9 posts tagged “theater”

TheatreWorks threw me for a loop with moliere in rhyme in the roaring 20's. I was ready to be a hater, but it was really funny. After a while I forgot about the rhyming and found the over-the-top caricatures hilarious, along with their reinterpretations/resurrections of trite phrases into interesting poetry...

Learned Ladies of Park Ave

update: review by the Merc

We're going to see this next tuesday 10/10/06 but you can get a deal this Wednesday & Thursday:

Special $12* Ticket Offer for Dessa Rose
Wednesday, October 4 at 8 pm
Thursday, October 5 at 8 pm

To purchase $12 tickets:  You can order online at   
http://www.ticketweb.com/user/?regionfiltered=sfbay&query=schedule&venue=mvcpa
or print out this offer and bring to the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts box office before the show  
* includes $2 Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts Facilities Use Fee

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we loved this show, check my post about this when we saw it last month...
Special $12* Ticket Offer for M. Butterfly
Wednesday, September 20 at 8 pm
Thursday, September 21 at 8 pm

To purchase $12 tickets:  You can order online at   
http://www.ticketweb.com/user/?regionfiltered=sfbay&query=schedule&venue=mvcpa
or print out this offer and bring to the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts box office before the show  
* includes $2 Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts Facilities Use Fee

Mention code MNCharity for $10 off Tue/Wedn performances of Sweet Charity by American Musical Theater SJ

AMTSJ-Sweet_Charity-MNCharity

Hmmm... just bought season tix but this would have been an interesting option, not to have to buy tix to every show:

$30 membership for discounted tix, and access to the preparties and fundraisers.

http://www.theatreworks.org/images/email_membership.jpg

Theatreworks

Update: scroll to the bottom for discounts on upcoming shows...

Brooklyn Boy successfully brought me back to reminescing about my parents influence on my beliefs, behaviors and peculiarities.  It shared the angst of family dynamics, pulling on your heartstrings without being saccharine.  The situations transcended jewishness, without robbing me of the delight of seeing a glimpse of the intimacy afforded jewish customs.  The show succeeds where the protagonist can't -- crafting a story beyond his experience, calling back to all of our own.

link to merc review

Here's what Tania thought of it:

One of the few things my husband and i still enjoy from our dating days is theatre. These days, we find ourselves catching last minute tickets at Theatreworks.
Today we scored. We got to watch Brooklyn Boy a hop skip and away from our house at Lucie Stern. It was one of those surreal nights when you know you're watching a New York caliber world-class play right in the suburbs of Palo Alto. We didn't have to line up for hours at Tix, we didn't have to get all dressed up, we were still snacking on dinner 5 minutes till curtain call, we sat down and watched a Pulitzer Prize winning play.
It was excellent. The kind of play that makes you feel like you came out eating a 5 course dinner. The kind where the hours just flew by and you couldn't get enough. The kind where you didn't have to rely on eye-candy to get through the 2 hours. The kind where you didn't have to remind yourself why you go to the theatre -- to seem intelligent and cultured and smart. It was the kind of that left you resonating in so many places that you wouldn't have the courage to go on your own.
The actors were world class. You know because there was very little plot. No action. Simply amazing characterization and nuances so subtle that you would have to breathe to lose it.
It was such a treat to have front row seats. It would have been so different afar. The actors were incredibly talented. So well-played. i know because i ended up falling in love the lead protagonist which was a barely-balding guy in his 40s who was awkward and reserved and uptight. Somehow he came across endearing.
A brilliant portrayal of the complex tensions between father and son, class and race and a hilarious insight into Jewish culture.

 

One funny thing was that this brochure from our preschool co-op was tacked to the bulletin board in the hospital scene:

http://www.paacf.org/documents/PreSchoolFam8_06.pdf

Special $16* Ticket Offer for
Thursday 8/3 at 8 pm

Friday 8/4 at 8 pm

Saturday 8/5 at 2 pm

Saturday 8/5 at 8 pm

Sunday 8/6 at 7 pm

Saturday 8/12 at 2 pm

Sunday 8/13 at 7 pm

AND if you book your Brooklyn Boy Quick Tix ticket by calling 650.463.1960 you can also receive $10 off your ticket to the first week of M Butterfly August 23-August 26 (Preview Nights and balcony seating on Opening Night)

Brooklyn Boy

By Donald Margulies

Directed by Joy Carlin

AN INSIGHTFUL DRAMATIC COMEDY

July 19 – August 13, 2006

Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto http://www.theatreworks.org/venues.htm.      

This funny and warmly human Broadway hit from Pulitzer Prize winner Donald Margulies surprises and delights with a tale of a Jewish novelist suddenly thrust into a world of best-seller acclaim and Hollywood hustle. But what price success? Revisiting the rowdy neighborhoods of his youth, he makes a deeply personal discovery: you can take the boy out of Brooklyn but you can't take the Brooklyn out of the boy.

