and dancers. Upcoming programs include Etienne Charles Quintet with Loren Schoenberg Informance (April 3), Anonymous 4 (April 18) and David Zambrano’s Soul Project (May 3). Call 650-725-ARTS (2787) or visit livelyarts.stanford.edu.
Foothill College Lohman Theatre, which is mounting Peter Stone’s “The Knight of the Burning Pestle� (May 25-June 10) at 12345 El Monte Road (Interstate 280 at El Monte), Los Altos Hills. Call 650-949-7777 or visit www.foothill.edu/fa.
Stanford University Department of Drama presents many student productions throughout the year, usually at Pigott Theater and The Nitery in the Old Union at Stanford, including “The Color Purple, the Musical� (May 17-19, 24-26). Call 650-723-2576 or visit www. stanford.edu/dept/drama.
Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, at 500 Castro St., Mountain View, is a performing-arts complex hosting more than 400 events a year: theater, dance, music, professional Bay Area companies. Call 650-903-6000 (24 hours) or visit www.mvcpa.com.
TheatreWorks, a nationally acclaimed theater of Silicon Valley under the direction of Robert Kelley, presents dramas, comedies and musicals year-round at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., and at the Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, including “Of Mice and Men� (April 4-29) and “Wheelhouse� (June 6-July 1). Call 650463-1950 or visit www.theatreworks.org. West Bay Opera, Palo Alto’s own opera company, will stage “Aida� (May 25, 27, June 2, 3) at the Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road. Call 650-843-3900 or visit www.wbopera.org.
Shoreline Amphitheatre is an outdoor concert venue that hosts performances by major, world-touring acts from late April until late October, at One Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View. Call Shoreline box office at 877-686-5366 or visit www.livenation.com/ShorelineAmphitheatre-tickets-Mountain-View/venue/229414. Stanford Music Department offers concerts and recitals, with student, faculty and guest artists in Campbell Recital Hall, the CCRMA Stage or Dinkelspiel Auditorium. Call 650-723-3811 or visit music.stanford.edu. Stanford Savoyards in Dinkelspiel Auditorium on the Stanford campus. Visit www.stanford.edu/group/ savoyards.
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