Past Reviews

Regional Reviews: San Francisco

San Francisco/North Bay 2019-2020 Season Schedules

42nd Street Moon | 6th Street Playhouse | African-American Shakespeare Company | Altarena Playhouse | American Conservatory Theatre | Aurora Theatre Company | B Street Theatre | Bay Area Musicals | Berkeley Playhouse | Berkeley Repertory Theatre | Broadway Sacramento California Shakespeare Theater | Center REPertory Company | Central Works | Cinnabar Theater | Contra Costa Civic Theatre | Contra Costa Musical Theatre | Curran Theatre | Custom Made Theatre Co. | Cutting Ball Theater | Left Edge Theatre | Lucky Penny Productions | The Magic Theatre | Main Stage West | Marin Shakespeare Company | Marin Theatre Company | The Marsh | Mountain Play Association | Music Circus | Napa Valley Theater | New Conservatory Theatre Center | Novato Theater Company | Raven Theater | Ray of Light Theatre | Ross Valley Players | Sacramento Theatre Company | San Francisco Playhouse | SHN: Broadway In San Francisco | Shotgun Players | Sonoma Arts Live | Spreckels Theatre Company | Theatre Rhinoceros | Ubuntu Theater Project | Z Space | Season schedule for San Jose/Silicon Valley


42nd Street Moon
415-255-8207

Merrily We Roll Along
The musical
Postponed to 2020-2021 season

Merrily We Roll Along
The 1934 play
Postponed to 2020-2021 season

The Pajama Game
August 19, 2020 - September 6, 2020
Gateway Theatre

Wonderful Town
2022

My Sister Eileen
2022


6th Street Playhouse
52 W 6th St, Santa Rosa CA
707-523-4185

The Legend of Georgia McBride
Postponed to 2020-2021 season

Hair
Postponed to 2020-2021 season


African-American Shakespeare Company
762 Fulton Street, San Francisco CA
800-838-3006

Private Lives
Fall 2020


Altarena Playhouse
1409 High St, Alameda CA
510-523-1553

The Quality of Life
Postponed

Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
August 14, 2020 - September 13, 2020

A Nice Family Gathering
October 16, 2020 - November 15, 2020


American Conservatory Theatre
Geary Theatre, 401 Geary St, San Francisco | Strand Theatre, Market Street, San Francisco
415-749-2250

TBA


Aurora Theatre Company
2081 Addison Street, Berkeley
510-843-4822

TBA
Starts September 4

Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye
November 6, 2020 - TBA

Cry It Out
January 22, 2021 - TBA

The Island
April 2, 2021 - TBA

Father/Daughter
World premiere
By Kait Kerrigan
May 7, 2021 - TBA
Harry's UpStage

Three Tall Women
June 18, 2021 - TBA


B Street Theatre
2711 B Street Sacramento
916-443-5300

Proclivity for Kiting
June 9, 2020 - July 19, 2020

Straight White Men
July 28, 2020 - September 6, 2020

Gift of the Magi
December 5, 2020 - December 27, 2020

Lovers And Executioners
September 15, 2020 - October 25, 2020

Cricket on the Hearth
November 17, 2020 - December 27, 2020

Thrills on the Hill
January 5, 2021 - February 14, 2021


Bay Area Musicals
Alcazar Theater, 650 Geary Street, San Francisco CA and
Victoria Theater, 2961 16th Street, San Francisco CA
415-340-2207

TBA


Berkeley Playhouse
2640 College Ave, Berkeley CA
510-845-8542

TBA


Berkeley Repertory Theatre
2015 Addison Street, Berkeley CA
510-647-2949

Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin
Streaming in May 2020

Swept Away
World premiere
Book by John Logan; Music and lyrics by The Avett Brothers
TBA


Broadway Sacramento
Broadway on Tour
1301 L Street, Sacramento CA
916-557-1999

Come from Away
Postponed

Escape to Margaritaville
September 8, 2020 - September 13, 2020


Center REPertory Company
1601 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek
925-943-7469

The Devil's Music
The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith
Postponed to 2020-2021 season

Pride and Prejudice
Postponed to 2020-2021 season

In the Heights
Postponed to 2020-2021 season


Central Works
2315 Durant Ave., Berkeley CA
510-558-1381

Queen Mair
Postponed to 2021

The Scandalous Confessions
July 11, 2020 - August 9, 2020
Subject to change

Bystanders
October 17, 2020 - November 15, 2020 Subject to change


Cinnabar Theater
3333 Petaluma Boulevard North, Petaluma CA
707-763-8920

How I Learned to Drive
Postponed to 2020-2021 season


Contra Costa Civic Theatre
961 Pomona Ave, El Cerrito CA

Crowns
July 10, 2020 - August 9, 2020

Anton in Show Business
Spring 2021


Contra Costa Musical Theatre
1620 Civic Center, Walnut Creek
925-210-0268

TBA


Curran Theatre
445 Geary St, San Francisco CA
415-358-1220

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Postponed


Custom Made Theatre Co.
533 Sutter St. (at Powell), San Francisco
415-798-2768

TBA


Cutting Ball Theater
277 Taylor St, San Francisco CA
415-525-1205

Cyrano
Postponed to Spring 2021


Left Edge Theatre
50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa CA
707-546-3600

