The Tri-Valley Repertory Theatre will raise the curtain on their next production Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Cinderella” on Friday January 22nd, 2010 at the Bankhead Theatre in Livermore, conveniently located across the street from the Livermore ACE Station.  The show can be seen on Friday, Saturday and Sunday at various times through February 7th, 2010.  For tickets call (925) 373-6800 or visit www.livermoreperformingarts.org.

Conveniently located near the Livermore ACE Station, the Tri-Valley Repertory Theatre is presenting “Ragtime, the Musical”.  Performances are 8pm Fridays/Saturdays and 2pm Sundays Oct 23 - Nov 08, 2009 (9 performances over 3 weekends) at the Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center Bankhead Theatre, 2400 First Street, Livermore, California 94550.

Ragtime is an epic musical by the award-winning composer/lyricist team Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens (Lucky Stiff, My Favorite Year, Once On This Island, Seussical) paints a nostalgic and powerful portrait of life in turn of the century America. Based on E.L. Doctorow’s distinguished novel, RAGTIME intertwines three distinct stories that poignantly illustrate history’s timeless contradictions of wealth and poverty, freedom and prejudice, hope and despair, and love and hate.

Book by Terrence McNally. Music by Stephen Flaherty. Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens. Based on the novel, Ragtime, by E.L. Doctorow.

For tickets call (925)-373-6800, or visit www.livermoreperforningarts.org, or visit the Bankhead Theatre ticket office.

ACE, the City of Livermore, and the Livermore Valley Opera together invite you to enjoy the story-within-a-story performance of Pagliaci and Cavalleria Rusticana at the Livermore Bankhead Theatre, right next to the Livermore ACE station.
 
What a way to liven up the end of the work week! The opera is presented with English supertitiles to make it easy to follow and the music is fantastic. Come as you are, the night is casual. Meet a friend at the ACE station, take advantage of free parking, and enjoy a night on the town!
 
The October 16, 2009 performance is called "Frugal Friday" and all opera seats in the house are discounted $10.00, and can be discounted with the $10.00 student/youth discount.  Order tickets online at LivermorePerformingArts.org.

Hubert Hanrahan