San Jose has a reputation for being a updated community on the front line of technology. Equalling their appreciation of the high-tech is San Jose's residents appreciation of music and theatre. San Jose is home to a symphony, many theatres and more, all performing at beautiful and acoustically surprising places around the city, especially in San Jose's South First Area District where different cultural activities and centers are found.
San Jose Repertory Theatre
Founded in 1980 as the first of the professional theaters in San Jose, the Rep has endured and grown into a longtime theatre recognized for its excellence across the nation. The Rep has a rep for every kind of theatre, from the classics to edgy contemporary works. The Rep has received several accolades in its 30+ year history, including nominations 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 gorgeous venue in the guts of downtown San Jose and surrounded by fine and casual restaurants, premiere shopping and the city's best nightclubs, wine bars and music scene. There isn't a need to leave the Rep however , with the Curtain Call Patron Lounge and free music after performances on selected nights. The Rep is one of the premiere theaters in San Jose for a really chic experience.
City Lights Theatre Company
Though the Town Lights Theater Company only performs 6 plays per season, each offering is purposely 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 January to Aug. Plays are performed in a private 100 seat location and are commonly modern and edgy, even when interpreting classics like Hamlet and Chicago. Other offerings are frequently Pulitzer Prize winning plays hinged on crisis and triumph, like Tracy Letts ' August: Osage County, which chronicles a family's journey through dysfunction and reconnection to the backdrop of rural Americana. The Town Lights Theater Company fights to offer the very best in modern theater and modern adaptations, as well as maintaining themselves as a theater space for promising and up-and-coming designers, experts, actors, directors and all ambitious theater lovers.
The Stage
Promoted as the finest in Off-Broadway San Jose theaters, The Stage has a clear mission to present original works alongside a spotlight on recent programming, American literature and historic classics that explore the numerous sides of the human state. The Stage is now 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 especially Tenders in the Mist, for which The Stage received six Dean Goodman Choice Awards. The Stage offers dramas, musicals, comedies and more, with a focus on promoting theatre and art with a 5-play season that runs from September to June, compromised of 120 performances and 10 prepared ?talkbacks? In its 200 seat, mid-sized theatre facility.
The Tabard Theatre Company
With a target of providing entertainment for all audiences with a deep interest in San Jose theaters, the Tabard Theatre Company also has a powerful focus on community inclusion. The theatre continually gives a part of profits to charity, organizes food and clothing drives, plus outreach programs aimed at making theatre cheap for those who may not generally experience theatre. The Tabard Theatre produces four to six main productions per season, as well as offering workshops for adults and kids. They've played in the past Antigone, The Tiny Prince, Neil Simon's "Fools", Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and A Yuletide Carol, among others. The Tabarad Theatre also hosts some of San Jose's best live Jazz and many other performing humanities events alocating more than 100 guests in its locale.
Symphony Silicon Valley, at the California Theatre
When the San Jose Symphony melted 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 displaying 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 California Theatre was closed for dozens of years before a $75 million refurbishment in 2004. The theatre is currently a modern facility seating 1100 guests,. Redesigned to capture its original 1920?s style. Located in San Jose's South First Area District (Settee), the California Theatre is in the middle of San Jose's arts and culture scene, diagonally opposite to The Stage, Institute of Contemporary Art, numerous restaurants, bars, jazz clubs, and smaller music locales.
Children's Musical Theatre San Jose
The CMT was built in 1968 and is one of the nations largest youth performances and training programs. The CMT casts all that audition to push an amiable 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. Recent performances such as Seussical, Doctor Dolittle, Xanadu and Bye, Bye Birdie. The CMT has commitment to promoting diversity within its players and cultivating the love of theatre within all interested kids.
San Jose Repertory Theatre
Founded in 1980 as the first of the professional theaters in San Jose, the Rep has endured and grown into a longtime theatre recognized for its excellence across the nation. The Rep has a rep for every kind of theatre, from the classics to edgy contemporary works. The Rep has received several accolades in its 30+ year history, including nominations 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 gorgeous venue in the guts of downtown San Jose and surrounded by fine and casual restaurants, premiere shopping and the city's best nightclubs, wine bars and music scene. There isn't a need to leave the Rep however , with the Curtain Call Patron Lounge and free music after performances on selected nights. The Rep is one of the premiere theaters in San Jose for a really chic experience.
City Lights Theatre Company
Though the Town Lights Theater Company only performs 6 plays per season, each offering is purposely 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 January to Aug. Plays are performed in a private 100 seat location and are commonly modern and edgy, even when interpreting classics like Hamlet and Chicago. Other offerings are frequently Pulitzer Prize winning plays hinged on crisis and triumph, like Tracy Letts ' August: Osage County, which chronicles a family's journey through dysfunction and reconnection to the backdrop of rural Americana. The Town Lights Theater Company fights to offer the very best in modern theater and modern adaptations, as well as maintaining themselves as a theater space for promising and up-and-coming designers, experts, actors, directors and all ambitious theater lovers.
The Stage
Promoted as the finest in Off-Broadway San Jose theaters, The Stage has a clear mission to present original works alongside a spotlight on recent programming, American literature and historic classics that explore the numerous sides of the human state. The Stage is now 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 especially Tenders in the Mist, for which The Stage received six Dean Goodman Choice Awards. The Stage offers dramas, musicals, comedies and more, with a focus on promoting theatre and art with a 5-play season that runs from September to June, compromised of 120 performances and 10 prepared ?talkbacks? In its 200 seat, mid-sized theatre facility.
The Tabard Theatre Company
With a target of providing entertainment for all audiences with a deep interest in San Jose theaters, the Tabard Theatre Company also has a powerful focus on community inclusion. The theatre continually gives a part of profits to charity, organizes food and clothing drives, plus outreach programs aimed at making theatre cheap for those who may not generally experience theatre. The Tabard Theatre produces four to six main productions per season, as well as offering workshops for adults and kids. They've played in the past Antigone, The Tiny Prince, Neil Simon's "Fools", Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and A Yuletide Carol, among others. The Tabarad Theatre also hosts some of San Jose's best live Jazz and many other performing humanities events alocating more than 100 guests in its locale.
Symphony Silicon Valley, at the California Theatre
When the San Jose Symphony melted 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 displaying 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 California Theatre was closed for dozens of years before a $75 million refurbishment in 2004. The theatre is currently a modern facility seating 1100 guests,. Redesigned to capture its original 1920?s style. Located in San Jose's South First Area District (Settee), the California Theatre is in the middle of San Jose's arts and culture scene, diagonally opposite to The Stage, Institute of Contemporary Art, numerous restaurants, bars, jazz clubs, and smaller music locales.
Children's Musical Theatre San Jose
The CMT was built in 1968 and is one of the nations largest youth performances and training programs. The CMT casts all that audition to push an amiable 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. Recent performances such as Seussical, Doctor Dolittle, Xanadu and Bye, Bye Birdie. The CMT has commitment to promoting diversity within its players and cultivating the love of theatre within all interested kids.
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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