Water by the Spoonful By Quiara Alegría Hudes Directed by Denise Blasor

What’s Happening: ‘Water by the Spoonful’ opens March 16 at San Francisco Playhouse

Artistic Director Bill English and Producing Director Susi Damilano of San Francisco Playhouse have announced casting for Water by the Spoonful. See details below. Quiara Alegria's Pulitzer Prize winning play will run from March 16 through April 23, 2022. The esteemed theater says that Denise Blasor will direct. "Quiara Alegría Hudes’s...
Launching its American tour at the A.C.T.'s Geary Theater, Freestyle Love Supreme pays homage to John Coltrane's improvisational musical style as it takes audiences on a freestyle, never-before-seen-and-never-to-be-seen-again hip-hop comedy ride.

What’s Happening: ‘Freestyle Love Supreme’ launches American tour at A.C.T.’s Geary Theater

Improvisational show Freestyle Love Supreme has arrived. Organizers at A.C.T. say the Broadway hit is now playing at the Geary Theater in San Francisco through February 13. The show, from longtime friends Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Bay Area artist Anthony Veneziale, "pays homage to John Coltrane's improvisational musical style as...
Berkeley Rep Theatre, Addison - Annual Fundraising Gala

What’s Happening: ‘Swept Away’ at Berkeley Rep extended – again

Director Michael Mayer's latest production has been extended -- yet again. Musical Swept Away will run additional dates Berkeley Rep has announced. The January 9 - March 6, 2022 extension is the "second and final time," per The Rep. Tickets are now available. Organizers say all patrons must present a vaccination...
Golden Bough - Christmas in a Celtic Land

Golden Bough ‘Christmas in a Celtic Land’: Skill, appreciation for craft and humor win us over (Review)

Christmas in a Celtic Land 4 out of 5 stars - 'Highly Recommended' By Golden Bough The Artists: Margie Butler, Paul Epinoza & Kathy Sierra December 17, 2021 Streaming: YouTube Golden Bough is a Celtic music group famed for its winter concerts. Drawing from traditional carols of the United Kingdom, the music group has been...
'Rent 25th Anniversary Farewell Tour' opens at the Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco (BroadwaySF)
San Francisco Opera - Bay Area Arts Together campaign

Trendspotting: 100 San Francisco arts organizations launch #BayAreaArtsTogether campaign to win back live audiences

"#BayAreaArtsTogether aims to unite the Bay Area community around the arts."
The Company of the RENT 25th Anniversary Farewell Tour
A Traditional Balinese Shadow Play featuring Larry Reed - San Francisco
Destiny Muhammad curates and performs in SoundBox Resilience

San Francisco Symphony launches Soundbox series on its SFSymphony+ video streaming platform

On demand performances available through Apple and Android apps and also web.
Sam Chanse

Theater News: Magic Theatre announces 2020-2021 season featuring world premiere of Sam Chanse’s ‘Monument’

As San Francisco Bay Area theater companies struggle to bring shows to a new, online-only audience we see different approaches being employed to keeping us engaged. Many have turned to streaming and virtual experiences -- given social distancing these seem like pretty much the only viable alternatives. Meantime, others, like...