Stanford performing arts events

MTT and Stravinsky: Stravinsky's Russian Roots

Friday, Jun 21 6:30p

The joyous Les Noces “depicts” a wedding the way an Altman film uses scraps of conversation to tell a tale, and boasts four pianists on stage...

Zarkana™ by Cirque du Soleil® at ARIA Resort & Casino

Friday, Jun 21 7:00p

Aria Resort & Casino, Las Vegas

Zarkana™ by Cirque du Soleil® is a visually stunning modern acrobatic spectacular set in a world where physical ability meets with the extraordinary...

THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA, A Musical Based on C.S. Lewis' THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE.

Friday, Aug 2 7:30p

Neighborhood Church, Castro Valley

This August C.S...

Wanderlust Circus at the Lesher Center for the Arts

Wednesday, Jun 26 7:00p

Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek

Portland's proudest circus family embarks on the latest leg of their eternal voyage...

CMT San Jose presents Jesus Christ Superstar

Friday, Jul 26 7:00p

Montgomery Theater, San Jose

A CMT San Jose staple! Jesus Christ Superstar is an early rock opera created by Tony, Grammy and Academy Award winners Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.

David Copperfield at MGM Grand Las Vegas

Thursday, Jun 20 7:00p

MGM Hollywood Theatre, Las Vegas

David Copperfield has been hailed by audiences and critics alike as the greatest illusionist of our time...

West Side Story in Concert

Thursday, Jun 27 8:00p

Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco

In a partnership for the ages, two Broadway legends—Bernstein and Sondheim—took Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet from Verona in the 1500s to New York’s Upper West Side in the 1950s, replacing the Mon...

Cirque du Soleil presents Criss Angel Believe

Thursday, Jun 20 7:00p

Luxor Theater, Las Vegas

Criss Angel, the most famous magician on the planet - in partnership with Cirque du Soleil - presents CRISS ANGEL Believe, an illusion spectacular at the Luxor Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas...

This Is How It Goes

Thursday, Jun 20 8:00p

Aurora Theatre Company, Berkeley

Closing Aurora’s 21st season is the Bay Area Premiere of Neil LaBute’s dark, edgy comic drama This Is How It Goes, directed by Artistic Director Tom Ross, and featuring Aldo Billingslea, Gabriel Ma...

MTT and Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring and Gil Shaham

Thursday, Jun 20 2:00p

Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco

Stravinsky’s music has been a passion of Michael Tilson Thomas’s since he met the composer while studying at USC. Fitting that the music of Stravinsky plays a prominent part in the season...

Cal Shakes - American Night: The Ballad of Juan José

Thursday, Jun 20 7:30p

Bruns Amphitheater, Orinda

Hailed as a “boisterous, rollicking, surreal…journey into American history” by the Mail Tribune during its sold-out run at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, American Night brings the groundbreaking work...

Robert A. Burton, MD, discusses and signs his new book: A Skeptic's Guide to the Mind: What Neuroscience Can and Cannot Tell Us

Thursday, Jun 27 7:30p

Kepler's Books, Menlo Park

Despite 2500 years of contemplation by the world’s greatest minds and the more recent phenomenal advances in basic neuroscience, neither neuroscientists nor philosophers have a decent understanding...

Emmy Award winning Dancer Yaelisa Fiesta Flamenco

Saturday, Jun 29 9:00p

Angelica's Bistro, Redwood City

An evening of passion and fire with Emmy Award winning dancer Yaelisa and the fabulous dancers, singers and musicians of Caminos Flamencos.

Opera Early and Ancient: Ludus Danielis (The Play of Daniel) with San Francisco Renaissance Voices

Saturday, Jun 29 8:00p

All Saints Episcopal Church, Palo Alto

San Francisco Renaissance Voices, (Katherine McKee, conducting) presents the musical liturgical drama, Ludus Danielis (The Play of Daniel), written by students at the Beauvais Cathedral in France s...

New York Times bestselling author, Chris Bohjalian at Books Inc Palo Alto

Friday, Jul 19 7:00p

Books, Inc. - Palo Alto, Palo Alto

Critically acclaimed and New York Times bestselling author, Chris Bohjalian shares The Light in the Ruins, a spellbinding reimagining of Romeo and Juliet set in Tuscany at the end of the Second Wor...

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