‘A corset for your crotch’: What it’s like to fly like Peter Pan

In “Peter Pan Goes Wrong” at San Francisco Playhouse, actors must be safe while looking plausibly unsafe. Our theater critic tried out their flying routine.

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‘North by Northwest’ review: ACT proves you can ruin a Hitchock masterpiece

Emma Rice’s stage adaptation of the 1959 film ends with a bunch of garbage-fire choices.

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Getting into a UC has become harder. This book explains why

Miriam Pawel’s “California Dreams: The Making and Remaking of the University of California” makes a history of the state’s crown jewel into an epic.

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They left San Francisco’s edgy theaters for the Presidio. Here’s why

Adam Maggio and Liam Vincent have taken leadership posts at the recently renovated, 612-seat venue abutting the Main Post Parade Ground Lawn.

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Why Bay Area theater’s latest casting trend feels refreshingly normal

New Conservatory Theatre Center’s “Little Shop of Horrors” and Center Repertory Company’s “The Glass Menagerie” offer new interpretative riches, thanks to trans stars.

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San Francisco’s golf courses are draining millions — and barely anyone plays on them

The city loses $4.9 million a year subsidizing six sprawling golf courses used by a shrinking number of players. In a housing-starved city, that’s a tough sell.

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Review: Crowded Fire's 'Manning' is quietly stunning theater

The West Coast premiere about a grieving father and his sons is among the gentlest works of Bay Area theater in recent memory.

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This Bay Area ‘Glass Menagerie’ has a great idea. Too bad the rest is such a slog

Center Rep’s production of Tennessee Williams’ “The Glass Menagerie” is in love with its own lugubriousness, theater critic Lily Janiak writes.

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Datebook Intern, Summer 2027

The San Francisco Chronicle is seeking to create a pipeline for the next generation of arts journalists. The position will be based with Datebook, our guide to arts, entertainment and culture in the B...

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Beloved former ACT employee dies following tragic accident

As American Conservatory Theater’s company manager, Dianne Prichard took care of stars including Olympia Dukakis, Bill Irwin and David Strathairn.

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The Bay Area’s must-see actors, according to our theater critic

These standout actors should be considered essential viewing — no matter what show they’re in.

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Berkeley Rep’s ‘The Cook’ brings Cuba’s revolution into the kitchen

In Eduardo Machado’s 2003 play, director David Mendizábal excels at ratcheting exchanges toward emotional climaxes.

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From ‘Oh, Mary!’ to ‘King Lear’: Nine Bay Area shows to see this fall

Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Epic Party Theatre and Oakland Theater Project are must-visit destinations this fall.

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‘Antony and Cleopatra’ is Shakespeare that leaves you wanting more

Director Katja Rivera has assembled one of the finest San Francisco Shakespeare Festival casts in recent memory.

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S.F. is building housing for artists. Now it has to decide who gets it

San Francisco is creating a formal process to determine who qualifies as an artist, a new certification required for city residents hoping to live in this affordable housing development.

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This 98-year-old Bay Area theater could soon have a surprising new owner

The three-year-old church Legendary Movement entered escrow on the El Campanil Theatre in Antioch on Aug. 12.

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S.F.’s new Gold Rush immersive experience deserves to come back next year. Here’s why

In the hands of Red Barn Productions, Pier 35 looks like a San Francisco prospector’s version of the Mall of America.

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Oasis is back from the brink, and its outrageous new show proves why S.F. needs it

Written and directed by D’Arcy Drollinger, this spoof of disaster movies — featuring a tsunami, a plane crash, a meteor and more — excels in little in-between moments.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene is headed to S.F.’s Golden Gate Theatre to face off with Andrew Yang

“It’s Up for Debate,” moderated by Charlie Rose, brings a markedly different political voice to the Golden Gate stage.

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Lena Dunham, Carly Rae Jepsen, Christopher Wheeldon to adapt ‘10 Things I Hate About You’ into a musical

The 1999 teen rom-com is a millennial mainstay, featuring whip-smart dialogue studded with SAT vocabulary.

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Review: Julius Caesar can’t save Marin Shakespeare’s ‘Julius Caesar’

The best part of Marin Shakespeare Company’s production of Shakespeare’s tragedy is its wildly inventive take on the Roman leader himself.

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The most feral performances in the Bay Area right now are in ‘Orpheus Descending’

In Oakland Theater Project’s production of Tennessee Williams’ play, two actors are terrifying precisely because of how recognizable they are.

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‘R.O.I.’ is a wicked-smart San Francisco play about greed, tech and the limits of capitalism

At San Francisco Playhouse, Aaron Loeb’s script about VCs and a start-up founder is wicked-smart, gutting and LOL-inducing.

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Trump’s name is going back on the Kennedy Center. The wall has thoughts

The latest drama with the Kennedy Center exterior put the Chronicle in mind of another famous wall: the one in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

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Video: Inside the massive effort to build an immersive Gold Rush-era San Francisco at Pier 35

San Francisco Historium Spotlight brings an immersive Gold Rush district with 100 performers and the Matthew Turner to Pier 35 for only two days.

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San Francisco artist’s fake AI chatbot goes viral — because it’s actually human

A San Francisco poet’s fake AI billboard went viral by routing users to a very human chatbot and sparking real conversations.

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