor in Napa Valley to Shakespearean comedy in downtown San Francisco,...
Theater review: ‘American Idiot’ an energetic journey
The lead actor John Gallagher, Jr., although looking more Jay Kay than Billie Joe, puts 110% into his role as the despondent teen looking to escape suburbia.
Aurora Theatre Company presents world premiere of Joel Drake Johnson’s “The First Grade”
Aurora Theatre Company presents the World Premiere of lauded Chicago playwright Joel Drake Johnson’s THE FIRST GRADE. Aurora Theatre Company Artistic Director Tom Ross directs this new play from Johnson, whom The Chicago Reader declared “balances gallows humor with acute insight and compassion. He creates characters so real you...
Theater Review: Berkeley Rep’s ‘Girlfriend’ musical shines
Summer love. Baseball. Drive-in movies. And music—plenty of it. Berkeley Rep might be onto something. First with the white hot, soon-to-open on Broadway American Idiot musical powered by Green Day and now Girlfriend set to Matthew Sweet's 1991 album of the same name, the Rep seems to be perfecting...
Foresight wins, virtually and actually
The integration of video with live actors was seamless; as with other aspects of the show, so much could have gone wrong.
