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Singer-Songwriter Tim Hockenberry at the Rrazz Room

Rrazz Room @ Hotel Nikko (San Francisco, CA)
Monday, Oct. 6 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $32.50 Our Price: SOLD OUT*
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Already well known to local audiences, singer-songwriter Tim Hockenberry has been called "the great American voice" and the "the best singer in the Bay Area." He'll be performing his songs, including material from his new album "Back In Your Arms" (due in May on About Records), with a revolving roster of talented guest musicians which promises to make each show a new and exciting experience.

Comedian Louis Katz Headlines Club Deluxe

Club Deluxe (San Francisco, CA)
Monday, Oct. 6 @ 9:00pm
Full Price: $5.00 Our Price: FREE*
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Club Deluxe presents an evening of stand-up comedy with comic Louis Katz. A San Francisco native, Katz has appeared on Last Call with Carson Daly, as well as on Comedy Central.

Shining City: Bay Area Premiere of Tony-Nominated Drama at SF Playhouse

The SF Playhouse (San Francisco, CA)
Tuesday, Oct. 7 @ 7:00pm
Wednesday, Oct. 8 @ 8:00pm
and 40 more dates.
Full Price: $40.00 Our Price: $20.00*
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The SF Playhouse presents the Bay Area premiere of Conor McPherson's modern ghost story Shining City. In modern-day Dublin, a man seeks professional help after seeing the ghost of his late wife; both he and his counselor are drawn into a situation that will unalterably change their lives. The play opened on Broadway in 2006, and garnered two Tony Award nominations, including Best Play.

Sean Ray's 4th Annual Positively Touching Cabaret Benefit

Rrazz Room @ Hotel Nikko (San Francisco, CA)
Tuesday, Oct. 7 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $40.00 Our Price: $20.00*
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Sean Ray presents the fourth annual production of Positively Touching, a benefit cabaret show. Some of the Bay Area's best performers will sing; proceeds go to Positive Being, a San Francisco non-profit dedicated to improving the quality of life for HIV/AIDS patients.

Massage, Facials & Beauty at re:fresh Spa in San Francisco

Re:fresh Day Spa, San Francisco (San Francisco, CA)
Wednesday, Oct. 8 @ Various Times
Thursday, Oct. 9 @ Various Times
Friday, Oct. 10 @ Various Times
Full Price: $120.00 Our Price: $60.00*
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Indulge in a luxurious spa treatment at re:fresh, the gorgeous day spa that SanFrancisco.com calls a "rare San Francisco spa haven." Choose from a Deep Tissue Massage, Botanical Bliss Facial, Aloe Valerian Wrap and other lush treatments.

Gourmet Dinner and a Show: The Spectacular Teatro ZinZanni

Teatro ZinZanni (San Francisco, CA)
Wednesday, Oct. 8 @ 6:00pm
Thursday, Oct. 9 @ 6:00pm
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $124.50 - $143.50 Our Price: $78.00*
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Set along San Francisco's historic waterfront, Teatro ZinZanni is a bewitching evening of European cabaret, cirque, divas and madmen, spectacle and sensuality with live music and a gourmet five-course dinner — set in the nightclub of your dreams. Now in its seventh year, Teatro ZinZanni has become a Bay Area entertainment institution.

The History Boys: Tony Award-Winning Comedy at New Conservatory Theatre Center

New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
Wednesday, Oct. 8 @ 8:00pm
Thursday, Oct. 9 @ 8:00pm
and 13 more dates.
Full Price: $22.00 - $34.00 Our Price: $11.00 - $17.00*
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The 2006 Tony Award winner for Best Play, Alan Bennett's The History Boys, makes its Bay Area premiere at San Francisco's New Conservatory Theatre Center. Alan Bennett's sharply funny and touching comedy goes inside the world of a British boys' school, where two teachers become rivals for the minds and hearts of eight unruly students.

Comedy Musical Moby Dick! The Musical at Theatre Rhinoceros

Theatre Rhinoceros (San Francisco, CA)
Wednesday, Oct. 8 @ 8:00pm
Thursday, Oct. 9 @ 8:00pm
and 8 more dates.
Full Price: $15.00 - $28.00 Our Price: $7.50 - $14.00*
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The cult hit makes its San Francisco debut, starring the incomparable Matthew Martin and his camp cohort Mike Finn. See what happens when a drag headmistress and her cross- dressed minions put on a musical of Moby Dick to save their beleaguered girls' school. This comedy musical is filled with toe-tapping LGBT fun, Rhino-style.

