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A.C.T. Kicks Off the 2019–20 Season with Caryl Churchill's TOP GIRLS in September
by BWW News Desk - August 08, 2019
Tony Award winner and American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) Artistic Director Pam MacKinnon announced today the full cast and creative team for Caryl Churchill's Top Girls, opening A.C.T.'s 2019a?"20 season.
Cast Announced for JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Tour Stop in San Jose
by BWW News Desk - August 08, 2019
Work Light Productions announced casting today for the 50th Anniversary Tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's iconic musical, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR. Winner of the 2017 Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival, the North American presentation of the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre's production will tech in Syracuse, NY.  The tour will officially launch at Austin's Bass Concert Hall on October 8 through October 13, 2019 before visiting over 30 cities including Los Angeles, Denver, Nashville, Dallas and Chicago.
The Empress Theatre Presents 3rd Annual San Francisco International Piano Festival
by BWW News Desk - August 07, 2019
The San Francisco International Piano Festival returns to the Empress Theatre for its 3rd season, presenting world class artists and unique programming.
Smuin Contemporary Ballet Launches Season With Johnny Cash, Dave Brubeck Ballets
by BWW News Desk - August 07, 2019
Smuin Contemporary Ballet launches its 26th season with Dance Series 1, a fall program featuring three extraordinary works by established and rising choreographers.
San Francisco Fringe Presents GRIEF IS HORNY
by BWW News Desk - August 07, 2019
Love, Death, Sex, Comedy/Tragedy.  With a perfect mix of absurdity and raw storytelling this show never stops digging to reveal the human spirit.  Following a successful run at the iO, Jonathan Euseppi is bringing his hilarious and powerful show, Grief is Horny, to the SF Fringe Festival Sep 6TH, 7TH, 11TH, and 14Th!
Elko Cowboy Music & Poetry Gathering Comes To Napa Valley
by BWW News Desk - August 07, 2019
The Lincoln Theater presents the 5th Annual Cowboy Music and Poetry Gathering on Saturday, September 7th, as musicians, poets, and storytellers regale the audience with their experiences of hard work, heartbreak and hilarity in the West. Part of the world renowned Elko Cowboy Poetry Gathering, this event embodies the spirit and heart of a uniquely American way of life.
42nd Street Moon Presents TITANIC The Musical - In Concert
by BWW News Desk - August 06, 2019
San Francisco's 42nd Street Moon announces the cast and creative team for the upcoming concert presentation of the Tony Award-winning TITANIC, showcasing 70 of the Bay Area's best singers and musicians. TITANIC has a story and book by Peter Stone with music and lyrics by Maury Yeston.
San Francisco Opera Presents Benjamin Britten's BILLY BUDD
by BWW News Desk - August 06, 2019
San Francisco Opera presents Benjamin Britten's masterpiece of law and order on the high seas, Billy Budd, in six performances at the War Memorial Opera House September 7a?"22. Based on the unfinished novella by Herman Melville and set to a libretto by E.M. Forster and Eric Crozier, Billy Budd returns to the Company's repertory after a 15-year absence in the a?oepowerfula?? (New York Times) staging by Tony Award-winning director Michael Grandage. Lawrence Renes conducts the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and an all-male cast of 75 artists, including 44 men from the San Francisco Opera Chorus prepared by Chorus Director Ian Robertson and 8 boys from the Ragazzi Boys Chorus. The performances coincide with the Melville bicentennial and the 100th anniversary of the posthumous discovery of the American author's unfinished manuscript of Billy Budd.
BWW Review: BETTE DAVIS AIN'T FOR SISSIES at 3Below Theaters & Lounge is an up close and personal conversation with Bette Davis.
by Steve Murray - August 06, 2019
BWW Review: BETTE DAVIS AIN'T FOR SISSIES at 3Below Theaters & Lounge is an up close and personal conversation with Bette Davis.
Brian Copeland and Charlie Varon Present THE GREAT AMERICAN SH*T SHOW
by BWW News Desk - August 06, 2019
Solo performance legends Brian Copeland and Charlie Varon join forces to present new monologues on life in the Age of Trump in THE GREAT AMERICAN SH*T SHOW. After a successful and highly-praised show in San Rafael in April, they're bringing it back on Sunday, August 18 at The Marin Center's Showcase Theater.
Steve Grand Brings THE PINK CHAMPAGNE TOUR to Feinstein's at the Nikko
by BWW News Desk - August 06, 2019
Following a sold-out engagement in February 2019, singer-songwriter Steve Grand returns to Feinstein's at the Nikko with The Pink Champagne Tour on Wednesday, November 20 (7 p.m.) and Thursday, November 21 (8 p.m.).
The Lark Theater Presents MARGARET ATWOOD - LIVE IN CINEMAS
by BWW News Desk - August 06, 2019
The Lark Theater presents author Margaret Atwood Live in Cinemas on Tuesday, September 10th, 6:30pm and Sunday, September 15th, 1:00pm (encore) at the Lark Theater, 549 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur, CA.
The Lark Theater Presents BILL EVANS REMEMBERED
by BWW News Desk - August 06, 2019
The Lark Theater presents Bill Evans Remembered - Film and Live Music on Thursday, August 22nd at 7:30pm at the Lark Theater, 549 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur, CA.
