Leanna Yip

Although I grew up in the Bay Area in the '80s and '90s, the Green Day ship sailed without me, so I came into the show with very little knowledge of the band or the album which supplies most of the show's pounding score. American Idiot is about 92% music and 8% dialogue, so there's little wait time for the next Green Day favorite.

New York's most successful musical comedy is here! After delivering unstoppable entertainment at the New York stage for 23 years, these comic geniuses come to the Bay Area. Those who love music and humor will be indulged with parodies of Broadway's legendary shows from Disney's Lion King to Les Miserables to Chicago. Be prepared to laugh the night away.

This classic story has enchanted children since its publication in 1911. An orphaned 11-year-old girl finds wonder, friendship and redemption in an abandoned secret garden on her reclusive uncle's Yorkshire estate. Flashbacks, dream sequences, a strolling chorus of ghosts, anever written for the stage will delight children and grown-ups alike.

Broadway and television's leading Asian American performers are coming to San Francisco's Brava Theatre on October 13th and 14th.

BroadwayWorld brings you new production photos from the national tour of The Light in the Piazza, which began previews Aug. 1 at the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco.

The North American tour of THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA premieres in San Francisco at the Orpheum Theatre, August 1 - 27, 2006. BroadwayWorld shares with you publicity photos of the three leads in the national tour of THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA.

The San Francisco cast of 'The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee' performed at the main stage of San Francisco's 36th Annual LGBT Pride Celebration Saturday evening.

San Francisco Theater Festival showcases the Bay Area's vibrant and thriving theater scene on Sunday, July 23, 2006

El Gato Del Diablo Theatre Company presents the World Premiere of THE LEGENDARY AND FABULOUS PASSION PLAY, a new work by Shawn Ferreyra, author of last year's THE RISE AND FALL OF THE MONKEY KING. Set in an underground drag world where legends are made, beauty and dreams triumph over oppression with the help of a misunderstood Messiah who makes the biggest sacrifice for love. Amy Louise Cole will direct.

Woodminster Summer Musicals by Producers Associates, Inc. presents 'Ragtime,' July 7 - 16 in Joaquin Miller Park in Oakland.

BroadwayWorld brings you photos from Anthony Rapp's latest book signing.

RENT, the critically acclaimed Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning Broadway musical written by Jonathan Larson and directed by Michael Greif that inspired a major motion picture (which was filmed recently in the Bay Area), returns to San Francisco. RENT, celebrating its 10th anniversary on Broadway, is presented as a special attraction on the 2005-2006 Best of Broadway season brought to you by Citibank, under the direction of Carole Shorenstein Hays.

The international theatrical sensation plays the Golden Gate Theatre April 11 - May 7

BroadwayWorld shares with you publicity photos from the pre-Broadway tryout production of Lestat, a new musical featuring the music of Elton John the lyrics of Bernie Taupin, and a book by Linda Woolverton.

BroadwayWorld takes a peek at Irving Berlin's White Christmas, currently running at San Francisco's Orpheum Theatre (1192 Market St. at 8th).

White Christmas returned to San Francisco this week after last year's successful holiday run at the Curran Theatre, and this year boasts separate productions in Boston and Los Angeles.

Something old, something new? Sure, Little Women has that. Borrowed and blue, that as well. It's a new show that's old-fashioned, with a score that's not all that original and bits of blue here and there, mainly represented in the period-lace that frames the brightly lit stage.

Lennon is very much a multimedia musical, with every element working so well together...