Talkin' Broadway Regional News & Reviews: San Francisco

2011-2012 Theatre Season
Updated May 5, 2012

42nd STREET MOON
415-255-8207

What a Swell Party! The Cole Porter Salon
September 15, 2011
Nymph Errant
October 5 - October 23, 2011
Oh Kay!
November 2 - November 20, 2011
Three Sisters
November 30 - December 18, 2011
The Best of Times: The Jerry Herman Salon
January 26, 2012
Sugar
April 4 - April 22, 2012
Zorba
May 2 - May 20, 2012
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Of Thee I Sing
October 3-21, 2012
Carnelina
October 31 - November 18, 2012
Pal Joey
November 28 - December 16, 2012
Carnival
April 3-21, 2013
Little Me
May 1-19, 2012
Salon Evening
Baby, It's Cold Outside! - The Frank Loesser Salon
January 31, 2013

ACTORS THEATRE OF SAN FRANCISCO
415-296-9179

American Buffalo
July 29 - September 3, 2011

AMERICAN CONSERVATORY
THEATRE

Once in a Lifetime
September 22 - October 16, 2011
Race
October 21 - November 13, 2011
A Christmas Carol
December 1 - December 24, 2011
Humor Abuse
January 12 - February 5, 2012
Scorched
February 16 - March 11, 2012
Higher
by Carey Perloff
World Premiere at the Zeum Theatre
February 1 - February 18, 2012
Maple and Vine
March 29 - April 22, 2012
Twelfth Night
May 10 - June 10, 2012
The Scottsboro Boys
June 12 - July 15, 2012

AURORA THEATRE COMPANY
510-843-4822

A Delicate Balance
September 2 - October 9, 2011
The Soldier Tale
November 11 - December 11, 2011
Body Awareness
January 27, 2011 - March 4, 2012
Anatol
World Premiere
by Arthur Schnitzer
April 6 - May 13, 2012
Salomania
World Premiere
Written and directed by Mark Jackson
June 15 - July 22, 2012
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The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
August 24 - September 30, 2012
Wilder Times
A Collection of short plays by Thornton Wilder
November 2 - December 9, 2012
Our Practical Heaven
World Premiere
by Anthony Clarvoe
January 25 - March 3, 2013
The Arsonists
April 5 - May 12, 2013

This is How It Goes
June 14 - July 21, 2013

B STREET THEATRE
916-443-5300

TBA

BERKELEY PLAYHOUSE
510-845-8542

Lucky Duck
April 12 - May 13, 2012
The Sound of Music
October 27 - December 2, 2012
Guys and Dolls
March 23- April 28, 2013
Disney's Mulan Jr
July 13 - August 25, 2013
New Works Showcase
Thumbelina
World Premiere
Book by Jon Tracy
Music by Phil Gorman
May 10, 11, 12, 2013

BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE
510-647-2949

Rita Moreno: Life Without Makeup
World Premiere
Written by Tony Toccone
September 2 - October 30, 2011
How to Write a New Book from the Bible
World Premiere
Written by Bill Cain
October 7 - November 20, 2011
The Wild Ride
By Knee High Theatre Group
American Premiere
December 2, 2011 - January 1, 2012
Ghost Light
World Premiere
Conceived and developed by Jonathan Moscone and Tony Toccone
January 6 - February 19, 2012
A Doctor In Spite of Himself
World Premiere
Written by Moliere
Adapted by Christopher Bayes and Steven Epp
February 10 - March 25, 2012
Red
March 16 - April 26, 2012
In Paris
Special Presentation
April 25 - May 13, 2012
Red
March 16 - April 29, 2012
Black and Blue Boys
Written and Performed by Dael Orlandersmith
World Premiere
May 25 - June 24, 2012
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Chinglish
August 24 - October 7, 2012
An Iliad
October 12 - November 11, 2012
The White Snake
November 9 - December 23, 2012
Troublemaker or The Freakin Kick-A-Adventures of Bradley Boatright
World Premiere
Written by Dan LeFranc
January 4 - February 3, 2013
Fallaci
World Premiere
by Lawrence Wright
March 8 - April 21, 2013
Pericle, Prince of Tyre
April 12 - May 26, 2013
Dear Elizabeth
May 24 - July 7, 2013

