Rob Melrose - Cutting Ball Theater - San Francisco

This week in Bay Area theater

As Nathan Lane once said, "Yes, it's throbbing, ... And I mean that in the nicest possible way."
Left to Right: Rayn Drummond, Kelsey Venter. Photo credit: www.kevinberne.com.

Theater Review: ‘She Loves Me’ a musical throwback with romantic charm

Who knew toilet water, Mona Lisa and Häagen-Dazs could make for a near perfect evening of theater?
Chicago, Hillbarn Theatre

Theatre Review: ‘Chicago’

Fosse, Fosse, Fosse… Will we ever get over him? And why would we possibly want to? How did one name become so synonymous with a quality of movement? Having grown up where learning to do the turned-in knees and perfectly articulated elbows was almost a rite of passage, I...
Smokey Joe's Cafe, Bus Barn Stage Co.

Theater Review: ‘Smokey Joe’s Cafe’

A toe-tapping revue, Smokey Joe’s Café takes us back to the world of transistor radios, sputnik and doo-wop with 37 treasured tunes.
SF Playhouse San Francisco. Photo: Clinton Stark.

SF Playhouse announces West Coast premiere of ‘The Sunset Limited’

"The theme of the 2010-2011 season is 'Why Theatre?", remarked Artistic Director Bill English.

SF Bay Area: What’s happening this weekend

"I got my makeup off and I came out into the house, and my father walked around the corner and he was beaming with pride." - James Carpenter
Whitney Bashor

Theater Review: ‘The Light in the Piazza’

I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention the vocal strength evident in all of the musical numbers.
Director Al Manners (l, Tim Kniffin*) and Eddie Fenton (r, Patrick Russell*) watch the cast (c. l-r, Melissa Quine, Michael Ray Wisely*, Margo Hall*, Elizabeth Carter*, Jon Gentry*, Rhonnie Washington*) rehearse in Trouble in Mind Photo by David Allen

Theater Review: Berkeley has ‘Trouble in Mind’

Is playwright Alice Childress' play as relevant today as it was when it debuted in the mid-50s?
Adrienne Warren, Syesha Mercado, Margaret Hoffman & the Company. Photo by Joan Marcus.

‘Dreamgirls’ rocks the Curran

It’s rare that an audience acts as one in getting to its feet in a post-show of appreciation

Cirque du Soleil presents ‘Banana Shpeel’ in San Francisco

Banana Shpeel is a new style of production from Cirque du Soleil that features a colorful combination of slapstick comedy, eclectic dance and unique acrobatic acts.