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Pear Theatre Presents Pear Slices Short Play Bonanza
by BWW News Desk - March 22, 2019
Pear Slices is like a box of chocolates - there's something for everyone's taste! Each spring Pear Theatre patrons gather at Mountain View's intimate theatre company for this collection of original, short plays from the members of the Pear Playwrights Guild. Pear Slices 2019, directed by Robyn Ginsburg Braverman and Troy Johnson, previews on May 2, with press and Opening Night on Friday, May 3, followed by a champagne gala.
Additional Performances of Brian Copeland's THE WAITING PERIOD Announced at The Marsh
by BWW News Desk - March 22, 2019
The Marsh San Francisco adds four free performances of Brian Copeland's The Waiting Period,due to ongoing support from a GoFundMe campaign and generous corporate contributions from The Handlery Hotel Union Square in San Francisco, and Fremont Bank and OSIsoft in San Leandro.
BWW Review: FALSETTOS at SHN Golden Gate Theatre: outstanding 2016 revival hits the road in this musical masterpiece by James Lapine and William Finn.
by Steve Murray - March 22, 2019
BWW Review: FALSETTOS at SHN Golden Gate Theatre: outstanding 2016 revival hits the road in this musical masterpiece by James Lapine and William Finn.
The Wayward Artist Kicks Off Season Of Family With Pulitzer Prize-Winning NEXT TO NORMAL
by BWW News Desk - March 21, 2019
The Wayward Artist moves into season two examining the many faces of family. Guided by the mission to provide a home for the wayward artist in order to transform a wayward world, the wayward artists tell stories of families experiencing loss, mental health issues, sacrifice, abuse, and self-protection.
PlayGround Festival Sets Directors And Casts For 2 New Works
by BWW News Desk - March 21, 2019
Directors and Casting is set for the two PlayGround Festival premieres, A HISTORY OF FREAKS by Katie May, May 13-June 15 , helmed by circus arts performer and director Doyle Ott and ANNA CONSIDERS MARS by Ruben Grijalva,  May 20-June 16 (Press /Opening: May 22 at 8pm), helmed by San Francisco Playhouse Producing Director Susi Damilano. The productions will run in rotating repertory as part of the 25th Season PlayGround Festival of New Works, May 13-June 16, 2019. Tickets for the entire PlayGround Festival are now on sale. For more information, visit http://playground-sf.org/festival.
NCTC Presents Smash Off-Broadway Hit Musical, THE VIEW UPSTAIRS By Max Vernon
by BWW News Desk - March 21, 2019
In May, New Conservatory Theatre Center is thrilled to present Max Vernon's The View UpStairs, directed by NCTC Founder & Artistic Director Ed Decker with musical direction by Kelly Crandell. When impulsive entrepreneur Wes buys a dilapidated building in the French Quarter of New Orleans, he's magically transported to its glory days: the UpStairs Lounge in 1973. Serving as a home, a church, and a gay dive-bar, the UpStairs was its own kind of paradise.  As Wes meets the larger than life lounge regulars, he learns what has been gained and lost in the fight for equality, and how the past can help guide all of us through an uncertain future.
World Premiere Of Lynne Kaufman's WHO KILLED SYLVIA PLATH Comes To The Marsh SF
by BWW News Desk - March 21, 2019
The Marsh San Francisco presents the World Premiere of Who Killed Sylvia Plath, written by award-winning playwright Lynne Kaufman and starring Lorri Holt. Poet Sylvia Plath returns to her burial place in West Yorkshire, England to view the fourth replacement of her tombstone. The previous ones have been defaced by feminists who chiseled off her married name, claiming it was Ted Hughes who caused Sylvia Plath's death. Did Hughes kill Plath? Was her suicide at age 30 a "good career move"? Would she do it again? And what does it say to us today?
SF Ballet Gives World Premiere Of Liam Scarlett's DIE TOTENINSEL
by BWW News Desk - March 21, 2019
Triple-bill Program 06, Space Between, opens at San Francisco Ballet on March 29 with Tony Award-winner Justin Peck's Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes; the return of Arthur Pita's wild Bjork Ballet, created for the 2018 Unbound festival; and the world premiere of Die Toteninsel by Liam Scarlett, artist in residence at The Royal Ballet. Space Between's high-intensity programming is on display until April 9 at SF War Memorial Opera House.
Garrett Clayton Brings IT TAKES THREE to Feinstein's at the Nikko
by BWW News Desk - March 21, 2019
Triple threat Garrett Clayton will present a celebratory evening of cabaret, music, and dancing with his all-new show, It Takes Three, at Feinstein's at the Nikko on Friday, June 21 (8 p.m.) and Saturday, June 22 (8 p.m.). 
