BEAUTIFUL at the Orpheum Theatre August 9 - September 18, 2016

THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL!

BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL tells the inspiring true story of King’s remarkable rise to stardom, from being part of a hit songwriting team with her husband Gerry Goffin, to her relationship with fellow writers and best friends Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann, to becoming one of the most successful solo acts in popular music history. Along the way, she made more than beautiful music, she wrote the soundtrack to a generation.
 
Featuring a stunning array of beloved songs written by Gerry Goffin/Carole King and Barry Mann/Cynthia Weil, including “I Feel The Earth Move,” “One Fine Day,” “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman,” “You’ve Got A Friend” and the title song, BEAUTIFUL has a book by Tony Award-nominee and Academy Award-nominated writer Douglas McGrath, direction by Marc Bruni, choreography by Josh Prince, and took home two 2014 Tony Awards and a 2015 Grammy Award.

For more information about BEAUTIFUL, visit www.beautifulonbroadway.com/tour

SHN Orpheum Theatre
1192 Market St.
San Francisco, CA 94102
Seating Chart

Dates: 
August 9 - September 18, 2016

Running Time: 
2 hours and 30 minutes, including one 15-minute intermission.

Age Recommendation: 
Appropriate for ages 8 and up. No children under 5 allowed.

AN ACT OF GOD at SFN Golden Gate Theatre March 29 - April 17, 2016

$40 RUSH TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR AN ACT OF GOD!
 
A limited number of $40 Rush tickets will be available for every performance beginning 2 hours prior to curtain at the SHN Golden Gate Theatre Box Office. Tickets are subject to availability. Cash only. 2 per person. Rush tickets are void if resold.
 

AN ACT OF GOD

The new hit play from the creator of, well, everything.

"Deliriously funny! It's Jon Stewart funny plus Stephen Colbert funny."
- The New York Times

"Sinfully funny! A divine comedy!"
-Vanity Fair

"Wickedly funny and irreverent!"
-The Hollywood Reporter
 

After conquering Broadway, the King of the Universe is coming to San Francisco for the first time ever! God takes the form of Emmy Award winner Sean Hayes in AN ACT OF GOD, a 90-minute comedy where the Almighty and His devoted Angels answer some of the deepest questions that have plagued mankind since Creation. He’s finally arrived to set the record straight… and He’s not holding back!

AN ACT OF GOD, coming to the SHN Golden Gate Theatre straight from Broadway, is based on the critically acclaimed book written by God and transcribed by David Javerbaum. Javerbaum is a 13-time Emmy Award winner for his work as a head writer and executive producer for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and also curator of the Twitter account @TheTweetOfGod, which has over 2 million followers.

The production will play the SHN Golden Gate Theatre using the playhouse configuration, created by Tony Award-winning, San Francisco based scenic designer Douglas Schmidt. This arrangement provides an intimate 1600 seat experience for SHN Audiences.

The reviews are in!
Los Angeles Times
Variety
The Hollywood Reporter

For more information, visit http://www.AnActOfGod.com.

SHN Golden Gate Theatre
1 Taylor St.
San Francisco, CA 94102
Seating Chart

Dates:
March 29 - April 17, 2016

Running Time:  
90 minutes, no intermission.

Age Recommendation: 
Recommended for ages 13 and up. No children under 5 allowed.

ONE NIGHT ONLY with the Cast of JERSEY BOYS

Press Contact:

Ken Henderson, Exec. Director The Richmond / Ermet Aid Foundation

415- 931-2515 or ken@richmondermet.org

January 5, 2016

The Richmond/Ermet Aid Foundation (REAF) presents a special

One Night Only Benefit Cabaret with the touring cast of the Tony Award-winning cast of

JERSEY BOYS

An Evening of Music, Dance & Comedy

Mon., Feb. 1, 2016 - 7:30 pm

 

Brava Theater

2781 24th St. (at York St.) San Francisco, 94110

https://www.facebook.com/events/442991505905313/

https://www.reaf-sf.org/ono-jersey-boys-2016.html

Philanthropy and stellar entertainment take center stage as the Richmond/Ermet Aid Foundation  (REAF) presents a special one-night-only benefit cabaret to raise funds for
The Richmond /Ermet Aid Foundation and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Songs from Jersey Boys will not be performed.

The Richmond/Ermet Aid Foundation has worked with over 45 touring casts to date to produce "One Night Only Cabaret" events. To date, REAF has distributed over $3 million to AIDS service agencies.

Tickets for this "One Night Only Cabaret" are
$55 – VIP Front Orchestra

$45 – Rear or Side Orchestra

$35– Balcony

$20 – additional for after party with the cast with cocktails and desserts

Tickets are available by phone by calling 415-273-1620

or online https://www.reaf-sf.org/ono-jersey-boys-2016.html

Jersey Boys plays at Orpheum Theatre in SF Jan. 20 – Feb. 14, 2016.

A Gentleman's Guide at SHN Golden Gate Theatre Dec 1 - 27, 2015

WINNER! 2014 Tony Award® for BEST MUSICAL

Getting away with murder can be so much fun… and there’s no better proof than the knock-‘em-dead hit show that’s earned unanimous raves and won the 2014 Tony Award® for BEST MUSICAL—A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER!