Small Mouth Sounds
June 5, 2020 - June 28, 2020
Live or live streaming via Zoom


Lucky Penny Productions
1758 Industrial Way, Napa CA
707-266-6305

TBA


The Magic Theatre
Ft. Mason Center, 2 Marina Blvd, San Francisco CA
415-441-8822

Monument, or Four Sisters (A Sloth Play)
World premiere
TBA

The Kind Ones
World premiere
TBA

The Broken Machine!
World premiere
TBA

Virgin Play Festival
TBA


Main Stage West
104 N Main St, Sebastopol CA
707-823-0177

TBA


Marin Shakespeare Company
Forest Meadows Amphitheatre, Dominican University of California, 890 Belle Ave, San Rafael CA
415-499-4488

TBA


Marin Theatre Company
Boyer Theatre, Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Avenue, Mill Valley CA
415-388-5208

TBA


The Marsh
1062 Valencia Street, San Francisco; and 2120 Allison Street, Berkeley
415-641-0235

See website


Mountain Play Association
415-383-1100

TBA


Music Circus
Wells Fargo Pavilion, 1419 H Street, Sacramento CA
916-557-1999

TBA


Napa Valley Theater
Napa Valley College Performing Arts Center, 2277 Napa Vallejo Hwy, Napa CA
707-256-7500

TBA


New Conservatory Theatre Center
25 Van Ness, San Francisco
415-861-8972

Skintight
September 18, 2020 - October 18, 2020

The Hour of Great Mercy
October 23, 2020 - November 29, 2020

Hedwig and the Angry Inch
December 4, 2020 - January 10, 2021

The Law of Attraction
January 15, 2021 - February 21, 2021

The Glass Menagerie
March 5, 2021 - April 4, 2021

I Am Another You
April 2, 2021 - May 9, 2021

The Confession of Lily Dare
May 14, 2021 - June 13, 2021


Novato Theater Company
Novato Theater Company, 5420 Nave Drive, Suite C, Novato CA
415-883-4498
TBA


Raven Theater
115 North Street, Healdsburg CA
707-433-6335

Mamma Mia!
June 19, 2020 - July 5, 2020


Ray of Light Theatre
Victoria Theatre, 2961 16th Street, San Francisco

Lizzie in Concert
Summer 2020
One night only

Heathers: The Musical
October 30, 2020 - November 21, 2020
Z Space, San Francisco

20th Anniversary Gala Concert
Spring/Summer 2021


Ross Valley Players
Marin Art and Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross CA
415-456-9555

Ripcord
2020-2021 season


Sacramento Theatre Company
916-443-6722

TBA


San Francisco Playhouse
450 Post Street, San Francisco
415-677-9596

The Ferryman
2020-2021 season

Oliver!
2020-2021 season

Art
2020-2021 season

American Son
2020-2021 season

A Chorus Line
2020-2021 season


SHN: Broadway In San Francisco
Orpheum Theatre| Golden Gate Theatre
888-746-1799

The Band's Visit
Postponed

Spamilton: An American Parody
Postponed

Mean Girls
Postponed

My Fair Lady
Postponed

Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire In Concert
Postponed

Oklahoma!
October 6, 2020 - November 1, 2020

Ain't Too Proud
December 1, 2020 - January 3, 2021

Hadestown
February 2, 2021 - February 28, 2021

The Cher Show
April 27, 2021 - May 23, 2021

Moulin Rouge! The Musical
July 7, 2021 - October 10, 2021

To Kill a Mockingbird
August 24, 2021 - September 19, 2021

The Prom
September 21, 2021 - October 17, 2021


Shotgun Players
1901 Ashby Ave, Berkeley
510-841-6500

Quack
July 10, 2020 - August 9, 2020

The Niceties
August 27, 2020 - September 27, 2020

Citizen Brain
October 15, 2020 - November 15, 2020

Passing Strange
December 10, 2020 - January 10, 2021


Sonoma Arts Live
Andrews Hall, Sonoma Community Center, 276 East Napa Street, Sonoma CA
866-710-8942

The Taffetas
September 11, 2020 - September 27, 2020


Spreckels Theatre Company
5409 Snyder Ln, Rohnert Park CA
707-588-3400

TBA


Theatre Rhinoceros
Performances at Spark Arts, 4229 18th Street in The Castro, unless noted
415-552-4100

TBA


Ubuntu Theater Project
510-646-1126

Skin of Civility
World premiere
by Philip Kan Gotanda
June 4, 2020 - June 28, 2020

Florissant & Canfield
World premiere
by Kristiana Rae Colón
August 28, 2020 - September 27, 2020

Moby Dick
World premiere
by Erik Ehn
October 9, 2020 - November 8, 2020

A Christmas Carol
World premiere
by Caridad Svich, inspired by Charles Dickens
November 20, 2020 - December 20, 2020


Z Space
450 Florida Street, San Francisco CA
415-626-0453

TBA


Please note that dates may change unexpectedly - always check with the theater before making plans.


- Updated 5/13/20. Questions and comments can be emailed to the Editor


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