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Theatre Of Yugen Presents POWER PLAYS
by BWW News Desk - April 11, 2018
May Mayhem returns this year with Power Plays. Theatre of Yugen is deeply indebted to the history of civil rights, community, and social justice that the current President and his administration are so flagrantly disregarding. So they're fighting back with their favorite weapon: satire. The history of ky?gen is that of satirizing those in power, revealing them to be no better (or sometimes even worse!) than the common man. Theatre of Yugen is excited to present two classic ky?gen plays, A Religious Dispute and Wrestling With a Mosquito, and premiere two contemporary ky?gen adaptations, Those Mushrooms and All Wrecked Up.
Word for Word Presents ANNIVERSARY! STORIES by Tobias Wolff and George Saunders
by BWW News Desk - April 11, 2018
Word for Word celebrates this 25th season with a rare production "Anniversary! Stories by Tobias Wolff and George Saunders featuring Wolff's "Deep Kiss" and Saunders' "Victory Lap," works by two of the companies favorite authors, directed by Joel Mullennix and Delia MacDougall. "Anniversary! Stories by Tobias Wolff and George Saunders opens with a press night Saturday  August 11, 8pm (Preview Aug 8, 9 & 10) running through September 2 at  Z Space Main Stage in San Francisco's Mission/SOMA district. On August 15th, "An Evening With Tobias Wolff and George Saunders"  a post-show event with Tobias Wolff and George Saunders in conversation with Z Space Playwright-in-Residence Peter Nachtrieb.
The Hammer Theatre Presents BELLA GAIA: A Poetic Vision Of Earth From Space
by BWW News Desk - April 11, 2018
 The Hammer Theatre presents BELLA GAIA - A Poetic Vision of Earth From Space for one night only on Friday, May 11, 2018 as part of the Hammer Theatre's ArtTech series. BELLA GAIA is a renowned audiovisual experience lead by director-composer Kenji Williams and the BELLA GAIA Ensemble. The immersive event combines NASA satellite imagery, time-lapse nature photography, cultural heritage footage, and live performances of global beat music and dance to create an unprecedented and powerful exploration of the beauty and interconnectedness of all things on Earth. The award-winning show will take place at the Hammer Theatre Center (101 Paseo De San Antonio, San Jose, CA 95113). The performance will start at 7:00pm. Tickets range from $29 to $46. View video trailer and additional information on BELLA GAIA at http://www.bellagaia.com/sj.html. Visit the Hammer's site and purchase tickets at http://hammertheatre.com/event/arttech-series-bella-gaia-kenji-williams.
FEMPROVISOR FEST 2018 Announced!
by BWW News Desk - April 11, 2018
The Bay Area's Signature Womxn Focused Improv Gathering Celebrates Fifth Year.
BWW Review: TheatreWorks Brings the Passion of THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY to the Stage and Into Your Heart
by Linda Hodges - April 11, 2018
Brilliant in its simplicity, epic in its scope and poignant in its delivery, TheatreWorks"The Bridges of Madison County" will capture your heart and leave you wondering about the journeys that you've made, the bridges you've crossed and perhaps the road not taken.
Photo Flash: American Conservatory Theatre Celebrates Artistic Director, Carey Perloff
by BWW News Desk - April 11, 2018
With the help of celebrated guest artists,American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) raised $1.2 million at its 2018 Season Gala honoring Carey Perloff and her 25-year tenure as artistic director. Proceeds from the gala, held on Saturday, April 7 at San Francisco's Four Seasons Hotel, support A.C.T.'s professional training and education and community programs reaching more than 20,000 Bay Area-based recipients each year.
On Anniversary Of Columbine, San Jose Quilt Museum Joins Gun Conversation
by BWW News Desk - April 11, 2018
San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles (SJMQT) announced today that it will unroll a trailblazing array of exhibitions and events intended to spark dialogue in relation to the complicated and multifaceted topic of gun violence in America.
NCTC Presents SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF A PLAY, Written And Performed By Del Shores
by BWW News Desk - April 11, 2018
In June, New Conservatory Theatre Center welcomes the return of Sordid Lives creator, Del Shores with the San Francisco premiere of Six Characters in Search of a Play, directed by Emerson Collins. This one-man show is filled with six one-of-a-kind characters Del Shores met in real life, that haven't quite made it into any of his other plays, films, or TV shows. Over the course of 90 minutes, the audience will meet "Yvonne" the anti-vegetarian Dallas waitress; "Sarah", a Trump-hating elderly actress with an inhaler in one-hand and a cigarette in the other; "Jimmy Ray", the evolving, Magic Mike-loving latent Georgia redneck; "Loraine", the once brilliant drama teacher who has lost her mind and is now obsessed with porn; "Marsha", the monkey-hating lesbian with COPD; and "Aunt Bobby Sue", the racist Republican with a heart of gold.
