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A striking Maggie, Megan Trout moves with graceful catlike strides and gives a multilayered performance as she tries to manipulate her drunken husband Brick (Josh Schell) into action. Whether purring sensually in his ear or (figuratively) raking him with her claws, she pulls out all the stops to stay in Big Daddy’s favor. Schell goes toe to toe with Trout in his equally powerful, nuanced performance as the disillusioned former football star quietly drinking himself into oblivion. As for Big Daddy, Randy Anger was born to play this role. Shifting his mood in a nanosecond, he changes from aggressive bully to good old boy to a sick, vulnerable old man.
Assily plays saxophone in the Northgate High School Wind Ensemble and Jazz Band I, which recently placed first at hunter ballet flats zappos the prestigious Next Generation Jazz Festival in Monterey, earning the opportunity to perform in September at the Monterey Jazz Festival, The group will also perform May 12 at Yoshi’s in Oakland, “This is our most ambitious musical to date, with a ton of music, a huge 38-person cast, 8-person backstage crew, and literally 116 costume changes,” she wrote in an e-mail, “Parents and students have worked over the weekends to build outstanding sets (our wings are exploding!) and we have put together a cast and a musical we are proud to present to you and to the community.”..
Saratoga History Museum: Exhibits focusing on local history. Admission and parking are free. Museum is open Friday-Sunday, 1-4 p.m. 20450 Saratoga-Los Gatos Road. 408-867-4311 or saratogahistory.com. Saratoga’s Got Talent: An opportunity for all to share their talent and have a good time. Live musical performances, dance, karaoke, stand-up comedy and more–just about anything goes. Kids perform the first hour, and adults after. Every month has a different theme. First and third Friday of each month, 7-10:30 p.m. Blue Rock Shoot, 14523 Big Basin Way, Saratoga. Check for event updates at facebook.com/ValleyTalent or subscribe to the email group, groups.google.com/group/ValleyTalent. saratogatalent.com.
Pacific Art League, “Abstractions,” juried by Robert Poplack, painting, drawing, photography, print and sculpture; and “Digital Collage,” by Rob Andrews, Through Feb, 26, Opening reception 5:30 p.m.-8 p.m, Feb, 6, Pacifi Art League, 668 Ramona St., Palo Alto, Free, www.RonsArtGallery.com, Palo Alto Art Center, “Love of Sound: Live Sound Performances by Felicia Atkinson & Danny Paul Grody.” Uses Chris Duncan’s door-sized string instrument, 2-5 p.m, Feb, 14, Part of the “Hear hunter ballet flats zappos This!” exhibition, Palo Alto Art Center, 1313 Newell Road, Palo Alto, 650-329-2366..
Both performances are in the Margaret Lesher Theatre, at the Lesher Center for the Arts, 1601 Civic Drive, in Walnut Creek. Tickets for each event are $40, and can be purchased through the center ticket office in person, at www.lesherartscenter.org, or by calling 925-943-7469. ‘Generation of Dreams’ looks at injustices. “Generation of Dreams,” the story of two college students who are fed up with injustices facing today’s generation, will be performed at 7 p.m. Aug. 20-21, in the Margaret Lesher Theatre at the Lesher Center for the Arts, 1601 Civic Drive, in Walnut Creek.
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