BROADWAY BY THE BAY
650-579-5568 ext 1

Music Man
July 14-31, 2011
Gypsy
September 22 - October 22, 2011

BUS BARN STAGE COMPANY
650-941-0551

Shout
September 1 - October 1, 2011

Almost Maine
November 17 - December 18, 2011
Doubt
January 26 - February 18, 2012
The Government Inspector
April 12 - May 5, 2012
The Clean House
May 14 - June 16, 2012

CALIFORNIA SHAKESPEARE THEATRE
510-548-9666

Titus Andronicus
June 1 - June 26, 2011
The Verona Project
World Premiere
Written and directed by Amanda Dehnert
July 6 - July 31, 2011
Candida
August 10 - September 4, 2011
The Taming of the Shrew
September 21 - October 16, 2011

CENTER REPERTORY THEATRE
925-943-7469

Spring Awakening
April 16 - May 13, 2012
Xanadu
May 18 - June 23, 2012
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Lucky Stiff
August 31 - October 7, 2012
Steve Martin's The Underpants
October 19 - November 17, 2012
Status Update
World Premiere
By Dorothy Fortenberry
Music by: Colin Wambsgans
Directed by Becca Wolff
November 1-18, 2012
A Christmas Carol
December 6-16, 2012
Old Wicked Songs
By Jon Marens
February 1 - March 2, 2013
Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps
March 29 - April 27, 2013
Pilgrims Musa and Sheri in the New World
By: Yussef El Guindi
April 25 - May 12, 2013
Sweet Charity
Book by Neil Simon
Music by Cy Coleman
Lyrics by Dorothy Fields
May 17 - June 22, 2013

CINNABAR THEATRE
3333 Petaluma N., Petaluma, CA
707-763-8920

She Loves Me
September 9 - September 25, 2011
Crimes of the Heart
October 21 - November 6, 2011
Tomfoolery
December 31, 2011 - January 22, 2012
Don Gionvanni
March 23 - April 15, 2012
Born Yesterday
May 25 - June 10, 2012

CONTRA COSTA MUSICAL THEATRE
Dean Lesher Arts Center
925-943-SHOW

Little Shop of Horror
October 4 - November 13, 2011
Sunset Boulevard
March 16 - April 15, 2012
Knights 3 Theatre

A Christmas Carol
December 8-18, 2011
Arms and the Man
January 27 - February 25, 2012
Rumors
March 30 - April 28, 2012
The Sound of Music
March 22 - April 21, 2013

CUSTOM MADE THEATRE COMPANY

510-207-5774

The Underpants
September 23 - October 22, 2011
The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds
November 15 - December 11, 2011
Little Brother
World Premiere
Novel by Cory Doctorow, adapted by Josh Costello
January 17 - February 12, 2012
The Merchant of Venice
July 10 - August 5, 2012
To Be Young, Gifted and Black: Portrait of Lorrine Hansberry in her Own Words
May-June 2012
STUDIO CMTC
Straightlines by New York Playwright Mark Eismon
Release Point by New York Playwright Gino Dilorio
June 2012

CUTTING BALL THEATRE

800-838-3006

Pelleas and Melisande
World Premiere
A new translation by Rob Melrose
October 21 - November 27, 2011
Tontlawald
World Premiere by Eugene Chan
February 17 - March 11, 2012
Tenderloin
World Premiere by Annie Elias
April 27 - May 27, 2012
Gizmo
June 15 -16, 2012
The Ghost Sonata
June 29-30, 2012
The Pelican and The Black Glove
July 6-7, 2012
Risk is this
The Cutting Ball New Experimental Plays Festival
July 8 - July 14, 2012

DIABLO THEATRE COMPANY

925-943-7469

Fiddler on the Roof
Stars 2000 teen theatre
July 22 - July 31, 2011
The Wizard of Oz
September 9 - October 1, 2011
Irving Berlin's White Christmas
November 25 - December 4, 2011
Legally Blonde the musical
February 10 - March 3, 2012

