"A Christmas Carol: Center Repertory Company has presented this show for years and years, but 2025 finds the company serving up a new take on the classic by Harrison David Rivers. This Carol, a West Coast premiere, is described as faithful to the original tale yet refreshed and a production that combines humor, heart and a touch of horror. Jared Mezzocchi directs. Details: Dec. 10-21; Lesher Center for the Arts; $36-$88; https://www.centerrep.org."
"Into the Woods: The twists and turns of life, with plenty of pain and joy dabbed in, make up the scintillating fairy tales in Stephen Sondheim's classic, playing at San Francisco Playhouse. Go for the beautiful score of an American master, stay for the phenomenal local cast and Heather Kenyon's lush and mysterious scenic design. Artistic director Susi Damilano directs. Details: Through Jan. 17; SF Playhouse; $52-$79; www.sfplayhouse.org."
"Cabaret: A timely production of this Kander and Ebb classic comes to Oakland. Cabaret centers the famed Kit Kat Klub in Berlin during the 1930s, when the Nazi party was in an accelerated ascent to power. Oakland Theater Project has built a reputation as one of the boldest practitioners of classic plays and musicals in the region, and this one has plenty to say about our modern times, with plenty of sharp edges the company can exploit mightily."
Eleven Bay Area winter productions offer new takes and alternative theater outside traditional holiday pageantry. Center Repertory Company presents a West Coast premiere adaptation of A Christmas Carol by Harrison David Rivers, blending humor, heart and a touch of horror under Jared Mezzocchi's direction. San Francisco Playhouse stages Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods, featuring a celebrated score, a strong local cast and Heather Kenyon's lush, mysterious scenic design directed by Susi Damilano. Oakland Theater Project mounts a timely Cabaret set in 1930s Berlin with Erika Chong Shuch directing and choreographing. The lineup spans classics, adaptations and politically resonant stagings across regional venues.
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