Coming direct from New York, where a most gentlemanly NPR critic said he’d “NEVER LAUGHED SO HARD AT A BROADWAY MUSICAL,”GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE tells the uproarious story of Monty Navarro, a distant heir to a family fortune who sets out to jump the line of succession by – you guessed it – eliminating the eight pesky relatives (all played by one fearless man) who stand in his way. All the while, Monty has to juggle his mistress (she’s after more than just love), his fiancée (she’s his cousin but who’s keeping track?), and the constant threat of landing behind bars! Of course, it will all be worth it if he can slay his way to his inheritance… and be done in time for tea.

The Hollywood Reporter raves, “GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE RESTORES OUR FAITH IN MUSICAL COMEDY” and The New York Times cheers, “IT WILL LIFT THE HEARTS OF ALL THOSE WHO’VE BEEN PINING FOR WHAT SOMETIMES SEEMS A LOST ART FORM.”

For more information about A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER, visithttp://agentlemansguidebroadway.com/index.php.

GOLDEN GIRLS The Christmas Episode at the Victoria Theatre

IF/THEN starring Idina Menzel at Orpheum Theatre Nov 10 - Dec 6, 2015

STARRING BROADWAY SUPERSTAR

IDINA MENZEL

Idina Menzel will not be performing in the Tuesday, Nov. 17 at 8pm and Tuesday, Dec. 1 at 8pm performances. These performances will go on as scheduled with other members of the Original Broadway company.

Tony Award-winner LaChanze (The Color Purple,Once on This Island), Anthony Rapp (Rent, Six Degrees of Separation, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown) and James Snyder (Cry-Baby, Rock of Ages), the original Broadway stars of IF/THEN, will join Tony Award-winner and Broadway superstarIdina Menzel (Wicked, Rent, Frozen, Glee) inIF/THEN.

IF/THEN is a contemporary Broadway musical about living in New York today – and all the possibilities of tomorrow. 
 
With unforgettable songs and a deeply moving story by the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning creators of Next to Normal, this “fascinating, ambitious, and original new musical” (New York Post)simultaneously follows one woman’s two possible life paths, painting a deeply moving portrait of the lives we lead, as well as the lives we might have led.
 
  
“Thrilling! The best musical of the year.”
—New York Magazine 
 
“The bravest new musical in a long time. Led by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey’s dazzling score, it is one of the few Broadway shows that looks and sounds like the world of today.”
—Toronto Star 
 
“A smart, deeply touching and big-hearted new musical. Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey's score is invested with melodic urgency, bringing you to tears or breathlessness.”
—The Washington Post 
 
“A thoroughly fascinating, intellectually and musically rich new musical. It is a zesty, savvy and ambitious original.”
—Chicago Tribune 
  
For more information about IF/THEN, visithttp://www.ifthenthemusical.com/. 

Opel and Vau de Vire Society Present: A New San Francisco Halloween Extravaganza Phantasm: A Karnival of Mischief at the Armory One Night Only! October 31, 2015

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About Ah, Wilderness! ACT Theatre October 14 to November 8, 2015

About Ah, Wilderness!

A.C.T.'s Geary Theater
415 Geary Street

Running time: 2 hours and 25 minutes, plus a 15-minute intermission

“A sensitive tribute to young and middle-aged love and to a beautiful, bygone era."The Examiner, Washington, D.C.

Eugene O’Neill’s passionate coming-of-age classic is a tender portrait of a sensitive teenage poet whose experience of first love leads him into the raptures of romantic poetry and the pain of heartbreak. As the Miller clan prepare for their Fourth of July celebrations, their idealistic, literature-quoting 16-year-old son, Richard, is struggling with what it means to be young and in love. As Richard’s attempts to sow his wild oats intersect with small-town gossip, hilarious misunderstandings ensue. Full of the vibrant nostalgia of first love and other youthful discoveries, Ah, Wilderness! is a humorous portrait of a family’s attempts to stay united in the midst of growing pains, as well as “a valentine to hearty turn-of-the-twentieth-century American life” (Washington Post).

Shocktoberfest 16: CURSE OF THE COBRA Oct. 7 - Nov. 21, 2015 (Wed., Thurs., Fri. & Sat. - 8:00 pm)

Thrillpeddlers presents…  

Shocktoberfest 16: CURSE OF THE COBRA

16^th Annual Extravaganza of Terror & Titillation 

Oct. 7 - Nov. 21, 2015 (Wed., Thurs., Fri. & Sat. - 8:00 pm)

Limited Engagement – Only 28 Performances!

Opening Night - Sat. Oct. 10, 2015 - 8:00 pm 

(Previews Oct. 7, 8, 9 - Wed, Thurs. & Fri.)

at The Hypnodrome in San Francisco

http://www.hypnodrome.org

 Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/169965446674955/

Dogfight A Musical Love Story, September 26 to November 7 2015 at SFPlayhouse

Dogfight

A Musical Love Story

Book by Peter Duchan, Music & Lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

Directed by Bill English

Music Direction by Ben Prince

“Dogfight is superbly crafted, gratifyingly intelligent, richly observant, and immensely enjoyable. This is musical theater at its finest.”

- Backstage

“The most enjoyable, moving and stimulating new musical in ages!”

- The Independent (UK)

Eddie and Rose: What happens when trouble meets tender? Three young marines are going to war. But before they go they’ve got one last night. One night to party and play, to tease and taunt. Eddie takes on a cruel bet with his buddies, and Rose is his victim. But she’s more than he bargained for. What’s Eddie going to do when Rose rewrites the rules and his last night turns into a lesson on the power of compassion? Read the Press Release

San Francisco Playhouse’s production of Dogfight is made possible by Executive Producer Robert Hulteng, Producers Cynnie Anderson & Jerry Rampelberg, and Associate Producers Jim & Sandy Robbins.