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Posted by:	Richard Connema 04:57 pm EDT 10/12/14

BLITHE SPIRIT DIRECTED BY MICHAEL BLAKEMOREANGELA LANSBURY REPRISES HER TONY AWARD®-WINNING PERFORMANCE FOLLOWING SMASH-HIT WEST END ENGAGEMENTWITH CHARLES EDWARDS, JEMIMA ROOPER, CHARLOTTE PARRY, SIMON JONES, SUSAN LOUISE O’CONNOR & SANDRA SHIPLEYSHN GOLDEN GATE THEATREJANUARY 20 – FEBRUARY 1, 2015 ON SALE FRIDAY – SHN is thrilled to bring television legend, Oscar recipient and five-time Tony Award®-winner ANGELA LANSBURY to San Francisco reprising her role as Madame Arcati, in Michael Blakemore’s revival of Noël Coward’s smash-hit comedy play, BLITHE SPIRIT. Tickets go on sale this Friday, Oct. 10, at 10am. Following the internationally acclaimed sold-out engagements on Broadway and London’s West End, BLITHE SPIRIT will play a strictly limited two week engagement January 20 through February 1, 2015 at the SHN Golden Gate Theatre, and San Francisco is one of only four U.S cities presenting this highly anticipated comedy. “SHN is thrilled to welcome Angela Lansbury reprising her Tony Award-winning role to San Francisco,” said Greg Holland, SHN Chief Executive Officer. “BLITHE SPIRIT is one of the many world-class productions we have planned for SHN audiences.” The production will play the SHN Golden Gate Theatre using the playhouse configuration, created by Tony-Award winning, San Francisco based scenic designer Douglas Schmidt. This arrangement, which provides an intimate 1600-seat experience for SHN Audiences, was previously used for the highly acclaimed productions of DOUBT starring Cherry Jones and Viola Davis (2006), WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF starring Kathleen Turner and Bill Irwin (2007) and A BRONX TALE starring Chazz Palminteri (2008). Returning to the role of Madame Arcati, for which she won her fifth Tony Award® in 2009 for Best Featured Actress in a Play, Angela Lansbury (“Murder, She Wrote;” Sweeney Todd; Mame; Gaslight) will be joined by an all-star cast including Charles Edwards (“Downton Abbey,” The 39 Steps, Blithe Spirit – 2014 West End revival), Jemima Rooper (“The Black Dahlia;” One Man, Two Guvnors; Blithe Spirit – 2014 West End revival), Charlotte Parry (Coram Boy, The Importance of Being Earnest), Simon Jones (“Hitchhiker’s Guide,” Blithe Spirit – 2009 Broadway revival, 2014 West End Revival), Susan Louise O’Connor (Walk Two Moons, Blithe Spirit – 2009 Broadway revival) and Sandra Shipley (Anything Goes, Blithe Spirit – 2009 Broadway revival). The play is directed by two-time Tony Award-winner Michael Blakemore (Kiss Me, Kate; Copenhagen). “During the course of my career, I’ve had the good fortune to play many, many unique and wonderful roles in the movies, on stage and television,” said Angela Lansbury. “And it is a joy to once again step into the role of Madame Arcati, and bring Noël Coward’s classic comedy ‘Blithe Spirit’ to wonderful audiences here in North America who have supported me for over seven decades.” The creative team, led by two-time Tony Award®-winner Michael Blakemore, includes scenic and costume designs by Helen Hayes Award-winner Simon Higlett; Ms. Lansbury’s costume designs by two-time Tony Award®-winner Martin Pakledinaz and sound design by Olivier Award-winners Ben and Max Ringham. ################################ Wily West Productions presents UN-HINGED, is from local playwright, Krista Knight, who has commissions and productions from all over the United States and is quickly gaining status as a writer of national caliber. On Friday Wily West will present DROWNING KATE by Morgan Ludlow – who most recently won the Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award for Best Original Script for his play GORGEOUS HUSSY. The two plays will alternate every other Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Both plays run less than 90 minutes and will be directed by Wesley Cayabyab. Both productions ae at EXIT THEATRE, 156 Eddy Street, San Francisco through October 25th.ABOUT UN-HINGED: In this deeply moving new play Glen, a house painter, is transfixed on the house