San Francisco: Cutting Ball Theater opens 14th season with Strindberg Cycle
This will be the first time all five of Strindberg’s Chamber Plays will be performed together in repertory in any language. Strindberg Cycle is the…
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San Jose Stage Announces 30th Season: RACE, RECKLESS, RED, THE THREEPENNY OPERA
SJSC has produced Mamet’s American Buffalo (1985), Speed-the-Plow (1993) and Glengarry Glen Ross (1988 & 2008).
‘CATS’ to be performed outdoors in historic Woodminster Amphitheater (Plus: Backstage makeup video)
Bay Area Stage: Costumer designer Chris Weiland estimates that it took about 135 hours to prepare the pieces of yarn to be glued, a process…
Vincent Kartheiser of ‘Mad Men’ to perform at San Jose Rep (video preview)
Also newsworthy is the theater's unique and innovative use of Kickstarter. SJ Rep hopes to raise $15,000 to help build sets for the play.
‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail’ digital reissue hits big screen
The theatrical screening will be the "best version yet" of the 1975 comedy directed by Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones and features a clearer, sharper…
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts announces new programming for 2012-2013
The Big Ideas are: ENCOUNTER: Engaging the social context; SOAR: The search for meaning; REFLECT: Considering the personal; and DARE: Innovations in art, action, audience.
Stark Pick of the Week: Festival del Sole in Napa
Actors scheduled to attend Fest del Sole include Chris Noth, Michael Keaton, Hugh Dancy, Minnie Driver, and Dennis Haysbert. All will participate Satuday night ("24…
Bay Area Stage: ‘Sweeney Todd’ in San Francisco
Stephen Sondheim’s award-winning musical thriller Sweeney Todd opens in San Francisco this weekend, on Friday the 13th.
The Livermore Shakespeare Festival ups the ante
"It is not the easiest task to try and make a living on what most artists are paid in this country."
‘Chicago’ in San Jose
A film version, starring Richard Gere and Catherine Zeta-Jones, and directed by Rob Reiner, was released in 2002 and won six Academy Awards.