San Francisco Drama
San Francisco Theater - make your stay in San Francisco extra special with tickets to the very best drama. 2011/ 2012 sees the best drama coming to the Curran Theater and the American Conservatory Theatre From touring Broadway shows, to local performances, San Francisco has it all!
DRAMA IN SAN FRANCISCO
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Curran Theatre
Showing from: 21st Mar 2012
Two-time Golden Globe winner, Academy Award and Tony Award nominee Kathleen Turner takes her Broadway role on the road in what critics are calling her best role yet... More »
WAR HORSE
Curran Theatre
Showing from: 1st Aug 2012
Currently playing in London and New York, the National Theater of Great Britain has announced 20 new stops on the US tour of the hit play War Horse. More »
ALIENS BY ANNIE BAKER
SF Playhouse
Showing from: 20th Mar 2012
Annie Baker's The Aliens is a funny and heartening look at friendship, ritual, and small town New England. More »
SCORCHED
American Conservatory Theater
Showing from: 16th Mar 2012
A riveting mystery of Janine and Simon who embark on a journey to the Middle East to find the father and brother they never knew they had, to fulfill their mother's dying wish. Featuring Academy Award nominee David Strathairn. More »
BECKY SHAW BY GINA GIONFRIDDO
SF Playhouse
Now showing
As engrossing as it is ferociously funny, like a big box of fireworks fizzing and crackling across the stage! More »
MAPLE AND VINE
American Conservatory Theater
Showing from: 29th Mar 2012
The draw of the simpler 1950's life becomes too strong for Katha and Ryu, both desperate to escape the pitfalls of teh modern world. They find a community of 1950's re-enactors and fall into the world they are looking for... More »
THE CARETAKER
Curran Theatre
Showing from: 28th Mar 2012
Two-time Tony winner Jonathan Pryce will be starring in Harold Pinter's seminal 1960s classic, 'The Caretaker' More »
TWELFTH NIGHT
American Conservatory Theater
Showing from: 9th May 2012
Set sail for the romantic land of Illyria with Twelfth Night, one of Shakespeare's most stirring comedies. More »
A BEHANDING IN SPOKANE BY MARTIN MCDONAGH
SF Playhouse
Showing from: 15th May 2012
From Academy Award Winner Martin McDonagh, the writer of The Beauty Queen of Leenane, The Pillowman, and In Bruges comes a comedy as black as sin, caustic as acid, funny as hell. More »
THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS
American Conservatory Theater
Showing from: 21st Jun 2012
Acclaimed broadway musical The Scottsboro Boys will be making an appearance in San Francsico this summer. Having received 12 Tony Award nominations including Best Musical, this is one not to be missed! More »
WHAT'S HOT RIGHT NOW
BECKY SHAW BY GINA GIONFRIDDO
SF PLAYHOUSE
Closes March 10, 2012From their first blind date, which includes an unscheduled visit to the police station, this couple, along with the newlyweds who set them up, surprise us "and themselves" in a comedy thriller The New York Times called "as engrossing as it is ferociously funny, like a big box of fireworks fizzing and crackling across the stage!". This play asks what we owe the people we love the most and the strangers who land on our doorstep. A 2009 Pulitzer Prize finalist. More »
COMING SOON
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CURRAN THEATRE
Opens March 21, 2012Tony Award nominee Kathleen Turner plays a tough-talking nun/addiction counselor assigned to help a young junkie with a lurid past. A massive success on Broadway, this production will tour the States before travelling to London in summer 2012. More »
ALIENS BY ANNIE BAKER
Showing from March 20, 2012Annie Baker's The Aliens is a funny and heartening look at friendship, ritual, and small town New England. More »
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TONY AWARDS
2011 TONY AWARD WINNERS
The 2011 Tony Awards ceremony took place on June 12 at the Beacon Theatre, honouring the best in live theatre performance.
The Book of Mormon and War Horse were named Best Musical and Best Play, respectively. The celebration of excellence in the 2010-2011 Broadway season also included awards to The Normal Heart, Anything Goes, Catch Me If You Can, Good People, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, The Importance of Being Earnest, Jerusalem and Priscilla Queen of the Desert.
