San Francisco Theater Reviews

Review: LET THE RIGHT ONE IN at Berkeley Repertory Theatre
by Steve Murray - May 25, 2023

What did our critic think of LET THE RIGHT ONE IN at Berkeley Repertory Theatre?...

Review: THE CONFESSIONS OF LILY DARE at New Conservatory Theatre Center
by Steve Murray - May 22, 2023

What did our critic think of THE CONFESSIONS OF LILY DARE at New Conservatory Theatre Center?...

Review: THE NI¿¿ER LOVERS at Magic Theatre
by Steve Murray - May 22, 2023

What did our critic think of THE NI¿¿ER LOVERS at Magic Theatre?...

Review: Sara Toby Moore Presents ATOMIC COMIC at Z Space
by Steve Murray - May 15, 2023

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Review: CHINGLISH at SF Playhouse
by Steve Murray - May 12, 2023

What did our critic think of CHINGLISH at SF Playhouse? SF Playhouse is all in with their take on Tony Award winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist David Henry Hwang's Chinglish: stylish set and lighting, excellent direction, and a strong ensemble cast. While there's plenty of comic moments in Hwang's s...

Review: WHERE DID WE SIT ON THE BUS? at Marin Theatre Company
by Steve Murray - May 10, 2023

What did our critic think of WHERE DID WE SIT ON THE BUS? at Marin Theatre Company?...

Review: PRETTY WOMAN - THE MUSICAL at Orpheum Theatre
by Steve Murray - April 27, 2023

What did our critic think of PRETTY WOMAN - THE MUSICAL at Orpheum Theatre?...

Review: ROMEO & JULIET at San Francisco Ballet Concludes the Season on a Gloriously Romantic High Note
by Jim Munson - April 28, 2023

What did our critic think of ROMEO & JULIET at San Francisco Ballet? BroadwayWorld reviews San Francisco Ballet's gloriously romantic 'Romeo & Juliet' running through April 30th....

Review: LOCUSTS HAVE NO KING at New Conservatory Theatre Center
by Steve Murray - April 21, 2023

What did our critic think of LOCUSTS HAVE NO KING at New Conservatory Theatre Center?...

Review: POOR YELLA REDNECKS, VIETGONE 2 at A.C.T. Strand
by Steve Murray - April 14, 2023

What did our critic think of POOR YELLA REDNECKS, VIETGONE 2 at A.C.T. Strand? Oh boy! The second installment of Qui Nguyen's autobiographical Vietgone trilogy is just as exciting, creative, and rewarding as the original produced by A.C.T five years ago. Returning director Jaime Castañeda and compos...

Review: COME FROM AWAY at Golden Gate Theatre
by Steve Murray - April 13, 2023

What did our critic think of COME FROM AWAY at Golden Gate Theatre? War, mass shootings, transphobia, book banning, persistent antisemitism. We're bombarded by daily horrors, desensitizing us to brutality and injustices. Thankfully, we have a brief but joyous respite in the touring production of Ire...

Review: A DISTINCT SOCIETY at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
by Steve Murray - April 10, 2023

What did our critic think of A DISTINCT SOCIETY at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley?...

Review: SWEAT at Center Rep
by Steve Murray - April 10, 2023

What did our critic think of SWEAT at Center Rep? In 2008, two recent parolees dread meeting each other on the outside. Jason is white Aryan tattooed and full of shame, Chris, repentant and newly religious. They share a crime that will slowly be revealed through flashbacks of their friendship as co-...

Review: ENGLISH at Berkeley Rep Shows How Language Runs Deeper Than Just Words
by Jim Munson - April 10, 2023

What did our critic think of ENGLISH at Berkeley Rep? BroadwayWorld reviews Sanaz Toossi's beguilingly serious comedy running through May 7th....

Review: ENGLISH at Berkeley Repertory Theatre
by Steve Murray - April 09, 2023

What did our critic think of ENGLISH at Berkeley Repertory Theatre?...

Review: TRIUMPH OF LOVE at Shotgun Players
by Steve Murray - April 05, 2023

What did our critic think of TRIUMPH OF LOVE at Shotgun Players? Founding Artistic Director Patrick Dooley has a huge hit on his hands with a superb production of Pierre De Marivaux's 18th century three-act romantic comedy. A flop in 1732 due to the inappropriateness of the gender-bending love trian...

Review: MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG at 42nd Street Moon
by Steve Murray - March 27, 2023

What did our critic think of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG at 42nd Street Moon? Kudos to 42nd Street Moon for tackling Sondheim's challenging Merrily We Roll Along, a flop when introduced in 1981 but consistently reworked through the years to its present popularity (a Broadway run and film in the works)....

Review: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF at Golden Gate Theatre
by Steve Murray - March 24, 2023

What did our critic think of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF at Golden Gate Theatre? By the time this review posts, this phenomenal touring production of ten-time Tony award winning Fiddler on the Roof will have packed up the shtetl and hit the road after a too brief 8-show run. Unfortunate for those who could ...

Review: A MUSICAL CONVERSATION ABOUT STEPHEN SONDHEIM Sheds New Light on the Composer's Genius
by Jim Munson - March 22, 2023

What did our critic think of A MUSICAL CONVERSATION ABOUT STEPHEN SONDHEIM at Hershey Felder Presents? BroadwayWorld reviews pianist-actor Hershey Felder's fascinating and entertaining new film exploring the composer's genius....

Review: FANNIE - THE MUSIC AND LIFE OF FANNIE LOU HAMER at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
by Steve Murray - March 19, 2023

What did our critic think of FANNIE - THE MUSIC AND LIFE OF FANNIE LOU HAMER at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley?...

Review: CLUE at SF Playhouse
by Steve Murray - March 17, 2023

What did our critic think of CLUE at SF Playhouse?...

Review: THE COLORS OF DANCE at San Francisco Ballet Is Truly a Thing of Beauty
by Jim Munson - March 16, 2023

What did our critic think of THE COLORS OF DANCE at San Francisco Ballet? BroadwayWorld reviews SFB's 'The Colors of Dance,' a gorgeous new program of 3 contemporary ballets running through March 19th at the War Memorial Opera House....

Review: GISELLE at San Francisco Ballet Casts an Otherworldly Spell
by Jim Munson - February 28, 2023

What did our critic think of GISELLE at San Francisco Ballet? BroadwayWorld reviews SFB's stunning production of 'Giselle,' a classic ballet that still has the power to startle and move us, running through March 5th at the War Memorial Opera House....

Review: SIX at Orpheum Theatre
by Steve Murray - February 23, 2023

What did our critic think of SIX at Orpheum Theatre? Six wives, six women, six individual stories all bonded by marriage to Henry VIII. Playwrights Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss explore each woman from their perspectives through a boisterous musical score mirroring easily recognizable contemporary pop a...

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