CALENDAR $10. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View. 650/903-6000. Monty Python’s Spamalot. April 11-19, times vary. Follow the madcap adventures of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table as they encounter everything from a chorus line to a killer rabbit in this Children’s Musical Theater production based on the 1975 film “Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Tickets $24- $30. Montgomery Theater, 271 S. Market St., San Jose. 408/288-5347 ext. 336. By the Way, Meet Vera Stark. April 16-May 11, times vary. Lynn Nottage takes a funny and irreverent look at racial stereotypes in 1930s Hollywood during this regional premiere about Vera Stark, a headstrong African American maid and budding actress, and her boss, a white Hollywood star. Tickets $14-$45. San Jose Stage, 490 S. 1st St., San Jose. 408/283-7142. A Streetcar Named Desire. April 17-May 11, 8 p.m. (Thursday - Saturday) and 3 p.m. (Sunday). Fantasy and reality blend in the mind of Blanche DuBois, a Southern Belle whose life spirals out of control in this Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Tennessee Williams. Tickets $17- $22. Olinder Theatre, 848 E. William St., San Jose. 408/288-7820. Game On. Through April 19, times vary. Created by Bay Area natives Dan Hoyle and Tony Taccone, this world premiere play centers around baseball and global warming. Find out if two fast-talking sports fanatics can save the Earth and get rich or strike out in the ninth. Tickets $10-$69. San Jose Repertory Theatre, 101 Paseo de San Antonio, San Jose. 408/367-7255. The Tempest. April 23-27, times vary. Prospero and crew come to life for the whole family during this San Jose Youth Shakespeare production. Tickets $8-$10. Historic Hoover Theatre, 1635 Park Ave., San Jose. 408/978-5516. Young Frankenstein. April 25-May 11, 8 p.m. (Thursday - Saturday) and 2:30 p.m. (Sunday). There’s little that resembles the film of the same name in this re-imagined Broadway smash by Mel Brooks. Expect many of the same characters, but few other similarities in this clever Palo Alto Players production. Tickets $26-$48. Lucie Stern Community Theatre and Center, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. 650/329-0891. Amadeus. Through April 27, 8 p.m. (Thursday - Saturday) and 2 p.m. (Sunday). Average 26 South Bay Accent Austrian court composer Antonio Salieri is forced to take stock of himself when confronted with musical genius Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in this provocative Tony Award-winning play. Tickets $16.95-$34.95. City Lights Theater, 529 S. Second St., San Jose. 408/295-4200. MAY Harold and Maude. May 1-4, 8 p.m. (Wednesday - Saturday) and 3 p.m. (Sunday). Based on the movie of the same name, this dark romantic comedy focuses on the relationship between young, morbid Harold and elderly Maude, who is full of life. Tickets $18- 36, Bus Barn Theater, 97 Hillview Ave., Los Altos. 650-941-0551. Pear Slices 2014. May 2-May 25. 8 p.m. (Thursday – Saturday) and 2 p.m. (Sunday). These nine short plays are from the Pear Playwright’s Guild and are sure to please with their variety and inventiveness. Tickets $10 - $35. Pear Avenue Theatre, 1220 Pear Ave., Mountain View. 650/254-1148. The Big Meal. May 8-June 1, times vary. A couple meets and falls in love in an ordinary restaurant, beginning decades of family life and meals. The hilarious play highlights the complexities and pleasures of the modern American family. Tickets $10-$69. San Jose Repertory Theatre, 101 Paseo de San Antonio, San Jose. 408/367-7255. The Color Purple. May 9-June 1, 8 p.m. (Thursday - Saturday) and 2 p.m. (Sunday). Set to a score of jazz, ragtime, gospel, and blues, this musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s novel and Steven Spielberg’s film is a touching story of hope, love and strength. Tickets $21-$38. Hillbarn Theatre, 1285 E. Hillsdale Blvd., Foster City. 650/349-6411. Cats. May 9-18, times vary. Take in one of the world’s best known and beloved Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals during this Children’s Musical Theater production. Tickets $16- $24. Montgomery Theatre, 271 S. Market St., San Jose. 408/288-5347 ext. 336. Oliver. May 10-18, times vary. Victorian London comes to life in this musical of the Charles Dickens classic about orphan Oliver Twist. Tickets $18-$22. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View. 650/903-6000. Lectures APRIL Jared Diamond. April 9, 8 p.m. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Guns, Germs and Steel” and “The Third Chimpanzee for Young People” aexamines the evolutionary history of humans and unique traits and behaviors that distinguish us from other animals. Tickets $15- $42. Eagle Theatre, Los Altos High School, 201 Almond Ave., Los Altos. 408/280-5530. Evgeny Morozov. April 10, 7 p.m. This contributing editor to “The New Republic” has been called one of the “most prominent, most multi-platformed critic of the utopian promises coming from Silicon Valley.” He will discuss privacy, democracy, and the future of information and technology policy. Free. Arts and Sciences Building, Santa Clara University, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara. 408/280-5530. Ronn Owens Interviewed by Michael Krasny. April 12, 7:30 p.m. Unpredictable radio talk show icon Ronn Owens has put thousands in the hot-seat, from Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu to sports and pop celebrities. See him go from interviewer to interviewee with Michael Krasny, host of KQED’s “Forum.” Tickets $20-$30. Oshman Family JCC, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. 650/223-8609. PHOTO BY BOB SCHOMLER Carmen, May 9-11, San Jose Center for the Performing Arts
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