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Calendar
THEATER
THRU APR 6 Mamma
Mia! Don’t miss a
chance to check out this
upbeat musical about
a young girl’s mission
to discover her father’s
identity in time for her
wedding, much to her
mother's dismay.
Orpheum Theatre (SF).
888.746.1799, shnsf.com
THRU APR 13 Arms
and the Man The Ross
Valley Players present
George Bernard Shaw’s
acclaimed romantic
comedy about a young
Bulgarian woman who
awaits the return of
her fiancé from the
Serbo-Bulgarian War in
1885. The Barn Theatre
(Ross). 415.456.9555,
rossvalleyplayers.com
APR 10–MAY 4
Fences Marin Theatre
Company and Lorraine
Hansberry Theatre
present August Wilson’s
Fences, winner of the
1987 Pulitzer Prize
and 1987 and 2010
Tony Awards. The play
tells the story of Troy
Maxson’s struggles
with prejudice as the
former Negro League
home run king comes to
terms with his baseball
dreams. Marin Theatre
Company (Mill Valley).
415.388.5208,
marintheatre.org
APR 18–27 Giovanni
Is Here A triumphant
story of rescue and
resistance, centered
on a Catholic family who conceal a
young Jewish woman
when Italy becomes
a German-occupied
country in 1943. Part
of the RAW (Ross
Alternative Works) 2014
Spring Festival. The
Barn Theatre (Ross).
415.456.9555, ross
valley players.com
APR 25–MAY 25
Communiqué n° 10
Cutting Ball Theater
presents the American
premiere of the French
show about the tensions
in an underground city,
inspired by the 2005
Paris riots led by North
African youths. Cutting
Ball Theater (SF).
415.292.4700,
cuttingball.com
APR 30–MAY 18 Du
Barry Was a Lady
Emmy Award–winning
actor and comedian
Bruce Vilanch stars
in 42nd Street Moon’s
production of Cole
Porter’s Du Barry Was
a Lady. The 1939 play
tells the story of a washroom attendant who
wins a sweepstakes and
tries to buy happiness.
Eureka Theatre (SF).
415.255.8207,
42ndstmoon.org
DANCE
APR 10–13 Hope Mohr
Dance Hope Mohr
Dance's seventh home
season features three
premieres. This year
the company explores
a program dedicated
to experimentation in
choreographic form by
its namesake founder.
ODC Theater (SF).
415.863.9834,
odcdance.org
COMEDY
TUESDAYS Mark Pitta
and Friends The comic
hosts an evening for
up-and-comers and
established headliners
to work on new material. 142 Throckmorton
Theatre (Mill Valley).
415.383.9600,
142throckmorton
theatre.com
MUSIC
TUESDAYS Swing Fever
The band pays tribute
to jazz artists and composers with selections
from its roster of more
than 1,000 tunes, every
first and third Tuesday.
Panama Hotel (San
Rafael). 415.457.3993,
panamahotel.com
MUSEUMS
de Young Modern Nature Works
by Georgia O’Keeffe and Lake
George, through May 11 (SF).
415.750.3600, deyoung.famsf.org
Chestnut Grey
