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Our Little Comedy Club287 Ellis St. (btwn Mason & Taylor), SF
Our Little Comedy Club is a new venue for up-and-coming amateur stand-up comics. Come see some of the best, funniest and hottest comedians in the Bay Area at the uncut, uncensored and unabashed Wednesday night stand-up comedy showcase. Starring: Sia Amma, Vladimir Khlyain, Kevin Shea, Jim Short and many more!
Bayfront TheatreFort Mason Center, Building B, 3rd Floor, SF
This summer BATS presents Double Feature Fridays and Theatresports Saturdays. Double Feature is two alternating improvised movies. Theatresports is an improv comedy competition.
Double Feature presents two completely improvised stories that unfold simultaneously. Just four talented improvisers (and one musician) spontaneously create two distinct stories, unique in genre, tone, and character…and it's all inspired by two original titles supplied by you, the audience. In addition to presenting two great stories, Double Feature adds fun and excitement as the improvisers play multiple characters (often in the same scene) and then bounce back and forth between two stories. This is one of BATS' most popular shows.
The Theatresports show format treats audiences to an entertaining and engaging night of theatre and comedy - presented as a sporting competition! Shows feature two teams of improvisers performing a variety of scenes and musical numbers which are scored by judges. The audience is involved throughout the show, shouting suggestions, voting for their favorite scenes, and audience volunteers are invited to participate in one of the rounds. At the end of the night, one team wins, moving closer to the title of Tournament Champion. Everything is created on the spot making each show absolutely unique and surprising!
Shelton Theatre533 Sutter St. (at Powell), SF
Big City Improv has been making things up for four years. With a cast of 10, the troupe performs to audiences all over the Bay Area including Comedy on the Square in San Francisco. Big City Improv shows are unscripted, unedited and created on the spot, using audience suggestions, participation and their dark and sordid lies. In 2002, Big City Improv was voted "Best of The Bay" for improv comedy by the "SF Guardian."
Rrazz Room at Hotel Nikko222 Mason St. (btwn O'Farrell & Ellis), SF
"Bewitched, Bothered, and Bipolar" had been brewing for awhile, but with the teachers from the Perry-Mansfield Art of Cabaret program, Carly was able to debut this show with a little help from her friends. As the winner of the Cabaret Showcase Showdown '09, the first prize was a night of performing a solo show. Ozard gently and humorously explains the ups and downs of struggling with bipolar disorder, with humorous effects along with a hilarious re-write of "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" by local lyricist Tom Orr. Acoustic guitar and back-up vocals are featured by Brendan Getzell and Jennifer Martinelli. Musical selections include works by Leonard Bernstein, Craig Carnelia, Alanis Morisette, Laura Nyro, Andre & Dory Previn, Rodgers & Hart, Marvin Hamlisch, Queen and more.
New Conservatory Theatre Center25 Van Ness Ave., SF
Goldfield and Koldewyn explore the work of Noel Coward: revisiting, revising and re-imagining how his work stands up in the 21st century, and discovering the current songs that channel the blithe Coward spirit.
Stage Werx533 Sutter St. (at Powell), SF
Cultural indigestion, color-blindness and inter-ethnic vertigo. Is there a cure? Is it treatable? Is it contagious? That’s what three women, Zahra, Thao and Coke—Iranian, Vietnamese and Okinawan/Japanese—try to find out as they aim to DIS-orient themselves from external stereotypes and internal expectations. This show features a dynamic trio of performers whose individual solo pieces will lead you across a Muslim-Atheist supper table, the Mekong Delta, and Diagnostic Systems of Sexual Dysfunction. In between each solo performance are smart and biting vignettes—comic sketches, audience improv games and contemporary dance—that will leave you happy to be as DIS-oriented as they are.
You loved her last season as the saucy Mona Kent in "Dames at Sea." Now this incomparable talent takes on the music of legendary divas such as Midler, Garland, Merman, Streisand, Lupone, and many more. Leanne is joined by musical director virtuoso accompanist G. Scott Lacy in a delicious cabaret.
Phoenix Theatre414 Mason St., 6th Floor, SF
"How the Other Half Loves" is an ingenious, funny and brilliantly crafted masterpiece which juggles time and space to present the lives and loves, passion and panic of three married couples in a play of love and laughter, meals and mayhem, a precise interaction of sex and class in modern English society.
SF Playhouse Stage 2533 Sutter St. (at Powell), SF
In a World...just like our own—with one crucial difference—the Un-Scripted Theater Company will be your guide on a feature-length journey. "In A World..." is a two-hour improvised live-theatre production, set in a world like this one, with one change—which the audience decides. Any given night it could be a tweak in culture, technology or even the laws of physics! Spanning the gamut of genres, from science fiction to magical realism to just plain...different, the only boundaries are in your imagination. Each show is completely different, a new world and a new story for every audience. Ever wonder what it would be like if you could change the world? Find out how life is different, yet strangely familiar, In A World...