"funny, thoughtful, and deeply affecting"
San Francisco Chronicle

"emotionally rich"
Oakland Tribune

 Starring David Kudler, Craig W. Marker, Ray Reinhardt, Amy Resnick, Kristin Stokes, Victor Talmadge, and Pamela Gaye Walker.

For a calendar and more information on the show: http://www.theatreworks.org/06_07_Brooklyn-Boy.htm

To just purchase $16 tickets:  You can order online at   
http://www.ticketweb.com/user/?regionfiltered=xxx&query=search&interface=ticketweb&newhps=1&search=TheatreWorks&x=0&y=0
or print out this offer and bring to the Lucie Stern box office before the show.  
Please note: if you book your tickets online you will not be able to take advantage of the above M. Butterfly offer.  To take advantage of the M. Butterfly offer AND get your $16 Quick Tix on Brooklyn Boy, please call 650.463.1960.
* includes $1 Lucie Stern Facilities Use Fee

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Red Hot Last Minute Offer! BUY ONE, GET ONE FREE!

Foothill Music Theatre presents
Irving Berlin's smash hit family musical,
ANNIE GET YOUR GUN
With a full orchestrea and a cast of 50, including homeschooler Dana
Mirsalis!

Annie Get Your Gun is a stage musical loosely based on the real life
of
sharpshooter Annie Oakley and her adventures with Buffalo Bill's
Wild West Show.
Foothill Music Theater is presenting the 1999 revival version, which
was last
seen on Broadway with Bernadette Peters in the leading role. In
other words,
if you've seen an earlier stage production, or even the 1950 MGM
film version
starring Betty Hutton, you're in for a treat---this updated version
is even
bigger and better!

Due to a glitch in our giddyup, we find ourselves with a whole mess
of extra
tickets for this Friday and Saturday night's performances. So grab
yer
pardner and take advantage of a great offer!

"There's No Business Like Show Business"
Bring the whole family---corral some friends---and remember, it's
nice and
cool in our air conditioned theatre!

Regular prices:
Adults: $24, Seniors: $22, Students: $18, Children under 12: $10.
SPECIAL OFFER: PURCHASE TWO OR MORE TICKETS AND ALL TICKETS IN YOUR
ORDER ARE
HALF PRICE! What a wonderful deal for homeschooling families!

Discount only good for performances Friday and Saturday, July 28 and
29, both
performances at 8 PM. Share the excitement of Opening Night!

Parking in lots #1 & #6 only is included in the ticket price. There
is no
need to purchase a permit to attend shows if patrons park in either
of those two
lots only. Lot #6 provides access without stairs.

All sales are final, no exchanges or refunds. We're sorry, this
offer is not
valid with other discounts and does not apply to previously
purchased
tickets. But if you have already bought tickets, why not order some
more? You must
have some friends and family who would love to see this exuberant
musical! Or
pass this offer on to someone you love!

To order your tickets, call our 24 hour box office line at (650) 949-
7414.
You must mention the "TWO-FOR-ONE OFFER" when placing your order.
ALL ORDERS
MUST BE PAID BY CREDIT CARD. NO COD (Collect On Delivery)!

Please do not try to use this offer in ANY OTHER WAY. It is NOT
VALID IN
PERSON THE HOUR BEFORE CURTAIN!

"Let's Go On With The Show!"

And since this is a homeschooling list, here are some suggestions
(all
available at my local public library---and probably at yours, too!)
to make the
educational experience complete!

Videos and DVDs:

1. Annie Oakley [DVD] / a Riva Productions film for American
Experience.
United States: PBS Home Video, 2006. 1 hour, non-fiction. The
greatest woman
rifle shot the world has ever known. Annie Oakley thrilled audiences
of Buffalo
Bill's Wild West Show with her daring shooting feats. Over time she
became an
American legend.

2. Buffalo Bill: showman of the West [videorecording]/ produced by
Greystone
Communications, Inc. for A&E Network. New York: A&E Home Video :
Distributed
in the U.S. by New Video Group, 1996. Part of the A&E Biography
series. 50
minutes, non-fiction.

3. The best of the Real West [DVD] / The History Channel with Arts
and
Entertainment Network and Greystone Communications. New York, NY :
A&E Television
Networks, 2000. 200 minutes, non-fiction. The myths, legends and
realities of
the Old West come alive through original footage, authentic diaries,
paintings, photos, and expert commentary. Disc 1: Sitting Bull & the
great Sioux
Nation ; Wild women, Calamity Jane, Belle Star, Annie Oakley -- Disc
2: Texas
Rangers ; The Battle of the Alamo. Also available in a 250 minute
videocassette
version called The Real West. 5 videocassettes, 50 minutes each, non-
fiction.

