Love. Lust. Murder.

A pleasant evening at the Nourse, with San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus.

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This has to rank as one of the country's most incredible arts-related stories. The arts? Success? In 2016? Yes, yes and yes. It's an adventurous narrative. An outdoor theater among ruins? I can only make one smile. A glimmer of hope, perhaps, that there is room in this world of viral videos, emojis,...

After ten years as the general director of San Francisco Opera, David Gockley is retiring. To chronicle his contributions to American opera would take a book, not a blog post (and in fact there is one). But the Celebrating David! gala concert on Thursday night focused on two of...

San Jose Stage Company is calling their 2016-17 season a "provocative journey." We can see why. The theater's 34th season (full line-up and details below) aims to take audiences around the world, with stops in Africa, Ireland, the Middle East, before heading home back to America. Phew. It's looking to be...

Playwright Eric Coble loves his characters, and lavishes them both with one-liners that ring so true they occasionally raised a gasp of recognition from the audience.

"This is why you see live theater. It sticks with you, haunting, and beautiful. At its best, it shines an inspiring, if not at times challenging, light on our own lives." Chester Bailey is the kind of play you wish everyone had the opportunity to see. At its core, this...

Sex and violence dominate Calixto Bieito's Carmen, which paints a gritty, unidealized picture of poverty and abuse.

The magic in this play is all in that fantastical morphing, which shimmers in its quiet way, infusing the play with lightness and warmth. The catch is you have to wait until the last third to get there.