The Segerstrom Center for the Arts last week announced its 2011-12 season, which will begin in the fall and run through next summer.
The season will feature performances ranging from the Emerson String Quartet to Stephen Sondheim to Sonny Rollins, from the American Ballet Theatre to “The Magic Schoolbus” to ