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Best Shows This Spring

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Back To The Future - The Musical at Orpheum Theatre

Back To The Future - The Musical

Great Scott! Back To The Future is on tour and coming to YOU! The hit 80's franchise is the latest movie sensation to receive a Broadway musical adaptation. The production follows Marty McFly and kooky scientist Doc Brown as they travel through space and time, finding themselves in a series of mishaps. Will these two-time travelers ever find their way back home?

Mar 1 - 9, 2025

Orpheum Theatre

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Parade at Curran Theatre

Parade

Winner of the 2023 Tony for Best Musical Revival, Parade is heading on a North American tour, beginning in January 2025! Following a limited run at New York City Center, the Broadway revival of Jason Robert Brown and Alfred Uhry's Tony-winning 1998 musical based on the true story of Leo Frank, a wrongly convicted Georgia factory owner who was subjected to a fate born out of hatred, hearsay, and hysteria.

May 13 - 31, 2025

Curran Theatre

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A Beautiful Noise at Golden Gate Theatre

A Beautiful Noise

Good times never seemed so good, especially with a Neil Diamond musical is heading on tour! A Beautiful Noise is a brand new production about the Grammy Award-winning legend Neil Diamond's life. Tony Award-winning 'Once on This Island' producer Kev Davenport will join forces with Four Season's Bob Gaudio in producing this musical. You'll experience the journey through Diamond's life with some of his memorable hits including 'Love on the Rocks', 'Songs Sung Blue', and of course 'Sweet Caroline' to keep your feet tapping along the way. It'll be an experience like no other!

May 13 - 31, 2025

Golden Gate Theatre

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San Francisco Ballet: Frankenstein at War Memorial Opera House

San Francisco Ballet: Frankenstein

Liam Scarlett's celebrated production of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein returns to San Francisco in March 2025! Scarlett's work has been lauded for its psychological complexities and expressive movement in dance. His first full-length ballet, Frankenstein brings to life the troubled Dr. Frankenstein and his equally tragic Creature, exploring man's desire to create and moving away from its "horror" label.

Mar 20, 2025 - May 4, 2025

War Memorial Opera House

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Nobody Loves You at Toni Rembe Theatre

Nobody Loves You

In a last-ditch effort to get back with his ex, Jeff has found himself on the popular TV dating show "Nobody Loves You". Although his initial tactic is to sabotage everything the show puts in his path, the real drama catches up with him when he instead begins to fall for the show's no-nonsense producer Jenny, who'd rather be making proper movies than trash TV. In this climate of superficially manufactured, commodified love, can a genuine connection truly be found?

Mar 1 - 30, 2025

Toni Rembe Theatre

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Comedy of Errors at Toni Rembe Theatre

Comedy of Errors

A firm favorite of Shakespeare's oeuvre, The Comedy of Errors is a colorful confection of chaos full of witty wordplay, frothy farce, and irresistible anarchy. This bubbly comedy will whisk you to a faraway land where the fortunes of two sets of identical twins opens up a world of romance, seductions, brushes with the law and of course, plenty of instances of mistaken identity! Tony-nominee Christina Anderson's update refreshes the jokes while keeping all the timeless charm and is not to be missed!

Apr 22, 2025 - May 3, 2025

Toni Rembe Theatre

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Anne-Sophie Mutter at Davies Symphony Hall

Anne-Sophie Mutter

Anne-Sophie Mutter has achieved much in her four-decade long music career, let alone being named of the greatest violin virtuosos of our time. She was awarded the esteemed Siemens Music Prize in 2008, was made an honorary fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in London at just 22-years old, and has received four Grammy awards for solo orchestral and chamber music performances.

Two Trains Running at Toni Rembe Theatre

Two Trains Running

Depicting racial segregation in 20th Century America, Two Trains Running tells the story of the black American migration to Northern states in order to escape the harsh Jim Crow Laws and how years later, they were still affected by this move. The play was first performed in 1990 before entering Broadway in 1992 and then becoming a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for drama.

Apr 15, 2025 - May 4, 2025

Toni Rembe Theatre

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Yuja Wang at Davies Symphony Hall

Yuja Wang

A player of peerless speed and insight, Yuja Wang is one of the finest pianists alive today. Born in Beijing, she began piano lessons at the age of six and was instantly enthralled by the instrument. Completing her formal education at the Curtis Institute for Music in Philadelphia, it wasn't long before she was performing with likes of Gustavo Dudamel et al.

Zakir Hussain at Zellerbach Hall

Zakir Hussain

World-renowned virtuoso Zakir Hussain returns to the USA for a series of exciting live performances. A devotee of the tabula, the instrument he has helped bring to prominence both in the West and his native India, expect a resplendent evening transportive of Indian music from this international phenomenon.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at Zellerbach Hall

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Designated by Congress as 'a vital American cultural ambassador to the world', it's been over 60 years since Alvin Ailey and his group of African-American dancers performed for the very first time at the 92nd Street Y in New York City. The tour is packed full of premieres and returning favorites, offering a fantastic chance to enjoy the group once again.

San Francisco Ballet - Raymonda at War Memorial Opera House

San Francisco Ballet - Raymonda

San Francisco Ballet present a glorious adaptation of Marius Petipa's mesmerizing Raymonda, the last of the Grand 19th Century Russian Ballets. Tamara Rojo is behind a poignant update to the story, re-setting it in the Crimean War of the 1800s, with a Florence Nightingale inspired main character, the titular Raymonda. Featuring a full live orchestra, don't miss this spectacular production!

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