Lesher Center for the Arts
Lesher Center for the Arts
At the corner of Civic Dr. and Locust St. 1601 Civic Drive Walnut Creek CA 94596- Phone:
- 925-943-SHOW
- Website:
- http://lesherartscenter.org/
- Capacity:
- 785
For questions about a purchase, please contact Goldstar.
Current Events on Goldstar
Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back: A Modern Swinging Salute to Frank Sinatra
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $40.00
- Our Price:
- $20.00
In this Vegas-style tribute to the Chairman of the Board, Frank Sinatra, Jonathan Poretz performs such classic hits as "My Way," "Luck be a Lady," "Come Fly with Me," "Strangers in the Night" and "I've Got... Learn More.
Past Events on Goldstar
Company C Contemporary Ballet's Spring Program: Bluegrass Led Zeppelin, Big Band, World Music, More
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $35.00
- Our Price:
- $12.00 - $17.50
Since 2002, the Walnut Creek-based Company C Contemporary Ballet has been receiving widespread acclaim for its thoroughly contemporary and highly innovative productions. For this year's Spring Program, the... Learn More.
Xanadu: Roller-Skating Disco Musical Based on 1980 Cult Film
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $40.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $22.50
Based on the camp classic 1980 film, Xanadu was a surprise hit on Broadway when it was first adapted into a musical, and now Center Rep gets the disco ball and roller skates spinning again. This hilarious,... Learn More.
Sock Hops & Soda Shoppes: Musical Revue Starring the Wonderelles
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $40.00
- Our Price:
- $20.00
Take a rockin' trip down memory lane with Sock Hops & Soda Shoppes, a high-energy musical revue by girl group the Wonderelles, who perform the golden oldies of the 1950s and 1960s in this production, filled... Learn More.
Trio of Masterful Works Highlight Smuin Ballet's Spring Program
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $54.00 - $67.00
- Our Price:
- $20.00 - $36.00
The Smuin Ballet kicks off its spring program with three diverse, inspiring works that both showcase the talented company and thrill you with breathtaking moves and passionate energy. From choreographer Ma... Learn More.
Come Together: The Beatles Concert Experience at the Lesher Center
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $40.00
- Our Price:
- $20.00
Come Together: The Beatles Concert Experience presents a wide-ranging look at that iconic group's timeless musical output. From the Beatles' early days at the forefront of the British Invasion through the... Learn More.
Sunset Boulevard: Andrew Lloyd Webber's Tony-Winning Musical
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $44.00 - $49.00
- Our Price:
- $25.50 - $28.00
Winner of seven Tony Awards in 1995 including Best Musical, Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard comes to spectacular life on stage. Based on Billy Wilder's classic 1950 film noir, legendary silent film... Learn More.
Carolina Lugo & Carolé Acuña's Ballet Flamenco: Live Spanish Dance
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $37.00
- Our Price:
- $18.50
Experience an evening of passionately-performed flamenco, replete with the traditional heart-pounding rhythms of song, dance, castanets and clapping, courtesy of Ballet Flamenco. This highly-acclaimed... Learn More.
House of Floyd: The Ultimate Pink Floyd Tribute Show
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $40.00
- Our Price:
- $20.00
House of Floyd, California's premier Pink Floyd tribute, plays the Lesher Center. Founded by a group of veteran Bay Area musicians & audio-visual technicians, including ex-Gregg Allman band member Mark... Learn More.
Family Musical Theater: The Princess and the Pauper at Lesher Center
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $14.00
- Our Price:
- $8.00
Nationally acclaimed Fantasy Forum Actors Ensemble brings their presentation of The Princess and the Pauper to Walnut Creek. This magical, musical treat will be a terrific theater experience for your... Learn More.
Classic Romantic Comedy The Philadelphia Story at the Lesher Center
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $22.00
- Our Price:
- $11.00
Wealthy socialite Tracy Lord is about to be married when, over one 24-hour period, her plans are thrown into chaos by the arrival of her ex-husband and an attractive tabloid journalist. What's an heiress to... Learn More.
Legally Blonde: The Musical, Starring Broadway's Bailey Hanks
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $34.00 - $38.00
- Our Price:
- $17.00 - $19.00
Based on the hit movie starring Reese Witherspoon, Legally Blonde: The Musical is an uplifting song and dance sensation following sweet Elle Woods on her journey to win her high-school boyfriend back -- at... Learn More.
