SHNews customers can take a trip to Oz and save $20 or more on tickets! Click here for details on the holiday special.

And, enjoy an Afternoon Tea that is so good, it's Wicked...all summer at The Fairmont Hotel!

You can make your trip to the Emerald City even more Ozmopolitan. Check out all the Wicked promotions in San Francisco.

What's the buzz on Broadway? Jerry Lewis will direct a musical adaptation of his film, The Nutty Professor, for the 2010-11 season. Memphis, a new musical is set to open this fall with original tunes by Bon Jovi member David Bryan. Here's your direct connection to these stories and whatever else is going on stage and in the wings.

July 4 Holiday Special for SPAMALOT Tickets - All seats $50*

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And, tickets are now on sale for The Lincoln Center Theatre production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's SOUTH PACIFIC. The winner of seven Tony Awards® including Best Musical Revival, is coming to San Francisco's Golden Gate Theatre Sept. 18 through Oct. 25.

Monty Python's SPAMALOT opens to rave reviews.

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Monty Python co-founder Eric Idle tells the tale of how he and composer John Du Prez transformed the cult movie classic, "Monty Python and The Holy Grail," into a Tony Award-winning Best Musical.

Legend has it that wrangling a flying bovine, the coconuts and myriad props on the set of Spamalot is a never-ending quest. Prop Masters Scott Gibson and Tom Perrin tell all.

Take a listen to the intro podcast for the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winner August: Osage County. Actors Estelle Parsons and Jeff Perry reveal why everyone can relate to this evocative new play.

Tickets are now on sale for this limited engagement at the Curran Theatre beginning August 11.

It's a SPAMALOTTERY!

A limited number of $25 Limited View side orchestra seats will be available through lottery day-of-show for each performance of Spamalot at the Golden Theatre.  The show runs May 22 - July 5. 

Check out the details here.

You'll meet Wicked actors Everth Lopez and Kehau Ahu and discover what it takes to morph into Chistery and a flying monkey while juggling a variety of other ensemble parts in the San Francisco production of this blockbuster musical. They really do give new meaning to "staying on track."

How the perfect storm of masks and makeup, costumes, lighting, effects and choreography make those Wicked flying monkeys so scary and, ultimately, sympathetic characters in the Land of Oz.

When a show is loaded into a theatre, the Costume Designer and Costume Shop staff hand off the responsibility for all costumes and accessories to the show’s Wardrobe Supervisor. For the San Francisco production of Wicked, that person is Gillian Kadish.

We continue our look at Monty Python's Spamalot, the wacky, irreverent Tony Award-winning musical comedy that gallops into the Golden Gate Theatre on May 22. Actor John O'Hurley, who stars as King Arthur, reveals why the role is a perfect fit.

Check out additional Spamalot podcasts, go behind the scenes with Wicked, or listen in on any of our other recurring podcasts.

You’ll discover how this award-winning writer, who created TV’s acclaimed “My So Called Life,” teamed up with composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz to create the sensational musical theater adaptation of Gregory Maguire’s novel, Wicked, The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West.

There's no place like home for Wicked as San Francisco turns green to welcome the international sensation back to where the magic all began.

Find out what it takes to move the multimillion production from Los Angeles to San Francisco, unload, and remount the show for an open-ended engagement at the Orpheum Theatre. It takes a lot more than packing tape and bubble wrap—although they do use some of that, too.

How is a composer’s score fleshed out for an entire orchestra? You find out when you meet the Tony Award-winning musical arranger and orchestrator who transformed Stephen Schwartz’ songs into individual parts for the Wicked musicians.

For the past 30 years, Carole Shorenstein Hays has been bringing important new works to Broadway and the best of Broadway to Bay Area audiences.

SHN has the lead role in stimulating the local economy when the curtain goes up at the Curran, Orpheum, and Golden Gate theatres.  Area restaurants, bars, hotels, shops, and theatre service businesses all get into the act. 

View this Audio Slide Show to experience what happens behind the scenes before the curtain goes up.

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