Friday, September 24, 2010

Dream Girls

SHN Curran Theatre2pm & 8pm

Before Dream Girls launched the career of Jennifer Hudson, it was a bright light on the Broadway stage in 1981, winning six Tony Awards after…

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The Fantasticks

CLOSED: The Retro DomeFri and Sat: 8pm, Sun: 2pm

"The Fantasticks" is the longest-running production of any kind in the world, testament to the enduring quality of its poetry, and an air of…

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Scapin

American Conservatory Theater - ACTsee website for exact times - www.act-sf.org

Two-time Tony Award winner Bill Irwin (A.C.T.'s Fool Moon, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? on Broadway, the award-winning film Rachel Getting…

Shakespeare in the Park: Two Gentlemen of Verona with Mod music

Presidio Parade Groundplease see listing for times

Free Shakespeare in the Park returns to San Francisco's Presidio Parade Ground this summer, kicking off on September 4th and running until September…

Olive Kitteridge

Z Space8 PM

WORD FOR WORD presents OLIVE KITTERIDGE, a world premiere production of stories from Elizabeth Strout’s Pulitzer-prize winning novel at Z SPACE…

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Cat On a Hot Tin Roof

Actors Theatre - San Francisco8pm

One of the most acclaimed productions of the 20th century, Cat on A Hot Tin Roof tells the drama of seething passions that beset a wealthy Southern…

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Burn the Floor

San Jose Center for the Performing Arts2pm and 8pm

Mary Murphy, the loudest judge on "So You Think You Can Dance", takes to the stage with SYTYCD alums Anya Garnis and Pasha Kovalev along with…

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Jerry Springer the Opera

Victoria Theatre8:00pm

Ray of Light Theatre presents the West Coast Premiere of JERRY SPRINGER - THE OPERA to kick off its 10th Anniversary Season. The only work in…

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Adelita! The Women of the Mexican Revolution

San Jose State Event Center8pm

More than just a concert, the Noche de Serenata Gala at the San Jose Mariachi and Mexican Heritage Festival is always a unique and special musical…

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Holds the Mayo

Zeum Theater7, 8, 9, & 10pm DEPENDING ON THE DAY.

KML co-founder Paul Charney returns to the group to conceive and direct this full-length sketch comedy show all about food. A buffet of funny,…

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Smokey Joe's Cafe

Bus Barn Stage Company8pm

The vibrant rock 'n' roll hits of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller take center stage when "Smokey Joe's Cafe" opens at Bus Barn Stage Company on…

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24 Days of Central Market Arts

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The three-week performing arts festival is coming to San Francisco's Central Market district. The event, aptly called 24 Days of Central Market…

Josh Wolf

San Jose Improv7pm and 9pm

When he's not appearing in his weekly spot on Chelsea Lately or filming his top rated web series "College Experiment" for foxsports.com, Josh…

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Maz Jobrani

Cobb's Comedy Club8pm & 10:15pm

Maz Jobrani is best known as a founding member of the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour, which featured some of the top Middle Eastern-American comics…

Lenora Lee's Passages

-8pm

Friday, September 24th, 8pm Saturday, September 25th, 8pm Sunday, September 26th, 2:30pm Admission: $14 in advance, $20 at the door Advanced…

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Black Pearl Sings

San Jose Repertory Theatre3 and 8pm

A white ethnomusicologist goes looking for authentic black music in Texas and has a transformational encounter with Pearl, a prisoner with a…

Absolutely San Francisco

Phoenix Theatre8:00 PM

HELD OVER! Former Second City actress Karen Hirst gives a tour de force performance as 'Sunshine the Homeless Lady' - and other “typical” San…

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Killer Joe

Historic Hoover TheatreThu-Sat: 8pm, Sun: 7pm

"Killer Joe," written by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Tracy Letts, centers on the Smith family, who some might consider scum, but with…

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First Day of School

City Lights Theater Company8pm

City Lights Theater Company presents the South Bay premiere of the new comedy First Day of School. Written by playwright Billy Aronson, First…

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13th Annual Music for People & Thingamajigs Festival

Vessel Gallery8pmThis event has moved from 21 Gr…

The Music For People & Thingamajigs Festival is an annual event dedicated to promoting experimental music that incorporates made/found instruments…

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