Theatre & Musicals

Ragtime – The Berkeley Playhouse

The Berkeley Playhouse has brought one of the most acclaimed American musicals of the last twenty years to their stage, Ragtime, based on the celebrated novel by E. L. Doctorow. The story includes a multitude of perspectives all looking for the same thing, the American dream. America is changing at the turn of the 20th century and many are fearful of their privilege being diminished.

Categories: Arts, Arts & Culture, Community, Dance, Features, Theatre & Musicals | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

KDFC to Air Richard Strauss’ ARABELLA on February 4

On February 4 at 8 p.m., the Bay Area’s Classical KDFC will broadcast a 1980 San Francisco Opera performance of Richard Strauss’ romantic opera Arabella starring soprano Kiri Te Kanawa in the title role, soprano Barbara Daniels as Zdenka, tenor William Lewis as Matteo and baritone Ingvar Wixell as Mandryka, with German conductor Wolfgang Rennert.

Categories: Arts, Arts & Culture, Features, Theatre & Musicals | Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Strange Ladies

Strange Ladies written by Susan Sobeloff and Directed by Jan Zvaifler couldn’t be more timely. As old issues are being brought to the forefront by the current administration, the play is a good reminder of how we’ve (women) have always been fighting for basic rights as human beings. Even though we’re half the world’s population!

Categories: Arts, Arts & Culture, Theatre & Musicals | Tags: , , , , , , , ,

SISTER ACT-BAY AREA PREMIERE

Berkeley Playhouse opened their tenth season with Alan Menken’s musical comedy, Sister Act. The play is based on the hit 1992 film that featured Whoopi Goldberg as Deloris Van Cartier. There are slight differences between the two but the heart of the story is the same. Deloris witnesses a crime and needs to be placed into protective custody stat. Where’s the last place you’d look for a Disco Diva? A convent of course!

Categories: Arts, Arts & Culture, Features, Theatre & Musicals | Tags: , , , ,

Hamilton Returning to San Francisco

Producer Jeffrey Seller announced the first week of August that HAMILTON will return to San Francisco in early 2019. Information regarding engagement dates and how to purchase tickets will be announced at a later time.

Categories: Arts & Culture, Features, Theatre & Musicals | Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

Winter – Defining What Is Living

The Central Works Rolling World Premiere of Winter by Julie Jensen and directed by Gary Graves, has been extended until August 20. The central theme of the play explores the polarizing topic of whether or not one has the right to die on their own terms. It was inspired by the chapter “Robeck, in Margaret Pabst Battin’s book, “Ending Life: Ethics & the Way We Die”.

Categories: Arts, Arts & Culture, Community, Features, Theatre & Musicals | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

SEUSSICAL THE MUSICAL!

Bay Area Musicals! closes its second season with their first family friendly show, the Broadway hit musical, Seussical the Musical. Characters are incorporated from Dr. Seuss’s Horton Hatches the Egg, Horton Hears A Who!,1958’s Miss Gertrude McFuzz and The Cat in the Hat. You don’t have to be a Dr. Seuss fan nor bring a little one to enjoy the creativity behind this inventive musical.

Categories: Arts, Arts & Culture, Features, Theatre & Musicals | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Vignettes on Love?

The new play Vignettes on Love playing at the Potrero Stage incorporates nine short music videos filmed by Dances with Light and local filmmakers, and music curated by Noise Pop. The play offers a glimpse into the lives of six San Francisco residents who interconnect via long-term friendships and sexual trysts.

Categories: Arts, Arts & Culture, Theatre & Musicals | Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

A Night With Janis Joplin in San Francisco

It’s fitting that the American Conservatory Theater is bringing “A Night with Janis Joplin” back to the Bay Area during the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love in San Francisco. It’s estimated that nearly 100,000 artists, misfits, hippies, activist, anyone who was disgusted with current politics, consumerism, or just felt like an outsider united in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood.

Categories: Arts & Culture, Features, Theatre & Musicals | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Edward King presented by Central Works

Central Works newest production, “Edward King”, leaves the audience guessing and laughing at the unraveling of a mystery fueled by a bad dream. Edward King (John Patrick Moore) is a mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service.

Categories: Arts, Arts & Culture, Features, Theatre & Musicals | Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

Proudly powered by WordPress Theme: Adventure Journal by Contexture International.