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A Play About Physics and Celebrity Opens In Redwood City This Weekend
by BWW News Desk - January 22, 2018
Imagine a meeting of the minds between Albert Einstein, Marilyn Monroe, Senator Joe McCarthy, and Joe DiMaggio in a New York hotel room in the 1950s. Using these archetypes as a jumping off point, playwright Terry Johnson shows that celebrity, sex, death, and politics are all intertwined. Hilarious and heartbreaking, Insignificance shows us that everything is in fact relative.
Bay Area Musicals Continues Third Season with THE WEDDING SINGER
by BWW News Desk - January 22, 2018
Bay Area Musicals!, the newest non-profit theatrical organization to join the vibrant San Francisco Bay Area arts community, continues its third season with the rocking 80s parody musical, The Wedding Singer, based on the acclaimed Adam Sandler film.
Brava Presents The Son Jarocho Festival With Live Music, Workshops and More
by BWW News Desk - January 20, 2018
Brava presents the 6th Annual San Francisco Son Jarocho Festival, honoring the women of Jarocho, on January 30 February 4, 2018. Featuring: Ca a Dulce y Ca a Brava from Veracruz, Mexico, Entre Mujeres from Los Angeles, and the Bay Area's own DiaPa'Son. Explore the folkloric music style of Veracruz during a week-long festival of live music, community fandango, workshops with master artists, and youth activities when Brava presents the 6th Annual San Francisco Son Jarocho Festival.
HOMECOMING QUEEN'S GOT A GUN: THE MUSICAL Comes To San Francisco
by BWW News Desk - January 20, 2018
Julie Brown's Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun: The Musical comes to San Francisco after it's sold out run in Los Angeles. The show opens with a limited exclusive run at the new Oasis cabaret Nightclub (Address: 298 Eleventh St, San Francisco, CA 94103) beginning on February 8, 2018 for five shows only! Tickets are on sale now at https://sfoasis.com.
Bay Area Favorite Tom Reardon Returns To Feinstein's At The Nikko
by BWW News Desk - January 20, 2018
After six previous sold-out engagements, Bay Area favorite Tom Reardon returns to Feinstein's at the Nikko with his brand new show, Anything But Love: love songs, vol. III on Friday, March 9 (8 p.m.) and Saturday, March 10 (8 p.m.). For his lucky 7th run, Reardon will be singing about that ever-perplexing topic in this third installment of an evening of love songs. Tom is, once again, joined by Roberta Drake on drums, John Greitzer on bass, Billy Raphael on guitar, and Morgan Stinson and Melissa O'Keefe on vocals. Musical Direction is by Eryn Allen and Daren A.C. Carollo directs and produces. Tickets for Tom Reardon range in price from $22.50 $45 and are on-sale now and available by calling 866.663.1063 or visiting www.ticketfly.com.
Berkeley Playhouse Kicks Off President's Day Weekend With The Epic American Musical RAGTIME
by BWW News Desk - January 19, 2018
Berkeley Playhouse continues their tenth anniversary season of professional theater for family audiences with their largest production of the season, Ragtime. A sweeping musical epic of hopes and dreams in an America facing change at the turn of the 20th century, Ragtime boasts Tony Award-winning score and lyrics by the Broadway powerhouse duo, Stephen Flaherty and Lynne Ahrens (Once on This Island, Anastasia, Suessical) and a book by four-time Tony Award-winner Terrence McNally (The Full Monty, Love! Valour! Compassion!, Master Class), based on the celebrated novel by E. L. Doctorow. Celebrating its twentieth anniversary of opening on Broadway this month, the original 1998 production was nominated for a staggering thirteen Tony Awards and fourteen Drama Desk awards.
Bay Area Children's Theater Debuts Musical Version Of BEAUTIFUL OOPS!, Today
by BWW News Desk - January 19, 2018
It started with a coffee spill. Author-illustrator Barney Saltzberg took one look at the coffee stain on his sketchbook page and turned it into a Coffee Monster. So was born the idea for his award-winning, best-selling book, Beautiful Oops!
MEGABYTES! THE MUSICAL to Play The Shelton Theater This Winter
by BWW News Desk - January 19, 2018
AWAT Productions presents MEGABYTES! THE MUSICAL, a world premiere musical comedy revue written & directed by Morris Bobrow, at the Shelton Theater, January 19 - March 3, 2018.
Single Tickets Now Available for Palo Alto's 87th Season!
by BWW News Desk - January 19, 2018
Single tickets are on sale now for the remaining shows in Palto Alto's 87th Season!
