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Calendar
THEATER
THRU SEP 18 Beautiful:
The Carole King
Musical Beautiful tells
the story of Carole
King’s rise to stardom,
with a show featuring
an array of well-loved
songs written by Gerry
Goffin and Carole King,
and others by Barry
Mann and Cynthia Weil.
Orpheum Theatre (SF).
shnsf.com
THRU SEP 25 Othello
Marin Shakespeare
presents the classic tale
of deceit, jealousy and
love. Former California
State Prison inmate
Dameion Brown makes
his stage debut in the
title role. Dominican
University Forest
Meadows Amphitheatre
(San Rafael).
415.499.4488, marin
shakespeare.org
THRU OCT 1 The
Speakeasy Experience
the old-timey mystery
of a 1920s speakeasy
with this interactive
theater experience.
Choose a starting
point — cabaret, bar
or casino — don your
finest clothes and
enjoy an evening in
the Prohibition era.
Secret location (SF).
thespeakeasysf.com
SEP 3–11 The Comedy
of Errors Mill Valley’s
own Curtain Theatre
presents William
Shakespeare’s The
Comedy of Errors, which
combines mistaken
identity, romance and
reunited families, with
each sho w presented
beneath the towering
redwoods. Old Mill
Park Amphitheater
(Mill Valley).
curtaintheatre.org
SEP 8–OC T 2 August:
Osage County Marin
Theatre Company
opens its 50th season
with Tracy Letts’ story
of the pitfalls of family
relationships combined
with the struggles
of addiction. Marin
Theatre Company (Mill
Valley). 415.388.5208,
marintheatre.org
SEP 9–24 Beep and
Bop Tut’Zanni Theatre
Company, an international Commedia
dell’Arte troupe, presents an imaginative
show about a brother
and sister who, in
response to a world that
does not care about
them, opt to create one
of their own. Part of the
San Francisco Fringe
Festival. PianoFight
(SF). sffringe.org
SEP 14–OCT 9 King
Charles III The 50th
season kicks off with
this 2015 Oliver Award–
winning Best New Play.
A.C. T. Geary Theater
(SF). 415.749.2228,
act-sf.org
SEP 15–OCT 15
Holding the Edge This
one-woman show
transports audiences
to the late 1980s as
Elaine finds herself in
the chaotic sociopoliti-
cal center of the AIDS
epidemic on the day of
the Challenger explo-
sion, confronting the
relative value of lives.
The Marsh (Berkeley).
415.282.3055,
themarsh.org
SEP 22 Wild Kratts
Live! Animated Kratt
brothers Martin and
Chris “come to life” in
this unique production. Audiences will
laugh and learn about
animals as the Kratts
team rescues its favorite invention from a
comic villain. Orpheum
Theatre (SF). shnsf.com
SEP 23–OCT 9 Pride
and Prejudice: The
Musical IAM Theatre
Company’s new production features lyrics
and music by Marin
County’s t wo-time
Emmy Award winner
Rita Abrams, with a
book by San Francisco
author Josie Brown.
Fort Mason Center (SF).
iamtheatre.org
DANCE
SEP 7–10 The
Wholehearted New
York City’s Stein and
Holum Projects bring
its acclaimed performance piece — about
the lives of famed
women in sports and
boxing history — to the
Bay Area. Z Space Main
Stage (SF). 866.811.4111,
zspace.org
DANCE
SEP 29–OCT 2 Dance Series 01 Smuin kicks off its 23rd season
with a Bay Area tour featuring a world premiere by acclaimed
choreographer Garrett Ammon, as well as Stanton Welch’s critically praised piece Indigo and Michael Smuin’s Stabat Mater.
Palace of Fine Arts (SF). 415.912.1899, smuinballet.org