Arms and the Man: George Bernard Shaw's Classic Romantic Comedy
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $38.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $21.50
Center Rep presents George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man, a comedy about romance, war and heroism. Set during the four-month-long Serbo-Bulgarian War of 1885-86, this witty play tells the story of Raina,... Learn More.
Smuin Ballet's 2011-2012 Winter Program
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $54.00 - $67.00
- Our Price:
- $29.50 - $36.00
The acclaimed Smuin Ballet continues its 2011-2012 season with a world premiere by Choreographer in Residence Amy Seiwert, set to the music of Patsy Cline. In honor of the 10th anniversary of the September... Learn More.
Lamplighters Present Gilbert & Sullivan's The Gondoliers
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $48.00 - $53.00
- Our Price:
- $26.50 - $29.00
The Lamplighters Music Theatre, the popular, award-winning company that produces some of the best productions of Gilbert & Sullivan in the country, returns to the Lesher Center with their latest operetta, ... Learn More.
Superstar Magician Alex Ramon at the Lesher Center
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $30.00 - $35.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00 - $17.50
Accomplished magician Alex Ramon returns to his native Bay Area to perform at the Lesher Center for the Arts after an extraordinary journey that took him around the globe with Disney as a professional... Learn More.
A Christmas Carol: Dickens' Holiday Classic from Center Rep
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $41.00
- Our Price:
- $23.00
Scrooge and the gang are back, as Center Repertory Company returns with its annual production of Dickens' timeless Yuletide tale to the Hofmann Theatre at the Lesher Center. Center Rep has been performing... Learn More.
Diablo Symphony Performs Composers' Youthful Creations
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $25.00
- Our Price:
- $12.50
Diablo Symphony presents its latest program, When They Were Young, at Lesher Center for the Arts. This vivacious program features a lively assortment of music written by both contemporary and historical... Learn More.
The Christmas Ballet, a Magical Holiday Tradition
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $54.00 - $67.00
- Our Price:
- $25.00 - $36.00
Holiday favorite The Christmas Ballet makes its annual return to the Bay Area for the 2011-2012 season. The popular snow-filled holiday extravaganza from Smuin Ballet boasts everything from ballet, tap, jazz... Learn More.
Diablo Ballet Opens its 18th Season at Lesher Center
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $49.00
- Our Price:
- $24.50
Diablo Ballet opens its 18th season with A Phoenix Story. This world premiere ballet by Val Caniparoli is set to music for two cellos by Uzbekistan-born, Australian composer Elena Kats-Chernin. The ballet... Learn More.
Rock Musical Little Shop of Horrors, with Broadway Set & Costumes
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $44.00 - $49.00
- Our Price:
- $25.50 - $28.00
Hit musical Little Shop of Horrors comes to the Lesher Center for the Arts with the set, props, and costumes direct from the Broadway production -- including the puppets designed for Broadway by the Jim... Learn More.
A Weekend with Pablo Picasso at Lesher Center for the Arts
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $38.00 - $39.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $22.00
Center Rep presents a fictional peek into the life of the most influential artist of the 20th century, written and performed by actor and painter Herbert Siguenza of the renowned comedy troupe Culture Clash... Learn More.
The Wizard of Oz: A Fresh Look at the Musical Family Favorite
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $34.00 - $44.00
- Our Price:
- $17.00 - $22.00
Head on down the Yellow Brick Road with Dorothy, Toto, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion and all the beloved characters of Oz as they head for the Emerald City to meet the Wonderful Wizard, and... Learn More.
Love Story: Grammy-Winning Chanticleer Sings from the Heart
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $39.00 - $44.00
- Our Price:
- $19.50 - $22.00
Chanticleer sings from the heart about the story of love -- the always enchanting and sometimes disturbing emotion which has evoked more poetry and music than any other feeling. The Grammy-winning, 12-person... Learn More.
The Dixie Swim Club: Popular Southern Friendship Drama
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $10.00 - $22.00
- Our Price:
- $5.00 - $11.00
Five Southern women whose friendship began on their college swim team reunite each August for a long weekend. Leaving their husbands, children and jobs behind, organizer Sheree, wise-cracking career woman... Learn More.
The Most Happy Fella: Frank Loesser's Musical Classic
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $39.00 - $59.00
- Our Price:
- $19.50 - $29.50
Festival Opera performs this heartwarming Tony-nominated musical by composer-lyricist Frank Loesser (Guys and Dolls). Set in 1927 Napa Valley, the show tells the story of Tony, an aging Italian grape farmer... Learn More.
