Seventeen Broadway dancers are auditioning for eight spots on a chorus line. Exploring the inner lives and bittersweet ambitions of performers, A Chorus Line captures the spirit, tension, and hope of an audition. Winner of the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Winner of nine Tony Awards, four Drama Desk awards, three Obie Awards in 1976, and a Special Gold Tony Award in 1984 in honor of becoming Broadway’s longest-running musical.

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A Chorus Line

San Francisco Playhouse

Closing out the season, SFGMC will present Hello Yellow Brick Road, a wild and wonderful celebration of not just how far we’ve come, but for all the dreams we’ve yet to achieve. The concert combines highlights from Elton John’s groundbreaking album, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, marking its 50th anniversary, along with favorites from The Wizard of Oz, The Wiz, and Stephen Schwartz’s blockbuster musical - Wicked. 

This concert will support the Elton John AIDS Foundation, celebrating their 30th anniversary in their effort to end the AIDS epidemic.

Hello Yellow Brick Road

Davies Symphony Hall

Bach’s Mass in B Minor is the pinnacle of Baroque repertoire and ABS’s now renewed annual performances draw audiences to San Francisco from around the world.

Under the meticulous and insightful direction of Jeffrey Thomas, these performances of the Mass in B Minor — Johann Sebastian Bach’s consummate masterwork — bring eye-opening revelations of Bach’s score that draws upon 35 years of his compositions.  

Recognized worldwide as one of the foremost interpreters of the music of Bach and the Baroque, Maestro Thomas continues to inspire audiences and performers alike through his keen insights into the passions behind musical expression. Fanfare Magazine proclaimed that “Thomas’ direction seems just right, capturing the humanity of the music… there is no higher praise for Bach performance.” 

Mass in B Minor

St. Mark's Lutheran Church, San Francisco

Come dressed as your favorite season! And get ready for unforgettable experiences as SFBaroque's violinists will play each of Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" concertos while moving throughout the room, performing some of the wildest music of the Baroque from only an arm's distance away. Specialty cocktails will be designed for the night's theme, and casual cafe-style seating offers easy mingling with the performers.

Vivaldi's Four Seasons

San Francisco War Memorial

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It’s hard to keep eyes and ears off this accomplished and charismatic artist. “I want people to feel like they’re listening to someone who has something thoughtful and meaningful to say,” says Lawrence Brownlee, who returns to SF Performances after his 2018 debut. Brownlee is deeply thoughtful about his connection to audiences, through selection of repertory and musical storytelling.

Lawrence Brownlee Tenor and Kevin Miller Piano

War Memorial and Performing Arts Center

Spend a magical evening under the stars with friends and family this summer as the SF Symphony returns for four concerts at Frost Amphitheater on the Stanford University campus. Join us for some music al fresco at the tree-lined lawn of this beautiful outdoor venue!

In his New World Symphony, Antonín Dvořák frames his impressions of the music he heard in America through the lens of his Bohemian roots. Led by Joshua Weilerstein, the program opens with Alexi Kenney performing Jean Sibelius’ Violin Concerto, an impassioned showpiece written by a composer whose first love was the violin.

Dvořák's New World Symphony

Stanford University

Edward Elgar welcomes you into his inner circle with the enchanting musical portraits of the Enigma Variations, led here by Anna Rakitina. Pianist Denis Kozhukhin takes on Sergei Rachmaninoff’s ever-popular Piano Concerto No. 2, a work imbued with dazzling athletics and glittering lyricism.

Elgar & Rachmaninoff

SF Symphony Collaborative Partner and classical singer Julia Bullock joins Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Orchestra for a program that sings the American story in works by George Gershwin and Margaret Bonds. Reena Esmail’s Black Iris takes its title from the eponymous Georgia O'Keeffe painting and grapples with the recent #metoo movement. The program closes with Maurice Ravel’s ravishing Daphnis et Chloé, telling the story of two lovers and their wildly adventurous lives. 

Esa-Pekka Salonen & Julia Bullock

Leonard Bernstein, Bernard Herrmann, Miklós Rózsa, and John Williams are just some of the A-list legends of film music heading this radiant program led by Edwin Outwater and featuring cellist Sterling Elliott. Experience the unforgettable scores of Hollywood’s Golden Age and beyond in this cinematic showcase, featuring selections from On the Waterfront, Vertigo, Ben-Hur, E.T., and more.

The Golden Age of Cinema

We're thrilled to present the world premiere of IN THE EVENING BY THE MOONLIGHT, a new play uplifting the revolutionary playwright behind our company’s name. Set in her Waverly Place flat in New York, legendary writer Lorraine Hansberry shares a rowdy, scotch-filled evening debating, confronting fears, and celebrating the hope of revolution with the incomparable musician Nina Simone and the prolific writer James Baldwin.

