News By Topic
- New York City in 1922, where the Roaring Twenties are going full speed, is the setting of “Thoroughly Modern Millie.” Broadway by the Bay presents the musical in San Mateo; the show runs July 10 to July 27.
- Lee Foster is a woman of vision. The former executive director of Hillbarn Theatre recently received the theater’s 20th annual Bravo award, which recognizes individuals who make significant contributions to the arts in San Mateo County.
- What’s in the box?”— a familiar question — is the topic of an exhibit running through June 29 at the Main Gallery in Redwood City.
- What’s in the box?”— a familiar question — is the topic of an exhibit running through June 29 at the Main Gallery in Redwood City.
- The Belmont-based Professional Ballet School, in collaboration with the Young Artists Ballet Theatre, presents its 20th anniversary Spring Performance at 7 p.m. Friday and June 7 at the San Mateo Performing Arts Center, 600 N. Delaware St.
- Familiar words to anyone growing up in an Italian family. “Mangia! Mangia!” “Eat! Eat!” Members of a classic Italian family are the main characters in “Over the River and Through the Woods,” being presented by Coastal Repertory Theatre in Half Moon Bay from June 6 through June 28.
- Borel Dream Theater presents the timeless fairy tale “Cinderella” this weekend at Bayside Performing Arts Center in San Mateo.
- Giuseppe Verdi’s classic opera was the inspiration for a completely modern “Aida” by Elton John and Tim Rice. Hillbarn Theatre in Foster City presents the Broadway musical version of “Aida” from May 8 to June 8. The show concludes the theater’s 67th season.
- TheatreWorks’ final production of the season recalls one of the most dramatic periods in U.S. history, the 1960s Kennedy era. “Caroline, or Change” is a personal reflection from this climate of societal struggle in the South.