Luther Burbank Center For The Arts Adds Four Shows To Its 2019–20 Season Line Up
by BWW News Desk - August 05, 2019
Luther Burbank Center for the Arts (LBC) announced today that it has added four shows to its 2019a?"20 season lineup: A Night with Janis Joplin, Mark O'Connor's a?oeAn Appalachian Christmas,a?? The Price is Right LIVE!, and Ballet Hispánico. Tickets for all shows, as well as single tickets for the Carlton Senior Living Symphony Pops Series and the Clover Sonoma Family Fun Series, will be available beginning Friday, August 16 at 12 p.m. online at lutherburbankcenter.org, by calling 707-546-3600, or at the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts ticket office (50 Mark West Springs Road in Santa Rosa).
Psycho Donuts Creates Limited Edition WICKED Donut
by BWW News Desk - August 05, 2019
To celebrate the return of WICKED, San Jose's most popular musical, Psycho Donuts has created a limited edition donut that pays homage to the friendship between the show's two leading characters, Elphaba and Glinda. The raised yeast donut is filled with a green-tinted vanilla custard, topped with a strawberry cheesecake icing, and garnished with pearl and sugar crystal sprinkles. The donut is available for a limited time beginning August 8, 2019 at Psycho Donuts' Campbell (2006 Winchester Blvd., Campbell) and Santa Clara (2000 El Camino Real, Santa Clara) locations.
Transcendence Theatre Company Presents THOSE DANCIN' FEET
by BWW News Desk - August 05, 2019
The award-winning Transcendence Theatre Company, lauded by audiences and critics for its high caliber series of Broadway inspired productions, presents 'Those Dancin' Feet,' the third of its 2019 'Broadway Under the Stars' summer series of main stage musical productions.
Crowded Fire Theater Hosts Bay Area Premiere of INKED BABY
by BWW News Desk - August 05, 2019
Crowded Fire Theater (CFT) Christina Anderson returns to Crowded Fire with INKED BABY, the second production in Crowded Fire's 21st season of new and contemporary plays.  Featuring an ensemble cast directed by Crowded Fire Resident Artist Lisa Marie Rollins, INKED BABY introduces a world that is at once both familiar and strange, and questions why we hold on to home even when that land is toxic. 
Single Tickets For A.C.T.'s 2019–20 Season On Sale This Friday
by BWW News Desk - August 05, 2019
Tony Award winner and American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) Artistic Director Pam MacKinnon and Executive Director Jennifer Bielstein announced today that tickets for A.C.T.'s 2019a?'20 season will be available beginning Friday, August 9 at 10 a.m
Holocaust Survivors Join Post-Show Discussion At San Francisco Playhouse CABARET
by BWW News Desk - August 02, 2019
San Francisco Playhouse is humbled to announce a post-show discussion featuring Holocaust survivors Gloria Lyon, Jean Schulman, and Rivka Spiegel following the matinee performance of Cabaret on Saturday, August 3rd. The panel will be hosted by Louis Parnell.
THE BLACK CHOREOGRAPHER's FESTIVAL Summer Series Begins 9/7
by BWW News Desk - August 02, 2019
 In association with the African & African American Performing Arts Coalition, K*Star*Productions is pleased to announce the Black Choreographers Festival (BCF): Summer Series, September 7 a?" 8, at the Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts in Oakland. Starting at 8 p.m. on Saturday the 7th, the program will feature works by Kendra Kimbrough Barnes, Gregory Dawson and Reginald Savage, among others. Sunday's show starts at 3 p.m., and features more than half a dozen pre-professional youth dance groups from around the Bay Area, including Frankie Lee Peterson III, New Style Motherlode, Oakland School for the Arts, On Demand, Sweat and Zaccho Youth Dance Company.
Word For Word's RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER Opens Next Month
by BWW News Desk - August 02, 2019
Word for Word and Z Space stage an atmospheric production of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's legendary Rime of the Ancient Mariner  with press nights of Friday and Saturday September 20 & 21 at 8pm running through October 12 (Previews Sept 11-19).  Considered by some to be a green parable, this epic voyage is a tale of man's crime against nature, with the shooting of the magnificent albatross--and the havoc which nature wreaks in return.  Rime of the Ancient Mariner is directed by Jim Cave and Delia MacDougall with a cast that features Nathaniel Andalis, Lucas Brandt, Robert Ernst*, Darryl V. Jones, Leontyne Mbele-Mbong*, Earl Paus, Charles Shaw Robinson*, Patricia Silver* and Randall Wong. (*member AEA)
WHO KILLED SYLVIA PLATH Transfers to The Marsh Berkeley
by BWW News Desk - August 02, 2019
Following a successful World Premiere run at The Marsh San Francisco, Who Killed Sylvia Plath, written by award-winning playwright Lynne Kaufman and starring Lorri Holt, will transfer to The Marsh Berkeley this Fall.
The Red Not Chili Peppers Announced At Covina Center for the Performing Arts
by BWW News Desk - August 01, 2019
The Red Not Chili Peppers pay tribute to the ultimate funk rock quartet a?" a band who has transcended three decades of chart topping success as well as developed one of the largest die-hard followings in the world.
Feinstein's at the Nikko Hosts Cabaret Favorite PRONOUN SHOWDOWN
by BWW News Desk - August 01, 2019
What happens when you switch-up the pronouns in some of Broadway's greatest hits? Come find out as you hear your favorite showtunes take twists and turns with the change of a single word!

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