Central Works 28th Season of New Work Opens With BAMBOOZLED
by BWW News Desk - January 18, 2018
Central Works begins its 2018 season of new plays with Bamboozled by award-winning playwright Patricia Milton, opening with a press night on Saturday, Feb 17, and running through March 18 (previews Feb 15 & 16) at the historic Berkeley City Club. Bamboozled was developed by Ms. Milton in the Central Works Writers Workshop, and is inspired by true events. In Central Works 58th world premiere, Abby is a young appraiser touring with the show Antiques Roadtrip. She's a black woman from L.A. traveling in the south Shelby County, Tennessee. When she's accused of defrauding a Daughter of the Confederacy out of a fortune in Civil War heirlooms, Abby finds herself on the hook for a million dollars. Her legal team is flailing and her accuser is formidable. Should she cop a plea? Or take a long shot for justice?
Aurora Theatre Company Extends G.B. Shaw's WIDOWERS' HOUSES
by BWW News Desk - January 18, 2018
In response to popular demand and early sales, Aurora Theatre Company will add an additional seven performances to its production of George Bernard Shaw's crackling comic satire WIDOWERS' HOUSES.
BWW Interviews: PEACHES CHRIST on Future Projects, Drag, and Loving Yourself
by Trevor Durham - January 18, 2018
Peaches dishes on future projects, her time in drag, and the importance of loving yourself first. 'It's just suspending reality and letting yourself go. In a way, I feel like, more than art, these days, what we do could be considered therapy.'
San Francisco Playhouse presents NON-PLAYER CHARACTER
by BWW News Desk - January 18, 2018
San Francisco Playhouse (Artistic Director Bill English; Producing Director Susi Damilano) announced casting for the first show of its 2017-18 Sandbox Series of World Premieres Non-Player Character by Walt McGough. Lauren English will direct the world premiere production, which will be staged at the Creativity Theater at Yerba Buena Gardens.
Winners Announced For The 2017 BroadwayWorld San Francisco Awards; HEATHERS Wins Best Musical!
by BWW News Desk - January 18, 2018
The votes have been counted... Check out the fill list of winners for the 2017 BWW Regional Awards!
Smuin's Annual Gala Lights Up San Francisco, 3/4
by BWW News Desk - January 18, 2018
San Francisco's premier contemporary American ballet company celebrates its successful and innovative 24th season at Smuin's Annual Gala, to be held Sunday, March 4, 2018 at San Francisco's Galleria. The dancers of Smuin Contemporary American Ballet will trade in their pointe shoes for heels to mingle among the city's leaders in arts and business, for a lavish evening of extraordinary entertainment.
Jill Vice's A FATAL STEP Returns to The Marsh This Month
by BWW News Desk - January 18, 2018
The Marsh San Francisco announces a new solo show by Jill Vice, A Fatal Step. Turning the tables on film noir tropes, Vice's 60-minute dramedy tells its shadowy tale not from the typical point of view of the hardboiled detective, but from that of the femme fatale.
San Francisco Opera Announces 2018-19 Season Repertory And Casting
by BWW News Desk - January 17, 2018
San Francisco Opera General Director Matthew Shilvock today announced plans for the 2018 19 Season. The Company's 96th Season will open Friday, September 7 with a gala double-bill performance of Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana and Ruggero Leoncavallo's Pagliacci in Jos Cura's production with an international cast featuring Lianna Haroutounian, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Roberto Aronica, Marco Berti and Dimitri Platanias, conducted by Daniele Callegari. To usher in the new opera season, San Francisco Opera Guild will produce its signature benefit event, Opera Ball 2018.
One Night Only! The Tour Cast of BOOK OF MORMON Takes Part in 'Songs Off The Resume'
by BWW News Desk - January 17, 2018
The Richmond/Ermet Aid Foundation (REAF) presents a special One Night Only Benefit Cabaret with the touring cast of the Tony Award-winning show BOOK OF MORMON singing Songs Off the Resume An Evening of Music & Comedy. Mon., Feb. 19, 2018 - 7:30 pm, Marines' Memorial Theater, 609 Sutter St., 2nd Floor, San Francisco 94102
San Francisco Opera Announces 2018/19 Season and Casting
by BWW News Desk - January 17, 2018
San Francisco Opera General Director Matthew Shilvock today announced plans for the 2018 19 Season. The Company's 96th Season will open Friday, September 7 with a gala double-bill performance of Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana and Ruggero Leoncavallo's Pagliacci in Jos Cura's production with an international cast featuring Lianna Haroutounian, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Roberto Aronica, Marco Berti and Dimitri Platanias, conducted by Daniele Callegari. To usher in the new opera season, San Francisco Opera Guild will produce its signature benefit event, Opera Ball 2018.