Lamplighters Present Gilbert and Sullivan's H.M.S Pinafore
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $47.00 - $52.00
- Our Price:
- $25.00 - $27.50
The "noble men and true" British tars of Gilbert and Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore set sail at the Lesher Center for the Arts in a production by Lamplighters Music Theatre. Written as a spoof of English... Learn More.
Expect the Unexpected with Psychic Medium Bill Philipps
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $40.00
- Our Price:
- $20.00
Medium Bill Philipps, known as one of the world's youngest psychic practitioners, leads audiences on a journey to explore life after death. In this special appearance, he'll demonstrate his facility for... Learn More.
Festival Opera Presents Verdi's La Traviata
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $39.00 - $59.00
- Our Price:
- $19.50 - $29.50
Mark Foehringer joins opera's new breed of choreographers-turned-stage directors with Festival Opera's La Traviata. Featuring members of the Mark Foehringer Dance Project / SF, Verdi's three-act La Traviata... Learn More.
Chanticleer: The Grammy-Winning 12-Man Chorus Presents a Program of Songs About Love at the Lesher
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $39.00 - $44.00
- Our Price:
- $19.50 - $22.00
Chanticleer sings from the heart about passion and pain, joy and eternity - in other words, love - for this performance, entitled Romantic Chanticleer. The Grammy-winning, 12-man chorus is now in its 33rd... Learn More.
Blues in the Night: Musical Revue Set to the Sounds of Ellington, Goodman at Lesher Center
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $38.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $20.50
Featuring 26 songs including "Am I Blue," "Baby Doll" and the title number, the jazzy musical revue Blues in the Night, conceived by Sheldon Epps and directed and choreographed by Robert Barry Fleming, takes... Learn More.
Smuin Ballet's 2010-2011 Spring Program: To the Beatles, Momentum and More
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $62.00
- Our Price:
- $30.00
The acclaimed Smuin Ballet celebrates Spring with a trio of exciting works, including the Bay Area premiere of Choo San Goh's Momentum, set to Prokofiev, and the world premiere of Mozart's Requiem by former... Learn More.
Violin Virtuosity with Linda Wang: Diablo Symphony's Season Finale
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $20.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00
Diablo Symphony welcomes virtuoso violinist Linda Wang for its season finale concert. The program opens with Zoltan Kodaly's brilliantly orchestrated Hungarian suite Dances of Galanta. Wang then takes center... Learn More.
Forever Tango -- Broadway's Long-Running Dance Spectacular Comes to Lesher Center for the Arts
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $39.00 - $90.00
- Our Price:
- $19.50 - $45.00
Direct from its third Broadway run and tours of Greece and China, Luis Bravo's acclaimed dance spectacular will ignite audiences at Lesher Center for the Arts. Featuring 12 world-class tango dancers, a... Learn More.
Hairspray: The Smash Hit Broadway Musical Based on John Waters' Movie
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $40.00 - $45.00
- Our Price:
- $21.00 - $23.50
Set in 1962 Baltimore, the musical Hairspray follows politically-aware plus-sized heroine Tracy Turnblad, who dreams of dancing on The Corny Collins Show and nabbing the show's heartthrob, Link Larkin.... Learn More.
Diablo Symphony: Symphonic Landscapes of the British Isles at the Lesher Center
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $20.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00
Diablo Symphony presents a musical tour of the British Isles, from Malcolm Arnold's Sussex Overture to Charles Villiers Stanford's Irish Rhapsody No. 1 and Ralph Vaughan Williams's Symphony No. 8. The... Learn More.
Heaven Can Wait: A Boxer Gets a Second Chance at Life in This Romantic Comedy
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $20.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00
Onstage Theatre presents Heaven Can Wait, the story of "Joe," a young boxer who dies before his time. He is sent back to earth but must take over another man's body, because his has been cremated. Back on... Learn More.
The Drowsy Chaperone: East Bay Premiere of Award-Winning Musical Comedy
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $39.00 - $44.00
- Our Price:
- $19.50 - $22.00
Welcome to The Drowsy Chaperone, the musical comedy with the most 2006 Tony Awards of any musical on Broadway! It all begins when a die-hard musical theatre fan plays his favorite cast album, a 1928 hit... Learn More.
Diablo Symphony's Flamenco! with Dance Ensemble Brisas de Espana
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $20.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00
The Diablo Symphony is joined by flamenco dance ensemble Brisas de Espana for a concert at the Lesher Center. The acclaimed group, led by choreographer Carolina Lugo, will dance to works by Granadas, de... Learn More.