Photo Flash: JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH Flies Into Berkeley Playhouse
by BWW News Desk - April 10, 2018
Berkeley Playhouse continues their tenth anniversary season of professional theater for family audiences with the East Bay premiere of the newly enhanced theatrical telling of Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach, featuring new songs from the Oscar® and Tony Award-winning team of Benj Pasek and Justin Paul(Broadway: Dear Evan Hansen, Film: The Greatest Showman, La La Land), and book by award-winning playwright Timothy Allen McDonald (Jim Henson's Emmet Otter, Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka, The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley).
Magic Theatre Presents World Premiere Of THE GANGSTER OF LOVE
by BWW News Desk - April 10, 2018
Magic Theatre (Loretta Greco, Artistic Director and Jaimie Mayer, Managing Director) announced today the complete cast of Jessica Hagedorn's World Premiere THE GANGSTER OF LOVE, the final production of the 2017-2018 season. Previews begin on Wednesday, April 11, 2018 at Magic Theatre's Fort Mason location, with a press opening on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are on-sale now.
New Date Announced For Rob Lowe's STORIES I ONLY TELL MY FRIENDS: LIVE!
by BWW News Desk - April 10, 2018
Due to a scheduling conflict, Rob Lowe's hit one-man show, Stories I Only Tell My Friends: Live!, originally scheduled for Saturday, June 30 at San Jose's Center for the Performing Arts (255 S. Almaden Blvd.), has been rescheduled to Saturday, October 6, 2018. All tickets for the original date will be honored at the new performance date. Ticketholders unable to attend the new date will be issued a refund.
VIDEO: Get A First Look At TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY
by BWW News Desk - April 10, 2018
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presents the Tony Award-winning musical The Bridges of Madison County, based on the 1992 bestselling novel by Robert James Waller about love both lost and found. Set amidst the cornfields of Iowa in 1965, this passionate musical follows the unexpected affair of a devoted Italian-born housewife and a roving National Geographic photographer set over four sensual, heart-stirring days. Brilliantly adapted by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright Marsha Norman ('night Mother, The Secret Garden, The Color Purple) with music and lyrics by Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown (Parade), it captured the 2014 Tony Award for Best Musical Score. The Bridges of Madison County, directed by TheatreWorks Artistic Director and founder Robert Kelley will be presented April 4 - 29, 2018 (opening night: April 7) at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View. For tickets ($40-$100) and more information the public may visit TheatreWorks.org or call (650) 463-1960.
Bianca Del Rio To Perform At Luther Burbank Center For The Arts June 30
by BWW News Desk - April 10, 2018
Today, Luther Burbank Center for the Arts (LBC) announced that Bianca Del Rio, season 6 winner of "RuPaul's Drag Race," will bring her new stand-up comedy show, Blame it on Bianca Del Rio, to the Center Saturday, June 30, 2018 at 8 p.m.
San Francisco Opera Board Member Annette Campbell-White Honored For Philanthropy At International Opera Awards
by BWW News Desk - April 10, 2018
Arts advocate and San Francisco Opera board member Annette Campbell-White was honored at the sixth annual International Opera Awards (IOA) in London for her lifelong commitment to opera and support of young artists and the performing arts. At the black-tie ceremony held at the London Coliseum on April 9, Campbell-White was presented with the 2018 International Opera Award for Philanthropy. The event, sponsored by British accounting firm Mazars in association with BBC Radio 3 and Opera magazine, also included awards for Female Singer, Male Singer, Readers' Choice, Lifetime Achievement, Recording, among other categories.
ALMA Theatre Company Presents YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE
by BWW News Desk - April 09, 2018
you are my sunshine - a new play with folk songs …based on a true story by Kelli Kerslake Colaco is a multi-decade (1927-1956) character study of a man of mythic American proportions whose passions and demons lead to tragedy. Narrated in Woody Guthrie-style folk songs - accompanied by Bay Area music favorites Chris Haugen (guitar) and Trevor Marcom (vocals/guitar), the fact-inspired ensemble drama focuses on the search for truth behind a dark family legend vis-a-vis an ancestor and the women and children in his life.
ODC Starts Summer Early With The WALKING DISTANCE DANCE FEST
by BWW News Desk - April 09, 2018
Next month ODC Theater provides an early kickoff to the summer with the seventh anniversary of its signature dance festival. Highlights include a West Coast premiere from filmmaker and choreographer Yara Travieso, the Bay Area solo debut of Toronto native Belinda McGuire and a world premiere from Kiandanda Dance Theater.
