A Facebook group got two shows canceled. Here's what that means for Bay Area theater

Datebook: It’s been a tumultuous few months on the Facebook group Bay Area Theater Folks. In July, the group’s outcry over a misleading COVID-19 policy at Chanticleers Theatre led the Castro Valley company to cancel remaining performances of its production of “The Four Poster.” Then, in the first two weeks of September, the group’s criticism of San Jose Playhouse’s all-white casting for a production of “Into the Woods” led that company to shut down the show before rehearsals started.