San Francisco Playhouse will present the Tony Award-winning M. Butterfly, written by David Henry Hwang. The drama reimagines ...

This image released by the San Francisco Opera shows tenor Kang Wang, center, rehearsing for the new opera "The Monkey King," on Nov. 6, 2025 in San Francisco. (Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera via AP) ...

San Francisco Opera's new production of Richard Wagner's Parsifal runs from October 25 through November 13 on the War Memorial Opera House stage, directed by Matthew Ozawa. Company Chorus Director ...

San Francisco Opera, in highest adventure mode, presents "The Monkey King," a dashing world premiere that brings to the stage a 16th-century Chinese action hero who is not only a popular television ...

Editor's note: This article originally posted on the San Francisco Examiner. Click here for more culture reporting at sfexaminer.com Matthew Ozawa had already directed Beethoven’s “Fidelio” and ...

Older generations of Chinese Americans in the Bay Area revel at the sight of traditional Chinese opera performances. But ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A rascally superhero born from a stone egg, the Monkey King is beloved in Chinese mythology, appearing in everything from a 16th century epic to modern comics, animated movies and ...