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1 hour ago

"Amaze" Star Jamie Allan Shares His New York Loves

Where do you live in NYC? I live in Hell's Kitchen. When we moved over from the UK, we wanted to be right in the heart of Midtown. From our apartment I can walk to the theatre, which is incredible. And everything that makes New York so exciting is right on the doorstep. It's fantastic being surrounded by that energy every day.
New York City
fromMetro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley's Leading Weekly
1 day ago

Oktoberfest, First Friday & More: Silicon Valley Events, Oct 2-8

Jessica Monette: Root Me in the Soil-Jessica Monette's installation, the second Project Room exhibition at the de Saisset, will explore familial memory, presence and absence, and place. Free. Reception Oct 2; runs until June 13, 2026. de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara. scu.edu/desaisset Fri, Oct 3 The Art of Murder-The Pear Theatre opens its 24th season-dubbed Hidden Truths-with a play by Joe DiPietro.
Arts
Fashion & style
fromFilmmaker Magazine
2 days ago

"House of McQueen"'s Catherine LeFrere

Catherine LeFrere portrays Isabella Blow in House of McQueen, prioritizing voice work, rehearsal choices, audience interaction, and live responsiveness to shape the character.
fromVulture
6 days ago

The Other Americans Is Earnest, Heartfelt, and a Mess

On the way out of The Other Americans, the new drama written by and starring John Leguizamo, I overheard a man about my age talking to his friend as they shuffled up the aisle. "If that isn't my family," he said, trailing off. He looked a little shell-shocked. I don't know what he thought of the play as a play, but he had seen something of his own experience on stage and it had moved him.
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fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
1 week ago

Bobby Bermea: After the humans die out, what do the robots do? * Oregon ArtsWatch

William Thomas Berk's new play Anno Machina: An Apocalyptic Elegy follows the fortunes of a sentient AI robot, played by Gabby Bosso, whose job it was (and that of other Human Service Units) to save humanity from itself. But humanity refused to be saved despite the robots' best efforts, and now Bosso's character is forced to reconcile her failure at achieving her programmed directive against the fact of her continued existence.
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fromwww.amny.com
1 week ago

Eisa Davis turns theater upside down with provocative The Essentialisn't in Soho | amNewYork

The Essentialisn't interrogates the pressure on Black women to perform identity through a hybrid theatrical-musical-performance-art piece blending song, video, minimal staging, and metaphor.
#television
#live-music
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fromMission Local
1 week ago

S.F. satire about LGBTQ conversion therapy is gory - and confusing

A satirical play set in a conversion therapy camp poorly undermines queer struggles by caricaturing leftist responses, feeling outdated amid renewed legal threats to bans.
#performance-art
fromFuncheap
1 week ago

SF Neo-Futurists' Infinite Snarch: A Slumber Party Wrench (Sept. 26-28)

Tell us-did you ever go to a slumber party? Were you ever LEFT OUT of a slumber party? Did you go to lots of slumber parties, but never felt like you could be yourself? Well, this is a slumber party where you can be you! Infinite Snarch features 30 plays about all the key elements of a slumber party-friendship, games, secrets, romance, fear, pranks, and homosexual activity.
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#playwriting
fromFuncheap
2 weeks ago
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Saturday Write Fever: Insta-Plays Written & Performed | SF

EXIT Theatre hosts a free monthly rapid-play event where writers create 30-minute monologues and perform them the same night with cast-from-the-crowd actors.
fromFuncheap
2 weeks ago
San Francisco

Saturday Write Fever: Insta-Plays Written & Performed | SF

EXIT Theatre hosts a free monthly event where attendees write 30-minute monologues and perform them the same night, casting actors from the crowd.
Arts
fromwww.eastbaytimes.com
2 weeks ago

Curtain Calls: Sexy Laundry' keeps marriage exciting at The Campbell Theater

A long-married couple rekindles love through sex, communication, vulnerability, and humor portrayed in a sensitive, thought-provoking theatrical production with strong lead performances.
Arts
fromsfist.com
2 weeks ago

