From symphony, to soul, to stand-up comedy...

From blues to Broadway shows...

• Nadar Abassi: The Nile Bride
  Daniel Wachs, guest conductor
• Avner Dorman: Astrolatry
  Daniel Wachs, guest conductor
• Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto with Eliran Avni, piano
• John Bisharat: Work to be announced
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THE MALTESE FALCON (1941) - A dastardly crew of crooks is in pursuit of a gold and jewel-encrusted statue of a falcon worth a king's ransom. But when private eye Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) gets involved, the stakes shift dramatically. This first motion picture directed by John Huston also featured Bogart's first starring role in a Warner Brothers film and is indisputedly one of the finest film-noir classics of all time. The movie script follows the original Dashiell Hammett novel almost word-for-word and the cast delivers their lines with such panache, it seems impossible to imagine any other actors in these roles. Nobody can toss off Sam Spade's sneering tough-guy wisecracks like Bogart. What actress other than Mary Astor as the conniving Brigid O'Shaughnessy could lie so seductively? And, of course, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, and Elisha Cook, Jr. play their villainous roles to absolute sinister perfection. [more...]

• Daniel Reiter: Mysterium (World Premiere)
• Johann Sebastian Bach: Magnificat
  with Shawnette Sulker, soprano; Trey Costerisan, tenor;
  William Sauerland, countertenor; Nikolas Nackley, baritone;
  and Pacific Boychoir
• Ludwig Van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, ("Emperor" Concerto) with Terrence Wilson, piano
• César Franck: Le Chasseur Maudit
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SUNDAY, MAY 5 @ 3:00 PM
SCOOBY-DOO LIVE! MUSICAL MYSTERIES
Doors open 60 minutes before show time.

Tickets: *$77.00 | $47.00 | $30.00 | $24.00 | $17.00
* The $77.00 VIP Ticket Package offers a premium seat, plus a pre-show meet and greet that
includes a photo with Scooby-Doo, music and a goodie bag. Please note that VIP ticket holders need
to arrive at the Box Office Lobby at the 21st Street Entrance no later than 1:45PM to be escorted
to the pre-show meet and greet. Your ticket is your entrance to the VIP meet and greet.
(ticket prices include facility fee)
(Children who have celebrated their 2nd birthday require a ticket.)

SCOOBY-DOO LIVE! MUSICAL MYSTERIES - A brand new touring interactive musical theatre show based on the ever-popular Scooby-Doo TV show on Cartoon Network. SCOOBY-DOO LIVE! MUSICAL MYSTERIES features Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang, who lead the audience on a hilarious hunt to find a sneaky Ghost who enjoys haunting an old theater. Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, Fred, Daphne, Velma and some brand new characters - including several Ghosts - will all appear on stage.
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 8 @ 7:00 PM
Noam Chomsky
with special guest Holly Near
Doors open 60 minutes before show time.

Tickets: *$200.00 | *$100.00 | $50.00 | $27.00 | $12.00
(* $200 and $100 tickets include a 10:00pm private reception.)
(ticket prices include facility fee)
(NO CHILDREN UNDER 3)

NOAM CHOMSKY - Linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, logician, historian, and activist, Noam Chomsky is considered both the father of modern linguistics and the most prominent political critic of our time.
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LAURA (1944) - Director Otto Preminger assembles a marvelous cast and strikes the perfect balance between low motives and high style in this film noir murder mystery. Assigned to investigate the gruesome murder of lovely Laura Hunt (Gene Tierney), hard-boiled homicide detective Mark McPherson (Dana Andrews) cross-examines those who may have had a motive: gossip columnist Waldo Lydecker (Clifton Webb), wealthy playboy Shelby Carpenter (Vincent Price), and his lover, Ann Treadwell (Judith Anderson). Strangely drawn to Laura himself, now present only in the form of an oil portrait, Mark can't help falling in love with the dead girl. Then, late one night, Laura returns - or does she? This clever, mesmerizing whodunit is still the standard against which all film noir is judged and earned five Oscar nominations.
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THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED
Ticket refunds are available at place of purchase
FRIDAY, MAY 17 @ 8:00 PM
SATURDAY, MAY 18 @ 8:00 PM
SUNDAY, MAY 19 @ 5:00 PM
Zeola Gaye presents
MY BROTHER MARVIN
Doors open 60 minutes before show time.

Tickets: Friday - $48.50 & $43.50 | Saturday - $55.50 & 49.50 | Sunday - $48.50 & $43.50
Group Discount available only at the Paramount Box Office for Friday, 5/17 and Sunday, 5/19.
A group of 10 or more persons attending the show will be given $2.00 off for each ticket purchased.
(ticket prices include facility fee)
(NO CHILDREN UNDER 3)
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED
Ticket refunds are available at place of purchase

MY BROTHER MARVIN - This candid and revealing story of life with musical icon Marvin Gaye is based on the first-hand accounts of Marvin's sister Zeola Gaye. Action-packed and inspirational, My Brother Marvin brilliantly unfolds on stage as it reveals Marvin's internal battles, greatest fears, and intimate family secrets.
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A CELEBRATION OF THE MUSIC OF DAVE BRUBECK - A special benefit concert honoring the late legendary jazz pianist and composer Dave Brubeck. With Chris Brubeck (trombone & bass), Taylor Eigsti (piano), Dayna Stephens (saxophone), special guest Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano), and the Oakland East Bay Symphony conducted by Michael Morgan.

