San Jose has a reputation for being a cutting edge community on the forefront of technology. Equalling their appreciation for the high tech is San Jose's residents appreciation for music and theatre. San Jose is home to a symphony, many playhouses and more, all performing at pretty and acoustically shocking locations around the city, particularly in San Jose's South First Area District where several cultural activities and centers are found.
San Jose Repertory Theatre
Set up in 1980 as the first of the professional theaters in San Jose, the Rep has endured and grown into a longtime theatre known for its excellence across the country. The Rep has a rep for all types of theatre, from the classics to edgy recent works. The Rep has received several accolades in its 30+ year history, including designations and awards for performances of The Kite Runner, As You Lie It, Groundswell, and the 25th Yearly Putnam County Spelling Bee. The Rep is a pretty location in the heart of downtown San Jose and encircled by fine and casual eateries, premiere shopping and the city's best nightclubs, wine bars and music scene. There's not a need to leave the Rep but with the Curtain Call Patron Lounge and free live music after performances on selected nights. The Rep is amongst the premiere theaters in San Jose for a very sublime experience.
City Lights Theatre Company
Though the City Lights Theater Company only performs six plays per season, each offering is deliberately selected to embody the Theater's reputation as modern, cutting edge, unconventional and thought provoking. Each play runs for about a month, with the season running from Jan to Aug. Plays are performed in an intimate 100 seat venue and are commonly modern and edgy, even when interpreting classics like Hamlet and Chicago. Other offerings are often Pulitzer Prize winning plays hinged on tragedy and victory, like Tracy Letts ' August: Osage County, which chronicles a family's journey through dysfunction and reconnection to the background of rustic Americana. The Town Lights Theater Company strives to offer the finest in modern theater and modern adaptions, as well as maintaining themselves as a theater space for promising and up-and-coming designers, technicians, actors, directors and all aspiring theater lovers.
The Stage
Billed as the very best in Off-Broadway San Jose theaters, The Stage has a clear mission to present original works with a focus on recent programming, American literature and historic classics that explore the numerous angles of the condition of being human. The Stage is already in its 29th season, receiving accolades for its past performances of The Diary of Anne Frank, Glengary Glen Ross, Blade to the Heat, Inherit the Wind and particularly Tenders in the Mist, for which The Stage received 6 Dean Goodman Choice Awards. The Stage offers dramas, musicals, comedies and more, with attention on promoting theatre and art with a 5-play season that runs from Sep to June, compromised of 120 performances and 10 scheduled ?talkbacks? In its 200 seat, mid-sized theatre facility.
The Tabard Theatre Company
With a goal of providing entertainment for all audiences with an abiding interest in San Jose theaters, the Tabard Theatre Company also has a strong focus upon community involvement. The theatre regularly gives a part of profits to charity, organizes food and clothing drives, and outreach programs aimed at making theatre affordable for those that may not usually experience theatre. The Tabard Theatre produces four to six main productions per season, in addition to offering workshops for adults and kids. Past season productions have included Antigone, The Small Prince, Neil Simon's "Fools", Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and A Yuletide Carol, amongst others. The Tabarad Theatre also hosts some of San Jose's best live Jazz and plenty of other performing humanities events seating over 120 guests in its locale.
Symphony Silicon Valley, at the California Theatre
When the San Jose Symphony dissolved in 2001 after a 30 year run, it was reincarnated as the Symphony Silicon Valley that performs at the one of the greatest concert halls in San Jose at the California Theatre. The Symphony Silicon Valley performs classic works as well as more recent arrangements, while also showcasing smaller group arrangements and soloists. The symphony Silicon Valley is the premiere ensemble in San Jose and performs with first class talent and direction.
California Theatre
First open in 1927 as among the first concert halls in San Jose, the theatre was closed for decades before a $75 million refurbishment in 2004. The theatre is at present a modern facility seating 1100 guests,. Redesigned to capture its original 1920?s style. Found in San Jose's South First Area District (Sofa), the California Theatre is in the center of San Jose's arts and culture scene, adjacent to The Stage, Institute of Contemporary Art, many diners, bars, jazz clubs, and smaller music places.
Children's Musical Theatre San Jose
The CMT was launched in 1968 and is among the country's largest youth performances and training programmes. The CMT casts all that audition to promote a friendly and nurturing atmosphere that fosters children's interest and evolution in theatre. Tickets are available online over the phone and the Convention Center and the Montogomery Theatrebox offices. Current performances such as Seussical, Doctor Dolittle, Xanadu and Bye, Bye Birdie. The CMT has commitment to promoting variety inside its players and cultivating the love of theatre inside all interested youngsters.