TEMPTING FATE Comes to Little Boxes Theatre
by BWW News Desk - March 21, 2019
Antic in a Drain (Artistic Director, Ross Travis) proudly presents its world premiere production of Tempting Fate, a satirical sideshow entertainment reflecting the house of mirrors called climate change. Balk at the science, bemoan the social impacts, and scream in horror at the political divide. You'll find yourself laughing at the grotesque hyperbole, and the fantastically fecund characters bedecked in disdain and hubris. See Mother Earth talk trash to those who bite her tit while suckling her life-giving abundance.
Luther Burbank Center For The Arts Names Mark R. DeSaulnier As New Director Of Marketing
by BWW News Desk - March 20, 2019
Following an extensive search, Luther Burbank Center for the Arts (LBC) announced Mark R. DeSaulnier as its new Director of Marketing, effective June 1, 2019. Mr. DeSaulnier will be responsible for the overall stewardship, strategy, and management of the Luther Burbank Memorial Foundation's brand identity as a community-based, non-profit performing arts center committed to enriching, educating and entertaining the people of California's North Bay region and beyond.
AI WEIWEI: YOURS TRULY To Receive World Premiere At SFIFF
by BWW News Desk - March 20, 2019
AI WEIWEI: YOURS TRULY,  the feature length documentary film directed by Cheryl Haines, has its World Premiere special Marquee Presentation screening during the San Francisco International Film Festival 2019, on Sunday, April 14th, 7:30pm at the Castro Theatre, 429 Castro Street in San Francisco with Ai Weiwei in attendance.
California Symphony Announces Programming For 33rd Season
by BWW News Desk - March 20, 2019
Bay Area connections abound in Connections, the California Symphony's 33rd season and its seventh under the baton of Music Director Donato Cabrera in a newly expanded season which Cabrera says is a step up artistically compared with previous seasons.
Rough Reading Series@ Stanford /Theater Of Yugen Presents THE SUPREME LEADER By Don Nguyen
by BWW News Desk - March 20, 2019
Don Nguyen's reading will help him polish the script for its world premiere at the Dallas Theatre Center, opening June  3- July 12 at their Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre. A highly comic take on the bratty coming of age of Kim Jong-Un, yes the very North Korean dictator we are all too familiar with. The #RoughReadings Series is a monthly series of new works by rising national playwrights. It is in its 12th year thanks to the National Center for New Plays at Stanford University. Come join us to listen to a new work in development, meet the writer, and participate in the creative effort of bringing contemporary theater to life. Like the Playwrights Festival the works are presented by Bay Area professional actors and directors. Two readings are held for each script. The Rough Readings are produced in partnership with National Center for New Plays at Stanford University. All readings are Pay What You Can.
Kristin Chenoweth & Adam Rippon To Be Honored At SFGMC Crescendo Gala
by BWW News Desk - March 20, 2019
The San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus (SFGMC), whose mission is to create extraordinary musical experiences that inspire community, activism and compassion, today announced the honorees for their annual Crescendo Gala being held on April 27 at the Fairmont San Francisco. Emmy and Tony Award-winning actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth will be honored with the Vanguard Award and Olympic medalist in figure skating Adam Rippon with the Trailblazer Award. Zendesk will receive this year's Corporate Champion Award for their commitment to LGBTQ global equality.
San Jose's Center for the Performing Arts to Welcome FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
by BWW News Desk - March 20, 2019
Broadway San Jose, a Nederlander Presentation, is proud to present the Tony Award-nominated Broadway revival ofFiddler on the Roof at San Jose's Center for the Performing Arts (255 S. Almaden Blvd.) from Tuesday, May 21, 2019 through Sunday, May 26, 2019. Single tickets ($43-$153) are on-sale now at www.broadwaysanjose.com, in-person at the City National Civic Box Office (150 W. San Carlos St., San Jose), or by calling 800-982-ARTS (2787).
BWW Review: LA RONDE At The Exit On Taylor Is A Modern Updating Of Schnitzler's Scandalous Sex Romp Adding A Feminist Perspective
by Steve Murray - March 19, 2019
BWW Review: LA RONDE at The Exit On Taylor is a modern updating of Schnitzler's scandalous sex romp adding a feminist perspective.
