The orchestra approaches Mahler’s Seventh Symphony with admirable risk and excitement, if not the polish of performances ...

Lance Gardner, Marin Theatre’s artistic director, rediscovers his passion for acting in new collaboration with Carey Perloff.

Cirque du Soleil returns to Oracle Park with “Echo,” featuring a unique cube set and running Nov. 20 to Dec. 21.

Bill Gates isn’t prone to nostalgia. The Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist has built a career and legacy on always looking forward, toward breakthroughs and solutions. Yet, after ...

Geoff Sobelle pours wine into the glasses of the audience seated around an oversized dining table on the stage during “Food” at Stanford Live’s Memorial Auditorium in Palo Alto on Wednesday, Feb. 5.

Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s “Uncle Vanya” marks its first play from the theatrical canon since Johanna Pfaelzer became artistic director in 2019. Hugh Bonneville stars in “Paddington,” based on the ...

Hugh Bonneville is a special guest, with tributes to Merchant Ivory and Powell and Pressburger also featured in the 17th edition at the Vogue Theatre. Irina Starshenbaum, left, is a Polish Jew and ...

Mick LaSalle also answers questions about Maria Callas, Joan Sutherland and whether it’s better to be a writer or a critic. Actor and director Clint Eastwood as Inspector Harry Callahan of the San ...

The bizarrely Valentine’s Day-themed action comedy “Love Hurts” has no business being as good as it is. It’s a trifle, with a barely functional script, and yet it is filled with appealing performances ...

The key to any Amy Schumer comedy is how often she gets to play self-delusion, embarrassment, fear and rage. As long as the emotions, terrors and humiliations are big, she’s funny, and her latest, ...

Davidsen, one of the Metropolitan Opera’s reigning divas, shows complete mastery in a varied recital at Berkeley’s Cal Performances. Soprano Lise Davidsen, left, gave her Bay Area debut in a recital ...