Marines' Memorial Theatre Announces Their Upcoming Events

UPCOMING EVENTS AT THE MARINES' MEMORIAL THEATRE

Major General Mike Myatt, President and CEO of San Francisco's Marines' Memorial Association, and Roxanne Goodfellow, Artistic & General Manager of the Marines' Memorial Theatre, are proud to present these upcoming entertainment events:
Donald Pippin's Pocket Opera presents Manon by Massenet
The hazardous adventures of a beautiful, naive, light-hearted, high spirited, volatile, undependable, charming and irresistible young lady. After a desperate escape from her tightly confining background, avidly hungry for life, love, freedom, adventure, luxury and sheer pleasure, not surprisingly she is caught in the struggle of conflicting desires. For tickets, visit marinesmemorialtheatre.com or call 415-771-6900. For additional information on Pocket Opera, visit pocketopera.org.

April 10 & April 17, 2011
2 p.m.

Tickets:
$37 (adult)
$34 (seniors 65+)
$20 (full-time students, 25 and under)

The Long Now Foundation presents Ian Morris - "Why the West Rules - For Now"
Hosted by Stewart Brand, the seminar compares East and West across the last 15,000 years, arguing that physical geography rather than culture, religion, politics, genetics or great men explains Western domination of the globe. The Long Now Foundation's monthly Seminars were started in 2003 to build a compelling body of ideas about long-term thinking; to help nudge civilization toward our goal of making long-term thinking automatic and common instead of difficult and rare. For tickets visit marinesmemorialtheatre.com or call 415-771-6900.

April 13, 2011
7:30 p.m.

Tickets: $10.00

The Rrazz Room presents Linda Eder - NOW
Linda Eder reunites with Frank Wildhorn on the new album, "NOW," marking the musical return of this legendary team. After six years apart, Eder and Wildhorn collaborate to recapture the magic that began over two decades ago with the international hit, Jekyll & Hyde. Join us for this rare area opportunity to see Broadway sensation Linda Eder in an elegant and intimate setting. Quite simply, Linda Eder possesses one of the greatest contemporary solo voices of our time. With a starring role in the musical Jekyll & Hyde, Eder (winning a Drama Desk Award) became a favorite leading lady of Broadway. The concert stage remains the mainstay of Eder's career. She has performed for sold-out crowds and has packed venues across the country. Her concerts have been televised on Bravo and PBS. Trail Mix, her primetime Animal Planet special, was a natural extension of her love for animals. This season, we're delighted to bring back this amazingly powerful songstress for a very special concert you'll long remember. For tickets, visit marinesmemorialtheatre.com or call 415-771-6900. For additional information on the Rrazz Room,
visit therrazzroom.com.

April 22 & 23, 2011
8 p.m.

Tickets:
$49.50 - $77.50

Flamenco de Raiz presents An Evening of Passionate Flamenco Dance and Song
Leading Spanish flamenco singer Rafael de Utrera joins dancer Encarnación "La Paloma," guitarist Eric "El Comanche Gitano", the explosive Gypsy dancer/palmero El Torombo and cajon artist Juanma El Negro for an evening of original flamenco compositions, dance compositions and the deep song style known as cante jondo. Audiences will no doubt feel the raw emotion of this nonstop presentation of a unique Spanish flamenco culture while experiencing the authentic depth and startling range of one of the world's leading flamenco vocal artists. Flamenco de Raiz is touring the West Coast in support of their debut live CD "Flamenco de Raiz". For tickets, visit marinesmemorialtheatre.com or call 415-771-6900. For additional information on Flamenco de Raiz, visit flamencoseattle.com.

April 24, 2011
7 p.m.

Tickets:
$35 - $75

The Best of the Best - A Cabaret Fundraiser Benefiting Fleet Week 2011
The Best of the Best will feature some of the finest cabaret performers including Erich Stratmann, Jim Salestrom, Shelly Berg and more. Proceeds will benefit Fleet Week 2011. Package includes a pre-show buffet dinner and post-show dessert buffet at Leatherneck Steakhouse & Lounge. For tickets, visit marinesmemorialtheatre.com or call 415-771-6900.

May 2, 2011
6 p.m.

