The Cherry Orchard Anton Chekhov; Translated by Paul Schmidt Marin Theatre Put Anton Chekhov's globally popular, much-adapted play, The Cherry Orchard, in the bold, directorial hands of the much-accomplished Carey Perloff and provide her with a Bay Area, all-star cast, and it is an easy-money bet that Marin Theater has a sure-fire hit in the making. Such is … [Read more...] about The Cherry Orchard
Running After Shadows
Running After Shadows Vincent Terrell Durham City Lights Theater Company In the middle of his latest Instagram, live-stream "unboxing" as he practically is making love to his just-arrived garlic press and doing a one-man, conga line wearing his new, authentic, red, "America's Test Kitchen" apron, recent culinary convert Morgan Collins opens one more, unexpected … [Read more...] about Running After Shadows
What the Constitution Means to Me
What the Constitution Means to Me Heidi Schreck Hillbarn Theatre & Conservatory At the age of fifteen, Heidi Schreck remembers “in addition to being terrifyingly turned on all the time" and obsessed with Salem witch trials, theatre, and “most importantly” Patrick Swayze,” “I was a zealot” of the Constitution. As then a high school sophomore in Wenatchee, … [Read more...] about What the Constitution Means to Me
Spanish Stew
Spanish Stew Marga Gomez The Marsh Berkeley Theater With ample heart and over-flowing humor, GLAAD Award winning writer and performer known nationally and beloved locally -- Marga Gomez -- presents her latest of fifteen solo shows at The Marsh Berkeley Theater, Spanish Stew. Adapted for the Marsh after a successful world premiere in the autumn of 2025 at the New … [Read more...] about Spanish Stew
How Shakespeare Saved My Life
How Shakespeare Saved My Life Jacob Ming-Trent Berkeley Repertory Theatre (in co-production with Folger Theatre and Red Bull Theater In her introductory remarks to the opening night's packed audience in Berkeley Rep's Peet's Theatre, Artistic Director Johanna Pfaelzer told us that given all the horrific things occurring currently in our country and world, being … [Read more...] about How Shakespeare Saved My Life
Little Women
Little Women Jason Howland (Music), Mindi Dickstein (Lyrics), Allan Knee (Book) Based on the Novel by Louisa May Alcott South Bay Musical Theatre A beloved novel written over 150 years ago about a family of four sisters during the last two years of the Civil War has since been adapted seven times to film; multiple times to television; four, to the stage; twice, … [Read more...] about Little Women
Yoga Play
Yoga Play Dipika Guha Los Altos Stage Company Newly hired CEO, Joan, is more than ready to steer the luxury, athletic-wear, mega-company, Jojoman, into new heights after its former CEO was quoted (and then fired) while claiming, "it was the size of women's thighs" that was causing one of their $200 pants to appear transparent, "not the fabric itself." All she must … [Read more...] about Yoga Play
Hershey Felder: The Piano and Me
Hershey Felder: The Piano and Me Hershey Felder, Book Music by Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Liszt, Bartók, Gershwin & More TheatreWorks Silicon Valley After creating and performing the past thirty years in some six thousand live performances and eighteen films the musical biographies of sixteen famed composers (Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Beethoven, … [Read more...] about Hershey Felder: The Piano and Me
The Da Vinci Code
The Da Vinci Code Adapted by Rachel Wagstaff & Duncan Abel Based on the Novel by Dan Brown Palo Alto Players When the mystery thriller movie, The Da Vinci Code, opened in 2006, it was largely panned by most critics, laughed at during its Cannes Festival premiere, and landed on many "Worst Of" lists for movies of that year. Yet its opening weekend saw … [Read more...] about The Da Vinci Code
Sunday in the Park with George
Sunday in the Park with George Stephen Sondheim (Music & Lyrics); James Lapine (Book) Shotgun Players Birds happily chirping, tall trees climbing on all sides with hints of limbs hanging from above, a glimpsing view of a lake and its graceful boats, and everywhere from the ground up, rich and varied greens filling in the scene. As we enter what we expect to be … [Read more...] about Sunday in the Park with George
Into the Woods
Into the Woods Stephen Sondheim (Music & Lyrics); James Lapine (Book) San Francisco Playhouse In many respects and for many reasons, the following is a meaningless review. At least a score -- and probably many more -- reviewers have already raved about the continued proven genius of Susi Damilano's directorial abilities, about a stage-filling cast that to a … [Read more...] about Into the Woods
My Fair Lady
My Fair Lady Alan Jay Lerner (Book & Lyrics); Frederick Lowe (Music) San Francisco Playhouse With a long history of season-ending, summer-long, sizzling musicals that consistently sell-out -- classics like Cabaret, Evita, Follies, A Chorus Line -- San Francisco Playhouse once again takes a much-loved, much-produced audience favorite and opens an exuberant, … [Read more...] about My Fair Lady
The Last Goat
The Last Goat Gary Graves Central Works On the small, southernmost Greek island of Kosos in the twelfth century BCE lives a grandmother and her young granddaughter alone amidst groves of fruit trees, lush gardens of vegetables, a surrounding sea of fresh fish, and one lone goat. Any men who once lived there have long been away at a far-off war or have died of the … [Read more...] about The Last Goat
Constellations
Constellations Nick Payne The Pear Theatre He is a beekeeper. She is a Cambridge physicist. She can wax on forever starry eyed about subjects like quantum mechanics, string theory, and cosmology. He likes to explain how female bees are the workers and male drones exist only to have sex with the queen, after which their penises are ripped off and they die. She … [Read more...] about Constellations
A Grand Night for Singing — An American Songfest
A Grand Night for Singing -- An American Songfest Ronny Michael Greenberg, Curator Merola Opera Program From 1300 initial applicants and 650 in-person auditions, twenty-eight singers, pianists, and directors have been selected in 2025 for the nation's preeminent opera training program whose annual participants arrive from all over the world. In addition to their … [Read more...] about A Grand Night for Singing — An American Songfest
