Arts & Entertainment

Arts & Entertainment

Pass the Remote: Great Bay Area film festivals kick off this week

By Randy Myers | Bay City News | September 30, 2024

Mill Valley, Drunken, SF Dance offer buzzy feature films and documentaries and less-hyped gems.

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Review: Comedy lifted to sublime heights in San Francisco Playhouse’s ‘Play That Goes Wrong’  

By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | September 30, 2024

The 2015 Olivier Award-winning farce -- one of the most produced plays in the US -- runs through November 9.

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Oakland Theater Project stages classic ‘Angels in America’ in Marin Shakes’ theater  

By Lou Fancher | Bay City News | September 26, 2024

Runs Sept. 27-Oct.

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Best Bets: Hot Club of San Francisco, pianist Bill Charlap, Goose, Livermore Valley Opera

By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | September 25, 2024

The Hot Club of San Francisco launches a new San Francisco Performances series with presentations at the Presidio Theatre.

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Pass the Remote: San Quentin offers inspirational film lineup  

By Randy Myers | Bay City News | September 24, 2024

Two men serving out their time as cellmates develop a life-changing connection in a moving doc showing at BAMPFA and Smith Rafael Film Center this week.

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Review: Berkeley Rep’s musical ‘Mexodus’ an ingenious history lesson with humor and heart

By Leslie Katz | Bay City News | September 20, 2024

Through Oct. 20 at Peet’s Theatre.

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Review: ACT’s Argentina-set ‘Private Lives’ dances with passion, laughter 

By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | September 19, 2024

“Private Lives” continues through Oct. 6 at the Toni Rembe Theater in San Francisco.

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Pass the Remote: ‘Transformers One’ among noteworthy upcoming animated features

By Randy Myers | Bay City News | September 18, 2024

The new animated "Transformers One" by Berkeley-born filmmaker Josh Cooley serves up the origin story of Orion Pax/Optimus Prime.