Sunday, January 22, 2023
TheatreWorks' West Coast premiere churns out confrontations and revelations as if they're on a runaway conveyor belt.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 02:15PMSaturday, January 14, 2023
The contrast between fancy digs and scrappy art epitomizes what 447 Minna, which is owned by CAST, is all about.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 02:08PMThursday, January 12, 2023
"Ennio," which uses costumes made out of paper, doesn't even succeed at being fun.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 01:00PMTuesday, January 3, 2023
In wet times at underground Bay Area performance spaces, the outside world doesn't always stay outside.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 08:24PMMarin Shakespeare Company might exemplify a broader shift in attitude about theater leader jobs.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 07:00AMWednesday, December 28, 2022
"When I say no, I'm also saying yes to what is truly meant for me. I'm saying yes to who I am as a maker," Sarita Ocón said.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 07:00AMOakland Theater Project, Shotgun Players and American Conservatory Theater are among the must-see theaters in 2023.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 07:00AMThursday, December 22, 2022
"It's not sustainable," said Rob Ready of PianoFight, where attendance and bar sales are down 65% compared to 2019.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 07:00AMWednesday, December 21, 2022
Despite mammoth griefs, local theater made thrilling art this year, a testament to our artists' mettle, inventiveness and flair.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 07:00AMSaturday, December 17, 2022
Center Repertory Company made a cast- and crew-wide effort to ensure that Wendy Wisely could go onstage one last time.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 07:00AMThursday, December 15, 2022
The musical commits the cardinal sin of misreading and thus omitting what makes its source material great.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 02:41PMSunday, December 11, 2022
Irene (Anne Yumi Kobori) hears from a ghost words all bohemian youths dread hearing from their ancestors: "Go. Get. A. Job."
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 01:20PMSaturday, December 10, 2022
Amid all the organ harvesting and groin juice licking, Dimitris Papaioannou also creates moments of levity.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 01:31PMWednesday, December 7, 2022
Presidio Theatre's "Sleeping Beauty" looks to make participatory theater fun for an American audience.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 07:00AMAt "A Christmas Carol" and "Nutcracker," neurodiverse audience members can make whatever noises they want or need to.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 07:00AMTuesday, December 6, 2022
"Into the Woods" is the first major show in the Curran since "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" departed in September.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 05:45PMSunday, December 4, 2022
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley suggests just how many more shadings, facets and worlds the musical theater canon still has to show us.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 01:59PMFriday, December 2, 2022
Custom Made and FaultLine Theater's co-production is perfect for fans of homegrown theater who tire of the same old holiday fare.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 02:16PMWednesday, November 30, 2022
In August Wilson's play, it makes sense to put all your faith in the lotto, even when you know the game is rigged.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 01:42PMFriday, November 25, 2022
KeyComp could make it possible for a single synthesizer player to replicate the sound of a large orchestra with unprecedented flexibility.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 07:00AMWednesday, November 23, 2022
At a recent "Two Trains Running" rehearsal at Marin Theatre Company, director Dawn Monique Williams led with conspiratorial joy.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 07:00AMTuesday, November 22, 2022
Marin Theatre Company's artistic director departs at a time when many are questioning whether the demands of theater leadership are worth the rewards.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 03:30PMMonday, November 21, 2022
If you grew up on Disney princesses whose narrative arcs drove unswervingly toward heterosexual marriage, "Frozen" opens refreshing possibilities.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 02:45PMThe small theater led by Michael Socrates Moran and William Hodgson is consistently one of the most vital and exciting in the Bay Area.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 07:00AMSunday, November 20, 2022
Next spring, Larissa FastHorse's script will be the first play by a Native American woman on Broadway.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 02:09PMWednesday, November 16, 2022
Custom Made Theatre Company, FaultLine Theater and African-American Shakespeare Company are among 2022's seasonal standouts.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 07:00AMPerforming at NCTC is especially meaningful for Marken, since Artistic Director Ed Decker first recommended him for an audition.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 07:00AMSunday, November 13, 2022
Shotgun Players' "Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812" isn't just another transitory set on the same-old stage.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 01:35PMSaturday, November 12, 2022
On one downtown Berkeley block, phở is both dinner and theater for two Chronicle critics.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 02:07PMFriday, November 11, 2022
"Ain't Too Proud — The Life and Times of the Temptations" epitomizes one essential function of the jukebox musical.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 01:58PMTuesday, November 8, 2022
"Everybody always thinks 'Wuthering Heights' is romantic, and it so isn't," director Emma Rice told The Chronicle.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 07:00AM 