DRAGON PRODUCTIONS THEATRE COMPANY
800-838-3006

TBA

THE MAGIC THEATRE
415-441-8822

Why We Have a Body
August 31 - October 2, 2011
Annapurna
by Sharr White
World Premiere November 11 - December 4, 2011
Jesus in India
by Lloyd Suh
World Premiere
January 26 - February 26, 2012
Any Given Day
March 29 - April 29, 2012
Bruja
by Luis Alfaro
World Premiere
May 24 - June 24, 2012

THE MARSH
1062 Valencia Street
800-838-3006

TBA

MARIN SHAKESPEARE COMPANY
415-499-4488

Macbeth
July 8 - August 14, 2011
Complete History of America (abridge"
July 22 - September 25, 2011
The Tempest
August 19 - September, 2011

MARIN THEATRE COMPANY
415-388-5208

The Brother/Sister Plays
Part One
In The Red & Brown Water
September 9 - October 3, 2010
9 Circles
World Premier Play by Bill Cain
October 14 - November 7, 2010
Liberman Theatre

Happy Now November 11 - December 5, 2010
Seagull
World Premiere
By Anton Chekhov. Adapted by Libby Appel
January 27 - February 20, 2011
Fuddy Meers
March 31 - April 24, 2011
Tiny Alice
June 2 - June 26, 2011
Seven Guitars
August 11 - September 4, 2011
Bellwether
World Premiere by Steve Yockey
October 6-30, 2011
The Glass Menagerie
November 25 - December 18, 2011
TBA
February 2-26, 2012
Othello, The Moor of Venice
March 29 - April 22, 2012
God of Carnage
May 24 - June 17, 2012

MOUNTAIN PLAY ASSOCIATION
415-383-1100

TBA

NEW CONSERVATORY THEATRE CENTER
415-861-8972

The Stops
May 20 - June 25, 2011
The Pride
May 27 - July 3, 2011
Waiting for Giovanni
August 19 - September 18, 2011
The Temperamentals
November 4 - December 18, 2011
Xanadu
December 2, 2011 - January 15, 2012
The Story of My Life
January 20 - February 26, 2012
Maurice
February 24 - March 25, 2012
The Laramie Project
10 Years Later
March 23 - April 29, 2012
Slipping
May 18 - July 1, 2012
Lips Together, Teeth Apart
June 1 - July 1, 2012
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Rights of Passage
World Premiere
by Ed Decker and Robert Leone
August 17 - September 16, 2012
Fierce Love: Stories from Black Gay Life
October 17-28, 2012
The Submission
November 2 - December 16, 2012
The Marvelous Wonderettes
November 30 - January 13, 2013
Dear Harvey
January 18 - February 24, 2012
Lisbon Traviata
February 22 - March 24, 2013
The Bus
March 22 - April 28, 2013
A Marriage
World Premiere
by Tom Swift
May 17 - June 29, 2013
The Divine Sister
May 31 - June 29, 2013

PEAR AVENUE THEATRE
650-254-1148

The Fifth of July
September 16 - October 9, 2011
Mauritius
November 4-20, 2011
A Moon for the Misbegotten
January 13 - February 5, 2012
Familiar Strangers
March 2-18, 2012
Back at Leipzig
April 6-22, 2012
Pear Slices 2010
May 11 - June 3, 2012
Mrs. Warren's Profession
June 22 - July 15, 2012

PLAYHOUSE OF SAN FRANCISCO
415-677-9596

Honey Brown Eyes
September 20 - November 5, 2011
TBA
November 15, 2011 - January 14, 2012
Becky Shaw
January 24 - March 10, 2012
The Aliens
March 20-5, 2012
A Behanding in Seattle
May 5 - June 30, 2012 �

ROSS VALLEY PLAYERS
415-456-9555

November
September 17 - October 17, 2010
Pride and Prejudice
November 12 - December 12, 2010
Holiday Family Special - Variety Event
December 16 - December 19, 2010
Doubt
January 14 - February 13, 2011
Quilters
March 18 - April 17, 2011
Rabbit Hole
May 13 - June 12, 2011
Table Manners
July 15 - August 14, 2011

