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When the vibrant contemporary dance company, Liss Fain Dance presents THE FALSE AND TRUE ARE ONE from November 17 - 20 at the Forum at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA), noted actress Nancy Shelby will take center stage reading the witty and unusual short stories of Lydia Davis while the dancer

Variously described by critics as magnificent, mesmerizing and magical and favorably compared to Nina Simone, Peggy Lee and Edith Piaf, Barb Jungr has, in recent years, built a formidable reputation on the international cabaret stage.

This October, the Tony Award-winning Berkeley Repertory Theatre once again introduces a new script for the American theatre with the world premiere of How to Write a New Book for the Bible.

NCTC will present The Temperamentals by Jon Marans.

Mill Valley Chamber Chamber Music Society presents Trio Voronezh.

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

Opera legend Maria Callas comes to Hillbarn Theatre in the Tony winning play Master Class, October 20 - November 6.

Paragon Theatre's The Trench: A New Play Development Series present FORGIVING JOHN LENNON.

A bucket of New Orleans Mardi Gras beads, now a mocking memory of happier times, sit in front of what remains of a house - and one family - in the lower Ninth Ward after the storm of the century: Hurricane Katrina.

At age 79 the svelte Puerto Rican triple threat from Hollywood's bygone golden age continues to bring the house down.

Variously described by critics as magnificent, mesmerizing and magical and favorably compared to Nina Simone, Peggy Lee and Edith Piaf, Barb Jungr has, in recent years, built a formidable reputation on the international cabaret stage.

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 10/09 for San Francisco

Broadway By The Bay, the Peninsula's premiere musical theatre company, presents the delightful Broadway classic GYPSY, closing Sunday, October 9, at their new home, the historic Fox Theatre in Redwood City (2215 Broadway Street, Redwood City).

NCTC is proud to present Show Ho starring Sara Moore.

Aurora Theatre Company proudly opens its 20th anniversary season with renowned American playwright Edward Albee's Pulitzer Prize-winning brutal comedy of manners A DELICATE BALANCE.

Willows Theatre Company and Esses Productions conclude their third and final presentation of their SING FOR YOUR SUPPER Concert Series benefiting The Food Bank of Contra Costa & Solano with a Gala Variety Show featuring singers and performers from Television, Theatre, and Cabaret.

Pam Ann aka Australian comedienne Caroline Reid, is the fashion-flying, hard-drinking, A-list hostess to the stars touching down at the Castro Theater 429 Castro St.

42nd Street Moon's NYMPH ERRANT opens tonight.

Brava Theater will present its first ever Front Woman Series as part of Sally's Nights of Music, curated by Brava's Managing Director, Hetal Patel.

The Independent Eye presents a new vision of Mary Shelley's classic novel.

Celtic Yuletide - starring internationally renowned Irish tenor Michael Londra (Riverdance on Broadway) - is now accepting entries from San Francisco Bay Area choirs to perform with Londra on-stage at the Marines' Memorial Theatre at select performances in December.

Napa Valley Opera House Announces upcoming performances

The Monterey Jazz Festival and the James Irvine Foundation have announced that Monterey Jazz Festival is the recipient of a $300,000 grant.

San Rafael's beautiful Falkirk Mansion / Falkirk Cultural Center serves as a haunting backdrop when the award-winning Porchlight Theatre Company players and their colleagues from the Bay Area theatrical community present dramatizations of classic stories of the macabre written by American writers Ed