KING OF CUBA A Play By Cristina García Opens This July
by BWW News Desk - April 09, 2018
King of Cuba, a new comedy by award-winning writer Cristina Garcia, opens with a press night on Saturday, July 21, and runs through August 19 (previews July 19 & 20) at the historic Berkeley City Club. The summer adventure of the Central Works 2018 season King of Cuba, is developed by Ms. Garcia in the Central Works Writers Workshop featuring the lesbian-gender-bending comedian Marga Gomez, and the Grammy-winning "bongocero" Carlos Caro. All are Cubanx celebrities living in the Bay Area. Directed by Gary Graves, the full cast includes Marco Aponte, Leticia Duarte, Elena Garrity, Marga Gomez*, Ben Ortega and Steve Ortiz.(*SAG)
Hana Blazikova and Bruce Dickey to Appear in Concert
by BWW News Desk - April 06, 2018
The San Francisco Early Music Society's 2017-18 concert season culminates the weekend of May 4 with a special presentation of Hana Blažíková and Bruce Dickey performing music for voice and cornetto. Titled Breathtaking: A Cornetto and a Voice Entwined, the program features 17th-century motets, madrigals and arias by Italian composers Biagio Marini, Nicolò Corradini, Tarquinio Merula and Alessandro Scarlatti.
Red Scare Drama FINKS Makes CA Premiere At TheatreWorks
by BWW News Desk - April 06, 2018
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presents Bay Area audiences with the California Premiere of FINKS, a comic drama based on the true story of comedian/actor Jack Gilford directed by TheatreWorks Director of New Works Giovanna Sardelli.
The Marsh Announces Talk Back Line Up for THE MUSHROOM CURE
by BWW News Desk - April 06, 2018
Luminaries such as Dr. James Fadiman, author Ayelet Waldman, and other unique leaders in the fields of health and psychedelics will join actor Adam Strauss following certain performances of The Mushroom Cure in Berkeley with free talkbacks April 6-21,
A.C.T.'s Fellowship Program To Present Caryl Churchill's FAR AWAY And José Rivera's BRAINPEOPLE
by BWW News Desk - April 05, 2018
This month, 13 members of A.C.T.'s Fellowship Program will present Caryl Churchill's Far Away and Jose Rivera's Brainpeople as part of The Fellowship Project 2018. Performances will take place April 19-22, 2018, at A.C.T.'s Costume Shop Theater (1117 Market Street). Each year, the A.C.T. fellows have the opportunity to come together and, with the guidance of professional A.C.T. mentors, produce a project entirely on their own. The project is designed to exercise the skills developed throughout each fellowship and encourage fellows to take on supporting roles outside of their regular assignments, ultimately culminating in a work each fellow can proudly add to their professional experience. This will be the fifth consecutive year that a fellowship class has produced The Fellowship Project.
Merola Presents Schwabacher Summer Concert
by BWW News Desk - April 05, 2018
San Francisco's acclaimed Merola Opera Program, one of the most prestigious and selective opera training programs in the world, launches its 61st season offering audiences a look at the opera stars of tomorrow. Some of opera's greatest moments will come to life as Merola's young artists perform staged scenes from Vanessa, Il tabarro, Don Giovanni, and Les pecheurs de perles in the Schwabacher Summer Concert.
ROVA Saxophone Quartet Celebrates 40th Anniversary & CD Release in Concert
by BWW News Desk - April 05, 2018
Rova Saxophone Quartet: a group that can move you the way an Eastern European choir of voices can move you, but also a group with force, a force that can feel as if it is tearing the walls of the listening space down, celebrates its 40th Anniversary and the release of their new CD, 'In Transverse Time.' Rova will play music from their new CD (on the adventurous Canadian label Victo) and reprise vintage Rova material from the vaults.
World Premiere TINDERELLA Comes to Custom Made
by BWW News Desk - April 05, 2018
Cinderella meets Tinder in this modern musical. Our princess, Meg, longs for true love, but she can barely get a "like." Her fairy-god-roommate reveals the magic of Tinder, and suddenly prince charming is only a swipe away. But Meg still must get to the ball, catch BART before midnight, and reconcile her fairytale dreams with reality-all without losing her slippers.
PETER PAN Comes To Spreckels Performing Arts Center
by BWW News Desk - April 05, 2018
More than a hundred years after he first appeared on stage, Peter Pan still refuses to mature. In the musical Peter Pan, opening at Spreckels Performing Arts Center on May 4, the eternal boy makes the message loud and clear, singing 'I Won't Grow Up' (and crowing 'I Gotta Crow').

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