That's What She Said: Music & Comedy Sendup of Lesbian Quirks & Sterotypes

New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
Wednesday, Oct. 8 @ 8:00pm
Thursday, Oct. 9 @ 8:00pm
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $15.00 Our Price: $7.50*
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That's What She Said is a two-woman original music and comedy show that celebrates the stereotypes and quirks of lesbian culture. Amy Turner, vocalist, and Kathryn Lounsbery, pianist and vocalist, write original songs in a broad variety of musical styles, conquering subjects ranging from overprocessed emotions to U-Hauls to fanny packs.

Saucy Parisian Musical Irma La Douce, at 42nd Street Moon

Eureka Theatre (San Francisco, CA)
Wednesday, Oct. 8 @ 7:00pm
Thursday, Oct. 9 @ 8:00pm
and 3 more dates.
Full Price: $38.00 - $42.00 Our Price: $19.00 - $21.00*
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A rare production of the Parisian musical comedy that became the toast of London and New York! Billy Wilder's hit movie version starred Shirley MacLaine as Irma, a carefree Montmartre streetwalker whose life is turned upside down when she falls in love with a law student. Marguerite Monnot's atmospheric and tuneful score includes "Our Language of Love," "Dis-Donc" and "There Is Only One Paris for That."

An Intimate Evening with Hiroshima at the Rrazz Room

Rrazz Room @ Hotel Nikko (San Francisco, CA)
Wednesday, Oct. 8 @ 8:00pm
Thursday, Oct. 9 @ 8:00pm
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $45.00 - $52.50 Our Price: $22.50 - $26.25*
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Hiroshima embraces cultural diversity with innovative music that blends Jazz, Pop, R&B and World music with Eastern and Western instruments. Hiroshima crossed over into Smooth Jazz stardom with the smash hit "One Wish" from the 1985 bestselling album Another Place. The group's 1987 Go topped Billboard's Contemporary Jazz chart and won a Soul Train Award for "Best Jazz Album."

Salsa Party and Mixer for Singles at Cafe Cocomo

Cafe Cocomo (San Francisco, CA)
Thursday, Oct. 9 @ 7:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
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Join the Society of Single Professionals for an exciting evening of salsa dancing and lots of singlesof all ages to mix and mingle with! The event includes a fun mixer game, appetizers during the first hour, and a salsa dance lesson followed by a salsa dance party with an eight-piece live band and a live DJ.

Tenaya Rocks! A Sexy Geological Cabaret

Stage Werx (San Francisco, CA)
Thursday, Oct. 9 @ 10:30pm
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 10:30pm
and 13 more dates.
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: FREE - $10.00*
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Stage Werx hosts Tenaya Hurst's unique musical show Tenaya Rocks! A Sexy Geological Cabaret. Hurst, an actress, singer, and geologist who has written and starred in four original cabaret shows, entertains and educates audiences in this whimsical show, in which she compares geological principles to the intricacies of romance.

All You Can Eat, Subversive & Innovative Theater, from foolsFURY

Traveling Jewish Theatre (San Francisco, CA)
Thursday, Oct. 9 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $30.00 Our Price: $15.00*
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Theater mavericks foolsFURY explore The American Dream through the eyes and thighs of the rock band All You Can Eat on the first night of their comeback tour. All You Can Eat is an exclusive backstage pass to the reunion concert of one of our generation's momentous groups. All You Can Eat broke up at the height of its popularity — can the band rekindle the fire and reclaim its brilliance?

Of Mice and Men: Steinbeck's Classic, Produced By Actors Theatre of San Francisco

Actors Theatre San Francisco (San Francisco, CA)
Thursday, Oct. 9 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
and 21 more dates.
Full Price: $34.00 Our Price: $17.00*
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Actors Theatre of San Francisco opens their 20th season with a production of Of Mice and Men. The tragic story of George and Lennie, two Depression-era migrant workers who dream of a better life, is one of Nobel laureate John Steinbeck's best-known works.

The K of D: An Urban Legend, a New Play at Magic Theatre

The Magic Theatre (San Francisco, CA)
Thursday, Oct. 9 @ 8:00pm
Sunday, Oct. 12 @ 7:00pm
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $40.00 Our Price: $20.00*
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One young girl embodies the entire population of her small town to spin the story of the summer that inexplicably changed her life. From one of the brightest emerging voices in American Theatre, this quirky and touching play offers the unexpected perspective of a child on the big questions of life and death.

The Taming of the Shrew: Shakespearean Comedy Set in the 1920s

Phoenix Theatre (San Francisco, CA)
Thursday, Oct. 9 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
and 3 more dates.
Full Price: $30.00 Our Price: $15.00*
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Off Broadway West Theatre Company presents a free adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy The Taming of the Shrew. Director Joyce Henderson has set the story of the courtship of stubborn Kate amid the surreal decadence of New York's Hamptons in the 1920s.

