Musical Theater

The young singers brought spark and polish to some deservedly obscure musical-theater and operetta selections.

William Kentridge fuses physics, early modernist art, jazz-age music, and colonial history in a profound multimedia revue.

A compelling new documentary traces the creation of the phenomenally successful hip-hop musical about the hippest Founding Father.

Artist in residence Matthew Aucoin created and conducted a new pastiche score for F.W. Murnau’s classic film that was surprisingly moving.

The semistaged production cleverly transcends limits and delivers an exuberant reading of Bernstein’s score.

The "Broadway-worthy" version of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella comes to San Francisco.

The Lamplighters Musical Theater production of Candide has a lot going for it, along with a few unavoidable flaws.

Iolanthe, or the Peer and the Peri may not be the most famous or most remembered show by Gilbert and Sullivan, but it is one of their best. Lamplighters Music Theatre is, of course, the local specialist in this repertoire.

Symphony Silicon Valley is returning once more to the historical theatrical roots of its venue, the California Theatre in San Jose, with an all-Kurt Weill program on January 12-13.

The adventurous nine-member choral ensemble Cantus, along with Theatre Latté Da, will perform works from its recording All Is Calm, a selection of songs, poetry, letters, and journal excerpts relating to the extraordinary World War I “Christmas Truce.”