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The all-new, live show 'MythBusters: Behind the Myths,' starring Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, co-hosts of the Emmy-nominated Discovery series 'MythBusters,' makes its debut at the Fox Performing Arts Center on Wednesday, January 18 at 7:30pm for one performance only.

Following the success of Bill Irwin's season opener, Scapin, in 2010, American Conservatory Theater (A.

Have you every wanted to be a part of a musical, but were too afraid to audition?

Opera San Jose General Director Irene Dalis has announced repertoire for the company's 29th season to begin Saturday, September 8 with Georges Bizet's exotic romance The Pearl Fishers, one of four productions never before staged at the California Theatre.

Sonoma State University School of Performing Arts will present 'Sing-A-Long Oklahoma!' a co-production of the Departments of Music and Theatre Arts & Dance.

Medical doctor and praised author of the national best-selling novel Cutting for Stone, Dr.

UP FROM THE STACKS, a pop opera by Ben Katchor and Mark Mulcahy, and An Evening with Miranda July have been announced for Kanbar Hall at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco.

The RRazz Room, San Francisco's premier nightclub announces upcoming performances for January, February, and March.

Little Women, the Broadway Musical based on the classic novel by Louisa May Alcott will play in PCPA's Marian Theatre February 16 - March 11 and the Solvang Festival Theater June 14 - July 1, 2012 under the Direction of Roger DeLaurier, with Choreography by Michael Jenkinson and Musical Direction by

The comedy Greater Tuna, written by Joe Sears, Jaston Williams, and Ed Howard, directed by Bradley J.

Bay Area Cabaret continues its 2011-2012 season January 15, 2012 with two-time Tony Award winning actress/singer Christine Ebersole.

NCTC will present Xanadu by Douglas Carter Beane, Jeff Lynne, and John Farrar.

Opening night for "Ghost Light" at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre saw luminaries from the world of politics converging for the production - a play that examines the struggle of a son coming to grips with the death of his father, San Francisco Mayor George Moscone, who was assassinated in 1978.

In costume, creativity and sheer visual spectacle, "Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour by Cirque du Soleil" goes beyond any other Cirque, rocking arenas with Jackson's best-known music, pumping the audience's adrenaline with dramatic lighting and blowing all expectations away with huge LED scr

Lily Tomlin, one of America's foremost comediennes, will appear at the Gallo Center for the Arts for a night of comedy on Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 8:00 PM.

San Francisco's cutting-edge Cutting Ball Theater continues its 12th season with the World Premiere of TONTLAWALD.

Bay Area Cabaret welcomes back renowned jazz guitarist/vocalist John Pizzarelli with two performances Sunday, February 26, 2012.

The American Conservatory Theater (A.

Broadway's Betty Buckley will bring her solo show 'Ah, Men! The Boys of Broadway!' to Sunset Center in Carmel, CA on February 4.

The SSU Departments of Music and Theatre Arts & Dance will present 'Oklahoma!' The Broadway musical about pioneering men and women embracing land and love in Oklahoma Territory depicts two separate love triangles and the rivalry between the local farmers and cowboys.

Avenue Q is on stage January 13 - February 4 at Unity (1490 Southwood Drive in San Luis Obispo).

What happens when a lonely man has a love affair with his favorite Broadway musical? 'The Drowsy Chaperone,' a classic, jazz-age musical-comedy and all its hilarious characters come to life in his living room.

The classic tales, Goldilocks and the Three Bears and Little Red Riding Hood will delight audiences at Imagination Theater this February with eleven performances.

In the coming week, by tuning into KQED 9, local television viewers can get a taste of the intimacy and adventure that theatregoers regularly enjoy at the Tony Award-winning Berkeley Repertory Theatre.

MAMMA MIA! is dancing into the Orpheum Theatre - February 21 - March 4.