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Guitarist Dave Hanson Returns To The Stage At Blues Bar In Harrogate For First Live Performance In Over 6 Years
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 26, 2024

Guitarist Dave Hanson will take the stage at Blues Bar in Harrogate on January 30th, 2025.

California Shakespeare Theater Launches Fundraising Campaign to Complete 50th Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 29, 2024

California Shakespeare Theater is launching a $350,000 fundraising campaign in order to complete their production of As You Like It, directed by Elizabeth Carter. Learn how to join!

BBC PROMS To Include Works From Rufus Wainwright, Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Self Esteem
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 20, 2023

The BBC Proms 2023 launches with a programme bursting with opera, oratorio and large-scale choral work and the first ever weekend-long Proms festival rooted in the North-East at Sage Gateshead.

Photos: First Look at FUN HOME at Berkeley Playhouse
by Blair Ingenthron - Feb 25, 2023

Berkeley Playhouse has released production photos for Fun Home, running through April 2, 2023. Fun Home’s book and lyrics are by Lisa Kron, with music by Jeanine Tesori, and is based on the graphic novel by Alison Bechdel. Fun Home is directed by William Thomas Hodgson, assistant directed by Sam Jackson, and music directed by Michael Patrick Wiles. Check out the photos here!

Review: THE HEADLANDS at A.C.T. Tells a True Crime Tale That Hits Close to Home
by Jim Munson - Feb 17, 2023

What did our critic think of THE HEADLANDS at A.C.T.? BroadwayWorld Christopher Chen's beguiling true crime tale that also serves as a love letter to San Francisco, running now through March 5th.

Review: THE HEADLANDS at American Conservatory Theatre
by Steve Murray - Feb 17, 2023

What did our critic think of THE HEADLANDS at American Conservatory Theatre?

Photos: Get a First Look at Christopher Chen's THE HEADLANDS at American Conservatory Theater
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 11, 2023

Get a first look at photos from the West Coast premiere of Christopher Chen's The Headlands, performing at American Conservatory Theater through March 5, 2023. 

Berkeley Playhouse To Present FUN HOME Beginning Next Month
by Blair Ingenthron - Jan 21, 2023

Berkeley Playhouse will continue its 22/23 Season with Fun Home, performing February 24 to April 2, 2023. Fun Home's book and lyrics are by Lisa Kron, with music by Jeanine Tesori, and is based on the graphic novel by Alison Bechdel. Fun Home is directed by William Thomas Hodgson, assistant directed by Sam Jackson, and music directed by Michael Patrick Wiles.

West Coast Premiere of THE HEADLANDS to be Presented at American Conservatory Theater in February
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 15, 2022

American Conservatory Theater has announced the full cast and creative team for the West Coast premiere of Obie Award-winning Bay Area playwright Christopher Chen’s The Headlands.

Cast and Creative Team Announced for TWO TRAINS RUNNING at Marin Theatre Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 19, 2022

Marin Theatre Company has announced the cast and creative team for August Wilson’s Two Trains Running. Directed by Dawn Monique Williams, August Wilson’s Two Trains Running is the seventh play in The American Century Cycle chronicling the African American experience in the 20th century.

Review: LEAR By Marcus Gardley At Cal Shakes
by Steve Murray - Sep 15, 2022

What did our critic think of LEAR at Cal Shakes?

Full Cast & Creative Team Announced for World Premiere of Marcus Gardley's Modern Verse Translation of KING LEAR
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 29, 2022

California Shakespeare Theater has announced the full cast and creative team for LEAR, the world premiere modern verse translation of Williams Shakespeare’s King Lear by playwright and Oakland-native Marcus Gardley.

Leading Actors/Directors Will Headline 2022 Bay Area Playwrights Festival This Month
by Stephi Wild - Jul 14, 2022

Playwrights Foundation has announced the artistic teams for this summer's 45th Annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival (BAPF) which will be presented as a hybrid (in-person and streamed) festival July 29 - August 7, 2022.

Full Cast & Creative Team Announced For THE WILD PARTY At Blank Theatre Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 7, 2022

Blank Theatre Company has announced the cast and creative team for the final show of their 2022 season, 'The Wild Party'. 'The Wild Party' with book, music, lyrics by Andrew Lippa.

Aurora Theatre Company Presents The World Premiere of THE INCREMENTALIST
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 4, 2022

Aurora Theatre Company continues its 30th season with the World Premiere of Cleavon Smith's THE INCREMENTALIST, an Aurora Originate + Generate commission.

THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW Extends Tour into 2022
by Stephi Wild - Dec 16, 2021

Following a hugely successful UK tour in 2021, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow have announced more dates so that this thrilling adaptation can be performed on more stages across the UK.  Washington Irving’s classic tale has been given new life by acclaimed playwright Philip Meeks (Murder, Margaret and Me; Harpy) who wields the horror genre to reflect on the lingering appeal of fables, storytelling and monsters. 

Aurora Theatre Company Presents the World Premiere of FATHER/DAUGHTER By Kait Kerrigan
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 5, 2021

Aurora Theatre Company continues its 30th season with the World Premiere of Kait Kerrigan's FATHER/DAUGHTER, a recipient of the 2021 Edgerton Foundation New Play Award. Bay Area theatre artist M. Graham Smith directs William Thomas Hodgson and Sam Jackson (The Bluest Eye, Exit Strategy, Splendour) in this beautifully innovative play about love, family, and relationships.

Photos: Go Inside Rehearsal of THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 16, 2021

Stars of the stage and screen, Wendi Peters (Big! The Musical; Coronation Street) and Bill Ward (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie; Emmerdale), will lead a thrilling new production of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Washington Irving’s classic tale has been adapted by acclaimed playwright Philip Meeks (Murder, Margaret and Me; Harpy), unleashing one of the most terrifying monsters from the horror canon on stage – the Headless Horseman. The ghoulish and edge-of-the-seat experience will tour theatres across the UK later this year. 

Full Cast Announced For New Touring Adaptation Of THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW
by Stephi Wild - Aug 23, 2021

Taking on the role of Ichabod Crane is Sam Jackson (Skins, E4; Beautiful Thing, National Tour) alongside Rose Quentin (York Witches Society, MSR Media), Lewis Cope (Vera, ITV; Witness for the Prosecution, London County Hall) and Tommy Sim'aan (As You Like It, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse; Doctors, BBC).

Danny Glover, Samuel L. Jackson & More to be Honored at 2022 Governors Awards
by TV News Desk - Jun 24, 2021

The four Oscar® statuettes will be presented at the Academy’s 12th Governors Awards on Saturday, January 15, 2022, in Los Angeles.