In The Evening By The Moonlight

Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture

The film that gave the world one of its greatest movie heroes is back and better than ever before! Relive the magic of the original great adventure on the silver screen with John Williams’ epic score performed live by the San Francisco Symphony. RATED PG

Raiders of the Lost Ark

It’s an experience to savor as this Academy Award-winning film concert cooks up delectable moments again and again. Disney and Pixar’s Ratatouille plays on the big screen while the beloved score by Grammy-winning composer Michael Giacchino is performed live by the San Francisco Symphony. RATED G

Disney Pixar's Ratatouille

The smash-hit musical show that has been around the world comes to Davies Symphony Hall! Led by a live host, Sing-Along-A Sound of Music brings the classic Julie Andrews film musical to the big screen in glorious technicolor, complete with subtitles so that the whole audience can sing along. There are free fun packs for all, filled with interactive surprises, and a not-to-be missed fancy-dress competition, where those in costume show off their tailoring skills. So get those vocal cords warmed up, cut up those chintz curtains, and hurry down for the perfect night out. Costumes are not obligatory but highly recommended! (RATED G)

Sing-A-Long-A Sound of Music

Join the SF Symphony for our annual free Stern Grove Festival concert in the beautiful outdoor amphitheater, located at 19th Avenue and Sloat Boulevard. Pack a picnic, grab some friends, and relax as the Orchestra fills the summer air with sparkling masterworks and hits with funk band Lettuce.

Stern Grove Festival

Sigmund Stern Grove

The voice and charisma of Aída Cuevas have given rise to one of the most important careers in traditional Mexican and Latin American music. The Grammy Award-winning Queen of Mariachi takes the stage at Davies Symphony Hall for a thrilling showcase of traditional Mexican music.

Aída Cuevas—Queen of Mariachi

Steve Hackman reimagines the music of two composer-romanticists separated by almost a century when he conducts the SF Symphony and guest vocalists in a seamless fusion of classical music’s Romantic master—Tchaikovsky—and Grammy-winning hip-hop artist Drake.

Tchaikovsky X. Drake

A drummer, educator and bandleader of the first order, San Francisco-raised Jaz Sawyer has worked with many of jazz’s most formidable artists, from Wynton Marsalis, Abbey Lincoln, and George Benson to Bobby Hutcherson, Jacky Terrasson and Dee Dee Bridgewater.

For this exclusive night, he honors the memory of the late pianist and organist Ed Kelly with a superb quartet including legendary guitarist Calvin Keys, saxophonist Howard Wiley, and organist Tammy L. Hall.



Jaz Sawyers's Soul Jazz Pioneers

SFJAZZ Center

The Tony-winning phenomenon Savion Glover is “the greatest tap virtuoso of our time, perhaps of all time” (The New Yorker). For the first two nights of his residency, he presents his new project SoUNDz’ SaCRoSaNcT— a heartfelt tribute to his mentor, friend, and teacher, the legendary Gregory Hines, as well as the legacy of the iconic dancers who pioneered and advanced the art form in the 1920s and 1930s.


Savion Glover: Soundz’ Sacrosanct

The Oakland native and global singing phenomenon formerly known as Chris Turner returns for his SFJAZZ debut as a lead artist with this soulful, heartfelt tribute to a fellow East Bay music star — vocalist, producer, and Tony! Toni! Tone! founding member Raphael Saadiq.

A former SFJAZZ High School All-Star, Pher is a rare artist fully versed in both the jazz tradition and classic soul, and equally comfortable in either universe. He gained invaluable experience in the Bay Area scene before decamping to New York, studying at the New School, and working with a staggering list of major jazz, soul, and R&B artists including Robert Glasper, Esperanza Spalding, Keyon Harrold, Bilal, Jamire Williams, Marquis Hill, Harvey Mason, Kris Bowers, and Emanuel Harrold.

Pher

A seamless pairing of March of the Falsettos and Falsettoland, two acclaimed Off-Broadway musicals written nearly a decade apart, Falsettos is the tale of a neurotic New Yorker named Marvin, who leaves his wife Trina and young son Jason to live with his lover, Whizzer. In time, Trina marries his psychiatrist, Whizzer leaves him, and Marvin ends up alone.

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Sing-A-Long-A Sound of Mu...

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Stern Grove Festival

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Aída Cuevas—Queen of Mari...

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Tchaikovsky X. Drake

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Pher

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The Pear Theatre