SACRAMENTO THEATRE COMPANY
916-443-6722

TBA

SHN: BROADWAY IN SAN FRANCISCO

Hugh Jackman
May 3-May 15, 2011
Cats
May 5-15, 2011
Blue Man Group
May 24 - June 19, 2011
Golden Gate Theatre
Billy Elliot
June 27 - September 18, 2011
Orpheum Theatre
Hair
October 25 - November 20, 2011
Golden Gate Theatre
Bring It On
Music by Tom Kitt
Lyrics by Amanda Green
December 15, 2011 - January 7, 2012
Orpheum Theatre
The Caretaker
March 28 - April 22, 2012 Curran Theatre
American Idiot
June 12 - July 18, 2012
Orpheum Theatre
Les Miserables
July 10 - August 5, 2012
Orpheum Theatre
War Horse
August 1 - August 26, 2012
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Diner
World Premiere Musical
Music and Lyrics by Sheryl Crow
Based on Barry Levinson's screenplay
October 23 - November 18, 2012
Curran Theatre
The Lion King
November 1, 2012 - January 23, 2013
Orpheum Theatre
The Book of Mormon
November 27 - December 20, 2013
Curran Theatre
Anything Goes
January 8 - February 3, 2013
Curran Theatre
Wicked
January 23 - February 17, 2013
Orpheum Theatre

SAN JOSE REP
408-367-7236

One Man Star Wars Trilogy
July 14 - July 17, 2011
Spring Awaking
September 1 - September 25, 2011
The Last Romance
October 13 - November 6, 2011
A Christmas Carol
November 23 - December 24, 2011
Double Indemnity
adapted for the stage by David Pichette & R. Hamilton Wright
World Premiere
January 12 - February 5, 2012
God of Carnage
March 22 - April 15, 2012
The Understudy
May 10 - June 3, 2012

SHOTGUN PLAYERS
510-841-6500
Unless otherwise noted, all are presented at
The Julia Morgan Theatre, 2640 College Ave, Berkeley

Road to Hades
World Premiere by Jeff Raz
July 30 - September 11, 2011
Outdoors at John Hinkel Park
Phaedra
World Premiere by Adam Bock
September 21- October 23, 2011
God's Plot
World Premiere by Mark Jackson
December 1 - January 15, 2012
The Coast of Utopia:Voyage
March 4 - April 15, 2012
The Great Divide
May 16 - June 17, 2012
Truffaldino Says No
June 30 - July 22, 2012
Precious Life
August 18 - September 16, 2012
Assassins
September 25 - October 28, 2012
Woyzeck
November 29 - January 13, 2012

THEATRE RHINOCEROS
800-838-3006

Sex Rev: The Jose Sarria Experience
November 10 - November 27, 2011
Lea De Laria in
The 2011 Rhino New Years Eve Spectacular
December 31, 2011
The Two Character Play
January 4 - January 15, 2012
100 Saints You Should Know
May 31 - June 17, 2012

THEATREWORKS
650-463-1960 or toll free 1-888-273-3752

Upright Grand
by Laura Schellhardt
World Premiere
July 11 - August 10, 2012
Lucie Stern Theatre
Time Stands Still
August 22 - September 16, 2012
Mountain View Center for Performing Arts
33 Variations
October 3-28, 2012
Mountain View Center for Performing Arts
Big River
November 28 - December 30, 2012
Lucie Stern Theatre
Somewhere
January 16 - February 10, 2013
Mountain View Center for Performing Arts
The Mountaintop
March 6-31, 2013
Lucie Stern Theatre
Being Earnest
Book and Lyrics by Paul Gordon
Music by Paul Gordon and Jay Gruska
World Premiere Musical
April 3-28, 2013
Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
Wild with Happy
June 5-30, 2013
Mountain View Center for Performing Arts.

TOWN HALL THEATRE COMPANY
925-283-1557

Picasso at the Lapin Agile
September 22 - October 15, 2011
Scrooge
December 1-18, 2011
Distracted
February 23 - March 17, 2011
Pygmalion
May 31 - June 23, 2011

WILLOWS THEATRE

Campbell Theatre, 636 Ward Street, Martinez
TBA

- Richard Connema