Lullabies and Songs of Childhood: Kitka Sings Eastern European Folk Music

St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Oakland, CA)
Thursday, Oct. 9 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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Kitka presents Lullabies and Songs of Childhood. The all-female ensemble specializes in singing the folk music of Eastern Europe, and they'll be performing a set of traditional lullabies and cradle songs, songs sung by children, and more. The concert precedes the group's upcoming recording session for an album featuring these songs.

Double Bill: Vampire Lesbians of Sodom & Sleeping Beauty or Coma

Stage Werx (San Francisco, CA)
Thursday, Oct. 9 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
and 9 more dates.
Full Price: $25.00 - $35.00 Our Price: $12.00 - $15.00*
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One of the longest running plays in Off-Broadway history, Vampire Lesbians of Sodom tells the saga of two fatally seductive vampiresses whose paths first collide in ancient Sodom. Sleeping Beauty or Coma is based on the fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty and is set in the swinging mod London of the 1960's.

Musical Play Vera Wilde from Shotgun Players

Ashby Stage (Berkeley, CA)
Thursday, Oct. 9 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
Sunday, Oct. 12 @ 5:00pm
Full Price: $17.00 - $22.00 Our Price: $8.50 - $11.00*
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Two radical lives collide in this exuberant, vaudevillian musical by Seattle playwright and composer Chris Jeffries. Russian revolutionary Vera Zasulich and British playwright Oscar Wilde were unique figures of world history, each haunted throughout their lives for the very thing that made them famous. Jeffries holds up a mirror to a society incapable of recognizing its own heroes, and does it with a live original musical score.

I'm Yours! (or Deranged by Love), a New Tale of Love and Revenge

The Exit Theatre (San Francisco, CA)
Thursday, Oct. 9 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $30.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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Precarious Theatre returns to the EXIT Theatre stage with an original production entitled I'm Yours! or Deranged by Love. The Precarious ensemble had a hit last year with their darkly comic farce, Chemical Imbalance. Now they're back with a play inspired by an episode in Cervantes' Don Quixote that depicts the agony and ecstasy of two pairs of lovers in 17th century Spain.

Thrillpeddlers Presents A Musical Seance Starring Jill Tracy and Paul Mercer

Hypnodrome (San Francisco, CA)
Thursday, Oct. 9 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 - $69.00 Our Price: $12.50 - $34.50*
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Just awarded the prestigious Best of the Bay 2008 Award, Thrillpeddlers' favorite noir chanteuse Jill Tracy returns home to the Hypnodrome for her latest incantation, A Musical Seance, an intimate collaboration with Atlanta cult composer-violinist Paul Mercer and featuring master percussionist Randy Odell. This is the official launch of Shocktoberfest 2008 this Halloween season.

Vampire Tour of San Francisco - The Best of the Bay!

Vampire Tour of San Francisco (San Francisco, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 8:00pm
and 23 more dates.
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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Explore the Gothic side of San Francisco's Nob Hill with this incredible Vampire Tour, led by Mina Harker, a real vampiress. This tour combines San Francisco history with vampire lore and humor, and has been delighting Goldstar Events' customers since January 2004!

Big City Improv at the Shelton Theater

The Shelton Theater (San Francisco, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 10:00pm
Friday, Oct. 17 @ 10:00pm
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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The award-winning Big City Improv performs improvisational comedy in the style of TV's Whose Line Is It Anyway? and they are appearing live at The Shelton Theatre.

Shopping! The Musical - A Brand New Musical Comedy Revue

The Shelton Theater (San Francisco, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 8:00pm
and 5 more dates.
Full Price: $29.00 Our Price: FREE - $14.50*
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Shopping! The Musical is a new musical comedy revue by award-winning writer Morris Bobrow about everyone's second favorite (in some cases, favorite) activity. Hilarious songs and sketches about the frustrations, annoyances and occasional joys of shopping — how men and women do it, dealing with customers, clerks and store environments, shopping online and on TV and other familiar situations.

Dinner and a Show: Tony n' Tina's Wedding Dinner Comedy

Swiss Louis Restaurant (San Francisco, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 7:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 7:00pm
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $85.50 - $115.00 Our Price: $42.75 - $57.50*
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Be a guest at this hysterical satirical Italian-American wedding, and you won't just see a show — you'll be a part of it! The fun starts with the happy couple's wedding ceremony, then it's time for the all-inclusive reception featuring a family-style pasta dinner, champagne toast, wedding cake, dancing and lots of laughs!

Insignificant Others: Love Unfolds In The City

Theatre 39 (San Francisco, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $46.00 Our Price: $9.95 - $23.00*
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This musical, transferring to Pier 39 after a successful run at the Zeum Theater, tells a tale of love and friendship. Five friends move to San Francisco from the Midwest, only to find themselves falling in love with each other, with the city itself, and facing any number of challenges to that love. Sexuality, faith and the ups and downs of love all come together for a rollicking, romantic, magical musical.

