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May 9, 2014
Performing Arts
‘Spelling Bee’ is buzzing with delight How do you spell F-U-N? Center REPertory Company presents “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” as the final mainstage production of their 2013/2104 Season, running May 17 – June 21. A hilarious tale of overachievers’ angst, “Spelling Bee” chronicles the experience of six adolescent outsiders vying for the spelling championship of a lifetime. A Tony-award winning musical about trying to stand out and fit in at the same time, this riotous musical comedy is guaranteed to have you cachinnating (use it in a sentence, request a definition?). All performances are held at the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek in the Margaret Lesher Theatre. For more information go to CenterREP.org or call 925.943.SHOW (7469). You can also visit the LCA Ticket Office at 1601 Civic Drive or the Ticket Office Outlets at Barnes & Noble in Walnut Creek and the Downtown Walnut Creek Library.
de Meij conducts Wind Symphony finale Contra Costa Wind Symphony presents “Johan de Meij Live!” with a rare Bay Area appearance by the Dutch composer, who will conduct several of his works, including the West Coast premiere of his Symphony No. 4, “Sinfonie der Lieder” (Symphony of Songs) at the May 18 concert at the Lesher Center of the Arts, in Walnut Creek. According to Contra Costa Wind Symphony conductor Duane Carroll, de Meij, who is best known for his Symphony No. 1, “The Lord of the Rings,” is “one of the most recognizable names in the world among composers of music for wind symphony.” Carroll added that Symphony No. 4 was “inspired by a variety of 19th century German poems and premiered last year at the annual Mahler Festival in Dobiacco-Italy.
The first three movements use lyrics from the same source as Gustav Mahler’s “Kindertotenlieder,” poems by Friedrich Ruckert. “We are honored to have Johan de Meij and mezzo-soprano Kristin Gornstein from New York, along with members of the Piedmont Easy Bay Children’s Choir, led by Sue Bohlin, as guest performers with us, and to have the pleasure of giving this work its fourth performance ever — which is the West Coast Premiere,” said Carroll, adding
The Diablo Theatre Company is offering two scholarships for members of its acclaimed Stars 2000 teen theater company, as well as its mainstage performers. The Rhoda Klitsner “Follow Your Dream” Scholarship was established in memory of Rhoda Klitsner, former artistic director of the Diablo Theatre Company. Klitsner, who died April 19, 2003, guided the company for 42 years. This annual scholarship fund helps individuals who love the performing arts follow their own professional theatrical dream. The Aaron Antonali Memorial Scholarship recognizes excellence in the performing arts, technical arts, design and stage management. It is awarded to students who participated in STARS 2000 and are now pursuing their theater arts education at a college, university or vocational school. The deadline to apply for scholarships is May 23, 2014. Visit www.diablotheatre.org for more information.
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NONHLANHLA KHESWA STARS AS THE WIFE in “The Suit” now at A.C.T. in San Francisco through May 18.
Krawczyk comes the internationally acclaimed music-infused production, “The Suit.” Fresh from sold-out runs in New York, Paris, and London, “The Suit” is a tragic tale of betrayal and resentment adapted from the short story of the same name by South African writer, Can Themba. When a husband catches his beautiful wife in the arms of her lover, the lover flees—but leaves his suit behind. As her penance, the husband makes his wife “treat the suit as an honored guest,” to accompany her wherever she goes. From the dinner table to walks around the neighborhood, the suit becomes a whimsical yet cruel reminder of her infidelity. Traditional African melodies interweave with jazz standards to underscore this simple yet surprising tale, set in Apartheid-era Johannesburg “The Suit” will perform at A.C.T.’s Geary Theater (415 Geary Street, San Francisco) through May 18. Tickets are on sale now and may be purchased online at act-sf.org or by calling 415.749.2228.
Onstage presents old-fashioned seafaring yarn Onstage Repertory Theatre Company presents “Shipwrecked! An Entertainment, The Amazing Adventures of Louis De Rougemont (As Told by Himself)” May 16 through June 1 at the Martinez Campbell Theater. Written by Donald Margulies, directed by Randall Nott and produced by Helen Means, “Shipwrecked” is a good old-fashioned yarn of high seas and exotic islands about a Victorian gentleman whose colorful past as a seafaring wanderer unfolds and the line between fact and fiction blur. Funny and full of surprises, audiences watch as the small cast creates all of the characters involved, even the dog, in this adult but kid-friendly production. Costume design is by C.C. Cardin and set design by Randall Nott. Tickets are $18 general, seniors $16, students $10. (Thursday, general/seniors bargain price is $12.) They are available by calling 925-518-3277. For more information, visit the Onstage Theatre website at www.Onstagetheatre.homestead.com. The Martinez Campbell Theatre is located at 636 Ward Street, in Martinez.
“SHIPWRECKED”, ONSTAGE REP’S TALE of the high seas, plays at the Campbell Theatre in Martinez through June 1.
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Tickets for “Johan de Meij Live!” range from $18 to $25, with complimentary tickets for all students. Call the Lesher Center ticket office at 925943-SHOW (7469) or visit www.lesherartscenter.org. The Lesher Center is located at 1601 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek. For concert details visit the Contra Costa Wind Symphony website at www.CCWindSymphony.org.
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Center REPertory Company, the resident professional theatre company of the Lesher Center for the Arts (LCA), will be celebrating its 47th Subscription Season of high-quality theatrical productions during 2013/2014.
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that the concert is an outstanding way to conclude CCWS’s 20132014 season. Carroll believes Wind Symphony audiences will understand why de Meij is internationally acclaimed. “His work is innovative, and thoroughly accessible. Audiences will hear a symphony influenced by Mahler, the sounds of a polka-like variant in a Swedish folk song and the lilt of an Irish jig in Johan’s arrangement of “Highlights from Riverdance.”
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