Happy Holidays, Southern California! You are cordially invited to the theatre event of the holiday season when Cabrillo Music Theatre presents IRVING BERLIN'S WHITE CHRISTMAS featuring some of Cabrillo and Southern California's best loved talent.
Second in the series of salons presented by 42nd Street Moon is a tribute to Ira Gershwin. The January 28th salon will be led by Broadway veteran Donna McKechnie. Also joining the cast is Klea Blackhurst, as well as Bill Fahrner, Alexandra Kaprelian and Darlene Popovich.
KLEA BLACKHURST - hailed as 'an improbably terrific young performer' by the New York Times - is establishing a new home for her show Everything the Traffic Will Allow: The Songs and Sass of Ethel Merman at The Snapple Theater (210 West 50th Street).
Come Halloween, all San Francisco will see - and hear -- how the West was sung when the City's only professional musical theatre company, 42nd Street Moon (www.42ndstreetmoon.org) continues its 2009 / 2010 season with the classic western musical Destry Rides Again starring beloved local chanteuse Connie Champagne as 'Frenchy', the enticing dance hall girl made famous by Marlene Dietrich in the film version.
TheatreWorks, the nationally acclaimed theatre of Silicon Valley presents a festive holiday offering, the West Coast premiere of A CIVIL WAR CHRISTMAS: AN AMERICAN MUSICAL CELEBRATION, by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel.
Jubilee plays November 25 - December 13* at the company's home venue in San Francisco's Financial District/Embarcadero, The Eureka Theatre (215 Jackson Street) and is directed by "Moon" Founding Artistic Director Greg MacKellan, with Dave Dobrusky as Musical Director and Tom Segal as Choreographer. * Note: Opening / Press Night is Saturday, November 28, 6pm
Tony Winner Donna McKechnie and Klea Blackhurst will join Cady Huffman as performers in the 42nd Street Moon Salons, which will hold two performances on October 13th and January 28th. The October 13th performanace, entitled 'I Feel A Song Coming On!' is a salon of Dorothy Fields songs and is lead by Tony Winner Cady Huffman. The January 28th salon is a tribute to Ira Gershwin, led by McKechnie. Also joining the cast is Klea Blackhurst, as well as Bill Fahrner, Alexandra Kaprelian and Darlene Popovich.
Come Halloween, all San Francisco will see - and hear -- how the West was sung when the City's only professional musical theatre company, 42nd Street Moon (www.42ndstreetmoon.org) continues its 2009 / 2010 season with the classic western musical Destry Rides Again starring beloved local chanteuse Connie Champagne as 'Frenchy', the enticing dance hall girl made famous by Marlene Dietrich in the film version.
The 42nd Street Moon presents Jubilee with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, book by Moss Hart and directed by Greg MacKellan. The show will run from November 25 - December 13 with opening / press night on Saturday, November 28 at 6 pm.
Broadway star Cady Huffman will perform at San Francisco's Alcazar Theatre on Tuesday, October 13 in a one night only engagement. The performance will begin at 7pm.
Who's the hostess with the mostes' in San Francisco? On September 26, the answer will be belted out when San Francisco's only professional musical theatre company, 42nd Street Moon (www.42ndstreetmoon.org) opens its much-anticipated 2009 / 2010 season with Irving Berlin's classic take on the Washington, DC political-and-social set, Call Me Madam starring international cabaret and concert star Klea Blackhurst in the role made famous by Ethel Merman.
Multi-talented and multi-lingual singer Lua Hadar and her band TWIST will debut their new show, 'French Connection,' at The Rrazz Room, Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason, SF, Sunday September 13 at 3 PM.
Who's the hostess with the mostes' in San Francisco? On September 26, the answer will be belted out when San Francisco's only professional musical theatre company, 42nd Street Moon (www.42ndstreetmoon.org) opens its much-anticipated 2009 / 2010 season with Irving Berlin's classic take on the Washington, DC political-and-social set, Call Me Madam starring international cabaret and concert star Klea Blackhurst in the role made famous by Ethel Merman.
As a summer extra, the Diablo Theatre Company will present a semi-staged concert version of ' Funny Girl,' the 1964 classic Broadway musical comedy that starred Barbra Sreisand and introduced a score that includes the standards 'People' and 'Don't Rain On My Parade,' for four performances beginning August 27.
As a summer extra, the Diablo Theatre Company will present a semi-staged concert version of ' Funny Girl,' the 1964 classic Broadway musical comedy that starred Barbra Sreisand and introduced a score that includes the standards 'People' and 'Don't Rain On My Parade,' for four performances beginning August 27.
The Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation presents COMEDY KABARET: 2 (gay) Comics and a Diva, featuring Eddie Sarfaty, Scott Nevins and Connie Champagne.
Multi-talented and multi-lingual singer Lua Hadar and her band TWIST will debut their new show, 'French Connection,' at The Rrazz Room, Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason, SF, Sunday September 13 at 3 PM.
The Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation presents COMEDY KABARET: 2 (gay) Comics and a Diva, featuring Eddie Sarfaty, Scott Nevins and Connie Champagne.
As a summer extra, the Diablo Theatre Company will present a semi-staged concert version of ' Funny Girl,' the 1964 classic Broadway musical comedy that starred Barbra Sreisand and introduced a score that includes the standards 'People' and 'Don't Rain On My Parade,' for four performances beginning August 27.
he sixth annual San Francisco Theater Festival, a free one-day extravaganza of 100 shows on 14 stages has been scheduled for Sunday, July 26, 2009, from 11:00 am - 5:00 pm at the Yerba Buena Gardens arts complex, including the new Contemporary Jewish Museum.
