Candide
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
700 Howard St. San Francisco
Set to the superb music of American master Leonard Bernstein (West Side Story, On the Waterfront) and the inventive lyrics of Richard Wilbur and Stephen Sondheim (Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods), Candide invites you on a madcap odyssey around the world. This classic operetta, originally adapted from Voltaire's famed novel, comes to you by way of the Lamplighters from the masterful British Royal National Theatre version of the show. Candide finds the naïve titular hero setting off to find his one true love, the beautiful Cunegonde, while enduring a series of comic misadventures that take him through wars, plagues, pirates, swindlers and even the Spanish Inquisition, sorely testing his always-optimistic faith in humanity. Along the journey you'll be treated to renditions of such memorable tunes as "Glitter and Be Gay," "Make Our Garden Grow" and "The Best of All Possible Worlds."
Thru - Feb 1, 2015
Price: $44-$49
Box Office: 415-978-2787
www.lamplighters.org/season/season.html
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