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To close their 37th season, TheatreWorks tackles 'Merrily We Roll Along,' the self-proclaimed Broadway flop. They deserve a pat on the back. Just don't do it again.

Aurora Theatre Company announces the four play submission finalists for the Global Age Project (GAP), a new works initiative that promotes the creation of forward-looking theatre. Playwright Craig Lucas presents 'Subterranea' as the keystone play of the readings.

Edmund White's US premiere of 'Terre Haute' at San Francisco's New Conservatory Theatre Center is beautifully uncomfortable and exceptionally performed, putting us in the opposing minds of a terrorist and a novelist.

Cal Performances at the University of California, Berkeley presents 'An Evening with Michael McKean: Reality at Arm's Length' as part of the 'Strictly Speaking' series. The event takes place Sunday, April 15 at 7PM in Zellerbach Hall A. Tickets are $20, $28, and $38.

The 42nd Street Moon Theatre Company presents Cole Porter's 1932 romantic musical, 'Gay Divorce' to play April 12 - May 6 at the Eureka Theatre.

The national tour of the award-winning Edward Albee's 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' hits San Francisco's Golden Gate Theatre April 11 (opening April 13) with performances through May 12.

American Musical Theatre of San Jose will sizzle and shake with 'Smokey Joe's Café,' the longest running musical revue in Broadway history. This rollicking show recreates 40 chart-topping hits from the legendary creative team of Jerry Leiber (lyrics) and Mike Stoller (music). Opening April 10 with performances through April 22.

San Francisco's New Conservatory Theatre Center announces its 2007-08 season, which includes eight full-scale productions, a special holiday cabaret series, and a limited engagement of an off-Broadway hit!

Aurora Theatre Company presents 'Private Jokes, Public Places,' a biting academic satire by Oren Safdie. Tony-nominated director Barbara Damashek helms this take-no-prisoners comedy playing April 6 through May 13 (opening April 12) at the Aurora Theatre in Berkeley.

'Blue Door,' a breathtaking new play with music, from promising young playwright Tanya Barfield and directed by acclaimed actor Delroy Lindo, begins previews at Berkeley Rep's Thrust Stage on April 6, opens April 11, and closes May 20.

Broadway by the Bay launches its 42nd year of presenting full-scale musicals at family-friendly prices with Jerome Kern's and Oscar Hammerstein II's groundbreaking masterpiece 'Show Boat' beginning April 5, opening April 7, with performances at the San Mateo Performing Arts Center through April 22.

The world premiere of Philip Kan Gotanda's 'After the War' at ACT is more a sappy 1940s San Francisco soap-opera than a nod to Japanese-American history.

TheatreWorks closes its 37th season with a revival of Stephen Sondheim's classic modern musical 'Merrily We Roll Along' playing April 4 - 29 (opening April 7) at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts.

'Cirque du Soleil' is seeking new talent for its thirteen current productions and up-coming creations and will be holding auditions for dancers in Los Angeles and in San Francisco in May 2007.

The stars of San Francisco's smash hit 'Jersey Boys' will sing the National Anthem in four-part harmony, 'Four Seasons' style at the San Francisco Giants Opening Day Festivities, Tuesday, April 3 at AT&T Park.

'Avenue Q,' the smash hit musical featuring a cast of people and puppets, will begin its national tour in San Francisco playing August 7 through September 2 at the Orpheum Theatre.

The Bay Area's acclaimed Lamplighters Music Theatre presents Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's sweeping musical 'Carousel' in concert as part of the Gas Lamp Spring Operetta Series.

The New Conservatory Theatre Center presents the US Premiere of 'Terre Haute,' a drama written by Edmund White and directed by Christopher Jenkins. This politically-charged production begins March 30, opens April 7 and runs through May 6.

'CATS,' the Andrew Lloyd Webber mega-musical, stops at the Flint Center March 30 - April 1 as part of their Broadway and More! 2006-07 season.

The San Jose Rep is thrilled to present the award-winning play 'Nixon's Nixon' on the 10th anniversary of its first appearance at the Rep in 1997; to run from March 24 through April 22 with an opening Friday, March 30.