(May. 15 1:40 PM) - American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) continues its 2011–12 season with ENDGAME and PLAY—two landmark one-act plays by modernist master Samuel Beckett, directed by A.C.T. artistic director Carey Perloff. ENDGAME—led by two-time Tony Award winner and A.C.T. associate artist Bill Irwin—charts a day in the life of the wheelchair-bound Hamm and his servant, Clov , who exist in a mutually dependent and fractious relationship with only Hamm’s ashbin-bound parents, Nagg and Nell, for company. This avant-garde play mixes comedy with tragedy to explore the human dilemma, mortality and God’s existence. Check out highlights from the production below!

(May. 15 12:32 PM) - Berkeley Repertory Theatre announced the cast and creative team for its world premiere of Eve Ensler’s EMOTIONAL CREATURE. This positive and propulsive new show – from the Tony Award-winning playwright, performer, and activist who created The Vagina Monologues – features a choreographer, a composer, four top designers, and an ensemble of talented young women. Directed by Obie Award-winner Jo Bonney, Emotional Creature plays only 36 performances in the Roda Theatre. The limited engagement at Berkeley Rep begins previews on June 14, opens June 22, and runs through July 15. The lead producers of this premiere are Wayne Jordan and Quinn Delaney, Marjorie Randolph, and Jack and Betty Schafer; the executive producer is the Strauch Kulhanjian Family. The development of this production has been supported in part by The Mosse Artistic Development Fund.

(May. 15 11:59 AM) - American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) continues its 2011–12 season with ENDGAME and PLAY—two landmark one-act plays by modernist master Samuel Beckett, directed by A.C.T. artistic director Carey Perloff. One of Beckett’s most rarely performed works, PLAY, is the abstract tale of two women and one man encased in identical funeral urns as they obsess over an affair that ended unhappily for all. This production of Beckett plays performs a limited run May 9–June 3, 2012. Check out production shots below!

(May. 15 11:45 AM) - American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) continues its 2011–12 season with ENDGAME and PLAY—two landmark one-act plays by modernist master Samuel Beckett, directed by A.C.T. artistic director Carey Perloff.

(May. 15 11:34 AM) - Sweeney Todd, the Tony Award-winning musical, sails into Unity May 18 to June 2, 2012. Based on a version of Sweeney Todd by Christopher Bond, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by Hugh Wheeler, it's a tragicomic tale of murder, mayhem, and meat pies.

(May. 15 11:33 AM) - Paso Robles High Theatre Company presents GUYS AND DOLLS, directed and choreographed by Marcy Goodnow, with musical direction by Mary Hiestand. The final weekend of performances is slated for May 18-20.

(May. 15 10:19 AM) - As we move into the middle of May and beyond, I trust you will want to consider attending at least a couple of the numerous productions currently (or soon to be) playing at any one of the numerous theatre and live performance establishments here on the AMAZING California Central Coast!

(May. 15 10:09 AM) - Julian Sands' warmly rendered readings and reminiscences of a man he much adored make "A Celebration of Harold Pinter" a must-see event for now and future Pinter and Sands fans alike.

(May. 14 6:12 PM) - American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) Young Conservatory Director Craig Slaight has announced the West Coast premiere of Show Choir! Show Choir! The Musical plays May 26–June 9, 2012, at The Theater at Children’s Creativity Museum (formerly Zeum Theater), located at 221 Fourth Street, San Francisco. Tickets are $20.50 and are available by calling the A.C.T. Box Office at 415.749.2228 or online at www.act-sf.org.

(May. 13 6:22 PM) - Bay Area playwright/producer Tom Bruett of marriageequalityplays.com and BATS Improv, the Bay Area’s premiere nonprofit improv theatre company, are busily preparing for a special event featuring new short plays by prominent Bay Area playwrights and an improvised short play by BATS Improv on the theme of marriage equality, to benefit the American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER).

(May. 12 6:58 PM) - A limited engagement of Educating Rita comes to Covina Center for the Performing arts beginning May 18. Directed by Christopher Diehl and starring Melissa Brandzel as Rita and John Catanzaro as Frank, the show runs through June 3.

(May. 12 12:09 PM) - Richard Connema recalls his first experience with SOUVENIR at a special post show conversation and Q & A with the "Souvenir" cast and crew following the 2 p.m. Sunday, May 20 matinee performance of 6th Street Playhouse’s production of "Souvenir.”

(May. 12 12:30 AM) - Bay Area Cabaret closes its 2011-2012 season with Tony Award winning actress/singer Laura Benanti. Benanti makes her San Francisco cabaret debut tonight, May 12, 2012 with her solo show Let Me Entertain You, which showcases her wide musical and comedic repertoire. This special one-night-only engagement will take place at the historic Venetian Room of The Fairmont San Francisco (950 Mason Street) 8pm Saturday May 12, 2012. Opening the evening will be charismatic and talented 2011 Bay Area Teen Idol winner Robert Conte Thornton, making his Bay Area Cabaret debut. Tickets ($45 general / $40 subscribers) are available at www.bayareacabaret.org or by phone at City Box Office (415) 392-4400.

(May. 12 12:30 AM) - We Players (Artistic Director, Ava Roy; Managing Director, Lauren Dietrich Chavez), together with The Angel Island Conservancy (Gail Dolton, President) and Angel Island State Park (Amy Brees, Site Superintendent) began ticket sales on April 20 for their island-wide performance of The Odyssey on Angel Island (today, May 12—July 1). An associated visual art exhibition runs at the park’s Visitor Center. For more information, visit www.weplayers.org or call 415.547.0189.

(May. 12 12:30 AM) - Handful Players at Yosh's presents the world premiere of Science Girl Around the World by Bay Area playwright Lauren Gunderson, directed by Ryan Marchand and Samantha Jackson, featuring Imanuel Junaedy and his jazz trio. The show plays today, May 12, 2012 at 1 p.m. at Yoshi's San Francisco, located at 1330 Filmmore Street (at Eddy St.).

(May. 11 6:28 PM) - Playwrights Foundation's Des Voix Found in Translation Festival presents Pride, Pursuit and Decapitation for the first time in English, directed by Carey Perloff of ACT.

(May. 11 4:27 PM) - "Million Dollar Quartet" is an exciting, get-up-and-dance, rock and roll phenomenon that allows the audience to be present at one of the greatest moments in rock and roll history.

(May. 11 3:07 PM) - The world's foremost classical crossover quartet IL DIVO is set to embark on its 2012 world tour, the group's fourth, which follows the release of the quartet's latest album, Wicked Game (on Syco/Columbia Records) and provides a new mark of achievement for the signature vocal blend and unique operatic arrangements which have captivated millions and launched a classical-crossover sensation. To celebrate the kick-off of this much-anticipated world tour, BroadwayWorld invites you to enter for a chance to WIN ONE PAIR OF TICKETS to see IL DIVO live in concert!