San Francisco is getting a make-ogre
The role of everyone's favorite swamp-dwelling ogre, Shrek will be played by Eric Petersen, who joins the tour from the Broadway production.
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If These Walls Could Talk
This iconoclastic modernist woman discovered what is now the Amargosa Opera House and Hotel in 1967 while traveling across the desert.
Casting for ‘Lolita Roadtrip’ announced
Lolita Roadtrip will mark Trevor Allen's second world premiere with San Jose Stage Company, following the hit, Tenders in the Fog.
San Francisco Opera presents Puccini’s ‘Madama Butterfly’
San Francisco Opera announced it will present Giacomo Puccini’s tragic love story Madama Butterfly in twelve performances running October 12–November 27 at the War Memorial Opera…
Next at Opera San Jose: ‘Tosca’
Tosca has become one of the most popular of all operas since its premiere in 1900 in Rome, Italy.
SF Playhouse opens Sandbox Series with ‘Seven Days’
Three relationships spanning three generations play out over a single week as love is lost, found, and diagrammed on the wall.
SF Symphony Youth Orchestra 30th anniversary season opens October 31
Nathan Chan, 16, made his performance debut at age three conducting the San Jose Chamber Orchestra.
Berlin & Beyond Film Festival Announces 15th anniversary line-up
America’s premier festival of new cinema from Germany, Austria and Switzerland will light up San Francisco with a strong, diverse program, featuring a stellar array of…
World premiere of ‘9 Circles’ coming to Marin Theatre Company
“9 Circles is very close to my heart.” says playwright Bill Cain.
Hope Mohr Dance explores forgiveness and listening at Montalvo
Throughout the 2010-11 season, Montalvo will introduce a new series of performance works that will explore new directions in the areas of dance, music and…