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Saturday, September 30, 2023

Cult of terror ignites interactive horror show at SF Mint by Chad Jones

Audience members are recruited into a spiritual cult gone terribly wrong in The Initiation, a new interactive horror experience at the San Francisco Mint through Oct. 31. Photos by Jose A. G…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 06:48PM
Thursday, September 21, 2023

Women in the White House make for a crude, funny POTUS at Berkeley Rep by Chad Jones

ABOVE: (from left) Stephanie Styles is Dusty, Deirdre Lovejoy is Harriet, Kim Blanck is Jean and Allison Guinn is Bernadette in Selina Fillinger’s feminist satire POTUS: Or, Behind Every G…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 12:53PM
Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Way down (again) in Hadestown by Chad Jones

Hannah Whitley (front left) is Eurydice and J. Antonio Rodriguez is Orpheus (with members of the company) in the Hadestown North American Tour at the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco before …

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 01:56PM
Thursday, September 7, 2023

Love, peace, soul fill ACT’s joyous Hippest Trip by Chad Jones

ABOVE: The cast of Hippest Trip – The Soul Train Musical dances up a storm on stage at American Conservatory Theater’s Toni Rembe Theater through Oct. 8. Set design is by Jason Sherwood,…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 02:15PM
Thursday, August 3, 2023

Tina: Do I love you? My, oh, my by Chad Jones

ABOVE: Zurin Villanueva is Tina Turner in the North American touring production of Tina – The Tina Turner Musical playing the Bay Area at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Theatre and San Jose…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 05:40PM
Saturday, July 8, 2023

The never-ending misery of Les Misérables by Chad Jones

ABOVE: The ensemble performs “One Day More” from the touring production of Les Misérables running at San Francisco’s Orpheum Theatre through July 23 as part of the BroadwaySF season. …

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 03:46PM
Thursday, June 29, 2023

Ari’el Stachel floods the Berkeley Rep stage with Character by Chad Jones

Tony Award-winner Ari’el Stachel stars in the world premiere of his autobiographical solo show Out of Character at Berkeley Rep. Photo by Kevin Berne/Berkeley Rep As a performer, Ari’el …

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 03:57PM
Wednesday, June 21, 2023

A glorious journey Into the Woods by Chad Jones

ABOVE: Stephanie J. Block and Sebastian Arcelus, a real-life married couple, are the Baker’s Wife and the Baker in the national touring company of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Int…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 07:09PM
Thursday, June 8, 2023

Grungy glamour fills ACT’s new journey to Oz by Chad Jones

ABOVE: Katrina Lauren McGraw (center) is Glinda, Chanel Tilgham (left) is Dorothy and Travis Santell Rowland is part of the lively ensemble in the American Conservatory Theater production of…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 04:07PM
Thursday, May 25, 2023

Blood, love, adolescence flow in Berkeley Rep’s Right One by Chad Jones

ABOVE: Noah Lamanna is Eli in the West Coast premiere of the National Theatre of Scotland production of Let the Right One In. BELOW: Diego Lucano (left) as Oskar and Lamanna as Eli. Photos b…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 02:17PM
Thursday, April 13, 2023

Poor Yella Rednecks: Second time is a little more charming by Chad Jones

ABOVE: Christine Jamlig and Will Dao in Qui Nguyen’s Poor Yella Rednecks running through May 7 at ACT’s Strand Theater. BELOW: Jenny Nguyen Nelson and Jamlig play daughter and mother in …

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 03:18PM
Friday, April 7, 2023

Speaking the language of life in Berkeley Rep’s English by Chad Jones

ABOVE: The cast of Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s English includes (from left) Sarah Nina Hayon as Roya, Christine Mirzayan as Goli and Mehry Eslaminia as Elham. BELOW: Sahar Bibiyan is Marj…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 05:18PM
Thursday, March 2, 2023

Nightmare or revelation? It’s Cambodian Rock Band, and it rocks by Chad Jones

ABOVE: The cast of Lauren Yee’s Cambodian Rock Band at Berkeley Repertory Theatre includes (from left) Joseph Ngo, Abraham Kim, Geena Quintos and Moses Villarama. BELOW: Ngo and Francis Ju…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 03:37PM
Saturday, February 25, 2023

Dear San Francisco still charms, dazzles by Chad Jones

The human-scale circus acts in Dear San Francisco are as captivating as ever as the show continues to evolve in its second year at Club Fugazi. Photos courtesy of Dear San Francisco and Club…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 03:21PM
Thursday, February 23, 2023

SIX sicks sexy exxies on Henry for histo-remix by Chad Jones

ABOVE: Olivia Donalson (center) as Anna of Cleves in the North American tour of SIX, part of the BroadwaySF season at the Orpheum Theatre. BELOW: The cast revives the six wives of King Henry…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 03:10PM
Wednesday, February 22, 2023

At Marin Theatre Company, these Supremes sing of Justice by Chad Jones

ABOVE: The cast of Justice: A New Musical at Marin Theatre Company includes (from left) Karen Murphy as Sandra Day O’Connor, Stephanie Prentice as Sonia Sotomayor and Lynda DiVito as Ruth …

