Cirque du Soleil returns to Oracle Park with “Echo,” featuring a unique cube set and running Nov. 20 to Dec. 21.

Lance Gardner, Marin Theatre’s artistic director, rediscovers his passion for acting in new collaboration with Carey Perloff.

The orchestra’s former music director leads a program of Schubert and Brahms with grace, if occasional shakiness.

Carrie Mae Weems, “Painting the Town #4,” 2021. Photo: © Carrie Mae Weems/Gladstone Gallery, New York; Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco; Galerie Barbara Thumm ...

The final sitcom from legendary television creator Norman Lear, “Clean Slate” premieres, as well as a trip of intense thrillers. Science fiction series “Cassandra” is streaming on Netflix starting ...

Flanked by backup dancers, Aespa (Ningning, left, Winter, Giselle and Karina) thrilled with next-level choreography. Photo: Chloe Catajan The steady ascent of K-pop girl group Aespa feels like a ...

As hard as it is to overstate the scope of Twyla Tharp’s choreographic career — she started making dances as a postmodern rebel in the 1960s and “crossed over” into ballet virtuosity in the 1970s — it ...

Kristen Stewart almost saves “Love Me.” To see her here — that is, to see her comfortable in her own skin, her intense way of listening and the freshness of her reactions — as well as to hear the ...

Nicole Javier, left, and Wonjung Kim in Capital Stage's "The Heart Sellers." The production travels to Berkeley's Aurora Theatre Company. Photo: Misty McDowell / Capital Stage In 1965, as President ...

Personal remembrances, emotional reunions and unseen footage mark this effort as the 50th anniversary of the war’s end approaches. U.S. Marine Jeff Hiers in “Vietnam: The War That Changed America,” ...

Readers of all ages can find much to appreciate in stories about Black Americans centering family, justice, history and resilience. “Beacon of Hope: The Life of Barack Obama” by Doreen Rappaport.