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

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 ...

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.

Actor Lance Gardner during rehearsals of “Waste” at Marin Theatre in Mill Valley. Photo: Gabrielle Lurie/The Chronicle Lance Gardner says it’s a funny thing that, even after establishing his ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cirque du Soleil is returning to San Francisco with a show that condenses all its famous theatrics into a giant cube. “Echo,” which runs Nov. 20 to Dec. 21 under the company’s traveling big top in ...

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 ...

The filmmaker’s latest music documentary delves into the challenges faced by Sly and the Family Stone, exploring the burdens and triumphs of the funk music icon. San Francisco band Sly and the Family ...