FELA! The Musical

TUESDAY, JUNE 4 @ 8:00 PM
All tickets $39.50
THURSDAY, JUNE 6 @ 8:00 PM
$45.00 & $41.50
FRIDAY, JUNE 7 @ 8:00 PM
$79.50, $65.00 & $55.00
SATURDAY, JUNE 8 @ 2:00 PM
$79.50, $65.00 & $55.00
SATURDAY, JUNE 8 @ 8:00 PM
$79.50, $65.00 & $55.00
SUNDAY, JUNE 9 @ 2:00 PM
$79.50, $65.00 & $55.00
SUNDAY, JUNE 9 @ 7:30 PM
$79.50, $65.00 & $55.00

(ticket prices include facility fee)
Doors open 60 minutes before show time.
Group Discount for 15 or more tickets available only at the Paramount Box Office
For more information please contact the Paramount Box Office.
(NO CHILDREN UNDER 3)

FELA! The Musical - FELA! First, you'll feel it in your feet.
Then you'll feel it in your soul.
That's the undeniable power of FELA!
FELA! is both rave and theatrical wonder. Thanks to Fela's captivating music and the visionary direction and choreography of Tony Award® winner Bill T. Jones, this tale of courage, passion and love will shake you: body and soul. FELA! is based on the life of legendary musician and activist Fela Kuti who created Afrobeat, a blend of jazz, funk and African rhythm and harmonies. Grammy Award-winner Michelle Williams, best known as part of the chart-topping pop group Destiny's Child, stars in this hit Broadway musical that has thrilled audiences across the world.
[more...] [FELA trailer video]

THE GRADUATE (1967) - Recent college graduate Ben Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) has no idea what to do with his life, and is struggling to find his identity. Things only get worse for Ben when the older Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), the wife of his father's business partner, starts making advances towards him. When Ben falls in love with Mrs. Robinson's daughter Elaine (Katherine Ross), he finds it will take more than a college degree to resolve matters. Mike Nichols won the Oscar for Best Director in this quintessential '60s film about the loss of innocence, the stupefying effects of suburbia, and the irrelevance of parental guidance that spoke to a younger generation of movie viewers who knew that 20 going on 21 was not necessarily “a helluva good age to be.” And oh yes, you'll leave the Paramount humming the Simon and Garfunkel soundtrack! [more...]

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26 @ 7:30 PM
TGT
(Tyrese, Ginuwine, and Tank)
Doors open 60 minutes before show time.

Tickets: $87.75| $67.75 | $44.75
(all ages require a ticket)
(ticket prices include facility fee)

TGT - The supergroup of R&B singers Tyrese, Ginuwine, and Tank is coming to the Paramount!
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FRIDAY, JULY 5 @ 7:00 PM
Mindless Behavior
Doors open 60 minutes before show time.

Tickets: $49.50
ALL AGES NEED A TICKET
(ticket prices include facility fee)

MINDLESS BEHAVIOR - They're one of the greatest boy bands you'll ever see! Also appearing: Omg Girlz and Coco Jones.
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BEING THERE (1979) - An autistic Chance (Peter Sellers) has spent all his life working as a gardener in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge of the world except what he has learned from television. Upon being adopted by a dying aristocrat and his young wife, Eve (Shirley McLaine), Chance - or Chauncey Gardener, as he comes to be known - is taken as a political guru, largely because his autism prompts him to respond to everything unemotionally and literally - and solely in the context of television shows and gardening. Some of the most wonderful moments of the film include Shirley McLaine trying to introduce Chance to the concept of romance, and Chance as the hit of the Washington cocktail party circuit. Director Hal Ashby's adaptation of Jerzy Kozinski's original novel is a triumph of comic film. And, of course, this is the role Peter Sellers was born to play! [more...]

GODZILLA (1954) - The roaring granddaddy of all monster movies. It's also a remarkably humane and melancholy drama, made in Japan at a time when the country was reeling from nuclear attack and H-bomb testing in the Pacific. Its rampaging radioactive beast, the poignant embodiment of an entire population's fears, became a beloved international icon of destruction, spawning almost thirty sequels. A thrilling, tactile spectacle that continues to be a cult phenomenon, Godzilla is not to be missed! [more...]

NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959) - Classic Alfred Hitchcock: suspense, intrigue, comedy, humor. A sleekly handsome Cary Grant as hapless advertising executive Roger Thornhill is the perfect match for the innocent (or is she?) Eve Kendall (Eva Marie Saint) and the sinister Phillip Vandamn (James Mason). As Roger criss-crosses the country on the run from a mysterious cabal of spies, he encounters some of the great Alfred Hitchcock's most iconic set pieces - including the famous crop duster scene! And, of course, the film's finale on Mount Rushmore is one of cinema's greatest climaxes. Academy Awards for Best Writing, for Best Art Direction, and for Best Film Editing. [more...]

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26 @ 3:00 PM
THICH NHAT HANH: Public Talk
Refreshing Our Hearts
Doors open 60 minutes before show time.

Tickets: $38.00 All seats reserved
ALL AGES WELCOME
CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 5 DO NOT NEED A TICKET
(ticket prices include facility fee)

THICH NHAT HANH - He is one of the best known and most respected Zen masters in the world today, as well as a poet and peace and human rights activist. Thich Nhat Hanh teaches that through mindfulness, we can learn to live in the present moment instead of in the past and in the future. Don't miss his public talk at the Paramount!
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12 @ 8:00 PM
Radiolab Live: Apocalyptical
Doors open 60 minutes before show time.

Tickets: $49.00 & $39.00
VIP Package: $150.00
CHILDREN WHO HAVE CELEBRATED THEIR 2ND BIRTHDAY REQUIRE A TICKET.
(ticket prices include facility fee)

RADIOHEAD: APOCALYPTICAL - Cataclysmic destruction. Surprising survival. In this new live stage performance, the Peabody Award winning radio show and hit podcast turns its gaze to the topic of endings, both blazingly fast and agonizingly slow. With their signature blend of storytelling, science, and music, hosts Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich romp through hundreds of millions of years of history to arrive at the end, again and again. Joined on stage by Brooklyn guitarist and composer Sarah Lipstate, the evening will be a thought- provoking and laughter-inducing dance on the grave of our inevitable demise.
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6 @ 8:00 PM
Joe Bonamassa

Doors open 60 minutes before show time.
Tickets: $127.00 | $101.00 | $91.00 | $81.00 | $71.00
COLLEGE STUDENT 20% OFF DISCOUNT: 2 Ticket Limit. Available at the Paramount Box Office Only
(ticket prices include facility fee)

JOE BONAMASSA - He is indisputedly one of the world's greatest guitar players. By age 12, Bonamassa was opening shows for B.B. King and went on to tour with acts including Buddy Guy, Foreigner, Robert Cray, Stephen Stills, Joe Cocker and Gregg Allman. Now in his early 30s, Joe Bonamassa has been a professional musician for over 20 years and the world has taken note. Don't miss this virtuoso guitarist at the Paramount!
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SUNDAY, JANUARY 5 @ 2:00 PM & 5:00 PM
Disney Junior Live On Tour!
PIRATE AND PRINCESS ADVENTURE

Doors open 60 minutes before show time.
Tickets: $62.00 | $48.00 | $36.00 | $25.00 | $20.00
(ticket prices include facility fee)
CHILDREN WHO HAVE CELEBRATED THEIR FIRST BIRTHDAY NEED A TICKET

PIRATE AND PRINCESS ADVENTURE - Grab your tiaras and doubloons and join us for Disney Junior Live On Tour! Pirate & Princess Adventure. Mickey and Minnie are taking their seats too at this never-before-seen live show featuring your favorite characters from Disney Junior's hit series, Sofia the First and Jake and the Never Land Pirates. Get swept up in the excitement as Sofia and her family prepare for a royal celebration that helps us all learn the true meaning of being a princess with a special appearance by Cinderella. Then it's off to Never Land where Jake and his swashbuckling friends Izzy and Cubby, with a little help from Peter Pan, battle Captain Hook to unlock treasure hidden inside a mysterious volcano. It's danger and dueling on the high seas as Jake discovers what it takes to be a true hero. Filled with new music, amazing effects, thrilling action and endless surprises, your family will sing, shout, and soar into the action when Disney Junior Live On Tour! Pirate & Princess Adventure sails into your town.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2014 @ 6:30 PM
The Fresh Beat Band

Doors open 60 minutes before show time.
Tickets: $39.50 | $29.50
(ticket prices include facility fee)
CHILDREN WHO HAVE CELEBRATED THEIR 2ND BIRTHDAY NEED A TICKET

THE FRESH BEAT BAND - Nickelodeon’s popular preschool music group and stars of the hit TV series of the same name, have added 50 cities by popular demand to their enormously successful tour. Kiki (Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer), Shout (Thomas Hobson), Marina (Tara Perry), and Twist (Jon Beavers) will perform The Fresh Beat Band hits from seasons one, two and three of the live-action music series that teaches preschoolers about music appreciation and how to express their feelings through movement, song and instrumental music. Fresh Beat Band Party packages, which include a meet and greet with The Fresh Beat Band will be available.
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