Sarah Treem, who has written for TV's 'The Affair,' 'In Treatment' and 'House of Cards,' creates an engrossing play of ideas in 'The How and the Why,' which gets its West Coast premiere thro…
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 09:07PMThe wildly popular hip-hop history musical Hamilton will open in March 2017 in SHN's new season, which also includes 'The King and I,' 'Into the Woods,' 'Finding Neverland,' a new adaptation…
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 07:35AMAmerican Conservatory Theater is presenting Will Eno's absurdist dark comedy 'The Realistic Joneses,' which inspires laughter, confusion and moments of real insight.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 11:03PMThe iconic Curren Theater in San Francisco, closed for renovations, will open in January 2017 with a touring production of the hit Broadway family-dysfunction musical 'Fun Home.'
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 11:03PMJoy Carlin, the Yale-trained actress and director, whose latest project is 'Talley's Folly' at Berkeley's Aurora Theatre, has been an institution on the Bay Area theater scene since the 1960…
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 06:41PMCinequest, San Jose's long-running independent film festival has always been about 'democratizing film and giving everyone a voice.'
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 06:41PMThe cash-strapped company fought for years to stay afloat, but 'donor fatigue' played a part in hardscrabble Silicon Valley arts scene..
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 06:41PM'Saturday Night Live' icon Tina Fey gamely tries to keep the war comedy 'Whiskey Tango Foxtrot' on target, but the film can't stay focused and serves up too many cliches.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 06:41PMThe stage musical 'Dirty Dancing' stomps all over memories of classic '80s movie
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 06:39PMBerkeley Rep has announced 4 shows in its 2016-17 season, which includes 'Hand to God,' Lisa Loomer's 'Roe,' another appearance by Kneehigh Theatre and 'The Last Tiger in Haiti.'
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 06:39PMFrances McDormand plays Lady Macbeth in the explosive but erratic Berkeley Repertory Theatre production of Shakespeare's bloody classic 'Macbeth.'
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 06:39PMStudents from Oakland School of the Arts will perform Andrew Lloyd Webber's Broadway musical 'School of Rock' in San Francisco, after the legendary Webber himself approved the rare permissio…
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 06:07PMLuis Valdez's play recalls the horrors and bigotry of World War II Japanese internment camps in a drama that is rich and moving but historically dense at times.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 04:09PMJulia Cho's 'Aubergine' examines the process of dying and the ties between food, family and culture in its satisfying world premiere at Berkeley Rep, where it plays through March 20.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 10:12PMMark Jackson's 'Little Erik,' adapted from a Henrik Ibsen play, packs plenty of suffering and eerie mystery into its 80 minutes; it plays at Berkeley's Aurora Theatre through Feb. 28
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 04:02AMThe cast of the Broadway blockbuster 'Hamilton,' including playwright and star Lin-Manuel Miranda, has been added to the list of performers at the Grammy Awards Feb. 15.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 02:23PMA new stage adaptation of the classic tale 'Wizard of Oz' has great special effects and new songs by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, but doesn't always measure up to the original.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 09:14PMHere's everything you need to know about Lin-Manuel Miranda, the hot-as-blazes star and creator of 'Hamilton.'
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 06:08PMCurrently, becoming a subscriber to SHN is the only surefire way to lands tickets to 'Hamilton,' the hottest show on Broadway.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 06:08PM'Hamilton,' the groundbreaking blockbuster musical, will come to the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco in March 2017.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 11:44AMThe company that has faced financial hardship making its first trip to Spain beginning Jan. 28; next performances in San Jose are Feb. 19-21.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 06:56AMKim Rosenstock's comedy 'Tigers Be Still' follows a family in crisis; it plays through Feb. 21 at City Lights Theater in San Jose
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 06:56AMHershey Felder pays homage to Irving Berlin in tuneful TheatreWorks solo show
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 11:00PM'Nerds,' billed as a high-tech musical comedy about the rivalry between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates opens on Broadway in April.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 09:50PMThe classic coming-of-age musical 'Pippin' has been retooled as a Cirque du Soleil-like production, but still packs plenty of heart; it plays at San Jose Center for the Performing Arts throu…
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 09:34AMAlso on tap, 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch' revival roars into San Francisco.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 03:58PM'Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play' at ACT was a daring and provocative show, and the Bay Area's best theater offering; but Angela Lansbury, TheatreWorks, Berkeley Rep and Shotgun Players also…
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 12:26PM"Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 05:57AM'A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder,' a Broadway hit that knocks them dead.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 12:13AMTony Award-winner 'Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder' plays at San Francisco's Golden Gate Theatre Dec. 1-27.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 08:37AMThe endearing romantic comedy about a culture-clashing couple plays at City Lights Theater through Dec. 20.
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