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 01:29PM
Thursday, February 16, 2023

Murder, family meld in Chen’s Headlands at ACT by Chad Jones

ABOVE: Johnny M. Wu as George (left), Phil Wong as Henry (center) and Erin Mei-Ling Stuart as Leena in the West Coast premiere of Christopher Chen’s The Headlands, running at ACT’s Toni …

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 02:03PM
Thursday, February 2, 2023

On Wednesdays we wear pink and kvetch about Mean Girls by Chad Jones

ABOVE: The cast of the Mean Girls national tour includes (from left) English Bernhardt as Cady Heron, Jasmine Rogers as Gretchen Wieners, Nadina Hassan as Regina George and Morgan Ashley Bry…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 02:52PM
Friday, January 27, 2023

Stage, not screen, is the place for Evan Hansen by Chad Jones

ABOVE: Anthony Norman (left) is Evan Hansen in the 2022-23 North American tour of Dear Evan Hansen. Also in the cast are (from left) John Hemphill as Larry Murphy, Lili Thomas as Cynthia Mur…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 05:32PM
Thursday, January 26, 2023

Pain and strife sandwiched by laughs in Berkeley Rep’s Clyde’s by Chad Jones

ABOVE: Cyndii Johnson is Letitia and Wesley Guimarães is Rafael in Lynn Nottage’s Tony Award-nominated play Clyde’s, at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. BELOW: (from left) Louis Reyes McWill…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 02:24PM
Monday, December 26, 2022

A Beauty awakes, Panto style, at the Presidio by Chad Jones

ABOVE: The cast of Sleeping Beauty, the second annual holiday Panto at the Presidio Theatre. BELOW: Cast members include (from left), Phoebe Angeni as Major Major, Scott Reardon as Embarkade…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 03:42PM
Friday, December 16, 2022

Giving up the musical ghost in ghastly Beetlejuice by Chad Jones

ABOVE: The cast of the Beetlejuice national tour includes (from left) Britney Coleman as Barbara, Will Burton as Adam, Isabella Esler as Lydia and Justin Collette as Beetlejuice. BELOW: (fro…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 05:24PM
Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Chilling winds blow through thrilling Wuthering Heights by Chad Jones

ABOVE: Leah Brotherhead is Catherine and Liam Tamne is Heathcliff in the West Coast premiere of Wise Children’s Wuthering Heights at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. BELOW: (from left) Brotherh…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 03:13PM
Tuesday, November 22, 2022

On thin ice with Disney’s stage Frozen by Chad Jones

ABOVE: Caroline Bowman (left) is Elsa and Lauren Nicole Chapman is Anna with the company of the North American tour of Disney’s Frozen at the Orpheum Theatre as part of the BroadwaySF seas…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 02:03PM
Friday, November 11, 2022

Irresistible Temptations abound in Ain’t Too Proud by Chad Jones

ABOVE: The cast of the National Touring Company of Ain’t Too Proud includes (from left) Harrell Holmes Jr., Elijah Ahmad Lewis, Jalen Harris, Marcus Paul James and James T. Lane BELOW: Ain…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 03:58PM
Thursday, October 20, 2022

Bill Irwin clowns around with Beckett by Chad Jones

Bill Irwin dives into the work of a favorite writer in On Beckett, part of the American Conservatory Theater at the Toni Rembe Theater. Photo by Craig Schwartz About five years ago, the grea…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 04:59PM
Friday, October 14, 2022

Alanis and her Jagged Little musical by Chad Jones

Above: Lauren Chanel (center) and the company of the North American Tour of Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill, part of the BroadwaySF season at the Golden Gate Theatre. BELOW: Heidi B…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 03:15PM
Monday, October 10, 2022

Brian Copeland zeroes in on single parenting in Grandma & Me by Chad Jones

ABOVE: The Marsh presents Brian Copeland’s Grandma & Me: An Ode to Single Parents, the new solo show by the award-winning playwright and performer. Photo by Marcus L. Jackson Photograp…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 02:30PM
Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Climb aboard ACT’s dazzling Passengers by Chad Jones

ABOVE: Andrew Sumner and Beto Freitas in Passengers , from The 7 Fingers, at American Conservatory Theater’s newly christened Toni Rembe Theater, through Oct. 9. BELOW: Santiago Rivera (ce…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 01:20PM
Friday, September 16, 2022

Mockingbird can still soar in stage revision by Chad Jones

ABOVE: Richard Thomas (left) is Atticus Finch and Yaegel T. Welch is Tom Robinson in Aaron Sorkin’s stage adaptation of the Harper Lee novel To Kill a Mockingbird at the Golden Gate Theatr…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 05:22PM
Thursday, September 15, 2022

ripple makes waves at Berkeley Rep by Chad Jones

ABOVE: The cast of Berkeley Rep’s world-premiere play the ripple, the wave that carried me home includes (left to right) Christiana Clark as Janice, Brianna Buckley as Gayle, Ronald L. Con…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 02:08PM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater