(Jul. 2 3:11 PM) - TheatreWorks' 8th Annual New Works Festival presents the incomparable Broadway and pop star Maureen McGovern in A Long and Winding Road: The Concert. This stunning performance is a tribute to "the second half of the Great American Songbook," the music that inspired McGovern before her smash hit, the Academy Award-winning Gold Record, "The Morning After."
(Jul. 2 10:53 AM) - San Franciscos award-winning AfroSolo Theatre Company presents the 16th annual AfroSolo Arts Festival, celebrating African American artists giving voice to the Black experience. Paying homage to and exploring the rich legacy of African Americans and people of African descent, Festival events (August 1-October 15) featuring live music, visual art, and new works for the stage will take place in San Francisco at Yerba Buena Gardens, the Main San Francisco Public Library, the African American Art and Culture Complex, and the Ella Hill Hutch Community Center. Most events, unless otherwise noted, are free and open to the public. For more information, the public may visit afrosolo.org or call 415-771-AFRO (2376).
(Jul. 2 10:50 AM) - This week's shows at Yoshi's Oakland (510 Embarcadero West, Oakland, California 94607) include Mose Allison & Bob Dorough and Vidya.
(Jul. 2 10:35 AM) - The revised cast list for the upcoming Benefit Concert, Help Is On The Way, is now available. Help Is On The Way 15: No Business Like Show Business is on Sunday, August 2nd at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco.
(Jul. 2 10:33 AM) - The Playwrights Foundation (PF) is proud to announce its company of top actors, directors and dramaturgs for the 32nd annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival, which will take place July 17-26 at the Magic Theatre in San Francisco.
(Jul. 2 9:14 AM) - The 2009 San Francisco Fringe Festival has added 13 shows to its roster of offerings, bringing the total to 43 theatre pieces, according to festival Artistic Director Christina Augello. The 12-day San Francisco Fringe Festival is an open, non-juried, uncensored international theatre festival that draws theatre companies and individual performers from the Bay Area, around the U.S., and across the world. This year's festival season runs September 9 through 20.
(Jul. 1 6:22 PM) - Actor Harve Presnell, star of stage and screen productions of "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" has passed away from cancer at age 75. Presnell died June 30th of pancreatic cancer at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California, according to Gregg Klein, Presnell's agent.
(Jul. 1 11:03 AM) - The critically acclaimed Cinnabar Theater and 6th Street Playhouse co-production of Ted Swindley's musical, Always, Patsy Cline returns to the Cinnabar Theater in Petaluma for an encore presentation. This musical pays tribute to Pasty Cline (who epitomized the country music sound in the late 1950s and ' 60s) in a true story told with humor, emotion, music and a little audience interaction.
(Jul. 1 10:55 AM) - City Lights Theater Company of San Jose proudly presents the epic rock musical THE WHO'S TOMMY by Pete Townshend and Des McAnuff. The production previews on Thursday, July 16th and Friday, July 17th, 2009, with the Gala Opening Performance on Saturday, July 18th, 2009. A post-show discussion will be held on Sunday, July 26th. The production is scheduled to run through August 23rd, 2009.
(Jul. 1 9:03 AM) - NCTC's Summer Cabaret Series continues with Connie Champagne in Songs To Make You Gay. The show previews July 9 -10, opens July 11th and runs through August 1, 2009: Thursdays through Saturdays at 8pm.
(Jun. 30 6:10 PM) - Performance artist John Kelly comes to The Rrazz Room at The Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason, San Francisco CA with four performances of his legendary theatrical homage to the music of singer/songwriter Joni Mitchell. Performances are at 9 PM with the Sunday August 2 show at 4 PM.
(Jun. 30 10:56 AM) - Prepare for a HONKing good family experience when Hans Christian Andersen's classic tale of "The Ugly Duckling" - set to music and performed by the Rising Star casts ages 10-14 - comes to Children's Musical Theater San Jose.
(Jun. 30 10:42 AM) - Welcome to Illyria, the most hip, far out, psychedelic place in the world! So begins Robert and Lesley Currier's adaptation of "Twelfth Night, or All You Need is Love," a 1960-70's music-filled adaptation of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" at Marin Shakespeare, the gender bender romantic comedy where women woo their men -- as boys.
(Jun. 30 10:41 AM) - The Julia Morgan Center for the Arts announced today that it has merged with Berkeley Playhouse. The unification of the two well-respected organizations will expand already successful programs, create efficiencies, and strengthen the core missions of both.
(Jun. 29 12:06 PM) - Michael Frayn's international smash hit play, COPENHAGEN opens Friday July 10 and runs through Sunday July 12 at the Masquers Playhouse in Point Richmond.
(Jun. 29 12:03 PM) - Boxcar Theatre presents Rent Boy Ave.: A "Fairy's" Tale, an urban rock fairy tale. Book and Lyrics by Nick A. Olivero, music by Michael Mohammed, directed by Wolfgang Wachalovsky. Runs July 16 through August 8.
(Jun. 29 7:00 AM) - Sally Kellerman, who has of the most recognizable voices in film and television, will appear at the Rrazz Room in the Hotel Nikko Monday, June 29 at 8 PM with a show of jazz and standards. Tickets are $40 and can be purchased at www.therrazzroom.com or directly through ticketweb.com or at 866 468 3399.
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