Luther Burbank Center for the Arts Announces Mavis Staples and The Magic of Adam Trent
by BWW News Desk - January 17, 2018
Luther Burbank Center for the Arts (LBC) announced two new performances in 2018, adding to the dynamic lineup of entertainment in Santa Rosa. Soul and gospel legend Mavis Staplesperforms at the Center on Friday, April 27 and, Broadway and TV star Adam Trent will present his signature brand of magic and illusion in the high-tech stage spectacle The Magic of Adam Trent on Thursday, June 28. Tickets for both performances go on sale on Friday, January 26 at 12 p.m. and are available by calling 707-546-3600, online at lutherburbankcenter.org, or at the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts ticket office (50 Mark West Springs Road in Santa Rosa).
Jeremy Jordan Joins Broadway Concert Series in San Francisco
by BWW News Desk - January 17, 2018
Producer Mark Cortale's Broadway concert series, hosted by Sirius XM radio star Seth Rudetsky, has announced that Tony Award nominee and star of The CW's Supergirl Jeremy Jordan will join the internationally acclaimed series at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco this season on Sunday.
Photo Flash: A First Look at American Conservatory Theater's THE BIRTHDAY PARTY
by BWW News Desk - January 17, 2018
American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) rings in 2018 with the first staging of Harold Pinter's mysterious classic drama, The Birthday Party (January 10 February 4, 2018). In an undisturbed English seaside town, the inhabitants of a ramshackle boarding house react to the arrival of two unsettling strangers. Where do the mysterious Goldberg and McCann come from? Who sent them? And why do they keep asking about the sole boarder, piano player Stanley? As the party guests, including flighty Lula and flirty landlady Meg, gather for Stanley's birthday, the desperate pianist is forced to confront a surreal interrogation. Featuring A.C.T. favorites Marco Barricelli and Firdous Bamji, two-time Tony Award winner Judith Ivey, and Stratford Festival star Scott Wentworth, The Birthday Party is seething with mystery, danger, and sudden humor!
Berkeley Rep Presents 16th Annual Teen One Acts Festival
by BWW News Desk - January 17, 2018
Today the Berkeley Rep School of Theatre announced the presentation of its 16th annual Teen One-Acts Festival. The 2018 festival features two plays written by Bay Area high school students: Lucky, written by Lucy Urbano, a junior at Oakland School for the Arts, and Fig and Wasp, written by Eleanor Boes, a sophomore at Marin Academy. The festival will take place on Friday, February 2 and Saturday, February 3, 2018 at 7:30pm at the Berkeley Rep Peet's Theatre. Adult tickets are $15 and youth tickets are $10. Tickets are available online at www.berkeleyrep.org/teenoneacts and in person at the performance.
Aurora Theatre Company presents A NUMBER By Caryl Churchill
by BWW News Desk - January 16, 2018
Aurora Theatre Company presents the West End hit A NUMBER by influential British playwright Caryl Churchill with Barbara Damashek to direct. Set in the near future, the play explores human cloning, personal identity and the age-old debate of nature versus nurture.
EXIT Theatre Heats Up With BURLESQUE EXTRAVAGANZA
by BWW News Desk - January 16, 2018
EXIT Theatre proudly presents our first annual Burlesque Extravaganza, four unique evenings featuring some of the Bay Area's most treasured performers. Thanks to the respective successes of our previous full-length Burlesque cabaret shows Rebel Without a Bra, At the White Rabbit Burlesque, Hotel Burlesque, and Just Another Zombie Holiday Show; as well as our monthly burlesque showcase, DIVA or Die Burlesque EXIT Theatre is becoming a recognized home of Burlesque in the Bay Area. We're thrilled to share this amazing line-up of beauty, talent, and sequined hotness to shake you out of the mid-winter doldrums, and extend your Valentine's Day celebrations by a whole extra week. Our featured acts include a titillating Sing and Strip hosted by the tasty Red Velvet, Seven Deadly and Other Sins with Magnoliah Black as MC, How Lovely to be a Woman, a one-woman show featuring DeeDee Queen, and our outrageous Burlesque Improv Night with If 'N' Whendy and a bevy of buxom babes.

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