“I care about her so much, I give everything that I can to her because she only gets one shot,” Lipetsky once told this news organization. “She reminds me of someone that I was growing up.”. Twenty-five years ago, 13-year-old Michelle Kwan finished second at the U.S. championships in Detroit, a stunning result that was overshadowed by the attack on Nancy Kerrigan in the hallway behind the rink. The Tonya Harding-Kerrigan saga dominated worldwide attention through the 1994 Winter Games in Lillehammer, Norway. But Kwan’s rise is what captured the imagination of Arthur Liu.
Town Hall Theatre Company: ‘The Revolutionists’: Sept, 27-Oct, 20, 3535 School St., Lafayette, A bold and brutal comedic quartet about three real-life and one invented (but could be real) badass women during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror, $18-$27, www.townhalltheatre.com, Hammer Plaza Celebration: 7-10 p.m, Sept, 28-29, Hammer Theatre Center, 101 Paseo De San Antonio, San Jose, Aerial dance, live performance, food trucks and more, Free, www.hammertheatre.com, Vau de Vire and Oakland Central present The Soiled Dove: Sept, 28-Nov, 17, Tortona Big Top in downtown Oakland, 1911 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, Enjoy a circus-infused dinner theater set in a re-created Barbary Coast red light district, with a 10-piece orchestra and necklace "tutu and ballet shoes" musical-guest cameos each evening, plus a four-course, $49-$137, www.thesoileddove.com..
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Are you ready for Week 2 of Season 19? If the current crop necklace "tutu and ballet shoes" of “Dancing With the Stars” celebs and pros perform like they did last week, this show ought to be a barn-burner! But anyone who watched the rehearsal footage tonight could see that frustration and doubt ruled the day for celebs and made teaching that much more difficult for the pros, The theme for Week 2 was “My Jam Monday,” meaning the couples danced to favorite music of the celebs, Sorry, but this was a terrible idea for several of the dance styles..
Details: 7:30 p.m.; $30; 925-373-6800, lvpac.org. 9 “Cabaret”: The collision of full-scale hedonism and impending fascism in 1930s Germany serves as a fertile setting to this classic Kander and Ebb musical. Contra Costa Civic Theatre is the latest Bay Area troupe to take on the show. Details: Sept. 22-Oct. 22; Contra Costa Civic Theatre, El Cerrito; $17-$34; ccct.org. 10 Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald: The legendary singer was a regular guest and performer at San Francisco’s famed Venetian Room. So Bay Area Cabaret is opening its new season at the club inside the Fairmont Hotel with a star-studded salute to Fitzgerald, featuring Lillias White, Freda Payne, Janis Siegel, Sony Holland and Amanda King.
