CALENDAR Candide, Feb. 21-22, Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts Celtic Thunder, March 3, City National Civic, San Jose Theater FEBRUARY Venus in Fur. Feb. 4-March 1, times vary. Real life and a play script become blurred during this work about a playwright-director and the final actress he auditions for his play. Tickets $30-$60. San Jose Stage Theater, 490 S. 1st St., San Jose. 408/283-7142. I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. Feb. 6-28, 8 p.m. (Friday - Saturday) and 2 p.m. (Sunday). The ultimate date night show, this comedy tackles the myths and truths about relationships head-on. Tickets $27-$45. Mel Mello Center for the Performing Arts, 1167 Main St., Half Moon Bay. 650/569-3266. TheatreWorks: Leading Ladies. Feb. 7, 11 a.m. TheatreWorks spotlights the talented pianist/ singer/songwriter and Stanford graduate, Vienna Teng. The celebration includes a mixand mingle luncheon and a private performance from Ms. Teng. Tickets $150. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View. 650/463-7159. Amadeus. Through Feb. 8, 8 p.m. (Thursday – Saturday) and 2 p.m. (Sunday). Mediocrity meets genius during this enthralling production that pits Antonio Salieri, the established composer in the court of Austrian Emperor Joseph II, against Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Tickets $23. Hillbarn Theatre, 1285 E. Hillsdale Blvd., Foster City. 650/349-6411. Two Pianos Four Hands. Through Feb. 8, 8 p.m. Coming-of-age comedy highlights the plight of two piano students, playing two grand pianos, who fall just short of stardom. Theatre- Works’ production includes music from Bach to Jerry Lee Lewis. Tickets $19-$74. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View. 650/463-1960. Fix Me Jesus. Feb. 12-March 8, 8 p.m. (Thursday – Saturday) and 3 p.m. (Sunday). A rising star in the Texas Democratic Party is forced to look herself in the mirror – literally – when she is haunted by people from her past as she shops for a dress in a department store dressing room. Tickets $17-$22. Olinder Theatre, 848 E. William St., San Jose. 408/288-7820. Sunday in the Park with George. Feb. 15-March 8, times vary. A Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning play, this work revolves around a fictionalized version of the painter George Seurat while painting his masterpiece. Tickets $15-$25. The Lohman Theatre, Foothill College, 12345 El Monte Rd., Los Altos Hills. 650/949-7360. The North Plan. Through Feb. 21, 8 p.m. (Thursday – Saturday) and 7 p.m. (Sunday). A Washington bureaucrat is on the run with a stolen list of top secret enemies until he finds himself stuck in a mountain town police station. See how the big-city politician fares in the small-town jail during this Renegade Theatre Experiment presentation. Tickets $10-$25. Historic Hoover Theatre, 1635 Park Ave., San Jose. 408/351-4440. Candide. Feb. 21-22, 8 p.m. (Saturday) and 2 p.m. (Sunday). Set to Leonard Bernstein music, this Lamplighter’s Theatre play takes us along for Candide’s madcap odyssey around the world in search of the meaning of life. Tickets $25-$53. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View. 650/903-6000. Build. Through Feb. 22, 8 p.m. (Thursday – Saturday) and 2 p.m. (Sunday). Two video-game designers with different work styles collaborate on a sequel to their virally popular game in this clever play that appeals to techies as well as nontechies. Tickets $17-$35. City Lights Theater, 529 S. Second St., San Jose. 408/295-4200. Maple and Vine. Through Feb. 22, 8 p.m. (Wednesday – Saturday) and 3 p.m. (Sunday). A suburban couple forgoes their modern lifestyle involving cell phones and sushi in favor of 50s-style living during this Los Altos Stage show. Find out what they learn about life in their new world of rules, restrictions and repression. Tickets $18-$36. Bus Barn Theatre, 97 Hillview Ave. Los Altos. 650/941-0551. Betrayal. Through Feb. 22, 8 p.m. (Thursday – Saturday) and 2 p.m. (Sunday). Deception and desire abound in Harold Pinter’s 1978 masterpiece that illuminates different instances of betrayal spanning a seven-year affair. Watch full understanding come as light gets shed on the past. Tickets $10-$30. The Pear Avenue Theatre, 1220 Pear Ave., Unit K,Mountain View. 650/ 254-1148. 20 South Bay Accent
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