Lily Janiak

Oakland Theater Project’s “Ghost Quartet” is so gossamery, so there-yet-not-there, that you might feel as if you merely got haunted by a narrative’s shadow.

News, reviews, and event information for Word for Word’s ‘The Strange Library’ at Z Below on Nov 13, 2024, on Datebook from the The San Francisco Chronicle.

As an artist, arts writer or arts fan, it takes work to claw one’s way out from despair. Here are a few ways how.

David Lindsay-Abaire and Jeanine Tesori’s Tony Award-winning musical illuminates the ultimate human mysteries.

American Conservatory Theater’s world premiere of “A Whynot Christmas Carol” demands introspection alongside its magic and laughs.

In a country that just elected a xenophobe president, Jocelyn Bioh’s West Coast premiere at Berkeley Rep is a necessary corrective.

In Word for Word’s “The Strange Library,” self-rearranging walls submerge you in a dreamlike state.

The cast members of Actors’ Reading Collective’s “The Antipodes” don’t just chow down on rich material; they’re connoisseurs.

News, reviews, and event information for Santa Cruz Shakespeare’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ at Veterans Memorial Building on Nov 23, 2024, on Datebook from the The San Francisco Chronicle.

Ahead of the Friday, Nov. 22, release of “Wicked: Part One,” theaters are already posting signs reminding patrons to remain quiet during the screening.