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Once at Hillbarn Theatre

Dates: 3/21/2024 - 4/7/2024

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Hillbarn Theatre Inc
1285 East Hillsdale Blvd
FOSTER CITY, CA 94404

Phone: 6503496411

Tickets: $30 to $60

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From the very first note, Once draws you in and never lets you go. This emotionally captivating musical is the only show to have music that won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Olivier Award and a Tony Award. On the streets of Dublin, an Irish musician and a Czech immigrant are drawn together by their shared love of music. Over the course of one fateful week, an unexpected friendship and collaboration quickly evolves into a powerful but complicated love story, underscored by emotionally charged music. Featuring all of the magical songs from the critically acclaimed film, including the Oscar-winning “Falling Slowly,” this achingly beautiful, joyously uplifting show strikes an unforgettable chord in audiences and speaks to the power of music to connect us all. A show like that only comes around Once.

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Tony Awards and Nominations for Once

Year	Category	Result
2012	Best Musical	Winner

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Hillbarn Theatre

1285 East Hillsdale Blvd
FOSTER CITY, CA 94404

Phone: 6503496411

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Hillbarn Theatre

1285 East Hillsdale Blvd, FOSTER CITY, CA

Since 1941, the historic Hillbarn Theatre has served the San Francisco Bay Area by embracing this founding ideal: To create theatre with the community, for the community. We fulfill our mission by striving to do the following: Bring artists and audience together as part of our intimate Hillbarn family to experience engaging and inspiring theatrical productions. Select program themes that entertain, explore the joys and sorrows of our common human experience, and celebrate our diversity. Enhance and enliven the arts and entertainment culture of our community. Offer amateur performers and technicians a venue and direction by trained professionals to achieve personal and artistic growth. Through the Conservatory at Hillbarn Theatre, provide enriching and lasting educational opportunities for young and aspiring artists.

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Where is Hillbarn Theatre located?

Hillbarn Theatre is at 1285 East Hillsdale Blvd, Foster City, CA.

What shows have played recently at Hillbarn Theatre?

The Play That Goes Wrong (04/23/26-05/17/26)
Songs for a New World (03/05/26-03/22/26)
What the Constitution Means to Me (01/22/26-02/08/26)
Cinderella (12/04/25-12/28/25)
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella (12/04/25-12/28/25)
85th Anniversary Celebration Concert (11/14/25-11/15/25)
Murder for Two (10/09/25-11/02/25)
Plaza Suite (08/21/25-09/14/25)
Writing Fragments Home (04/17/25-05/04/25)
Fly By Night (03/06/25-03/23/25)

What is the history of Hillbarn Theatre ?

The Board of Directors works strategically with the staff to ensure Hillbarn Theatre is the best that it can possibly be. This has been accomplished under the capable leadership of the current chair, Lisa WolfKlain, the former chair, Paul Regan, Gary Harris, and several others in the past. Hillbarn is the sixth oldest continuously operating amateur theater company in the nation and is the oldest company in San Mateo County. Since 1995, Hillbarn has won a Theater Critics Circle Award, was accepted at the Edinburgh Theatre Festival, was honored with several mayoral proclamations for excellence in theatrical production and education, three Dean Goodman Awards for Artistic Excellence, and a Foster City Honors Award for the Executive Director in 2003. In an interview, former Artistic Director Scott Williams said: “Hillbarn is an idea. Hillbarn began as a vision of Bob and Sam, essentially, and it has stayed coalesced around their vision. People who came here understood they had the vision, and it was an extraordinary one…They created a good feeling, a great viable organization, and they had a marvelous ability to bring people into the process.” Hillbarn is more than just a place, it’s a community that will remain forever a legacy to their memories and a benefit to the cultural life of not only the citizens of Foster City, but all who share in its community ideals.

What shows are coming up next at Hillbarn Theatre?

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The Legend of Robin Hood (01/21/27-02/14/27)
Good Night, Oscar (03/04/27-03/28/27)
Hello, Dolly! (04/15/27-05/09/27)

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