Star choreographers line up for ‘Double Exposure’ project
1 RAWDance: The Bay Area dance world is buzzing about the world premiere of “Double Exposure,” a years-in-themaking eveninglength work in which RAWDance company artistic directors Ryan T. Smith and Wendy Rein perform a series of new short duets created by 12 West Coast choreographers or choreography teams. The intended result is something of a snapshot of where some of the leading artistic voices in contemporary dance are right now. Among the choreographers represented in “Exposure” are Amy O’Neal, Amy Seiwert, Ann Carlson, casebolt and smith, David Roussève, Holly Johnston, Joe Goode, KT Nelson, Monique Jenkinson/Fauxnique, and more.
Details: 8 p.m. today through Saturday; ODC Theater, San Francisco; $30$45; 415-863-9834, www.odcdance.org. More information is at http://rawdance.org.
2 “El Capitan”: Most people know John Philip Sousa from the scores of patriotic and military-themed marches he composed in the late 1800s and early 1900s, but he also composed 15 operettas, of which “El Capitan,” a romantic farce that premiered in 1896, was the most successful. It’s rarely produced onstage nowadays, but San Jose’s Lyric Theater is presenting a semi-staged adaptation this weekend.
Details: 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday; Shannon Theatre at Fremont High School, Sunnyvale; $10-$26; 408-986-1455, www.lyrictheatre.org.
3 Jim Jefferies: The Australian comedian is known for his hard-hitting and often controversial humor that barrels unflinchingly into such hot-button topics as gun control (the subject of his Netflix special “Jim Jefferies: Bare”), alcoholism, religion and politics. He just released another stand-up special on Netflix, titled “Freedumb.” He’ll likely touch on that material when he performs tonight at San Jose’s City National Civic.
Details: 8 p.m.; $37.50$47.50; http://sanjosetheaters.org.
4 “Hearts of Palm”: Central Works Theater Company in Berkeley presents the world premiere of Bay Area playwright Patricia Milton’s comedy that depicts the malfeasance of corporate imperialism on a fictitious Southeast Asian island.
Details: Through Aug. 14; Berkeley City Club, Berkeley; $15-$30; 510-5581381, www.centralworks.org
5 “Rent”: Children’s Music Theatre is bringing back its popular presentation of Jonathan Larson’s rock-music adaptation of “La Boheme,” which follows a community of endearing young artists
seeking to make a foothold in New York while dealing with AIDS, poverty and drug addiction.
Details: Friday through Aug. 7; Montgomery Theater, San Jose; $16-$24; www.cmtsj.org.
6 John Waite: The British singer came to fame as a member of The Babys in the late 1970s and then embarked on a solo career in the ’80s that brought the world such hits as “Missing You” and “Change.” He brings his “Wooden Heart” tour to Livermore’s Bankhead Theater on Friday.
Details: 8 p.m.; $16-$40; 925-373-6800, www.livermoreperformingarts.org.
7 Silver City Bound: The New York band led by accordionist/ keyboardist Sam Reider and guitarist Justin Poindexter is known as much for its globe-trekking mission of musical diplomacy as its rich blues/Americana sound bolstered by some serious dance-floor grooves. The band has toured China, Cambodia, Vietnam and even Myanmar and recently performed a benefit concert in Turkey for refugees of the Syrian war featuring Syrian, Turkish, American and Kurdish musicians. The band’s relentless touring brings it to the Bay Area for two shows this weekend.
Details: 8 p.m. Saturday at Campbell Recital Hall at Stanford University (part of Stanford Jazz Festival); $15-$35; https://stanfordjazz.org; 7 p.m. Sunday at Freight & Salvage, Berkeley; $17-$19; 510-644-2020, http://thefreight.org.
8 “Die, Mommie, Die!”: San Leandro Players presents Charles Busch’s campy satire of 1960s film thrillers, about an aging pop singer plunged into a world of deceit, murder and horrifying pop cultural references.
Details: Saturday through Aug. 28; The auditorium at San Leandro Museum; $15-$20; 510-8952573, www.slplayers.org.
9 Albert Lee: The British-born musician is an absolute legend among guitar aficionados. He has served up indelible licks with a wide range of artists in various musical genres starting in the 1960s but never achieved long-lasting individual stardom. Still, guitar gods from Jimmy Page to Ritchie Blackmore worshipped him, and his lightning-fast riffs on rockabilly and country cuts had a lasting impact on those genres. Based in Los Angeles, he’s leading his own band and comes to the Bay Area for two shows early next week.
Details: 7 p.m. Monday at Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz; $27; 831-4272227, www.kuumbwajazz.org; 8 p.m. Tuesday at Yoshi’s, Oakland; $23$54; 510-238-9200, www. yoshis.com.
10 “Much Ado About Lebowski”: A case of mistaken identity leads to a lot of comic mayhem in this Breach Once More company mashup of the Bard and the Coen brothers, playing tonight through Aug. 13 at Young Performer’s Theatre, Building C at San Francisco’s Fort Mason complex, and one night only, Aug. 24, at Devil’s Canyon Brewery in San Carlos.
Details: All shows at 8 p.m. (they start serving White Russians at 7 p.m.); $20-$30; www.eventbrite. com/e/much-ado-aboutlebowski-tickets.