'The Reservoir' at Berkeley Rep Plumbs the Depths of Addiction and Familial Love

A semi-autobiographical play portrays parallels between severe alcoholism and dementia through a young man's relapse, family dynamics, and intergenerational caregiving and recovery.
Arts
fromThe Mercury News
2 weeks ago

A rocky road to recovery emerges in 'The Reservoir' in Berkeley

The Reservoir blends humor and pathos to portray addiction, dementia, and family reconnection through a semi-autobiographical, resilient dramedy.
Arts
fromwww.npr.org
2 weeks ago

A new biography zeroes in on Lin-Manuel Miranda's superpower

Lin-Manuel Miranda's success comes from collaboration, relentless learning, and community-rooted creativity rather than solitary, innate genius.
#musical
#broadway
fromPlaybill
1 month ago
NYC music

Wicked, Operation Mincemeat, Just in Time, More Will Perform at Free Founded by Broadway Concert

fromwww.amny.com
1 month ago
New York City

Broadway producers fight to revive tax credit program that was a smash hit for business, but a flop for bean-counters | amNewYork

fromBustle
1 month ago
NYC music

Behind The Scenes Of Jinkx Monsoon's 'Oh, Mary!' Debut

Jinkx Monsoon's Broadway debut as Mary Todd Lincoln in "Oh, Mary!" was a magical and fulfilling experience.
fromPlaybill
1 month ago
NYC music

Wicked, Operation Mincemeat, Just in Time, More Will Perform at Free Founded by Broadway Concert

fromwww.amny.com
1 month ago
New York City

Broadway producers fight to revive tax credit program that was a smash hit for business, but a flop for bean-counters | amNewYork

#jinkx-monsoon
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fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
3 weeks ago

'The Cake': Making a meal of the gay-marriage debate * Oregon ArtsWatch

A Southern baker's conservative Christian beliefs collide with a friend's same-sex engagement when a confrontational writer challenges her, centering conflict on a requested wedding cake.
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fromMission Local
3 weeks ago

'HOLE:' A play about digging a hole at the beach. Yes, literally.

San Francisco Neo-Futurists turned a communal hole-digging activity into HOLE, a 75-minute outdoor play exploring collective obsession, exhaustion, community and solidarity.
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fromwww.berkeleyside.org
4 weeks ago

Affordable things to do in Berkeley any day of the week

Berkeley offers affordable arts and culture events in early September, including a staged musical, gallery exhibitions, free museum nights, and several free or low-cost concerts.
fromFuncheap
4 weeks ago

Monday Night Marsh: Storytelling + Q&A (The Marsh)

The program prides itself in sharing personal stories and unique experiences of all types, with a goal of amplifying the voices of our community. It is crucial, now more than ever, to share your story. Local celebrities like Josh Kornbluth, Marga Gomez, Irma Herrera, Diane Barnes, and so many others got their start on Monday Night Marsh. Every Monday (unless it's a holiday), we feature 3 people who perform up to 20 minutes of their (work-in-progress) piece. Each group performs twice in a month. After each show, we do a Q&A with the audience and performers, which allows for the opportunity to give and receive any feedback. You can watch in person, or stream via zoom for free.
San Francisco
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fromFuncheap
1 month ago

The Marsh's Online Storytelling Night (Every Monday)

Weekly free Monday 7:30pm live-streamed performances feature four live pieces, include optional audience micro-performances, and accept donations to support performers.
fromElite Traveler
1 month ago

Hermes Puts its Playful Approach to Luxury Center Stage

At Hermès, every object speaks. They bear witness to a long history of patience, inspiration, and precise gestures, interwoven with joyful encounters and curious anecdotes. They tell the story of a family house and the people who make it up, from the artisans to the boutique staff, not to mention the customers! They represent the lively and bold side of creation, always striving to reinvent itself without ever repeating itself.
Fashion & style
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fromwww.eastbaytimes.com
1 month ago

