SAN FRANCISCO THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 395

The Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, America's longest running festival dedicated to new music for orchestra, is pleased to appoint Cristian Macelaru as its new Music Director and Conductor.

San Francisco Opera's 2016-17 Season opens Friday, September 9 with a gala performance of Umberto Giordano's Andrea Chenier in a new production by Sir David McVicar.

San Francisco Fringe Festival presents THE OLDEST LIVING CATER WAITER: My Life in Three Coursesby Michael Patrick Gaffney * directed by Ken Sonkin.

San Francisco Opera Guild in collaboration with San Francisco Opera announced details of the upcoming Opera Ball 2016: La Revolution et L'Amour, celebrating San Francisco Opera's 94th season and the opening night performance of Umberto Giordano's French Revolution opera Andrea Chenier.

Contra Costa Civic Theatre (CCCT) begins its 2016-17 season with the Diamond Anniversary production of the beloved musical My Fair Lady, based on Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw, with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, and music by Frederick Loewe.

Human Nature, winner of the 2012 Prize of Hope, presents the world premiere of 'TALES OF A SEXUAL TOMBOY' as part of the 2016 San Francisco International Fringe Festival: SF Fringe.

Today, Luther Burbank Center for the Arts (The Center) announced Peppa Pig's Big Splash Live!, Peppa's first North American theatre tour, will visit Santa Rosa on Thursday, March 30, 2017 at 6:30 p.

 The Oshman Family Jewish Community Center of Palo Alto proudly announces  the Fall-Winter Season for its 2016-2017 Arts & Dialogues series, featuring an array of luminaries, innovators and world-renowned performers at the OFJCC's Albert & Janet Schultz Cultural Arts Hall in Palo Alto.

Berkeley Repertory Theatre today announced the world premiere production of The Last Tiger in Haiti by playwright Jeff Augustin and directed by Joshua Kahan Brody.

Aurora Theatre Company announces the company's newest Originate + Generate (O+G) artist commission, Christopher Chen.

Children's Musical Theater San Jose (CMT San Jose), a nationally acclaimed theater company honored 10 times by the NEA and the oldest operating performing arts organization in San Jose, today announced its 49th season of shows.

San Francisco Opera's 2016-17 Season continues with Donizetti'sDon Pasquale in six performances from September 28-October 15, 2016.

Pacific Symphony's popular chamber music series, Cafe Ludwig, returns to sweeten up Sundays with coffee, treats and music that's extra delicious.

Word for Word and Z Space stage the Pulitzer Prize winning author Edward P Jones' novel All Aunt Hagar's Children  opening November 19 (previews November 16-17-18) on San Francisco's Z Space Main Stage.

Due to unprecedented advance ticket sales,Cirque du Soleil is extending the San Francisco Bay Area engagements of its latest Big Top production LUZIA by three weeks in San Francisco and two weeks in San Jose.

With over 12 million albums sold, two Golden Globes, two Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and Billboard's record-breaking television soundtrack sales for her work on 'Ally McBeal,' world-renowned artist, Vonda Shepard, returns to Feinstein's at the Nikko for two performances only - Frid

Aurora Theatre Company presents the West Coast Premiere of Keith Josef Adkins' SAFE HOUSE.

Golden Thread Productions, the first American theatre company to focus on the Middle East, continues its 20th Anniversary Season with the West Coast premiere of Yussef El Guindi's humorous and hard-hitting Our Enemies: Lively Scenes of Love and Combat, directed by Founding Artistic Director Toran

IAM Theatre Company has announced its fall production--the National Premiere of Pride and Prejudice - The Musical, to run at the Southside Theatre at Fort Mason Center from September 23rd to October 9th.

Today, co-founders Chris Maikish and Luke Klipp announced the cast for the acclaimed Los Angeles musical theater series, A Little New Music, performing at San Francisco's Feinstein's at the Nikko today, September 7 at 7 p.

San Francisco Fringe Festival presents THE OLDEST LIVING CATER WAITER: My Life in Three Coursesby Michael Patrick Gaffney * directed by Ken Sonkin.

The Sausalito Art Festival is regarded as the premiere waterfront art festival and one of the most prestigious art events in the country.

San Francisco Opera Guild in collaboration with San Francisco Opera announced details of the upcoming Opera Ball 2016: La Revolution et L'Amour, celebrating San Francisco Opera's 94th season and the opening night performance of Umberto Giordano's French Revolution opera Andrea Chenier.

In a world premiere, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA)presents /peh-LO-tah/, a high-powered multimedia theatrical experience featuring live music, dance, and spoken-word poetry, which examines the complexities of soccer as a conduit for global joy and corruption.