Tickets: $95

The Long Now Foundation presents Tim Flannery - "Here on Earth"
Hosted by Stewart Brand, the seminar explores evolution and sustainability. In his book "Here on Earth," Flannery argues that we are now equipped as never before to explore our true relationship with the planet on which our biological, economic and cultural futures depend. The Long Now Foundation's monthly Seminars were started in 2003 to build a compelling body of ideas about long-term thinking; to help nudge civilization toward our goal of making long-term thinking automatic and common instead of difficult and rare. For tickets visit marinesmemorialtheatre.com or call 415-771-6900. For more information on The Long Now Foundation, visit longnow.org.

May 3, 2011
7:30 p.m.

Tickets: $10.00

San Francisco Performances presents Edgar Meyer
To see Edgar Meyer with his double bass is to witness how music-making can become a dance. A great performer who also writes his own compositions, Edgar shares his love of music, from Bach to bluegrass. . For tickets visit marinesmemorialtheatre.com or call 415-771-6900

May 15, 2011
11 a.m.

Tickets:
$15 (adults)
$10 (children)

Donald Pippin's Pocket Opera presents Cavalerria Rusticana by Mascagni
and The Cat That Became A Woman by Offenbach
From the heartland of opera, Cavalerria Rusticana is a searing melodrama of love, jealousy, betrayal and revenge. A one-act opera usually paired with the equally searing I Pagliacci, but Pocket Opera prefers to balance it with Offenbach at his zaniest and most charming, The Cat That Became a Woman, a title that tells you pretty much what to expect. But be prepared for a surprise... For tickets, visit marinesmemorialtheatre.com or call 415-771-6900. For additional information on Pocket Opera,
visit pocketopera.org.

May 15 & May 22, 2011
2 p.m.

Tickets:
$37 (adult)
$34 (seniors 65+)
$20 (full-time students, 25 and under)

San Francisco International Arts Festival presents The Barak Marshall Company Production MONGER.
The Barak Marshall Company makes its Bay Area debut with a physical-theater work for 10 dancers. The Suzanne Dellal Centre's production of Barak Marshall's MONGER tells the story of a group of servants, trapped in the basement of the house of an abusive mistress. Marshall's movement is physical, sharp, fast, contains ethnic-contemporary motifs and is known for being highly emotive, visual and theatrical. The score for MONGER combines elements of Gypsy, Balkan with classical and rock music. For tickets, visit marinesmemorialtheatre.com or call 415-771-6900. For additional information on San Francisco International Arts Festival, visit sfiaf.org.

May 19, 2011
8 p.m.

Tickets:
$16

San Francisco International Arts Festival presents Dancing Earth - Of Bodies of Elements
Dancing Earth spins, stomps and spirals into life on the world's dancing grounds as a collective of intertribal Indigenous dance artists, under the leadership of internationally respected choreographer Rulan Tangen. Rooted in the spirit and energy of the first peoples and the land, the mythic power of Dancing Earth's creations respect, embrace and expand the context of Indigenous culture into vital contemporary relevance. For tickets, visit marinesmemorialtheatre.com or call 415-771-6900. For additional information on San Francisco International Arts Festival, visit sfiaf.org.

May 20, 2011
8 p.m.

Tickets:
$16 (early bird)
$24 (reserved premiere seating)
$29 (day of show)
$20 (full-time students and seniors)

SF Sinfonetta presents Sir Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio
Experience another side of musician/songwriter/composer Sir Paul McCartney when Maestro Urs Leonhardt Steiner and the San Francisco Sinfonietta Orchestra and Chorus, with soloists and youth chorus, perform McCartney's first full venture in the classical idiom, Liverpool Oratorio, an oratoria in eight movements. Commissioned in 1991 for the 150 year celebration in his hometown of Liverpool, it chronicles the life of McCartney as a child in World War II war torn England, to the meeting of his future wife, Linda, articulating the hopes, crises and joys of life. The latin motto Non nobis soum sed toti mundo nati (Not for ourselves alone but for the whole world were we born) sums up the oratorio, opening the performance and recurring throughout. For tickets, visit marinesmemorialtheatre.com or call 415-771-6900. For additional information on SF Sinfonetta, visit sfsinfonietta.org.

May 21, 2011
2 p.m.

Tickets:
$24 - $36 (adults)
$12 - $18 (youths 18 and under)

All performances will take place at the Marines' Memorial Theatre (609 Sutter St. at Mason St.).

For additional information, visit For information, please visit
marinesmemorialtheatre.com.

 

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