Once considered the world's foremost Marilyn Monroe vocal/visual impersonator until he retired the Marilyn Monroe look-a-like business in 1997, Jimmy James has spent the last 10 years crafting a dance music and songwriting career in New York City. Now with a full album "Jamestown" and an international hit "Fashionista" under his belt, James makes a triumphant return to San Francisco to present one exquisite evening that will showcase some of the finest vocal impressions that you have ever seen! Always the innovator, "Impressionism" will feature a retrospective of his many famous vocal impressions including Cher, Madonna, Judy Garland, Billie Holiday, Bette Davis, Stevie Nicks, Eartha Kitt, Diana Ross and the king himself, Elvis! As an added bonus, James will perform songs from his new album, "Jamestown."
A modern twist on "A Midsummer Night's Dream" set in a redwood forest in Northern California. When Jack agrees to sell his land, several thousand acres of prime redwood forest, to a multinational lumber company, all hell breaks loose at his wedding party. Throw some hallucinogenics into the punch bowl, and Jack finds himself in the custody of a beautiful tree nymph while being pursued by the wedding party, which includes his jilted bride. An outrageous romp in the woods ensues, settling the fate of the forest and the lovers once and for all.
Old First Church1751 Sacramento St. (at Van Ness), SF
The mission of Old First Concerts is manifold. Primarily, our goal is to contribute to and enhance the artistic life of the Bay Area by offering the public a wide variety of musical forms and expressions, a diverse, often unconventional and sometimes adventurous repertoire that ranges from classical recital and chamber performances to blues, folk, avant-garde and jazz, as well as multicultural concerts and world music, all the while maintaining high quality by featuring only outstanding professional musicians. Click on each date to see that concert's description.
Eureka Theatre215 Jackson St. (btwn Battery & Front), SF
A story of courage and love, Edith Piaf lived to sing. Her life and music are interchangeable. Her place in history, irreplaceable. This passionate one-woman musical smash hit from off-Broadway has traveled from Montreal to Manila and presents the life, loves and music of the legendary chanteuse, featuring 14 French songs and starring Naomi Emmerson as the "little sparrow." Come spend the night with an icon as she shares anecdotes of her passion for men, music and morphine.
Victoria Theatre2961 16th St. (btwn Mission & S. Van Ness), SF
"Sex Tapes for Seniors" is topical, funny and poignant. A diverse group of retirees produce instructional sex videos for senior citizens. Despite protests from their children and members of their retirement community, they overcome obstacles as they discover new perspectives of themselves, their relationships and their changing social roles.
A hilarious new musical revue about everyone's second-favorite (in some cases, favorite) activity - shopping! - by award-winning writer Morris Bobrow. Songs and sketches about subjects from how men and women shop to big box stores and sappy street fairs. The "San Francisco Chronicle" calls it "a cartful of laughs."
Pier 29Embarcadero & Battery, SF
"Love, Chaos & Couture" features an artistic collaboration with international fashion designer Luly Yang, who created 13 original costumes for the show. An affectionate send-up of the world of high fashion, the show stars legendary Tony Award winner Liliane Montevecchi, who returns to the San Francisco spiegeltent after an absence of two years, and ZinZanni favorite, comedian Frank Ferrante. Ticket is for general admission seating. Meal cost is not discounted, so the price doesn't reflect a true half price.
SF Playhouse533 Sutter St. (at Powell), SF
"The Fantasticks" is a musical love story in the spirit of a whimsical "Romeo & Juliet." Such hit songs as "Try to Remember" and "Soon It's Gonna Rain" sparkle throughout and evoke the agony and rapture of young love. The SF Playhouse production presents this 50-year favorite from a new angle: What if the world of "The Fantasticks" was not so whimsical or perfect and instead reflected the global warming problems of our current reality?
Oscar Wilde’s electrifying novel comes to the stage in this dynamic world premiere adaptation. Using words, movement and music this new performance keeps Wilde’s story in its own time but highlights the relevance of his fable to our own. Wilde’s story of vanity, ambition and lust rocked his world with its frank portrayal of the lives of artists and libertines. This production will utilize a cinematic and “surprise element” technique in its narrative, creating a dreamscape of possibility even as it tells Wilde’s story.
Our Little Theatre287 Ellis St. (btwn Mason & Taylor), SF
Sia Amma takes a trip "down there" to get the lowdown on what mothers say (or don't say) about those "nether regions" and the effect their communication style has on their daughters. Armed with insight, biting with and gentle humor, the play utilizes the art of playful storytelling to spotlight sexual politics, social codes and hidden issues at the root of what's '"down there." By initiating dialogues and diffusing tension with humor, the play hopes to serve as a bridge to frank discussions of sexuality and more honest communication between parents and children.
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