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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Good news for fans of Greek tragedy. Today, Magic Theatre announced that Oedipus el Rey, which has been receiving strong reviews and accolades, has been extended. This world premiere penned by MacArthur genius Luis Alfaro and directed by ...

SHN SF announced that Eden Espinosa will return to San Francisco to star in the open-ended engagement of Wicked now playing at the Orpheum Theatre. She has previously performed the role to critical acclaim on Broadway, San ...

Thursday night, Union Square in San Francisco was lit up with warm hearts as many gathered to kick off the first annual ‘Hearts After Dark’ evening bash in support of the San Francisco General Hospital Foundation. As Pam ...

Pam Baer, San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH) foundation board member, and her entire organizing committee should be very pleased. Yesterday, hearts ...

What does it take to be a cricket—jumping, running, climbing a towering wall—in the new show OVO by Cirque ...

The fifth annual Heroes & Hearts luncheon takes place today at Union Square in San Francisco. Proceeds support the San Francisco General Hospital Foundation (SFGHF). To date, over $5M has been raised by Heroes & Hearts.

In addition to ...

Do you believe in destiny? In Oedipus el Rey, now playing at Magic Theatre, Oedipus tempts the Gods in ...