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Cutting Ball Theater begins the 2012 celebration of August Strindberg's centennial with a Hidden Classics presentation of "Two Radical Visions of Theater," staged readings of two plays that encapsulate Strindberg's two major contributions to drama: realism and expressionism.

There's under TWO weeks left to go in voting for the 2011 San Francisco Awards and here is the latest update! Have you voted yet, and helped to spread the word to support your favorites in the hopes that they will be the recipients of a 2011 BroadwayWorld San Francisco Award?

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Beginning Thursday, December 1 through Friday, December 30, The RRazz Room will celebrate its first annual 'Season of Giving,' a benefit to raise funds for San Francisco Bay Area nonprofits making a difference in our communities.

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 12/18 for San Francisco

THE RETRO DOME, under the direction of GUGGENHEIM ENTERTAINMENT, INC is set to present 'America's Favorite Musical' YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN.

On Sunday, December 18, the fascinating journey of the human species in the evolutionary world of TOTEM will take the stage for the last time in San Francisco.

TOTEM from Cirque du Soleil, now playing at the AT&T Park in San Francisco until December 18, will make a second appearance in the Bay Area beginning March 2, 2012 for a limited engagement at the Taylor Street Bridge in San Jose.

High school is never easy and, as Truman High's head cheerleader Campbell (the perfectly blonde Taylor Louderman) finds out, it's especially hard when last minute redistricting means you now have to attend inner-city Jackson High where there is no cheerleading! With a book by Jeff Whitty (Avenue Q)

San Francisco's African-American Shakespeare Company opens its 2011-12 season with an enchanting production of CINDERELLA.

Black Box Theatre presents a limited San Francisco engagement of local Bay Area theater luminary Trevor Allen's critically acclaimed solo show WORKING FOR THE MOUSE.

It's the most wonderful time of the year and San Francisco's Golden Gate Theater is adding magic of the season with Dr.

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

SWEET CAN PRODUCTIONS CELEBRATES 5TH ANNIVERSARY WITH ENCORE OF INTIMATE HOLIDAY CIRCUS SPECTACULAR 'YES SWEET CAN' PLUS SPECIAL HOLIDAY CABARET December 16, 2011-January 1, 2012 Limited holiday engagement!

Film and fashion (and fun) will unite at the inaugural San Francisco Fashion Film Festival in Spring 2012.

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.

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

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Kneehigh Theatre Company is back with The Wild Bride at Berkeley Repertory Theatre.

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.

The new musical comedy, BRING IT ON: THE MUSICAL, raises the stakes on over-the-top high school rivalries.

The B Street Theatre, Sacramento's Resident Professional, New Works Theatre, has announced its winter play selections for the Mainstage, B-3, & Family Series.