SF Bay Area
Film.Theater.Arts
Food.Wine
Gadgets.Tech
Loreto Baja

City Lights Theater Company (San Jose)

Opening Night
Theater review: ‘Dead Man Walking’ premieres at City Lights Theater in San Jose
by Clinton Stark | 01.24.10 | Comment
Theater review: ‘Dead Man Walking’ premieres at City Lights Theater in San Jose

Last night, the eagerly awaited stage production of Dead Man Walking premiered at City Lights Theater in downtown San Jose. It was an evening of compelling drama, pulling at our heart strings as we contemplated capital punishment, forgiveness ...

Capital Punishment vs. Forgiveness
‘Dead Man Walking’ comes to San Jose
by Clinton Stark | 01.19.10 | Comment
‘Dead Man Walking’ comes to San Jose

The film is famous. It scored Susan Sarandon a best actress Oscar. And Sean Penn cemented his legend. Now ...

What's Happening: Film and Arts
‘Dead Man Walking’ at CLTC: To be performed for first time at a theater company in 2010
by Chris Wright | 12.21.09 | Comment
‘Dead Man Walking’ at CLTC: To be performed for first time at a theater company in 2010

City Lights Theater Company of San Jose proudly presents in partnership with Notre Dame High School and courtesy of the Dead Man Walking School Theatre Project, DEAD MAN WALKING – by Tim Robbins (Based on the book Dead ...

West Coast Premiere
Theater review: ‘Another Night Before Christmas’ at City Lights Theatre, San Jose
by Clinton Stark | 11.30.09 | Comment
Theater review: ‘Another Night Before Christmas’ at City Lights Theatre, San Jose

Is Santa Claus real or is he just a homeless man with a jolly attitude, bursting belly and good sense of humor?

Grumpy, burnt-out Karol (Lisa-Marie Newton) must search for the answer when The Man (Michael Johnson) breaks into ...

Bay Area Theater
Christmas theater season is here: ‘Another Night Before Christmas’ at City Lights
by Clinton Stark | 11.21.09 | Comment
Christmas theater season is here: ‘Another Night Before Christmas’ at City Lights

City Lights’ Another Night Before Christmas opens tonight with a gala at the downtown San Jose theater. Thankfully this doesn’t appear to be a straight ahead, red cheeks, ho-ho-ho take on holiday theater (bah humbug).

Despite their small size ...

Downtown San Jose
On location: Opening night gala at City Lights Theater
by Chris Wright | 09.22.09 | Comment

Season kickoff @ CLTC with behind the scenes, champagne, interviews, hanging with Judas.

Hold On Tight
‘The Last Days of Judas Iscariot’: Wickedly hilarious and provocatively profound
by Loni Kao Stark | 09.20.09 | Comments (1)
‘The Last Days of Judas Iscariot’: Wickedly hilarious and provocatively profound

Even before I stepped into the theater, the premise of this piece intrigued me.

The entire play is set in purgatory, the place between heaven and hell where, according to the production’s playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis, a Judge Littlefield ...

SF Bay Area Theater Season
Bay Area Theater season kicks off this month
by Clinton Stark | 08.13.09 | Comment
Bay Area Theater season kicks off this month

And just like that, we’re into mid-August. Which means for many San Francisco Bay Area arts fans the start of the new theater season. Expect your calendar to fill up quickly, and provide lots of laughs (a popular ...

What's Happening: Film and Arts
“The Last Days of Judas Iscariot” at City Lights
by Chris Wright | 07.31.09 | Comment

For Immediate Release

Press Contact: Vera Sloan 408-295-4200 vera@cltc.org

City Lights Theater Company of San Jose Presents THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT by Stephen Adly Guirgis September 17 – October 18, 2009

WHAT: City Lights Theater Company of San Jose THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ...

Bay Area Theater
Theater Review: ‘Tommy’, an energetic evening with the pinball wizard
by Patricia Reardon | 07.19.09 | Comment
Theater Review: ‘Tommy’, an energetic evening with the pinball wizard

Saturday night, the City Lights Theater Company launched its production of Peter Townshend’s classic rock musical The Who’s Tommy.

This late 60s epic album was originally brought to the stage in the early 90s. It has enjoyed ...

What's Happening: Film and Arts
Tommy, City Lights Theater Company San Jose – Opening Night July 18
by Chris Wright | 07.18.09 | Comment

Music and Lyrics by Pete Townshend Book by Pete Townshend & Des McAnuff Directed by Kit Wilder

The epic rock opera juggernaut as only City Lights can bring it to you.

Click here or call ...

Meaningful kisses
‘Stop Kiss’ at City Lights Theater: A touching play about a meaningful kiss
by Loni Kao Stark | 05.31.09 | Comment
‘Stop Kiss’ at City Lights Theater: A touching play about a meaningful kiss

When you see an animal on the road, do you stop or go forward? Straddle the line or swerve? Kiss or always wonder, “What if…?”

Against the backdrop of a disheveled New York apartment and a fast-paced metropolis, Callie ...