Spring has finally sprung and just as the leaves are returning to the trees, exciting things are coming to the stage! See our picks below!
The sunshine might not be reliable, but the breadth of San Francisco's stage offerings are guaranteed to bring you joy this month. Here are our picks of the most interesting shows you can catch this month.
Celebrate May 4th with the San Francisco Symphony
Star Wars in Concert - The Empire Strikes Back
Davies Symphony Hall
May 4
It's International Star Wars Day in May and the SFS are celebrating with this live-to-screen concert of the space opera's second (or fifth ) installment - The Empire Strikes Back. With the Rebels on the back foot and Darth Vader's armies amassing, join the og trio of Han, Luke and Leia for their biggest adventure yet!
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The name on everybody's lips is gonna be Jamie
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
Victoria Theatre
May 31 - June 23
The hit British musical comes to San Francisco courtesy of the Victoria Theatre. A feel good hit with an infectious rock score, 'Jamie is the story of Jamie New, a teenager whose dreams of Drag stardom are too big for his small Northern town. Based on a true story!
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Relive Saltburn with Sophie Ellis-Bextor!
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
August Hall
May 30
00s icon Sophie will have you hitting the dancefloor as she brings her hits to August Hall! A well-known artist for over two decades, she's glowing again following the use of her 2001 bop 'Murder On The Dancefloor' in Emerald Fennell's Saltburn. Just keep your clothes on while you're watching!
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Theatre not to be missed
The Lehman Trilogy
Toni Rembe Theatre
May 25 - June 23
Praised for its riveting portrayal of a thoroughly American scandal, The Lehman Trilogy has drawn much critical acclaim. After enjoying a limited Broadway run, which received five Tony Awards including Best Play, don't miss this San Francisco Premiere! Charting the rise, and fall, of one of America's most powerful families, this dramatic epic is sure to leave you on the edge of your seat!
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A Strange Loop
Toni Rembe Theatre
Must end May 12
Proudly calling itself "the big, Black, and queer-ass Great American Musical for all", A Strange Loop could be described as Samuel Beckett meets 'Inception' meets the #BlackLiveMatter movement. It's part absurdist comedy, part socially-charged think-piece, but utterly and completely loveable.
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The Glass Menagerie
San Francisco Playhouse
May 2 - June 15
One of Tennesse Williams' finest works. Telling the story of faded Southern Belle Amanda Wingfield and her domineering personality over her children as she attempts to adapt to the poverty she now discovers herself in, it's a bittersweet memory play that crystallizes one bygone era while yearning for another through the lens of a fragile family. Directed by Jeffery Lo.
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