Real News Meets Improv in The News Show from BATS Improv

Bayfront Theater (San Francisco, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 Our Price: $7.50*
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One part Mort Sahl, one part "The Daily Show" and one part "Gorilla Theatre," The News Show is a night of improv based on newspaper stories from around the world. Articles are chosen by performers and audience members alike—so come early, grab a paper and be a part of the magic that happens when real news meets real improv.

Heartfelt Comedy Family Baggage at Off-Market Theater

Off-Market Theater (San Francisco, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 8:00pm
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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An outrageous series of tragi-comedy vignettes exploring the mania and pathos of modern relationships as they are affected by growing up in addictive, dysfunctional, or otherwise nutso families. Family Baggage is a moment in time of heartfelt hilarity, compassion and absurdity.

Vocalist Paula West with George Mesterhazy Quartet at Herbst Theatre

Herbst Theatre at the San Francisco War Memorial Building (San Francisco, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $27.00 - $39.00 Our Price: $13.50 - $19.50*
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One of San Francisco's favorite jazz singers, Paula West will dip into the Great American Songbook as well as perform interpretations of pop classics. The George Mesterhazy Quartet will accompany the vocalist in a program bound for New York City's Algonquin Hotel.

Lullabies and Songs of Childhood: Kitka Sings Eastern European Folk Music

Saint Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church (San Francisco, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
Rated: No ratings yet

Kitka presents Lullabies and Songs of Childhood. The all-female ensemble specializes in singing the folk music of Eastern Europe, and they'll be performing a set of traditional lullabies and cradle songs, songs sung by children, and more. The concert precedes the group's upcoming recording session for an album featuring these songs.

Orchards: Anton Chekhov Stories Adapted by Famous Playwrights

Custom Stage @ Off-Market (San Francisco, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 8:00pm
and 8 more dates.
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: $12.50*
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See what happens when David Mamet, Wendy Wasserstein, John Guare and Spalding Grey (among others) get their hands on the master of the short story, Anton Chekhov. This eclectic night of theater runs the gambit of styles from Chekhovian melodrama to hilarious fractured fairy tales.

Comedy Duo Frangela (Best Week Ever) at Cobb's Comedy Club

Cobb's Comedy Club (San Francisco, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 10:15pm
Full Price: $18.50 Our Price: $9.25*
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Cobb's Comedy Club presents Frangela. The duo of Frances Callier and Angela V. Shelton met at the famous Second City Theatre, and their witty commentary on pop culture appears regularly on VH1's Best Week Ever, The Today Show, and CNN. They're also accomplished radio hosts, and co-creators of BET and Oxygen's animated series Hey Monie. Special guest: Clinton Jackson.

Sex in the City Tour of San Francisco - A Different Side of The City

Hard Rock Cafe (San Francisco, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 7:15pm
Friday, Oct. 17 @ 7:15pm
and 10 more dates.
Full Price: $69.00 Our Price: $34.50*
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The Sex in the City tour is a fun way to explore San Francisco's colorful history from a different point of view. Extranomical Adventures will conduct a 4-hour small group van tour of "Babylon by the Bay" while the guide tells interesting stories about the various periods of San Francisco's 160-year history.

One-Man Show Towle's Hill at The Marsh

The Marsh San Francisco (San Francisco, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Oct. 17 @ 8:00pm
and 4 more dates.
Full Price: $35.00 Our Price: $17.50*
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Gundlach Bundschu, California's oldest family-owned and operated winery, is celebrating its sesquicentennial throughout 2008 at the winery and across the nation by putting wine on center stage with the creation of Towle's Hill, an original, one-man play performed by Mark Kenward and directed by David Ford.

Naked Comedy — Live Stand-Up Comedy at the Clubhouse!

The Clubhouse @ SF Comedy College (San Francisco, CA)
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 9:00pm (Hasan Minhaj)
Saturday, Oct. 18 @ 9:00pm (Ali Wong)
Saturday, Oct. 25 @ 9:00pm
Full Price: $12.00 Our Price: $6.00*
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No additives, no preservatives—just good stand-up comedy. This comedy showcase features some of the best comedians in town, including those local favorites from the bigger clubs—without the two-drink minimum of those other clubs. Lineups change every week, so check the Clubhouse website for the latest updates.

Secret Improv Society: SF Underground Improvisation

The Shelton Theater (San Francisco, CA)
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 10:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 18 @ 10:00pm
and 10 more dates.
Full Price: $15.00 Our Price: FREE - $7.50*
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Secret Improv Society's popular theatrical shows blend improvised theater, comedy and music to produce a totally unique form of entertainment. The company features a guest host each week. San Francisco's best improvisers, comedians and musicians join the quick-witted cast in applying their unique creative process to whatever the audience throws their way. Hilarious drama, serious comedy using audience suggestions and willing volunteers to create characters, scenes, stories, songs and themes. It's jazz theater.

