(5/22 at 12:30 AM) - Magic Theatre will welcome back Irish playwright Mark O'Rowe and director Jon Tracy for the first American production of Terminus running tonight, May 22 - June 16. (read...)

(5/21 at 10:31 PM) - Join Marin Theatre Company for a FREE public reading of MTC's 2012 Sky Cooper New American Play Prize winner Seven Spots on the Sun by Martin Zimmerman. (read...)

(5/21 at 9:00 PM) - American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) Young Conservatory Director Craig Slaight has announced Darling, A New Musical June 14-29, 2013, at The Theater at the Children's Creativity Museum (221 4th Street, San Francisco). Tickets are $20 and available by calling the A.C.T. Box Office at 415.749.2228 or going online to www.act-sf.org/ycshows. (read...)

(5/21 at 8:37 AM) - American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) closes its 2012-13 season with a dazzling new production of Tom Stoppard's masterwork, Arcadia. Directed by A.C.T. Artistic Director Carey Perloff, Arcadia unfolds in a beautiful English country house and moves between the nineteenth century and the present through a series of love stories, as characters from both eras discover connections, unearth mysteries, and unravel hidden truths about the nature of heat and desire. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production below. (read...)

(5/20 at 9:44 PM) - It's fitting that Stephen Sondheim wrote "A Little Night Music" as one grand waltz. When Hillbarn Theatre's production of the musical opens, a semi-narrating chorus dances in the waltz and foreshadow the characters and events about to unfold. A young girl observes their dance, following her grandmother's advice to watch the sky for its smiles. We, too, will soon smile at the follies of mankind. We will join the girl, a lively maid and a conservative student as they perceive and comment on those dancing around them. (read...)

(5/20 at 7:44 PM) - When dance teacher Michael Minetti first meets his elderly student Lily Harrison in her Florida-coast high rise, it seems pretty clear these two will barely make it past 'Hello,' let alone their first full lesson. Besides their 30-year age difference, they clash at every turn. A former teacher and minister's wife, she's guarded, uptight and suspicious. A former Broadway dancer, he blurts out jokes and insults and swings from glib to desperate to nonchalant in 10 seconds flat. It's fun to watch, but how will they make it through a six-week dance course? That's the hilarious and touching journey that unfolds in Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks, a new comedy that opens at Sierra Rep's East Sonora Theatre stage May 31. (read...)

(5/20 at 2:45 PM) - The Playwrights Foundation has announced the winners of the 36th Annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival (BAPF) that will take place July 19-28, 2012 at the Thick House Theater in San Francisco. Of the six selected plays, three are by Bay Area playwrights Joan Holden, Prince Gomolvilas and Erin Bregman; and three are by New York emerging artists Jiehae Park, Laura Schellhardt and Kimber Lee. Running the gamut from a fever dream in the North/South Korean DMZ to a celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Free Speech Movement - each of these plays use bold, beautifully poetic and dramatic language and vivid characters to tear into the very fabric of contemporary political and social upheaval - globally and locally. (read...)

(5/20 at 9:43 AM) - Ray of Light Theatre (www.rayoflighttheatre.com) will bring Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods to the San Francisco stage this June at The Eureka Theatre. (read...)

(5/19 at 10:00 AM) - Upcoming Shows - Week of 5/19/2013 for San Francisco (read...)

(5/19 at 12:30 AM) - The Mountain Play - 'A Great Outdoor Theatre Adventure' and the San Francisco Bay Area's most magical outdoor theater experience, presents the Tony Award-winning musical The Sound of Music directed by Jay Manley for its 100th season in 2013. (read...)

(5/18 at 12:46 PM) - Ross Valley Players presents for its fifth production of the season the Tony award winning play All My Sons, a deeply engaging tale of morality and conscience by renowned playwright Arthur Miller. Two years after World War II, the Keller family is torn apart by their patriarch's moral weakness and a shameful family secret. With great tenderness and compassion, this searing saga explores the ever changing sense of family, social responsibility, and values still relevant today, as two very different generations seek to heal and rebuild. All My Sons opened on Friday, May 17 at 8PM. (read...)

(5/17 at 7:06 PM) - The Mountain Play - 'A Great Outdoor Theatre Adventure' and the San Francisco Bay Area's most magical outdoor theater experience, is proud to present the Tony Award-winning musical The Sound of Music directed by Jay Manley for its 100th season in 2013. (read...)

(5/17 at 3:35 PM) - The San Francisco Early Music Society (SFEMS), the nation's leading organization for the advancement of historically informed performance of early music, is proud to announce its 37th annual concert season, featuring six concerts by some of the most respected early music professionals from around the country: Archetti Baroque String Ensemble, Farallon Recorder Quartet, Galax Quartet, Magnificat, Ostraka, and Quicksilver. (read...)

