Lyrical, thought provoking and poignant, the current show from A.C.T. at the Geary Theater is the moving play, Father Comes Home From the Wa

Get ready to go-go mad for Head Over Heels, the new Go-Go’s musical currently running a pre-Broadway engagement at San Francisco’s Curran Th

Finding Neverland is a lovely show, packed with heart and exhilarating numbers about the power of imagination. It also has almost nothing to

The Bridges of Madison County is a fine show. There are some downsides and some redeeming aspects. Musically and emotionally, it cannot comp

How well can you ever truly know someone? That is the question at the core of A.C.T.’s current show, Heisenberg. Overall, it’s a good play.

Skeleton Crew is an intimate look at everyday people, which focuses on the specifics of the auto industry during the recession while highlig

Love Never Dies is Andrew Lloyd Webber’s absurd sequel to his classic musical, The Phantom of the Opera. The plot is ridiculous, it takes pl

Vietgone is pretty good, but its unwillingness to delve into its most poignant moments stops the show from being a great one. The show is fu

Weightless, is fundamentally different than anything else you’re going to see right now. It’s a rock concert and a touching small-stage prod

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic, The King and I, has waltzed into San José and stolen its audience’s hearts. With the world and country se

Jill Vice’s newest one-woman show, A Fatal Step, is an entertaining night out. Vice’s funny characterizations are wonderfully silly and remi

Sweet, interesting and thought provoking, Alabama Story is exactly the kind of show you want from a small local theater. Now playing at City

Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party is consistently ranked in the top 100 plays of the 20th century. Often it’s in the top 20. That does not

Don Reed’s autobiographical one-man show will have you giggling from the first moment to the last punch line. In a brilliant mix of verbal a

Hershey Felder’s Our Great Tchaikovsky is a feast for the eyes and the ears. The set is gorgeous, the music is amazing and Felder’s performa

The show is still in the rough stages and has a long way to go, but the core of the story Anderson tells is worth seeing. As it stands, the

42nd Street Moon’s production of The Secret Garden is very well sung, costumed and performed. Unfortunately, it seems to have overstretched

If you’re going to see a production of A Christmas Carol in the Bay Area this year, it ought to be from A.C.T. Its annual production is a tr

TheatreWorks’ production of David Sedaris’ sarcastic show, The Santaland Diaries, is fabulous. If you’re not already familiar with the one-m

The Los Altos Theatre Company’s Christmas show this year is rough. The tickets are a good deal for a live performance, but the show is weak