Shanghai San Francisco: Interactive Theatre on the Streets of the City

Coit Tower (San Francisco, CA)
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ Various Times
Saturday, Oct. 18 @ Various Times
Saturday, Oct. 25 @ Various Times
Full Price: $40.00 Our Price: $25.00*
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Immerse yourself in a world of fun and mystery while seeing the city from an entirely new perspective. Incorporating the best of interactive theatre and sketch comedy, Shanghai San Francisco is a live choose-your-own-adventure. Instead of sitting in a theatre, you embark on a mission through the city, seeking out actors on the streets, in charming bars and swanky restaurants.

Hell to the Chief & Hero Worship - A Dynamic Duo of Comedy

Purple Onion (San Francisco, CA)
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 10:00pm
and 6 more dates.
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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As 2008 comes to a close, Bay Area comedians Sammy Wegent and Justin Lamb take on two of the hottest topics of the year: selfish politicians and superpowers. Wegent's election-oriented manifesto, Hell To The Chief, and Lamb's superhero-driven sermon, Hero Worship, will play at the historic Purple Onion.

Improv Played as a Sport: Main Stage Company Theatresports from BATS Improv

Bayfront Theater (San Francisco, CA)
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 18 @ 8:00pm
and 3 more dates.
Full Price: $12.00 Our Price: $6.00*
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Two teams, three judges, millions of laughs! Invented by Keith Johnstone, Theatresports is improvisation played as a sporting event. Two teams of improvisers compete in a series of scenes, games, and challenges vying for points awarded by three judges.

Roller Derby: Brooklyn Red Devils vs. San Francisco Bay Bombers

Kezar Pavilion (San Francisco, CA)
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $18.00 Our Price: $9.00*
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Carrying on a legacy over half a century old, the San Francisco Bay Bombers skate into action, taking on the Brooklyn Red Devils in exciting roller derby action, conducted on a classic banked track.

Wayne Harris's Musical One-Man Show A May Day Parade at The Marsh

The Marsh San Francisco (San Francisco, CA)
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 8:00pm
Sunday, Oct. 12 @ 3:00pm
and 8 more dates.
Full Price: $15.00 Our Price: $7.50*
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Award-winning performer and San Francisco Bay Area favorite Wayne Harris stars in A May Day Parade, a tale centered on his lifelong love of marching bands. Harris portrays a Baptist preacher, three generations on a porch, a four-man bass drum ensemble, 12 rather large "letter" girls bumping and grinding down a midtown boulevard, and the 100-member Pleasant Green Missionary Baptist Church Drum & Bugle Corps.

Inbal Pinto Dance Company: Israeli Ensemble in Eerily Beautiful Shaker

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 8:00pm
Sunday, Oct. 12 @ 2:00pm
Full Price: $27.00 - $39.00 Our Price: $13.50 - $19.50*
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Founded in 1992, Israel's Inbal Pinto Dance Company has toured throughout the world. In this event at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, they'll perform Shaker, a startling and evocative full-length dance theater piece set inside a snow globe.

Tom Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll from A.C.T.

A.C.T. (San Francisco, CA)
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 2:00pm
Sunday, Oct. 12 @ 7:00pm
and 6 more dates.
Full Price: $44.00 - $72.00 Our Price: $23.00 - $37.00*
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A decades-spanning tale of Prague's rock revolution, Tom Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll follows the passions and politics of a Marxist professor in Cambridge and his Rolling Stones-obsessed protégé fighting for freedom in Soviet-dominated Prague. Nominated for four 2008 Tony Awards, Rock 'n' Roll features the music of the Stones and Pink Floyd.

Glimmer Island - Two Short Plays from Multi Ethnic Theater

Next Stage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 8:00pm
Sunday, Oct. 12 @ 2:00pm
and 3 more dates.
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: $12.50*
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Multi Ethnic Theater presents the premiere production of two short plays by newly discovered West Coast playwright, Ed Ballou. Return from Bird Island is the story of a family of sea-going settlers in the year 1900 struggling for survival. The Glimmer is about an alcoholic couple (a half-blind ex-boxer and his critical yet nurturing wife) battling their pasts and each other.

All-Star Magic & More, Comedy Magic Show, at The Playhouse

SF Playhouse Stage 2 (San Francisco, CA)
Sunday, Oct. 12 @ 7:00pm
Sunday, Oct. 19 @ 7:00pm
and 8 more dates.
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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Magician Big Al Catraz, direct from Las Vegas, and juggler Frisco Fred host this intimate showcase of magic, comedy and surprises, featuring performers from Hollywood's famed Magic Castle. Each week includes several performers from a rotating cast.

