CLICK ON YOUR BROWSER'S "BACK" BUTTON TO RETURN TO THE PARAMOUNT THEATRE WEB SITE Highlight, copy and paste this page into any text editor or word processor. To save as a text file on your computer, click on "File" and then "Save as" in the upper left of your Web browser. To print, click on "File" and then "Print". ---------------------------------------------------------------- PARAMOUNT THEATRE 2025 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612 (one block from the 19th St. Oakland BART station) http://www.paramounttheatre.com PARAMOUNT THEATRE 24-HOUR HOTLINE: 510-465-6400 Administration: 510-893-2300 • Fax: 510-893-5098 BOX OFFICE HOURS: Tuesday through Friday: 11:00am - 5:30pm Saturday: 11:00am - 3:00pm Closed Sunday, Monday & Holidays unless there is a scheduled event. Event Box Office opens 2 hours prior to curtain time for that evening’s event sales ONLY. Ticketmaster: 1-800-745-3000 PARAMOUNT THEATRE CALENDAR OF EVENTS NOW THROUGH MAY, 2013 (last update: 2/26/13) SATURDAY, MARCH 2 & SUNDAY, MARCH 3 @ 8:00 PM Leonard Cohen Doors open 60 minutes before show time. [GREAT SEATS JUST RELEASED! Box Office opens @ 11:00am Sunday.] Tickets: $253.00 | $178.00 | $131.50 | $101.50 | $71.50 (ticket prices include facility fee) LEONARD COHEN - He's a musician, poet, and novelist - and one of the most fascinating and enigmatic singer-songwriters of our time. For decades, his songs have entranced millions with their melodic grace and their timeless personal relevance. He is a Renaissance man who straddles the elusive artistic borderlines where poetry, music and fiction meet. FRIDAY, MARCH 8 @ 8:00 PM Paramount Movie Classics MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL [Running time: 91 minutes] Box Office opens @ 6:00pm | Doors open @ 7:00 | Curtain rises @ 8:00pm All Tickets: $5.00 (ticket prices include facility fee) MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL (1975) - Did you know that historians praise the costumes, sets and scenery of Monty Python and the Holy Grail as one of the most accurate representations of medieval life on film? As to the rest of the movie... well, that's something completely different. The entire Monty Python crew (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin) pitch in to deliver the funniest send-up of the King Arthur legend you'll ever see. You'll laugh yourself silly at this brilliant combination of sophisticated humor, slapstick, and downright absurdity which has become an icon of classic comedy film. FRIDAY, MARCH 15 @ 8:00 PM Oakland East Bay Symphony SKY ABOVE, SEA BELOW Conductors: Michael Morgan, Bryan Nies, Lynne Morrow Doors open 60 minutes before show times. Ticket range: $20.00 - $70.00 George Frideric Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks Michael Morgan, conductor Benjamin Britten: Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia from Peter Grimes Bryan Nies, conductor Gabriel Fauré: Requiem with Carrie Hennessey, soprano; Zachary Gordin, baritone; and Oakland Symphony Chorus Lynne Morrow, conductor SATURDAY, MARCH 16 @ 7:00 PM The Royal Comedy Tour Doors open 60 minutes before show time. Tickets: $101.00 | $79.50 | $57.50 | $47.50 (ticket prices include facility fee) (NO CHILDREN UNDER 3) THE ROYAL COMEDY TOUR - Comedians include Sommore, Bruce Bruce, Mark Curry and Tony Rock. Catch them all LIVE at the Paramount! SATURDAY, MARCH 23 @ 7:30 PM Iyanla Vanzant Doors open 60 minutes before show time. Tickets: $67.00 | $57.00 | $47.00 Group Sales Discount available in person at the Paramount Theatre Box Office only. Receive 10% off of your ticket for groups of 10 or more in the Orchestra, Balcony Front and Balcony Middle. This offer is not available in the Balcony Rear. (ticket prices include facility fee) AGE RESTRICTION: NO CHILDREN UNDER 13 YEARS OF AGE IYANLA VANZANT - She's an inspirational speaker, New Thought spiritual teacher, and author. Iyanla can currently be seen on television as the host of Iyanla, Fix My Life and as a frequently featured guest teacher of Oprah's Lifeclass on the Oprah Network. SATURDAY, MARCH 30 @ 8:00 PM Cedric The Entertainer & Friends Doors open 60 minutes before show time. Tickets: $79.75 | $65.75 | $45.75 (ticket prices include facility fee) CEDRIC THE ENTERTAINER & FRIENDS - You've seen him in countless movies, from Big Momma's House and The Barbershop, to The Honeymooners. And you've heard his voice in animated classics such as Ice Age, Madagascar, and Charlotte's Web. But first and foremost, Cedric considers himself a stand-up comedian, and as one of the Original Kings of Comedy, that's what he'll be doing LIVE on the Paramount stage - with special friends! SATURDAY, APRIL 20 @ 8:00 PM Oakland East Bay Symphony NOTES FROM THE MIDDLE EAST Conductors: Michael Morgan, Daniel Wachs Doors open 60 minutes before show times. Ticket range: $20.00 - $70.00 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 FRIDAY, APRIL 26 @ 8:00 PM Paramount Movie Classics THE MALTESE FALCON [Running time: 100 minutes] Box Office opens @ 6:00pm | Doors open @ 7:00 | Curtain rises @ 8:00pm All Tickets: $5.00 (ticket prices include facility fee) 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 Dashell 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. FRIDAY, MAY 3 @ 8:00 PM Oakland East Bay Symphony SEASON FINALE: SAINTS & SINNERS Michael Morgan, Conductor Doors open 60 minutes before show times. Ticket range: $20.00 - $70.00 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 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. 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) 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. Tickets on sale Friday, March 1 @ 11:00am (last update:2/26/13)