If you're a theater fan, mark your calendars: there's plenty to do when it comes to stage performances in San Francisco this week, from a Broadway classic to a revue of 30 bite-sized plays.
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'Cabaret'
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Cliff Bradshaw, an American author working on a novel in pre-World War II Berlin, falls in love with the vivacious Sally Bowles, a singer at the local Kit Kat Klub. Their dreamlike romance is tested by the political upheaval that changes their lives dramatically. Even after 50 years, this classic Tony Award-winning musical remains painfully prophetic, reminding us through Sally and the Emcee’s lost souls what horrors humans are capable of, lest we ever forget.
When: Wednesday, Sept. 4, 7 p.m.
Where: San Francisco Playhouse, 450 Post St.
Price: $33 (Orchestra); $36 (Mezzanine)
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'Fred, Ted, Jack & Harold'
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Six serial killers battle office politics — eternity working in an office. It’s the nightmare that every desk jockey finds themselves in — watching their precious lives slip by in a haze of emails, conference calls and soul-crushing boredom. "Fred, Ted, Jack & Harold" are four such people...or at least they think so. What if eternity was meant literally? What if your soul deserved to be crushed? What if you happened to be the worst of the worst, and every tedious hour spent battling the photocopier was actually payback for the most heinous crimes imaginable?
When: Thursday, Sept. 5, 7 p.m.
Where: Shelton Theater, 533 Sutter St.
Price: $20
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Brian Copeland's 'Not a Genuine Black Man'
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Brian Copeland returns to The Marsh for three special performances of his hit show "Not a Genuine Black Man." The longest-running solo show in San Francisco history, this is the hilarious and poignant autobiographical story about Copeland's childhood. In 1971, San Leandro was named one of the most racist suburbs in America. Congressional hearings were held. The next year, eight-year-old Copeland and his African American family moved in.
When: Thursday, Sept. 5, 7:30 p.m.
Where: The Marsh Upstairs Studio Theater, 1062 Valencia St.
Price: $10
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PianoFight's ShortLived VIII: The Finals
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The finals of the nation’s largest audience-judged theater competition. The ShortLived VIII champion will be crowned and win $5,000.
When: Friday, Sept. 6, 8-10 p.m.
Where: A.C.T.'s Strand Theater, 1127 Market St.
Price: $35 (Orchestra); $45 (Front Orchestra). More ticket options available.
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'The Infinite Wrench'
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Fifty weekends a year, the critically acclaimed San Francisco Neo-Futurists present "The Infinite Wrench," an attempt to perform 30 bite-sized plays in a frantic race against the clock, in an order determined by you, the audience. Each week, the ensemble offers up new plays ranging from the personal to the political to the profoundly WTF, all truthful and inspired by the lived experiences of the performers.
When: Friday, Sept. 6, 9 p.m.
Where: PianoFight, 144 Taylor St.
Price: $6
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