eSavers

Join the tribe, let the sunshine in, and live the American tribal love-rock anti-war musical at City Lights! Hair  tells the story of a group of young people in New York's East Village who banded together to change the world. Although known as an anthem to the 60s, Hair resonates even now as its depiction of one turbulent era reflects our own. For Mature Audiences: Language, sexuality, nudity, and adult themes.

Altar Boyz, the critically-acclaimed winner of the Outer Critics Circle Best Musical, lands explosively at San Jose Stage in the South Bay premiere production. Hailed as "high-octane entertainment,",Altar Boyz tells the holy inspiring story of five small-town boys -- Matthew, Mark, Luke, and Juan,  joined by their Jewish member Abraham -- trying to save the world one screaming fan at a time. Their pious pop act includes hits like Girl You Make Me Wanna Wait and Jesus Called Me On My Cell Phone. With angelic voices, sinfully spectacular dancing, and a touching story, Altar Boyz is destined to rock the masses of all denominations!

Running the gamut from folk to jazz, from rock to gospel, the music of Susan Werner has captured the quirky nature of the world we live in and the eccentricities of relationships since the early 90’s. For the first time ever, her music is being brought to life on the stage with theatre Q’s world-premiere production of My Strange Nation, The Music of Susan Werner.

This year Shady Shakespeare Theatre Company will be taking one of Shakespeare's most revered comedies, Twelfth Night, and setting it in – get ready for it - Elizabethan England. Shady Shakespeare invites you to come and enjoy Twelfth Night as it might have been presented by the Bard himself. Twelfth Night reveals all the trappings of Shakespearean theatre, including cross-dressing twins, mistaken identities, and men in tights! Upgrade your evening in the Park with this wonderful opportunity to experience the Royal Treatment. This phenomenal package includes posh special seating for two people, a complimentary bottle of wine or sparkling cider, a snack from concessions, free parking, and a tremendous amount of royal fuss made over you. Already feel like Royalty? Regular seating at Shady Shakespeare performances is always free

Mary Lennox, orphaned while living in India, is sent to England to live with her Uncle Archibald at his estate on the mysterious Yorkshire moors. Mary finds the key to an enclosed garden which has been neglected for years. Her discovery also unlocks secrets about the family of Misselthwaite Manor. With care and nurturing, Mary's secret garden becomes a magical paradise in which a family rediscovers joy, love, and life. Featuring spectacular sets, costumes, special effects, fabulous music, and breathtaking performances, The Secret Garden promises to be a highlight of Theatre in the Mountains 2008 season.

Nominated for ten Tony Awards, this hilarious and heartbreaking Broadway hit chronicles the fall of American royalty: Jacqueline Kennedy’s notorious relatives, Edith and Edie Bouvier Beale. In a scandalously beguiling musical about love, loss, and eccentricity at the heights of society, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Doug Wright chronicles their journey from giddy fortune in the ’40s to seclusion in the ’70s, a bittersweet saga of roads not taken and dreams left unfulfilled.

Avast ye mateys and shiver me timbers! If you can imagine the havoc the pirates of the Caribbean would wreak if they came to Italy in the 17th Century, then you will find yourself smack dab in the middle of Shady Shakespeare's production of The Comedy of Errors. Filled with confusion and hilarity involving two sets of identical twins separated at birth, SSTC's Comedy of Errors is a farcical romp as one master and his servant are mistaken for their mirror-like counterparts. Upgrade your evening in the Park with this wonderful opportunity to experience the Royal Treatment. This phenomenal package includes posh special seating for two people, a complimentary bottle of wine or soft drink, 2 t-shirts, free parking, and a tremendous amount of royal fuss made over you. Already feel like Royalty? Regular seating at Shady Shakespeare performances is always free.

Sister Elizabeth Donderstock is Squeamish, has been her whole life. She makes cheese balls (traditional and smoky) that sustain the existence of her entire religious community, Clusterhaven. However, she feels unappreciated among her Squeamish brethren, and she decides to try her luck in the outside world. Along the way, she meets a Cockney-speaking Ukrainian immigrant couple who find her a job waiting tables at Plymouth Crock, a family restaurant run almost entirely by recovering alcoholics. The alcoholics love her. The customers love her. Things are going great for Liz, until she's offered a promotion to manager. Unfortunately, Liz has a sweating problem, and to get the job, she'll have to fix it. Meanwhile, back at Clusterhaven, Liz's compatriots just can't seem to duplicate her cheese ball recipe, and it's going to cost them their quaint, cloistered lifestyle. Does Liz go through with the operation? Can the squeamish be saved? Will the cheese balls ever taste good again?

High atop a corporate office building, two men – one white, one black – seek harmony in their high-pressure world. When their simmering prejudices need venting, they resort to a corporate-approved 'solution' that lets them speak their minds without fear of reprisal. Meanwhile, in a story inspired by recent real-life tragedy, a young writer imagines the long conversation between a dying white man who lies embedded in a car windshield and the black woman who is trying desperately not to let this distraction ruin her celebration of Flag Day. Flag Day, by Lee Blessing, is two plays in one, each an exploration of black-white relations in America through dark comedy, and surreal and abstract theatrical devices.

Join Robert Shaw for a discussion of Radka Donnell's work ,and her influential role in the evolution of the art quilt. Immediately following Robert Shaw's lecture, join Donnell for a rare opportunity to hear her talk about her work and the pieces in the exhibition in an informal, interactive session.

This is the lecture you’ve been waiting for! Don’t miss this illustrated discussion by the man who literally wrote the book on art quilts, historian and craft and folk art expert, Robert Shaw. Robert is the author of the books The Art Quilt and Quilts: a Living Tradition.

Performing with their sister Petya, the members of Triada brothers Nikola, Vasil, and Petar Chekardzhikovi present works for guitar by Atanas Radulov, Aram Katchaturian, Maurice Ravel, Bustamante, and others. In March 2004, Triada won first prize in the Third Annual Guitar Ensemble Competition in Brownsville, Texas. The three brothers studied guitar since early childhood and have participated in master classes with internationally-known guitarists, such as the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (USA), Pavel Steidl (Czech Republic), Ana Maria Rosado (USA), Joaquin Clerch (Cuba), Eric Franceries (France), Aldo Lagrutta (Venezuela),  and Costas Cotsiolis (Greece). Come experience some fascinating transcriptions of established symphonic works for the guitar quartet art form.

The acclaimed novelist, screenwriter, and poet who brought us Smoke and The New York Trilogy returns with his darkest and most emotionally complex novel to date, Man in the Dark. Unlike anything he has written before, Auster’s latest work follows the story of an elderly man recovering from a car accident; its darkly political themes have generated buzz in the literary world. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from this Independent Spirit Award recipient as he discusses his singular blend of existentialism and crime fiction.

Political satirist Christopher Buckley’s new novel Supreme Courtship is a humorous look at what happens when a popular TV judge is nominated to the Supreme Court. Like so many classic novels by Buckley, this amusing story takes place amidst a Presidential re-election campaign and Constitutional crisis. Buckley is an award winning novelist and author of thirteen books including Thank You For Smoking, Little Green Men, and No Way To Treat a First Lady.