All-Star Comedy & More with Tony Sparks at SF Playhouse

SF Playhouse Stage 2 (San Francisco, CA)
Sunday, Oct. 12 @ 8:30pm
Sunday, Oct. 19 @ 8:30pm
and 10 more dates.
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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This fast-moving showcase of stand-up comedy and special surprises is hosted by Tony Sparks, who has been performing and presenting comedy for the last 10 years at The Punchline, Cobb's Comedy Club and more. Each show brings a fresh lineup from San Francisco's comedy and variety scene.

Love, Humiliation & Karaoke: One Man's Comedic Adventures

Stage Werx (San Francisco, CA)
Sunday, Oct. 12 @ 7:00pm
Sunday, Oct. 19 @ 7:00pm
and 4 more dates.
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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Enzo Lombard finally had everything—a dream job, a great Manhattan apartment and 11% body fat. It would all be gone in just a few weeks. Hear his comic tales about the craziest situations you can imagine, from a bus-riding chicken to the karaoke machine sounds of a Filipino transvestite.

How I Became a Pirate - A Musical for Kids

Julia Morgan Center for the Arts (Berkeley, CA)
Sunday, Oct. 12 @ 2:00pm
Sunday, Oct. 12 @ 4:00pm
Monday, Oct. 13 @ 11:00am
Full Price: $18.00 Our Price: $9.00*
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Active Arts Theatre for Young Audiences presents a musical version of the award-winning novel How I Became a Pirate. When a band of pirates needs a new crew member, young Jeremy Jacob jumps at the chance. There he learns that treasure is to be found not only on a pirate ship, but also at home.

Russ Lorenson Performs Standard Time at the Rrazz Room

Rrazz Room @ Hotel Nikko (San Francisco, CA)
Sunday, Oct. 12 @ 7:00pm
Full Price: $35.00 Our Price: $17.50*
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Jazz vocalist Russ Lorenson performs a show full of "new standards" to prove that well-written songs with meaningful lyrics are still being written today, just waiting to be interpreted by thoughtful, jazz-inspired vocalists. With Bay Area jazz favorites Kelly Park on piano and Terrence Brewer on guitar, Standard Time explores the Great American Songbook of the New Millennium.

Dance Diva Pamala Stanley in Concert at the Rrazz Room

Rrazz Room @ Hotel Nikko (San Francisco, CA)
Monday, Oct. 13 @ 7:00pm
Full Price: $40.00 Our Price: $20.00*
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With five Top 40 hits on the Billboard Dance charts, stage and recording star Pamala Stanley was one of the most popular dance divas of the '80s. Known for her captivating live shows, she was always a favorite at San Francisco's famed Trocadero Transfer and her current one-woman show has been playing to standing-room-only crowds throughout the world.

Andrea Marcovicci: "Queen of Cabaret" in Marcovicci Sings Movies II

Rrazz Room @ Hotel Nikko (San Francisco, CA)
Tuesday, Oct. 14 @ 8:00pm
Thursday, Oct. 16 @ 8:00pm
and 11 more dates.
Full Price: $50.00 - $55.00 Our Price: $25.00 - $27.50*
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Actress/singer Andrea Marcovicci, dubbed the "Queen of Cabaret" for her acknowledged mastery of the form, presents a program of classic songs from Hollywood. Marcovicci presents the work of screen legends ranging from Audrey Hepburn and Judy Garland to Doris Day and Frank Sinatra.

Drag Performer Miss Coco Peru in Ugly Coco

Rrazz Room @ Hotel Nikko (San Francisco, CA)
Wednesday, Oct. 15 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Oct. 17 @ 10:00pm
and 7 more dates.
Full Price: $35.00 - $40.00 Our Price: $17.50 - $20.00*
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Drag star Miss Coco Peru presents her latest show, Ugly Coco. She'll recount her journey from boyhood to manhood to "womanhood", and share hilarious and moving stories from her life. A GLAAD Media Award winner, Peru's acting credits include Will and Grace and To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar.

Dohee Lee's Flux, a Multimedia Work of Music, Movement and Film

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Forum (San Francisco, CA)
Thursday, Oct. 16 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Oct. 17 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 18 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: $12.50*
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San Francisco-based innovator Dohee Lee explores metaphysical questions about life in the world premiere of a YBCA commission, titled Flux, integrating traditional Korean performance with contemporary music, movement and film. Born in Korea and now immersed in the Bay Area's experimental art world, Lee is trained in shamanic ritual music and dance and Korean percussion.