San Jose Repertory Theatre
Set up in 1980 as the first of the professional theaters in San Jose, the Rep has endured and grown into a longtime theatre known for its excellence across the country. The Rep has a rep for all types of theatre, from the classics to edgy recent works. The Rep has received several accolades in its 30+ year history, including designations and awards for performances of The Kite Runner, As You Lie It, Groundswell, and the 25th Yearly Putnam County Spelling Bee. The Rep is a pretty location in the heart of downtown San Jose and encircled by fine and casual eateries, premiere shopping and the city's best nightclubs, wine bars and music scene. There's not a need to leave the Rep but with the Curtain Call Patron Lounge and free live music after performances on selected nights. The Rep is amongst the premiere theaters in San Jose for a very sublime experience.
City Lights Theatre Company
Though the City Lights Theater Company only performs six plays per season, each offering is deliberately selected to embody the Theater's reputation as modern, cutting edge, unconventional and thought provoking. Each play runs for about a month, with the season running from Jan to Aug. Plays are performed in an intimate 100 seat venue and are commonly modern and edgy, even when interpreting classics like Hamlet and Chicago. Other offerings are often Pulitzer Prize winning plays hinged on tragedy and victory, like Tracy Letts ' August: Osage County, which chronicles a family's journey through dysfunction and reconnection to the background of rustic Americana. The Town Lights Theater Company strives to offer the finest in modern theater and modern adaptions, as well as maintaining themselves as a theater space for promising and up-and-coming designers, technicians, actors, directors and all aspiring theater lovers.
The Stage
Billed as the very best in Off-Broadway San Jose theaters, The Stage has a clear mission to present original works with a focus on recent programming, American literature and historic classics that explore the numerous angles of the condition of being human. The Stage is already in its 29th season, receiving accolades for its past performances of The Diary of Anne Frank, Glengary Glen Ross, Blade to the Heat, Inherit the Wind and particularly Tenders in the Mist, for which The Stage received 6 Dean Goodman Choice Awards. The Stage offers dramas, musicals, comedies and more, with attention on promoting theatre and art with a 5-play season that runs from Sep to June, compromised of 120 performances and 10 scheduled ?talkbacks? In its 200 seat, mid-sized theatre facility.
The Tabard Theatre Company
With a goal of providing entertainment for all audiences with an abiding interest in San Jose theaters, the Tabard Theatre Company also has a strong focus upon community involvement. The theatre regularly gives a part of profits to charity, organizes food and clothing drives, and outreach programs aimed at making theatre affordable for those that may not usually experience theatre. The Tabard Theatre produces four to six main productions per season, in addition to offering workshops for adults and kids. Past season productions have included Antigone, The Small Prince, Neil Simon's "Fools", Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and A Yuletide Carol, amongst others. The Tabarad Theatre also hosts some of San Jose's best live Jazz and plenty of other performing humanities events seating over 120 guests in its locale.
Symphony Silicon Valley, at the California Theatre
When the San Jose Symphony dissolved in 2001 after a 30 year run, it was reincarnated as the Symphony Silicon Valley that performs at the one of the greatest concert halls in San Jose at the California Theatre. The Symphony Silicon Valley performs classic works as well as more recent arrangements, while also showcasing smaller group arrangements and soloists. The symphony Silicon Valley is the premiere ensemble in San Jose and performs with first class talent and direction.
California Theatre
First open in 1927 as among the first concert halls in San Jose, the theatre was closed for decades before a $75 million refurbishment in 2004. The theatre is at present a modern facility seating 1100 guests,. Redesigned to capture its original 1920?s style. Found in San Jose's South First Area District (Sofa), the California Theatre is in the center of San Jose's arts and culture scene, adjacent to The Stage, Institute of Contemporary Art, many diners, bars, jazz clubs, and smaller music places.
Children's Musical Theatre San Jose
The CMT was launched in 1968 and is among the country's largest youth performances and training programmes. The CMT casts all that audition to promote a friendly and nurturing atmosphere that fosters children's interest and evolution in theatre. Tickets are available online over the phone and the Convention Center and the Montogomery Theatrebox offices. Current performances such as Seussical, Doctor Dolittle, Xanadu and Bye, Bye Birdie. The CMT has commitment to promoting variety inside its players and cultivating the love of theatre inside all interested youngsters.
About the Author:
Jonas Fredrickson has been fascinated by hot spots in San Jose for many years. He has written op-eds and editorial pieces about attractions in San Jose for many online publications. For more info about San Jose theaters come and visit his site.
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