4. Annie Oakley [videorecording] / Rabbit Ears Productions. Chicago,
IL :
Clearvue & SVE Inc., 1996. Keith Carradine adopts the persona of
Will Rogers to
tell the true story of Annie Oakley, whose extraordinary
sharpshooting
exploits brought her international fame as the star of Buffalo
Bill's famous Wild
West Show. 24 minutes, fiction.

5. Annie Oakley [videorecording] / Platypus Productions, Inc. and
Gaylord
Production Company. Livonia MI:Playhouse Video, 1986. Part of Shelly
Duvall's
Tall Tales & Legends Series. Beginning her life as Phoebe Moses,
little Annie
becomes a master shot while still a young girl. Later her husband,
marksman
Frank Butler, first convinces her to change her name to something
more flashy
and then persuades the famed Buffalo Bill to hire Annie for his Wild
West Show.
Also available on DVD by Koch Entertainment, 2005. 52 minutes,
fiction.

Children's books:

1. Annie Oakley by Jan Gleiter and Kathleen Thompson; illustrated by
Yoshi
Miyake. Austin, Tex.: Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 1995. Biography, 32
pages.

2. Annie Oakley, Wild West sharpshooter by Jason Porterfield. New
York:
Rosen Pub. Group, 2004. Biography, 32 pages.

3. Shooting for the moon: the amazing life and times of Annie Oakley
by
Stephen Krensky; illustrated by Bernie Fuchs. New York: Melanie
Kroupa Books,
2001. Biography, 32 pages.

4. Who's that girl with the gun?: a story of Annie Oakley by Robert
Quackenbush. New York: Prentice-Hall Books for Young Readers, 1988.
Biography, 36
pages.

5. Annie Oakley: wild west sharpshooter by Elaine Landau. Berkeley
Heights,
NJ: Enslow, c2004. Biography, 48 pages.

6. Annie Oakley by John Wukovits. Philadelphia: Chelsea House
Publishers,
1997. Biography, 63 pages.

7. Bulls-eye: a photobiography of Annie Oakley by Sue Macy; foreword
by Bess
Edwards. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 2001.
Biography, 64
pages.

8. Annie Oakley and the world of her time by Clifford Lindsey
Alderman. New
York: Macmillan, 1979. Biography, 91 pages.

9. Annie Oakley: legendary sharpshooter by Jean Flynn. Springfield,
NJ:
Enslow Publishers, 1998. Biography, 128 pages.

10. A shooting star: a novel about Annie Oakley by Sheila Solomon
Klass. New
York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, 1996. As one
who
prefers hunting over sewing, Annie Oakley breaks free from
conventional behavior for
girls and goes on to develop her talent as a sharpshooter and
entertainer.
Fiction, 173 pages. Includes biographical references.

Tania, papa & i are going tomorrow night, not much more than the movies (which run almost $10 nowadays), call them, the web link has been disabled:

Special $12* Ticket Offer for
Friday, July 14 at 8 pm
Saturday, July 15 at 8 pm

THE SHOW MUST CLOSE ON JULY 16^TH!  

Don’t miss your chance to see the show The Mercury News calls “perfectly cast” and the Metro calls “high and hilarious”!

VANITIES, A New Musical
Book by Jack Heifner
Music and Lyrics by David Kirshenbaum
Directed by Gordon Greenberg

TheatreWorks:  June 21 – July 16, 2006
Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts http://www.theatreworks.org/venues.htm

Chronicling the comic journey of three vivacious Texas teens from cheerleaders to sorority sisters to housewives, liberated women and beyond, this tangy tale of coming-of-age in the '60s and '70s is a musical scrapbook of an era that had to be lived to be believed. With a tunefully evocative score by David Kirshenbaum (Summer of '42) and Jack Heifner's hilarious adaptation of his long-running off-Broadway smash, Vanities offers a snapshot-sharp portrait of the lives, loves, disappointments, and dreams of best friends caught up in times that are a-changin'.

Starring Megan Hilty from Broadway’s Wicked, Leslie Kritzer from Broadway’s Hairspray and the off-Broadway production of The Great American Trailer Park Musical, and Sarah Stiles from Broadway’s The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.

To purchase $12 tickets:  You can order online at   
http://www.ticketweb.com/user/?region=sfbay&query=schedule&venue=mvcpa
or print out this offer and bring to the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts box office before the show  
* includes $2 Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts Facilities Use Fee

Spread the word! Please pass this along to a friend.

*If you received this email from a friend and would like to sign up for our Quick Tix email club to receive similar notifications and occasional special offers, please click here http://www.theatreworks.org/quicktix.htm

THEATREWORKS HOTLINE: (650) 463-1960 or toll free 1(888) 273-3752, Monday through Friday, 11 am -  6 pm.

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