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Events on May 22nd For San Francisco, CA 94109

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

Re:fresh Day Spa, San Francisco (San Francisco, CA)
Thursday, May. 22 2008 @ Various Times
Full Price: $110.00 - $165.00   Our Price: SOLD OUT*
Rated: 3.4 stars
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.  Learn More

Comedian W. Kamau Bell in The W. Kamau Bell Curve

The Shelton Theater (San Francisco, CA)
Thursday, May. 22 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $25.00   Our Price: $12.50*
Rated: 3.5 stars
Funnyman W. Kamau Bell often opens for Dave Chappelle and has appeared on Comedy Central's "Premium Blend" and on "Comics Unleashed." See his new show The W. Kamau Bell Curve, a passionate and comedic look at racism in modern society, at the Shelton Theatre.  Learn More

Swinging Crooner Jonathan Poretz Celebrates CD Release at Pearl's

Jazz at Pearl's (San Francisco, CA)
Thursday, May. 22 2008 @ 8:00pm
Thursday, May. 22 2008 @ 10:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 - $100.00   Our Price: $5.00 - $50.00*
Rated: 3.3 stars
Swinging singer Jonathan Poretz's new CD, "A Lot of Livin' to Do," is a celebration of the style and spirit of Frank Sinatra and the grand Rat Pack days—yet Poretz makes that spirit his own. Backing Poretz is a great band featuring Noel Jewkes on sax, Lee Bloom on piano, Jeff Neighbor on bass and Vince Lateano on drums.  Learn More

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

Swiss Louis Restaurant (San Francisco, CA)
Thursday, May. 22 2008 @ 7:00pm
Full Price: $115.00   Our Price: $57.50*
Rated: 2.6 stars
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!  Learn More

Vocalist Jane Olivor in Concert at The Rrazz Room

Rrazz Room @ Hotel Nikko (San Francisco, CA)
Thursday, May. 22 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $52.50 - $55.00   Our Price: $26.25 - $27.50*
Rated: 3.6 stars
Acclaimed singer Jane Olivor makes a long-awaited return to the Bay Area with her upcoming appearance at The Rrazz Room. A musical sensation and deeply loved vocalist of the finest order, Olivor can turn a ballad into a transforming experience and always leaves her audience wanting more.  Learn More

Neil Simon's The Odd Couple — A Timeless Classic at Custom Made Theatre Co.

Custom Stage @ Off-Market (San Francisco, CA)
Thursday, May. 22 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 - $25.00   Our Price: FREE - $12.50*
Rated: 3.0 stars
Oscar, a typical slovenly bachelor, is living in his beautifully decorated, but now trashed, apartment since his wife left him. Felix, a compulsive neat-freak, has also just been dumped by his spouse. Thinking the company would do him good, not to mention the rent reduction, Oscar invites Felix to live with him...and so begins one of theatre's most famous marriages.  Learn More

SF Playhouse Presents Bug, a Creepy Psychological Thriller

The SF Playhouse (San Francisco, CA)
Thursday, May. 22 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 - $38.00   Our Price: FREE - $19.00*
Rated: 3.2 stars
Walk on the wild side with Tracy Letts' Bug, a Bay Area premiere from the author of Killer Joe and current Broadway darling August: Osage County. Bug is a psychological thriller about love, fear...and little tiny bugs. This play will seduce you and get under your skin. Scratch the itch — don't miss it!  Learn More

Beowulf: A Thousand Years of Baggage — A Rock Opera

Ashby Stage (Berkeley, CA)
Thursday, May. 22 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $17.00 - $22.00   Our Price: $8.50 - $11.00*
Rated: 3.7 stars
What was the story of "Beowulf" before it was written down, and what is it now in the hands of the academics? Flawed heroes, sympathetic monsters and haughty professors collide as one of the most twisted stories in the literary cannon comes to life in this rock opera with a live musical score.  Learn More

Off-Broadway Star Sherry Glaser in The Breast of Sherry Glaser

The Marsh San Francisco (San Francisco, CA)
Thursday, May. 22 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 - $22.00   Our Price: $7.50 - $11.00*
Rated: 2.7 stars
Sherry Glaser's show is the culmination of more than 20 years of her theatrical comedy and peace activism. It features a trio of outrageous characters who all challenge the status quo in different ways: Miguel De Cervantes, Mother Superior and SAM SLAM (Super Lesbian Activist Mother).  Learn More

12th Annual Best of PlayGround Festival: An Evening of Short Plays at Thick House

Thick House (San Francisco, CA)
Thursday, May. 22 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $28.00 - $40.00   Our Price: $10.00 - $20.00*
Rated: 3.5 stars
The 12th Annual Best of PlayGround Festival is an evening of seven short plays written by some of the Bay Area's hottest new playwrights. Performed and directed by top local talent, the short works are given full production to deliver what the Examiner calls, "as entertaining and thought-provoking as anything on stage at The City's major theaters these days."  Learn More

Sam Shepard's Satire Curse of the Starving Class at A.C.T.

