27 stories by "David John Chávez"
For more than a decade starting in the early 1980s, author and critic Misha Berson led Theatre Bay Area as one of its earliest executive directors.
Rajiv Joseph's play about two friends and their bond through LeBron James' career captures the pleasures and pain of sports fandom.
The obscure history of the Underground Railroad's pathway to Mexico is magically told through live-looping and fierce hip-hop beats in the show's West Coast premiere.
Rob McClure, who originated the musical's title role, tackles both its joys and criticisms ahead of the Bay Area premiere.
Michael R. Jackson dishes about his Pulitzer- and Tony Award-winning show, set to run at ACT in San Francisco.
San Francisco native Kristina Wong's play "Sweatshop Overlord," which was a Pulitzer finalist, is set to make its Bay Area debut at ACT.
The many lives of Soskin's 102 years is the premise of San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company's world premiere musical at Z Space in San Francisco.
Ashley Smiley's world premiere play explores the current challenges of Bayview-Hunters Point, San Francisco's most prominent Black neighborhood.
Thomas Schumacher, who grew up in San Mateo, is the muscle behind Tony Award-winning musical "The Lion King," making a San Francisco holiday tour stop.
The original "Rent" cast member shares how grief and perseverance shaped his life and career in solo show at San Francisco's Curran Theater.
In Jocelyn Bioh's comedy centering the world of Nigerian movies, the Ghanaian American playwright aims to tell a joyful African story.
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's latest production examines the stories of those who seek shelter and respite at a library that straddles the U.S./Canada border.
Lauren Yee's anticipated Bay Area premiere of "Cambodian Rock Band" ready to rock Berkeley Rep.
Theatre of the Poor presents play about the Bay Area's homeless crisis, created by and starring the local unhoused residents of San Francisco.
ACT alum and Broadway standout is set to perform his "Along the Way" solo show Saturday, Feb. 11, at the Strand Theater.
The Pulitzer-winning playwright brings her new play "Clyde's" to Berkeley Rep.
Isabella Esler, 18, lands gig as Lydia Deetz for the touring production of the Broadway show adapted from the classic '80s film.
B Noel Thomas spoke with The Chronicle about finding her true self, and building up her artistic voice before starring in Z Space's latest production in S.F.
Lavish touring production of the Broadway musical plants an elephant and a red mill out in the Orpheum Theatre audience.
Cal Shakes' production is a modern translation of one of Shakespeares' most brutally heartbreaking tales, set in San Francisco's "Harlem of the West" era.
The writers and creatives behind "Goddess" spent 16 years perfecting their adaptation of a Kenyan myth that is originally only four sentences long.
Playwright Karen ZacarÃas and director KJ Sanchez make remarkable choices in adapting Shakespeare's classic into a queer, bilingual tale of colonial California.
Wilson once chatted with Bond about a new play he had written, a talk that left Bond mesmerized at every word uttered by one of America's greatest playwrights.
'Coded,' a new dark comedy by Kristen Brandt, digs into the male-dominated gaming world, it's playing at City Lights Theater in San Jose.
Laurel Ollstein's play about astronaut Jerrie Cobb's quest to get into space is compelling, heartbreaking and ultimately inspirational.