Smuin's Winter Program: Trey McIntyre Premiere, Bluegrass/Slyde, Brahms/Haydn Variations
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $62.00
- Our Price:
- $30.00
Smuin Ballet presents their 2010-11 Winter Program, featuring the world premiere of Oh, Inverted World by Trey McIntyre, one of the most acclaimed choreographers working today. The program also features two... Learn More.
Smuin Ballet Mini-Subscription: Winter and Spring Programs
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $100.00
- Our Price:
- $50.00
Can't find the perfect gift for that special arts-loving someone? Smuin Ballet's two-program mini-subscription includes admission to its Winter program, featuring the world premiere of Oh, Inverted World,... Learn More.
Lamplighters Music Theatre Presents Gilbert and Sullivan's The Yeomen of the Guard
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $45.00
- Our Price:
- $24.00
This operetta tells a tale of ill-fated love, intrigue and betrayal in England during the reign of King Charles I. Colonel Fairfax is to be executed in the Tower of London on false charges of sorcery brought... Learn More.
Classic Tony-Winning Farce Boeing Boeing from Center Rep
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $36.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $19.50
The Tony Award-winning Boeing Boeing follows French architect Bernard who is secretly engaged to three different flight attendants. When the new, faster Boeing jet goes into service, the flight attendants'... Learn More.
Whiskers!: Musical Adaptation of The Velveteen Rabbit
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $15.00
- Our Price:
- $7.00 - $9.00
Join the Velveteen Rabbit on his journey to discover what it means to be "real," featuring characters from the book including the Skin Horse and a life-sized Jack-in-the-Box. Celebrate the 15th anniversary... Learn More.
Irving Berlin's Holiday Favorite White Christmas from Diablo Theatre Company
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $42.00
- Our Price:
- $21.00
Diablo Theatre Company presents a fully-staged musical adaptation of Irving Berlin's 1954 holiday favorite White Christmas, where two buddies put on a show in a picturesque Vermont Inn and find their perfect... Learn More.
Diablo Symphony: Welcome to the Holidays! with Duo Pianists and the Fratello Marionettes
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $20.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00
The Diablo Symphony welcomes the holidays with its opening Christmas Overture followed by The Fratello Marionettes and the dynamic piano duo Eric Tran and Nathan Cheung performing Camille Saint-Saens' The... Learn More.
Smuin Ballet's 2010 Christmas Ballet, a Magical Holiday Tradition
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $62.00
- Our Price:
- $30.00
Smuin's The Christmas Ballet makes its annual return to the Lesher Center for the Arts. The popular snow-filled, holiday extravaganza boasts everything from ballet, tap, jazz and dances from around the world... Learn More.
A Chorus Line: Broadway's Hit Musical at the Lesher Center
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $40.00 - $45.00
- Our Price:
- $22.00 - $24.50
Contra Costa Musical Theatre presents A Chorus Line. The story of seventeen aspiring Broadway dancers is one of Broadway's biggest hits ever. Its original Broadway run stretched from 1975 to 1990 and won... Learn More.
Dracula: Center Rep Presents Tony Winner Eugene Brancoveanu in Classic Vampire Story
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $36.00 - $41.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $20.50
The story of the mysterious Count Dracula, adapted by John Balderston and Hamilton Deane, goes back to Bram Stoker's classic novel for its inspiration. Experience the gothic classic as you've never seen it... Learn More.
Onstage Theatre Presents the New Romantic Comedy A Taxicab Called Love
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $20.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00
A Taxicab Called Love is a romantic comedy set in the Vintage Lodge Retirement Community, where an aged playwright finally has the chance to see his masterpiece performed. Even among the over-50 set, when it... Learn More.
Family Favorite Sleeping Beauty at Lesher Center for the Arts
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Full Price:
- $13.00
- Our Price:
- $7.50
Audiences of all ages will delight in this much loved tale about a princess who falls into a deep sleep after pricking her finger on a spinning wheel and can only be awakened by the kiss of a true prince. In... Learn More.
Map and Directions
Parking is available at the nearby Locust Street Garage.
For more information, visit: http://www.dlrca.org/rcaparking.html
Handicap Information
Handicapped seating is limited, but the venue is easily accessible. Please contact us before purchases so that we can check availability with the venue.
Handicap seating may be available.
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