From Concord’s free Music & Market concerts to new stage shows and and a spotlight on Bay Area Americana bands, there is a lot to see and do this week and beyond in the Bay Area. Here’s a partial roundup. Here are two new shows Bay Area stage fans should know about.
With a brand new musical revue built around Stephen Sondheim’s songs debuting in Mountain View this week, one of the composer’s most popular classics returns to San Francisco — with a twist. We’re talking “Company,” Sondheim and George Furth’s concept musical about love, dating and marriage, which was revived in 2021 with the lead character switched from a man to a woman. This is the touring version of that revival, which drew raves in London and Broadway.
Through June 29; Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco; $55-$148; www.broadwaysf.com.
The concept of a comedy about two charismatic conmen on the French Riviera competing to swindle a woman out of her savings seems irresistible, which would explain why it has spawned two movies (1964’s “Bedtime Story” and 1988’s “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels”) and a stage musical that opened on Broadway two decades ago and is getting a revival by San Jose Stage. Starring Keith Pinto, Ashley Garlick and Jonathan Rhys Williams, and directed by Johnny Moreno, the production opens this week and runs through June 30. Performances at San Jose Stage; $34-$74; www.
thestage.org. The Cowboy Junkies — long one of the best bands in all of popular music — are riding bac.
