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Florence Henderson, multi talented entertainer and veteran of stage, screen and TV, will appear at the Rrazz Room in the Hotel Nikko from January 5-10.

The Napa Valley Opera House is pleased to present an evening with Elvis Costello solo.

American Conservatory Theater (A.

She Stoops to Comedy is an examination and deconstruction of theatrical convention, even the script of She Stoops to Comedy - and, thus, the very lives of the characters in it - is completely a work in progress, open to reinvention, reinterpretation, and even rewriting at the slightest whim.

The New Conservatory Theatre Center's Pride Season 15 presents Beautiful Thing by Jonathan Harvey, directed by Andrew Nance.

The SF Playhouse (Bill English, Artistic Director; Susi Damilano, Producing Director) continue their 7th Season dedicated to 'The Power of Laughter' with the Bay Area Premiere of David Greenspan's She Stoops to Comedy.

The Friend Center for the Arts at the JCCSF presents Theodore Bikel in 'Sholom Aleichem: Laughter Through Tears' -- A Life of Stories with Music and Song on Sat.

First there were The Beatles.

NCTC presents a special event winter cabaret starring Katya Smirnoff - Skyy in Katya's Holiday Spectacular.

What's a clown to do when he has to host a kids party he forgot he was having? The answer is in the new holiday favorite Here Comes Boswick the Clown, playing December 26 - January 1 at San Francisco's Boxcar Theatre (www.

Theatre Rhinoceros presents THE MARGA GOMEZ NEW YEAR'S EVE SPECTACULAR: Stand-up Comedy Blowout featuring Marga Gomez, David Hawkins, Ben Lerman, and Natasha Muse with John Fisher, Host and DJ O'DJ December 31, 2009 ONLY! 7:00 PM & 9:00 PM

San Francisco jazz vocalist Kim Nalley stars in the world premiere of her new musical 'Ella: The American Dream.

Napa Valley Opera House Announces One Singular, Sensational New Year's Eve Celebration with Marvin Hamlisch A Napa Valley Opera House League Fund-Raising Event Thursday, December 31, 2009; 8:30 p.

Steve Silver's Beach Blanket Babylon, the world's longest running musical revue, welcomes the new decade with two special New Year's Eve performances on Thursday, December 31, 2009.

The Ross Valley Players' presents The Miser By Molière, (By Moliere) translated by David Chambers

Maureen McGovern and Rita Moreno have been set for the upcoming benefit concert ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE 2 at the Marines Memorial Theatre in San Francisco.

The Ross Valley Players is holding auditions for its upcoming production of 'The Boys Next Door,' directed by Kim Bromley.

It's time for San Franciisco's annual production of David Sedaris' 'The Santaland Diaries'.

San Francisco's cutting-edge Cutting Ball Theater announces that its popular workshops for actors and playwrights will return this season.

JANUARY - APRIL 2010 January 12 - February 21 Orange County Premiere

The Bay Area's own internationally acclaimed dance company Smuin Ballet is chasing away the winter darkness with a stirring line-up that includes a rollicking tribute-in-dance to the Chairman of the Board with Fly Me to the Moon, paying homage to the songs made famous by Frank Sinatra.

Founded in 1959, the San Francisco Mime Troupe creates and produces socially relevant theater; their work is political satire and anything but silent.

The SF Playhouse (Bill English, Artistic Director; Susi Damilano, Producing Director) is thrilled to announce the West Coast Premiere of Rajiv Joseph's Animals Out of Paper will fill their previously unannounced Winter slot.

San Francisco's cutting-edge Cutting Ball Theater announces the second extension of its hit 10th season opener, Eugène Ionesco's comic masterpiece THE BALD SOPRANO, in a new translation by Cutting Ball Artistic Director Rob Melrose.

Sharon McNight, a singer known for her bawdy songs and Sophie Tucker tribute, plays The Rrazz Room, Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason, SF, in 'Twisted Xmas-A Druid's Guide to the Holidays.