(5/17 at 12:30 AM) - Cutting Ball Theater concludes its 14th season with the World Premiere of KRISPY KRITTERS IN THE SCARLETT NIGHT, San Francisco playwright Andrew Saito's poetic portrayal of the heart of the city in the spirit of Alan Ginsburg's Howl, William S. Burroughs, and the plays of Suzan-Lori Parks. Directed by Cutting Ball Artistic Director Rob Melrose, KRISPY KRITTERS IN THE SCARLETT NIGHT dazzles with sublime, surreal language and images fit for a Dali painting in a play about love and longing in the neglected neighborhoods of a fictional city. (read...)

(5/17 at 12:30 AM) - At the Fountain Theatricals, a new theatre organization at Stanford University, will host its Inaugural Event today, May 17 at 3pm. The organization is aimed at providing students with additional opportunities for arts education and musical theatre performance. To present their mission to the Stanford student body and the general public, the inaugural event will consist of an introduction to the organization by the founding members as well as keynote speaker, Broadway's Josh Gad. Mr. Gad will also participate in a Q&A session following his speech. (read...)

(5/17 at 12:30 AM) - Directed by Stuart Bousel, Prelude to a Kiss previews tonight, May 17-19, opens May 21, and runs through June 16 at the Gough Street Playhouse. (read...)

(5/16 at 1:21 PM) - The San Francisco Playhouse (Bill English, Artistic Director; Susi Damilano, Producing Director) concludes its fourth season of the Sandbox Series of new plays in alliance with theNational New Play Network (NNPN) to present the 'Rolling World Premiere' of Grounded by George Brant. The one-woman play will be directed by Susannah Martin and feature Lauren English*. The San Francisco Playhouse is proud to host the first production for this year's 'Rolling World Premiere.' (read...)

(5/15 at 6:57 PM) - Continuing its commitment to developing new works, TheatreWorks, the nationally-acclaimed theatre of Silicon Valley, has announced the lineup for its 2013 New Works Festival, including a new comedy from Pulitzer Prize winner Beth Henley (Crimes of the Heart, The Miss Firecracker Contest). (read...)

(5/15 at 12:30 AM) - The American Conservatory Theater Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) Program, which has trained such celebrated actors as Elizabeth Banks, Annette Bening, Anna Deavere Smith, Anika Noni Rose, and Denzel Washington, will present three classic works in repertory this spring: Caryl Churchill's innovative and provocative comedy Cloud 9; Bertolt Brecht's riveting drama Galileo; and August Wilson's classic American drama Seven Guitars. Performances will feature students from all three years of A.C.T.'s acclaimed M.F.A. Program. (read...)

(5/14 at 10:19 PM) - San Jose Stage Company has announced the nominations for the 2013 Bay Area High School Musical Theatre Stage Top Honor Awards. (read...)

(5/14 at 8:18 PM) - Join Dragon Productions Theatre Company as it celebrates the creativity and talent of Bay Area playwrights. The team read more than 40 scripts and picked new, original scripts by three local writers. Now Dragon Productions Theatre is hosting three weekends of staged readings of these scripts. (read...)

(5/14 at 3:40 PM) - PRESIDIO OF SAN FRANCISCO: Artistic Director Sherene Melania creates a retrospective of PDT's signature production with interviews from former young artists who began dance through PDT's DANCE OUT! free community outreach program. The production will feature an exciting cast of Presidio Dance Theatre's multi-generational international artists, and outstanding Young Artists who have now toured in Russia at the White Nights Festival (2008) Turkey (2010); Budapest (2012) , Brussels (2013) and Paris (2013) at the invitation of UNESCO and the European Parliament, Vice-President Isabelle Durant. 2013 Dancing Across Cultures will surely provide audience members with a lively celebration of world cultures through dance. All Ticket Donation Proceeds from this event will be used for the second phase of renovations for Presidio Performing Arts Center, home of PDT. On the Presidio's Main Post at 386 Arguello at Moraga. (read...)

(5/14 at 12:30 AM) - StageWrite, a San Francisco literacy project for kids, now celebrating its 10th Anniversary, presents Mutant Creatures & Unlikely Teachers: Short Plays by Short People at the Koret Auditorium at the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park today, May 14 and at Brava Theater Center on May 16 and 17. Seven hilarious and insightful plays written by fifth graders of Starr King Elementary School, inspired by works of visual art at the de Young Museum will be performed as staged readings by professional actors and musicians. (read...)

(5/13 at 8:41 PM) - Direct from sold-out performances in Asia, producer and director Mirwan Suwarso announced today that Hanoman The Musical will make its U.S. premiere at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts for three performances only. Inspired by the epic tale of Ramayana, Hanoman The Musical tells the story of the origin of one of the fiercest warriors in ancient Asian mythology. Hanoman The Musical runs Tuesday, June 25 thru Thursday, June 27, 2013 at San Jose Center for the Performing Arts in downtown San Jose (255 Almaden Boulevard). BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production below! (read...)

(5/13 at 5:17 PM) - We Players, in partnership with the National Park Service/ Golden Gate National Recreation Area will present a site-integrated production of Shakespeare's Macbeth at Fort Point, the civil war era fortress located beneath the Golden Gate bridge. The production previews August 30 -September 1, then runs September 5 through October 6, 2013. (read...)