Curtain Calls: Good People' a gripping drama with comic relief at Altarena Playhouse

Good People portrays blue-collar survival and shifting moral judgments through complex characters, sharp comedy, and a powerful South Boston staging.
fromMission Local
1 month ago

The Mechanix at ZBelow is a rollercoaster

Sara Toby Moore's "The Mechanix," a self-described "science fiction-magical realism-human cartoon" show, takes place on "a normal day at a seaside amusement pier." The show includes interdimensional travel, anthropomorphic animals, the nature of free will, and an extended riff on "The Wizard of OZ." Through it all, one would be forgiven for occasionally asking what one thing has to do with the other. It's a question that never gets answered.
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fromKqed
1 month ago

Your Complete Guide to Fall Arts in the Bay Area Is Here | KQED

Bay Area fall cultural highlights span music, art, theater, film, and community festivals featuring major performers, museum exhibitions, Broadway transfers, and local celebrations.
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fromwww.eastbaytimes.com
1 month ago

Curtain Calls: Alabaster' saturates audience with emotions at Lafayette's Town Hall Theatre

Audrey Cefaly's darkly comic play Alabaster, directed by Kerry Gudjohnsen, delivers a poetic, emotionally powerful exploration of grief through four actresses and magical realism.
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fromFuncheap
1 month ago

Tony Award-Winning Musical Comedy "Shucked" Live in SF (Curran Theatre)

Shucked is a Tony-winning cornfield-set musical comedy about an unlikely hero, a con man, and a fight to save a small town's corn and heart.
fromDefector
1 month ago

The Revolution Will Be Extra-Curricular | Defector

How to describe what I heard from the orchestra? It happened one night at the Booth Theater during a preview performance of John Proctor Is the Villain. Raelynn Nix (Amalia Yoo), the preacher's daughter, was delivering the final part of her monologue: "One day, maybe, the new world we were promised will actually be new. One day, maybe, the men in charge won'tbe in charge anymore." The scene is wrenching; the audience held its breath.
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fromVulture
1 month ago

Muppets to Finally Take Manhattan

When a frog closes a door, he opens a window for a 12-week theatrical run. For the first time outside of the fictional events of the 1984 classic movie musical Muppets Take Manhattan, the real, live, felt-and-blood Muppets are coming to Broadway. There are so many possibilities for what a live Muppet Broadway show could look like: a Muppet Show-style musical revue!
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fromwww.amny.com
1 month ago

Public Theater announces complete casting for New York premiere of The Other Americans' | amNewYork

A Colombian-American laundromat owner in 1990s Queens confronts family, racial identity, and a dark past when his son returns from a mental hospital.
Music
fromVulture
1 month ago

Audra McDonald Says a Fan Followed Her Home From Gypsy

Respecting actors' boundaries is crucial for their safety and mental health. Following them home is unacceptable behavior.
fromPitchfork
1 month ago

Tom Waits Shares Tribute to Longtime Collaborator Robert Wilson

Over 40 years of loving Bob and still he astounds. His vodka paintbrush of absurdity, vaudeville, heartbreak and forgiveness and imagination of the infinite is still wet and painting backdrops backwards behind the Mirror into the wee hours of the morning of his opening night! We will always be suspended in his orbit.
Music
US news
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

A musical about bigotry arrives at a Kennedy Center transformed by Trump

The national tour of the musical Parade addresses the historical antisemitism highlighted by the trial of Leo Frank during a contemporary homophobic backlash.
#shakespeare
SF music
fromFuncheap
1 month ago

Free Shakespeare in the Park 2025 in Downtown SF (Sept. 13-21)

Free Shakespeare in the Park presents "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" with no tickets required, running weekends from September 13-21, 2023.
SF music
fromFuncheap
1 month ago

Free Shakespeare in the Park 2025 in Downtown SF (Sept. 13-21)

Free production of 'The Two Gentlemen of Verona' showcases themes of exploration, love, and self-invention.
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
1 month ago

'Them': Life in a city under siege * Oregon ArtsWatch

Before the play begins, the duo Acoustic Pilgrims play Middle Eastern music while three young men are on stage, laughing, sharing a joint, and dancing, yet two of them hold rifles.
Portland
California
fromwww.nytimes.com
1 month ago

The Eaton Fire Destroyed Their School. They Created a New Wonderland Onstage.