A.C.T. (San Francisco, CA)
Thursday, May. 22 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $14.00 - $67.00   Our Price: $8.00 - $34.50*
Rated: 2.8 stars
A dark satire by Pulitzer Prize winner and Academy Award nominee Sam Shepard, Curse of the Starving Class is at once hilarious and profound, frighteningly true and delightfully surreal. The story follows a malnourished and rather bizarre family searching for freedom, security and their piece of the American pie.  Learn More

Theater: The Musical — An Improvised Musical from Un-Scripted Theater Company

SF Playhouse Stage 2 (San Francisco, CA)
Thursday, May. 22 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00   Our Price: FREE - $10.00*
Rated: 3.0 stars
At each performance, the Un-Scripted Theater Company will improvise a new, full-length musical as if it were written by one of your favorite playwrights. In the mood for musical comedy? How about musical drama? The audience supplies the playwright, and Un-Scripted delivers an original musical—created just for you.  Learn More

Campy Mystery It's Murder, Mary! at New Conservatory Theatre Center

New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
Thursday, May. 22 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $22.00 - $40.00   Our Price: $11.00 - $20.00*
Rated: 2.8 stars
This action-packed comedy is modeled after the classic "whodunit" murder-mystery genre. Set at an exclusive Russian River resort, this campy yet tension-filled play will keep you guessing (and laughing) until the last body falls.  Learn More

Elton John and Tim Rice's Musical Aida at Hillbarn Theatre

Hillbarn Theatre (Foster City, CA)
Thursday, May. 22 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $26.00 - $28.00   Our Price: $13.00 - $14.00*
Rated: 3.1 stars
This pop-rock musical by Elton John and Tim Rice (The Lion King) is the passionate tale of a captured Nubian princess taken as a slave to Egypt, where she becomes involved in a love triangle with her captor, the Egyptian captain Radames, and the daughter of the Pharaoh, Princess Amneris, who is bethrothed to Radames.  Learn More

Michael Tilson Thomas Conducts the San Francisco Symphony in Brahms' German Requiem

Davies Symphony Hall (San Francisco, CA)
Thursday, May. 22 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $35.00 - $78.00   Our Price: $17.50 - $39.00*
Rated: 3.7 stars
Brahms's great Requiem fuses immediacy of expression with a timeless message. It is not so much a memorial as a work that reminds the living of what life offers to those who engage with it. Don't miss this chance to experience the depths of Brahms' music, as performed by the San Francisco Symphony under the baton of Michael Tilson Thomas. Soloists: soprano Laura Claycomb, baritone Matthias Goerne.  Learn More

Peddling Rainbows: The Songs and Poetry of E.Y. "Yip" Harburg

Eureka Theatre (San Francisco, CA)
Thursday, May. 22 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $22.00 - $38.00   Our Price: $11.00 - $19.00*
Rated: 3.4 stars
Enjoy an evening of great songs like "It's Only a Paper Moon," "April in Paris," "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?", "Over the Rainbow," "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?", "Happiness Is Just a Thing Called Joe," "Can't Help Singing" and "Old Devil Moon" by lyricist E.Y. "Yip" Harburg and his composer-collaborators Harold Arlen, Burton Lane, Jerome Kern, Jule Styne, Vernon Duke and more.  Learn More

Lynn Harrell Plays the Complete Bach Cello Suites at Grace Cathedral

Grace Cathedral (San Francisco, CA)
Thursday, May. 22 2008 @ 7:30pm (Suites 1, 5, 3)
Full Price: $25.00   Our Price: $12.50*
Rated: 2.6 stars
In a rarefied combination of profound music, visionary artistry, and a majestic space, Grammy award-winning cellist Lynn Harrell performs his acclaimed rendition of the complete Bach Cello Suites, some of the most moving music ever written. He'll be performing all six of the Suites over the span of two remarkable nights.  Learn More

Sam Shepard's Buried Child at Actors Theatre of San Francisco

Actors Theatre San Francisco (San Francisco, CA)
Thursday, May. 22 2008 @ 8:00pm (Preview)
Full Price: $20.00 - $30.00   Our Price: FREE - $15.00*
Rated: 2.3 stars
Buried Child won the first Pulitzer Prize awarded to a play premiering Off-Broadway, propelling Sam Shepard into the national spotlight. Exploring a dark side of the American Dream, the play chronicles three generations of a Midwestern family struggling against each other. From its darkly humorous opening to an implosive final act, the play examines the corrosive effects of a long-held secret in a family ravaged by guilt and shame.  Learn More

Sweeney Todd Spoof Sweetie Tanya: The Demon Barista of Valencia Street

EXIT Theatre (San Francisco, CA)
Thursday, May. 22 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $25.00   Our Price: $12.50*
Rated: 3.7 stars
Catch the musical parody that SF Weekly calls "a vicious theatrical treat." On the run from creditors after a failed sexual harassment suit against her powerful boss, Tanya ends up working in the dingiest coffee shop in the Mission. Instead of a haven, she finds a lecherous boss, creepy patrons and her destiny as a force of vengeance!  Learn More

Musical Revue Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris at Marin Theatre Company

Marin Theatre Company (Mill Valley, CA)
Thursday, May. 22 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $33.00   Our Price: $16.50*
Rated: 3.3 stars
With a cast of four actors and four musicians, this show celebrates singer-songwriter Jacques Brel's timeless relevance and enduring passions in a diverse blend of ballads, tangos, boleros and classics. Brel's songs have been covered by an eclectic group of performers including David Bowie ("Amsterdam"), Nina Simone, and Sting ("Ne Me Quitte Pas"). Filled with raw human emotion, each piece tells a story.  Learn More

Speaking Chinese: A Dance Journey Based on Zhang Ailing's Novella

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
Thursday, May. 22 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $16.00   Our Price: FREE - $8.00*
Rated: 2.5 stars
Speaking Chinese is a dance journey inspired by Love in a Fallen City, a 1943 novella by Chinese-American writer Zhang Ailing and featuring the orchestral and chamber music of Shanghai composer Zhu Jian'er. Combining text, movement, image and sound, this interdisciplinary work leads us through Ailing's "tales of love, longing and the shifting of endlessly treacherous shoals of family life."  Learn More

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