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The fall arts season is well under way. With performance groups from South San Jose to the Peninsula offering a diverse lineup of dramatic and comedic theater, musical comedies and classical music, choosing a form of entertainment might be the most challenging decision of the day. Here are several options.
TheatreWorks
Living in the days of apartheid in Johannesburg, a child tries to make sense of a chaotic time in The Syringa Tree . The partly autobiographical story follows two families of two races sharing a home in the backdrop of early 1960s South Africa. After achieving critical acclaim during an Off-Broadway run and winning an OBIE award, the play is debuting in Mountain View for its first regional theater presentation since closing in New York.
Larry Moss, founder of The Larry Moss Studio, where the play was originally developed, will direct the TheatreWorks production. The Syringa Tree runs through Nov. 3 at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, at the corner of Castro and Mercy streets in Mountain View. Tickets are $20$45. For more information, call the TheatreWorks box office at 650.903.6000 or visit www.theatre
works.org.
Mission Chamber Orchestra
Returning for her second appearance with the Mission Chamber Orchestra, Los Angelesbased cellist Ani Aznavoorian will perform with the orchestra Nov. 3 at 7 p.m. "Pictures from Faraway Places and Times" features pieces from Respighi, Haydn, Hersch and Tschaikowsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme.
Tickets can be purchased at the door of Le Petit Trianon, 72 N. Fifth St., San Jose. Prices are $15 for general admission, $10 for students and seniors, and $5 for children under 12. Visit www.missioncham
ber.org for concert information.
Sunnyvale Community Players
The 1940's Radio Hour is a nostalgic look at a bygone era. The Sunnyvale Community Players, in its 33rd year of operation, pays homage to classic pop songs such as "Blue Moon," "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" and "I'll Be Seeing You." The Players sing and dance with a live orchestra onstage at the Sunnyvale Community Center Theatre, 550 E. Remington Drive in Sunnyvale.
The 1940's Radio Hour runs through Nov. 17. Tickets are $18 for adults and $13 for seniors and children. To purchase tickets, call 408.733.6611 or visit www.sunnyvaleplayers.org.
The Tabard Theatre Company
In its second season, The Tabard Theatre Company will present an inventive adaptation of Scapin. This modern version of the Moliére classic was first performed on Broadway in 1999. As with every Tabard production, Scapin is billed as "fun for the whole family." Filled with vaudeville humor and 20th-century film references, Scapin involves and encourages an active audience of all ages.
Performances take place on the campus of South Valley Christian Church at 590 Shawnee Lane in San Jose. Scapin runs Nov. 823. For more information, call 408.979.0231 or visit www.tabardtheatre.org.
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