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Show Round Up: Last call for April theatre!
Ending the month with a bang! The month is winding down but local theatre is not. There are eight shows opening this weekend alone! And you won’t want to miss your last chance to see the shows closing this weekend either. Take a look and make your pick for your weekend date night. Learn all…
Show Round Up: Beginnings and Endings
Raising and lowering the curtain on great theatre this weekend! With six great shows opening and five fantastic shows closing, change is in the air this weekend! If you’re not sure what to see, you might want to start with one of the three shows with TBA highlights taking the stage this week. I’m particularly excited that…
Show Round Up: Variety Pack
Such a great mix of shows playing this weekend! One of my favorite things about Bay Area theatre is how many different types of shows there are available on any given weekend. Where else in the world would you find plays based on the writings of Kafka and Rostand, Titanic in concert, and a clown…
Show Round Up: April showers us with shows
So many productions are opening this weekend! It always feels great when I go to gather the week’s round up and find seven shows opening all in one week. When I look at our show calendar I am reminded of how lucky I am to live in the Bay Area where artists are creating and…
Show Round Up: Last call for March theatre!
Make the last weekend of March count by planning a night out. As we close out March I’ve been reflecting on all the great art I’ve seen recently. But this month flew by and there are some can’t miss shows that I’m rushing to see before they close! If you are looking for a spring…
Show Round Up: Theatre Springing Up Everywhere
The start of spring promises a bloom of beautiful theatre. What a variety! This weekend has everything from sketch to Shakespeare, and even some dance if that is your style. No matter what you see, it’s all part of a promising start to the spring theatre season. Learn all about this week’s shows: Only This…
Show Round Up: The Ides of March
Beware! Missing out on this week’s shows would be a mistake. We couldn’t resisting post a show round up with a Shakespeare reference. But in all seriousness between the final readings of the 3Girls Theatre New WorksFestival, a one-night-only sci-fi themed Monday night PlayGround, and the opening of Pippin at WVLO it is hard to choose what…
Show Round Up: Festivals & Fun Shows
There are so many shows opening (and closing) this weekend! There is a lot of great homegrown theatre playing this weekend, with local casts, local production staff, and local playwrights. Not only that, there are two fantastic new works theatre festivals start this weekend, one in the East Bay and one in San Francisco. I…
San Francisco Shakespeare Festival Announces 2025 Free Shakespeare in the Park: The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Talented cast brings to life a tale of two young men who journey from a small Midwestern town to the alluring promise of California, where dreams are made and shattered in equal measure San Francisco Shakespeare Festival is pleased to announce the outstanding cast of the 43rd season of Free Shakespeare in the Park: Tyler…