Cynthia Erivo took to social media to call out a fan-made “Wicked” poster that she deems is “the wildest, most offensive thing” she has ever seen. The Grammy-winning singer and Oscar-nominated actress ...

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 ...

Before transgender performers like Laverne Cox, Indya Moore, Hunter Schafer and Hari Nef burst into pop culture in the 2010s, Candy Darling was the world’s first trans actor to make a major impact.

The actor, who was raised in Menlo Park, spoke with the Chronicle about starring in the Marin County-set play “Stereophonic,” nominated for a record-breaking 13 Tony Awards. Will Brill, born and ...

A scene from Olivia Kuan’s “The Herricanes,” a documentary about the first women’s full tackle football league in the U.S. in the 1970s. Photo: Frameline Frameline programmer and new Executive ...

The second season of “House of the Dragon” picks up right after the climactic event of its debut season, when a dragon ridden by the scion of one faction claiming the Targaryen crown knocks the son of ...

Actor Kylie Abucay, center right, a Bay Area native, rehearses on Feb. 2 with the cast of “Larry the Musical, An American Journey” in the cabaret space of Brava Theater. “Larry the Musical” is based ...

A critic hated this box office smash, back after seven years. A ballet dancer loved it. As soon as the curtain fell, they discussed. Frances Chung, top, and Wei Wang in Liam Scarlett’s “Frankenstein.” ...

The strength of “Brats,” a new documentary debuting on Hulu, derives from its weirdness. It’s a film about the Brat Pack, the famous group of young actors who emerged in the 1980s, in films such as ...

At BroadwaySF, Marianne Elliott’s take on George Furth and Stephen Sondheim’s 1970 musical about singledom versus marriage bursts with ripe, juicy fruits. Britney Coleman as Bobbie, Matthew Christian ...

American inventor Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) examining motion picture film threaded through one of his film projectors. Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images Thomas Edison’s experiments with moving ...

American Disabled for Accessible Public Transit activists protest in Las Vegas. PBS’ “Change, Not Charity: The Americans With Disabilities Act” documents the push to pass the Americans With ...