that got away. Now that the house is on the market Glen has no intention of letting it slip away like he did that year he worked on it and became entangled in the lives of the family that lived there. All Glen wants to do now is get inside. ABOUT DROWNING KATE:In this chilling ghost story a young doctor tries to revive his recently drowned wife, Kate, using scientific techniques they had been developing previously. Has Harry exceeded the known boundaries of modern medical science? Or has he awakened something else? UN-HINGED will play October , 16, 18, 24 DROWNING KATE will play October , 17, 23, 25 WHERE: The Exit Theatre 156 Eddy Street Main Stage TICKETS: $14.00 in Early Bird (August 22-September 28) $18.50 General Admission (online) $25.00 General Admission (at the door) $35.00 Wily West+ ($25 + $10 donation) ################################ THE MARSH CELEBRATES 25 YEARS EVENT HONORS PHILIP ARMOUR AND STEPHANIE WEISMA Saturday November 8, 2014 – The Marsh, a breeding ground for new performances, celebrates its 25th Anniversary with a special evening of All-Star Marsh performances, music, specialty cocktails, and a Taste of the Neighborhood with delicacies from the Valencia gourmet corridor. The event will honor Philip Armour, board chair, and Stephanie Weisman, The Marsh’s Founder and Artistic Director, whose efforts, talents, and leadership over the past 25 years have made The Marsh one of the Bay Area’s most fertile homes for new theatre. The Marsh 25th Anniversary Celebration will take place 6:00pm, Saturday, November 8 at The Marsh San Francisco, 1062 Valencia St., San Francisco. For tickets ($150 individual tickets, $250 VIP tickets includes reception and program recognition, $1,000 - $25,000 sponsorships also available) visit www.themarsh.org or call (415) 282-3055. Subtitled “A Party Tour With Marsh Solo Performers,” The Marsh 25th Anniversary Celebration will feature specialty cocktails, a Taste of the Neighborhood provided by the Valencia gourmet corridor, and a chance to mix and mingle with, and see performances by, a line-up of Marsh All-Stars including Tom Ammiano, Geoff Hoyle, Brian Copeland, Josh Kornbluth, Will Durst, Charlie Varon, Don Reed, Jinho “The Piper” Ferreira, Randy Craig, Unique Derique, Diane Amos, Joshua Brody and Merle Kessler, David Hirata, Mark Kenward, Marilyn Pittman, Candace Roberts, Kenny Yun, Jeff Greenwald and others. The evening will also feature performances from The Marsh Troupers and Kids Called Crazy. The evening honors two individuals who embody the values and spirit of The Marsh and who have been instrumental in making The Marsh “known worldwide as a leading developer of one-person shows” (CBS local): Board Chair Philip Armour, and Founder and Artistic Director Stephanie Weisman. ############################ October 20 at Berkeley Repertory Theatre October 21 at Stanford’s Cubberley Auditorium Six 10-Minute Plays on the Topic: “IS EARTH FKED?” – IS EARTH FKED? On Tuesday, PlayGround playwrights attended a special presentation by the founders of Planet Earth Arts, a new initiative of Sustainable World Coalition, in preparation for the topic announcement for the Monday Night PlayGround season opener and inaugural Planet Earth New Play Festival, taking place at 8pm, Monday, October 20 at Berkeley Repertory Theatre and being repeated in its entirety at 7:30pm, Tuesday, October 21 at Stanford’s Cubberley Auditorium. This morning, PlayGround announced the topic: IS EARTH F**KED?, drawn from a session of earth and space scientists at the Fall 2012 Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, held annually in San Francisco. Fifty Bay Area playwrights have just four-and-a-half days to generate their original short scripts inspired by the topic and the top six works will be presented as script-in-hand staged readings on October 20 and October 21. For more information on this month’s topic, visit http://playground-sf.org/topic. Tickets and discount season subscriptions can be purchased online at http://playground-sf.org/boxoffice. #######################

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