San Francisco Playhouse, Aaron Loeb, Jonathan Moscone, World premiere, Lauren English, Anthony Fusco, Sharon Shao, plays, local theater, theater review Chad Jones 8/15/26 San Francisco Playhouse, Aaron Loeb, Jonathan Moscone, World premiere, Lauren English, Anthony Fusco, Sharon Shao, plays, local theater, theater review Chad Jones 8/15/26

There’s definitely a return on Loeb’s chilling ‘Investment’

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Thrilling new workplace drama emerges from ‘Employee Handbook’

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New musicals don’t come any more delicious than Berkeley Rep’s ‘Lunchbox’

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Erratic composition mars ACT’s ‘||: GIRLS :||: CHANCE :||: MUSIC :||’

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How the Bard (and Biggie) saved a young person’s life

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‘Exiles’ time travels through the immigrant experience

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New ‘Little Women’ delights at TheatreWorks

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TheatreWorks musical ‘Jimmy Dean’ is heartfelt, hummable

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ACT’s ‘Co-Founders’ confounds and delights

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Matilda Lawler gives “Jellyfish” its sting

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ACT’s “Whynot Christmas Carol” is a why? why? why? NOT!

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Galileo discovered more of the universe. Let’s keep discovering new work for the theater

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American Conservatory ..., BD Wong, Jomar Tagatac, Kate Attwell, Michael Phillis, Pam MacKinnon, plays, theater review, World premiere 2/24/24 American Conservatory ..., BD Wong, Jomar Tagatac, Kate Attwell, Michael Phillis, Pam MacKinnon, plays, theater review, World premiere 2/24/24

Big, scary ideas amid laughs in ACT's Big Data

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Amber Iman, American Conservatory ..., Camille A- Brown, Dominique Morisseau, Kamilah Forbes, musicals, Quentin Earl Darrington, theater review, World premiere 9/7/23 Amber Iman, American Conservatory ..., Camille A- Brown, Dominique Morisseau, Kamilah Forbes, musicals, Quentin Earl Darrington, theater review, World premiere 9/7/23

Love, peace, soul fill ACT's joyous Hippest Trip

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Ari'el Stachel floods the Berkeley Rep stage with Character

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Ashley Rodbro, Bree Lowdermilk, Kait Kerrigan, Lauren Gunderson, local theater, musicals, theater review, World premiere, Marin Theatre 2/22/23 Ashley Rodbro, Bree Lowdermilk, Kait Kerrigan, Lauren Gunderson, local theater, musicals, theater review, World premiere, Marin Theatre 2/22/23

At Marin Theatre Company, these Supremes sing of Justice

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Brian Copeland zeroes in on single parenting in Grandma & Me

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Berkeley Repertory The..., Christina Anderson, Goodman Theatre, Jackson Gay, plays, theater review, World premiere 9/15/22 Berkeley Repertory The..., Christina Anderson, Goodman Theatre, Jackson Gay, plays, theater review, World premiere 9/15/22

ripple makes waves at Berkeley Rep

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Amber Iman, Berkeley Repertory The..., Darrell Grand Moultrie, Jocelyn Bioh, Michael Thurber, musicals, Saheem Ali, theater review, World premiere 8/25/22 Amber Iman, Berkeley Repertory The..., Darrell Grand Moultrie, Jocelyn Bioh, Michael Thurber, musicals, Saheem Ali, theater review, World premiere 8/25/22

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Ant-os in your Pantos: A lively English tradition comes to SF

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