Improvised Shakespeare from BATS Improv

Bayfront Theater (San Francisco, CA)
Friday, Oct. 17 @ 8:00pm (All-Male Cast)
Saturday, Oct. 25 @ 8:00pm (All-Female Cast)
Full Price: $15.00 Our Price: $7.50*
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BATS Improv, the Bay Area's favorite improvisational theatre company, presents a night of improvised Shakespeare. In this completely improvised Elizabethan play, the audience supplies the title and the story takes off from there — plot, characters and more are made up right there on the spot using Shakespearean language and themes.

Peninsula Symphony with Pianist Jeffrey Siegel: Grieg, Dvorak

San Mateo Performing Arts Center (San Mateo, CA)
Friday, Oct. 17 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $34.00 Our Price: $17.00*
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American pianist Jeffrey Siegel plays Edvard Grieg's celebrated Piano Concerto with the Peninsula Symphony. Siegel tours all over the world, and is known for his performance of this work. The concert also includes Dvorak's Symphony no. 8, plus Sibelius' Spring Song.

Classic Musician Fiddler on the Roof from Chanticleers Theatre

Chanticleers Theatre (Castro Valley, CA)
Friday, Oct. 17 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 18 @ 8:00pm
and 12 more dates.
Full Price: $19.00 Our Price: $9.50*
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Chanticleers Theatre presents Fiddler on the Roof, one of the most famous musicals of all time. The show centers on Tevye and his attempt to honor and maintain ancestral and religious customs in his family while adapting to new pressures in tsarist Russia. The score includes such unforgettable songs as "If I Were a Rich Man," "Matchmaker, Matchmaker," "Sunrise, Sunset" and "To Life."

The Rocky Horror Show: Musical That Inspired Cult Classic Film

Victoria Theatre (San Francisco, CA)
Friday, Oct. 17 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 18 @ 8:00pm
and 17 more dates.
Full Price: $28.00 Our Price: FREE - $14.00*
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Ray of Light Theatre is proud to present Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show at the Victoria Theatre. It's a full-scale production of the original hit musical which inspired the cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the longest-running film of all time.

Tales of Wonder and Shadow - An Evening of Magical Enchantment

The Cabaret Theatre @ the Alano Club (San Francisco, CA)
Saturday, Oct. 18 @ 8:30pm
Saturday, Nov. 15 @ 8:30pm
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: $12.50*
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Tales of Wonder and Shadow is an evening of intimate, elegant, magical enchantment and tall tale-telling at The Cabaret Theatre. The three headliners — David Miller, Walt Anthony and Ruth Fraser — boast over fifty years of entertainment excellence. Many evenings will feature magical guest performance artists from the Bay Area.

Flashback Walking Tour of Haight-Ashbury

Flashback Tour (San Francisco, CA)
Sunday, Oct. 19 @ 1:00pm
Full Price: $30.00 Our Price: $15.00*
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This comedian-led tour takes a vivid trip through the heart of the Haight-Ashbury district, the birthplace of the 1960s cultural revolution. You'll see the locations of some of the most memorable events of the Summer of Love, as well as the former homes of the Grateful Dead, the Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, and other notables. The tour also discusses the music, poster art, and lifestyles that defined the Hippie era in San Francisco's most colorful neighborhood.

Monday Night PlayGround at Berkeley Rep

Berkeley Repertory Theatre (Berkeley, CA)
Monday, Oct. 20 @ 8:00pm
Monday, Nov. 17 @ 8:00pm
Monday, Dec. 15 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 Our Price: $7.50*
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Come see where the Bay Area's theatre pros go to play on their night off. Now in its 15th season, PlayGround presents staged readings of six original short plays written by top Bay Area emerging playwrights, inspired by a single topic and performed by leading local directors and actors.

Oakland Youth Chorus Benefit: An Evening of Blues, Jazz & Broadway

Yoshi's Jazz Club and Restaurant (Oakland, CA)
Monday, Oct. 20 @ 8:00pm
Monday, Oct. 20 @ 10:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 - $30.00 Our Price: $12.50 - $15.00*
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Yoshi's in Oakland hosts a benefit for the Oakland Youth Chorus. Celebrating their 35th anniversary, the OYC provides a cross-cultural music education and performance program for youth, fostering talent, confidence, and community. They'll be performing alongside special guests including Broadway's Luba Mason, cabaret star Terese Genecco, and jazz veteran Wesla Whitfield, plus OYC alumni now performing professionally.

Aubrey de Grey Talks about Living Forever at JCCSF

Jewish Community Center of San Francisco - Fisher Family Hall (San Francisco, CA)
Monday, Oct. 20 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $12.00 Our Price: $6.00*
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In a remarkable challenge to convention and science, Cambridge researcher Aubrey de Grey argues that the process of aging is merely a disease, and a curable one at that. De Grey, a computer scientist and biogerontologist, believes humans could live for centuries if we could just approach the aging process as "an engineering problem."

