Tag: San Francisco

Magic Theatre, San Francisco’s home for new plays, announced that they will close the 09-10 Season with the world premiere of An Accident by Lydia Stryk, directed by Rob Melrose. The new drama starring local favorites Arwen Anderson and Tim Kniffin opens Wednesday, April 21st. When a woman is...

Last seen in Berkeley, Peter Pan is soon touching down in San Francisco. Chances are you've never seen him like this. SHN is pulling out all the stops to put on what may be the definitive, live version of the famous story. Of course it all starts with flying, so...

It's another barn burner of a weekend for local theater here in the Bay Area, with openings up and down the peninsula. With the nicer weather, now is the perfect time to take in some live stage action! And there is something for everyone, from a musical celebrating the Cotton...

Unorganized crime has never been funnier than in Den of Thieves at SF Playhouse. But first, some advice: any time a gun-toting slickster with "Flaco" tattooed on his forearm and a girlfriend named Boochie tells you a job is fool proof, just run. To three partially reformed career criminals, however,...

San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle (SFBATCC) announced the 2009 nominees earlier this week. The list is below, but fair warning: you may want to block off a few hours, or even next week, to get through the list. It might even have been easier to list who...

Get ready for a high octane musical, Broadway-style with a healthy dose of contemporary thrown in for good measure. SHN has announced that the Tony and Grammy Award-winning In The Heights musical is coming to San Francisco. The acclaimed new production blends the sound of a big Broadway musical with contemporary...

The Marin Center has announced that opera star Kiri Te Kanawa will return this month, accompanied by distinguished pianist Brian Zeger, to the Marin Center for an exclusive Bay Area concert on Saturday, March 20 at 8 pm. Kiri Te Kanawa has enjoyed a forty year career as one of...

This weekend several shows open across Bay Area theaters including premieres at SF Playhouse, Dragon Productions and TheatreWorks. If you're really good at this sort of thing, try matching the sound bite to the theater house. Boochie is an "ultra-fabulous" topless dancer trying to pull of the perfect crime. Mexican restaurant...

The Words on Plays synopsis I read in the passenger seat by a dimly lit book light did not prepare me for what transpired on stage at A.C.T.'s World Premiere of The Caucasian Chalk Circle. Playwright Bertolt Brecht's creation tells the tale of a mother's love in a period of...

On Saturday, February 27 at 1pm, Cutting Ball Theater will present a reading in New York City at New Dramatists, one of our country's premier centers for the development of playwrights. Cutting Ball Associate Artist and frequent collaborator, Eugenie Chan, is a member of New Dramatists and her brand...