Children engaged in theater rehearsals to find normalcy despite the devastation from the Eaton fire that destroyed their school and community.
SF LGBT
fromwww.eastbaytimes.com
1 month ago

Curtain Calls: Big Scary Animals' examines shifting generational beliefs in Point Richmond

Big Scary Animals explores race, sex, and generational beliefs in a dinner conversation between neighbors in a gay neighborhood.
#comedy
fromFuncheap
1 month ago
SF music

$5 Off: "The Ritual" Comedy Show in The Mission (SF)

A unique comedy show features improvised performances and audience participation through storytelling.
fromFuncheap
1 month ago
SF music

$5 Off: "The Ritual" Comedy Show in The Mission (SF)

The Ritual comedy show combines dark humor and audience participation by sharing personal stories.
SF LGBT
fromKALTBLUT Magazine
1 month ago

Dive into the Depths: Experience UNDERWORLD: ABYSS, a Queer Eco Cabaret - KALTBLUT Magazine

UNDERWORLD: ABYSS is a cabaret that portrays a queer underwater universe through the story of a squid and a crab facing impending doom.
SF music
fromFuncheap
1 month ago

Immersive Theater of Cuban Stories "Two Sisters + a Piano" (Opening Weekend)

Art serves as a powerful form of resistance against governmental oppression.
fromFuncheap
1 month ago

Immersive Theater of Cuban Stories "Two Sisters + a Piano" (Aug 15-31)

The story focuses on two sisters under house arrest in Havana in 1991, using their art as a form of resistance against an oppressive government. This narrative highlights themes of resilience, love, and creativity amidst censorship.
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London music
fromIndependent
1 month ago

Laura Whitmore: 'For my own mental health, it's good to have boundaries'

Laura Whitmore emphasizes the need for breaks and personal boundaries in her career after extensive theater work.
SF music
fromFuncheap
1 month ago

$5 Off: "Memoir" Contemporary Circus Show in Chinatown (Aug. 15-16)

Memoir is a unique original theatrical work combining contemporary circus with narrative that explores themes of memory and self-realization.
SF music
fromFuncheap
1 month ago

Immersive Theater of Cuban Stories 'Two Sisters + a Piano' (Aug 15-31)

Two sisters in Havana resist oppression through their art while under house arrest.
Film
fromThe Mercury News
1 month ago

Bay Area native soars as ruthless tycoon in HBO series

Morgan Spector's early experiences in local theater profoundly influenced his acting career.
Television
fromVulture
1 month ago

Audra McDonald on Going From Momma Rose to The Gilded Age's 'Mama Bear'

Audra McDonald transforms Dorothy into a central character in season three, confronting social tensions and family dynamics.
NYC music
fromwww.amny.com
1 month ago

amBroadway | August off-Broadway roundup | amNewYork

Rolling Thunder musical revisits the Vietnam War through diverse voices and iconic music, blending energy with storytelling.
Film
fromVulture
1 month ago

Dead Outlaws, From Hollywood Queen to Country Lawyer

Ava Gardner, facing financial struggles, reluctantly agrees to write a memoir, highlighting her complex relationship with fame.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Review: City Lights goes Head Over Heels' with Go-Go's musical

The production joyfully embraces its quirky, farcical narrative based on The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia, paired with early-1980s music from The Go-Go's.
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#hamilton
fromwww.london-unattached.com
1 month ago