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Performs Bach Reconstructed in Lafayette

Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church (Lafayette, CA)
Tuesday, Oct. 21 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $62.00 - $75.00 Our Price: $31.00 - $37.50*
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The Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra presents Bach Reconstructed, an all-Bach program at the Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church. The orchestra will be performing selections ranging from the familiar (Brandenburg Concerto No. 1) to the mostly unknown (Suite of Sinfonias).

The 5th (& Final) George Bush Going Away Party: An Evening of Political Comedy

Brava Theater (San Francisco, CA)
Wednesday, Oct. 22 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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Kung Pao Kosher Comedy presents a night of political comedy featuring anti-death penalty lawyer/comic Aundre the Wonderwoman, gay Iranian Muslim comic Ali Mafi, Bush show veteran Ross Turner and creator/producer of Kung Pao Kosher Comedy, Lisa Geduldig.

Appel & Frank's Eco-Chic Shopping Event

The Regency Center (San Francisco, CA)
Thursday, Oct. 23 @ 5:00pm - 9:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
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Appel & Frank presents their Eco-Chic Shopping Event, an evening full of eco-friendly shopping. Shop directly from 65 "green" designers selling vintage jewelry, organic apparel, refurbished handbags and more. Each guest is invited to indulge in a complimentary glass of wine, beauty treatments, giveaways and coveted "all green" reusable Appel & Frank gift bags.

New Drama His Heart Belongs to Me from Theatre Rhinoceros

Theatre Rhinoceros (San Francisco, CA)
Thursday, Oct. 23 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Oct. 24 @ 8:00pm
and 8 more dates.
Full Price: $12.00 Our Price: $6.00*
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Theatre Rhino and Grooviness Productions present His Heart Belongs to Me, a new play by Jerry Metzker. The unexpected death of his beloved partner sends a gay man's life on a tailspin that requires all of his inner reserves of strength to overcome.

San Francisco Girls Chorus: Dreams and Visions at Calvary Presbyterian Church

Calvary Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, CA)
Friday, Oct. 24 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $21.00 - $29.00 Our Price: $11.00 - $15.00*
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The San Francisco Girls Chorus opens its 30th anniversary season with Dreams and Visions, featuring two centuries of music, including works by Poulenc, Faure and Rachmaninoff, plus the world premiere of settings of e. e. cummings' poetry by American composer Augusta Read Thomas.

San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus Ensembles Perfom in In the Mood

Brava Theater (San Francisco, CA)
Friday, Oct. 24 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 25 @ 2:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 25 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $23.00 - $35.00 Our Price: $11.50 - $17.50*
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The San Francisco presents In the Mood, a concert showcasing two of the long-running group's ensembles. The Lollipop Guild and Vocal Minority will sing a fun and eclectic assortment of songs. The concert also features a guest set by Captain Smartypants, an ensemble from the Seattle Men's Chorus.

Dinner and a Show: Tony n' Tina's Wedding Dinner Comedy

Castagnola's Restaurant (San Francisco, CA)
Friday, Oct. 24 @ 7:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 25 @ 1:00pm
and 12 more dates.
Full Price: $85.50 - $115.50 Our Price: $42.75 - $57.75*
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Be a guest at this hysterical satirical Italian-American wedding, and you won't just see a show — you'll be a part of it! The fun starts with the happy couple's wedding ceremony, then it's time for the all-inclusive reception featuring a family-style pasta dinner, champagne toast, wedding cake, dancing and lots of laughs!

Ionesco's Absurdist Comedy Victims of Duty at EXIT Theatre

EXIT Theatre (Taylor Street) (San Francisco, CA)
Friday, Oct. 24 @ 8:00pm (Preview)
Saturday, Oct. 25 @ 8:00pm (Preview)
and 17 more dates.
Full Price: $15.00 - $30.00 Our Price: $7.50 - $15.00*
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Cutting Ball Theater presents Victims of Duty, from master of absurdism, Eugène Ionesco. A couple enjoys a quiet evening at home in their Parisian apartment where "nothing ever happens," when a detective enters, claiming that he is trying to track down the previous tenant. What starts as a simple interrogation quickly becomes a mind-bending journey.

A Touch of Vegas, The Musical — Songs from the 1930s to Today

The Orinda House (Orinda, CA)
Friday, Oct. 24 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Oct. 31 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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J"LaChic Productions' Touch of Vegas cabaret show brings a touch of glitz and glamour to the Bay Area. This dynamically staged musical is filled with choreographed theatrics, golden oldies, treasured standards and more. Featuring Broadway musical-style lighting and sound, this revue of songs from the 1930s to today is performed by a 17-member cast and orchestra.

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