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'all wear bowlers,' the Drama Desk Award-winning clown act starring Trey Lyford and Geoff Sobelle, is a comical romp that puts a unique and fun spin on familiar gags.

American Conservatory Theater presents Charles Dickens's holiday classic 'A Christmas Carol,' adapted by ACT Artistic Director Carey Perloff and Paul Walsh and directed by Perloff, December 5 through 24, opening Friday, December 8 at 7PM.

'Floyd Collins,' the breath-taking musical by Adam Guettel and Tina Landau, is proudly presented by the San Francisco State University College of Creative Arts, running December 7 through 17, directed by Barbara Damashek.

Tickets are on sale now for the world premiere musical, 'Legally Blonde,' to play San Francisco Jan. 23 through Feb. 24, 2007. Also, $25 rush tickets to the national tour of 'Jersey Boys' are available each day.

ACT and Magic Theatre celebrate their 40th anniversary seasons by teaming for their first-ever co-production: the West Coast premiere of ACT Artistic Director Carey Perloff's 'Luminescence Dating,' running Nov. 29 through Dec. 23 at the Magic Theatre, directed by veteran theatrical director Mark Rucker.

A distinctly queer (yet familiar) retelling of Dickens' famed story, 'A Queer Carol' returns to San Francisco's NCTC now through Dec. 31

'The Learned Ladies of Park Avenue' continues TheatreWorks season, beginning November 29 with performances through December 23.

San Francisco's PBS affiliate, KQED TV9 and DT9, has several great up-coming Broadway and theatre-related broadcasts planned for the month of December, including Great Performances of 'Kiss Me, Kate' and 'Cinderella,' plus Audra McDonald Live at Lincoln Center!

The San Jose Repertory Theatre rings in the holiday season with an amusing screen-to-stage adaptation of 'A Christmas Story,' November 25 through December 30.

For the holidays, Berkeley Repertory Theatre presents a limited engagement of all wear bowlers, a hilarious vaudeville hit that's left a deafening trail of laughter across four continents. Created and performed by Trey Lyford and Geoff Sobelle, this side-splitting display of clowning begins previews Nov. 24, opens Nov. 29, and closes Dec. 23.

This holiday season, American Musical Theatre of San Jose will present a world premiere spectacular: Christmas Dreamland, an all singing, all dancing extravaganza to be staged at the Heritage Theatre in Campbell from Nov. 24 to Dec. 24.

City Arts & Lectures will present a special evening with Cherry Jones in conversation with Linda Hunt at 8:00PM on Monday, November 27 at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco.

'Convenience,' the five-person Gregg Coffin musical (with only seven chairs and a keyboard), charms audiences at the New Conservatory Theatre Center of San Francisco.

Naughty elf Marga Gomez returns to Theatre Rhino in the sexy holiday comedy, 'The Twelve Days of Cochina,' now through December 17.

SF Playhouse continues its fourth season with a revival of Craig Lucas's Christmas fable, 'Reckless,' now playing November 15 through December 30.

Beach Blanket Babylon presents its exceptional Holiday Extravaganza, beginning Nov. 15 through Dec. 31. Plus, there will be a hearing-impaired (ASL) performance Nov. 19.

The world-premiere of 'Passing Strange' at the Berkeley Rep, featuring a book and music by Stew, blends psychedelic rhythm with a semi-stale story.

Audiences celebrate the North American Premiere of 'Edward Scissorhands,' the new dance-musical devised, directed, and choreographed by Matthew Bourne, at San Francisco's Orpheum Theatre from Nov. 11 through Dec. 10.

San Francisco's KQED has several great Broadway and theatre related broadcasts for the month of November including 'Singin' In The Rain' and two Great Performances!

'Doubt' - the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winner for Best Play - with Broadway's Cherry Jones, arrives in San Francisco's Golden Gate Theatre November 7 through December 3.