Contra Costa Civic Theatre Presents ALL THE WAY
by BWW News Desk - March 19, 2019
Contra Costa Civic Theatre (CCCT) today announced the cast for its upcoming production of All the Way, directed by CCCT Artistic Director Marilyn Langbehn. Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Schenkkan's "action-packed, thoroughly gripping…jaw-dropping political drama" (Variety) about the first year of Lyndon Johnson's presidency plays April 12 through May 5 at CCCT. For tickets and information visit the theatre's website at www.ccct.org.
Ensemble Caprice Announces Bay Area Concerts
by BWW News Desk - March 19, 2019
The San Francisco Early Music Society (SFEMS) is pleased to welcome back Montreal-based Ensemble Caprice, celebrating its 30th anniversary this season. Ensemble Caprice will perform a program inspired by love stories from five countries with works by Bach, Purcell, Falconieri, Schmelzer, Vivaldi and more.
CMT San Jose Announces Marquee Production Of Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
by BWW News Desk - March 18, 2019
CMT Marquee Productions, featuring emerging artists from New York to the Bay Area and beyond, presents the Disney classic, Beauty and the Beast, a romantic and beloved story for the whole family.
Choir Of New College Oxford Performs At Grace Cathedral, April 8
by BWW News Desk - March 18, 2019
The San Francisco Early Music Society (SFEMS) is pleased to welcome The Choir of New College Oxford (New College Choir) in a joint presentation with Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. Under the direction of Robert Quinney, the choir will perform a program of Renaissance and Baroque music including works by Giovanni Pierluigi de Palestrina, Tom s Luis de Victoria, Josquin des Prez, John Taverner, Thomas Tallis and more. The program will also include solo organ works by J. S. Bach and William Byrd performed by Oxford scholars Timothy Wakerell and Charles Maxtone-Smith.
Central Works To Present THE VICTORIAN LADIES' DETECTIVE COLLECTIVE
by BWW News Desk - March 18, 2019
Central Works season of new plays continues this spring with a "cheeky" thriller written by the local award-winning  playwright Patricia Milton, The Victorian Ladies' Detective Collective, opening May 4 running through June 2 (previews 5/2 & 3); world-premiere # 63, from the Central Works Writers Workshop. The production, directed by Gary Graves, is the fifth writer/director comic collaboration between Central Works' resident playwright and its company co-director.  In Victorian London it seems Jack the Ripper may be at it again where sisters Loveday and Valeria run a boarding house for Single Ladies.
THE WRONG KIND OF PESSIMISSM Tackles Big Questions Of Progress, Faith, And More At The Marsh SF
by BWW News Desk - March 18, 2019
This April, The Marsh San Francisco brings Paul Sussman's The Wrong Kind of Pessimism to The Marsh Discovery Series, a showcase for works under development. Humans have traded up their caves, tripled their life spans, written Ulysses, and gone to the moon. And along the way, melted the ice caps, oppressed the crap out of each other, and elected you-know-who. Are humans getting anywhere? From the first gentrification (sorry, Neanderthals) to the secrets of the genome, Sussman takes on (and smacks down) the big questions of progress, faith, and where it all ends in The Wrong Kind of Pessimism. Directed by Kenny Yun, The Wrong Kind of Pessimism will be presented April 27 -May 18, 2019 with performances at 5:00pm Saturdays at The Marsh San Francisco, 1062 Valencia St., San Francisco. For tickets ($25-$35 sliding scale Thursdays and Fridays; $30-$35 sliding scale Saturdays; $55 and $100 reserved) or more information, the public may visit www.themarsh.org or call The Marsh Box office at 415-282-3055 (open Monday through Friday, 1pm-4pm).
Michael Tilson Thomas Honored By The Museum Of Performance + Design For Outstanding Leadership In The Arts
by BWW News Desk - March 18, 2019
The Board of the Museum of Performance + Design takes great pleasure in announcing that Michael Tilson Thomas will be presented with the 2019 San Francisco Arts Medallion for his outstanding leadership in the arts on May 14, 2019, at Saint Joseph's Arts Society in San Francisco. The San Francisco Arts Medallion was created in 2005 by the Museum of Performance + Design (MP+D) to recognize those individuals whose leadership, action, and generosity have benefited the cultural life of the San Francisco Bay Area. Proceeds from the event benefit the preservation and educational programs at MP+D.
North Coast Brewing Company Reintroduces Brother Thelonious To Benefit Monterey Jazz Festival
by BWW News Desk - March 18, 2019
Monterey Jazz Festival and North Coast Brewing Company are excited to announce the reintroduction of the Belgian style abbey ale, Brother Thelonious, nationwide and internationally with a fresh new look and the same great taste. North Coast Brewing's award-winning Brother Thelonious is widely loved due to its rich, complex flavor profile and its namesake, the legendary jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk.

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