Every Brilliant Thing opens @sohoplace

"In Every Brilliant Thing, the child tries to encourage his mother to re-engage with life by leaving notes containing a list of everything that makes life worth living."
Film
fromUntapped New York
1 month ago

A Guide to the Real-Life NYC Locations in Hamilton

The book is divided into six chapters: locations in New York City, other locations of note connected to Alexander Hamilton in the city, Hamilton-related things to do in the city, Hamilton locations in New Jersey, Hamilton locations elsewhere (like Philadelphia, Albany, Yorktown, even England), and suggested itineraries to take it all in.
New York City
#immigration
Artificial intelligence
fromSURFACE
1 month ago

Doris Duke Theater Reopens in the Berkshires, and Other News - SURFACE

Doris Duke Theater at Jacob's Pillow enhances artistic flexibility and inclusivity through its state-of-the-art design.
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
1 month ago

DramaWatch: Portand's loss, Astoria's gain * Oregon ArtsWatch

Ten Fifteen Theater, a nonprofit community theater in Astoria, stages thought-provoking shows for local audiences. It primarily targets adults and recently featured productions like 'Macbeth' and 'AGAIN! The Act of Perfection,' a story by local artist Marco Davis.
SF music
#improv
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fromArtforum
2 months ago

Robert Wilson (1941-2025)

Robert Wilson, a pioneering theater artist known for his innovative techniques, died on July 31 at the age of eighty-three.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Japan: Girl Meets War

Shurina, a 15-year-old student, is transformed when she is cast as a kamikaze pilot in a World War II play, directed by her piano teacher.
Film
fromPitchfork
2 months ago

Robert Wilson, Boundary-Pushing Playwright and Director Who Collaborated with Philip Glass, Tom Waits, and Lady Gaga, Dies at 83

"I was interested in observing life as it is and how that was special. Someone baking bread or making a salad or simply sipping tea is what I found interesting."
Film
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Jesus Christ Superstar review Cynthia Erivo leads rousing LA revival

Cynthia Erivo's performance in 'Jesus Christ Superstar' captivates audiences, transitioning from uncertainty to a powerful portrayal of despair as Jesus.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Consumed review mothers and daughters clash in Women's prize for playwriting winner

Karis Kelly's play, awarded the Women's Prize for Playwriting in 2022, masterfully captures a family’s reunion in Northern Ireland, focusing solely on the women present. The narrative navigates humor and pain through rich character dynamics and familial tensions, particularly expressed through the matriarch Eileen and her daughters Gilly and Jenny, each grappling with inherited traumas while humorously confronting their pasts.
Film
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fromwww.eastbaytimes.com
1 month ago

Curtain Calls: Shotgun Players' The Magnolia Ballet' extended through Aug. 16 in Berkeley

The Magnolia Ballet, featuring a Black gay teen's journey, has been extended through Aug. 16 at Ashby Stage.
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

How to Make a Movie House with John Wilson

John Wilson, a filmmaker, opened Low Cinema, a small theater in Queens, with a focus on showing familiar Hollywood films, starting with a double feature of 'Two Weeks Notice' and a 1903 short.
Fashion & style
SF music
from48 hills
2 months ago

BIG WEEK: Dolly Parton's Symphony, Portola lineup, Sun Ra Arkestra, Amazing Acro-Cats... - 48 hills

Portola 2025 announced its stage lineup featuring top dance music artists for September 20 and 21.
SF music
fromThe Mercury News
2 months ago

South Bay playwright, director find 'really cool starting off point' for collaboration

Jeffrey Lo and Christopher Oscar Peña grew up just blocks apart in East San Jose and are now collaborating on the play 'malcriados'.
Django
fromIndependent
2 months ago

Tom Vaughan-Lawlor: 'I was so vulnerable and needy and so broke and I was so emotional that he had faith in me'

Tom Vaughan-Lawlor transitions from Hollywood blockbusters back to stage performances in Dublin.
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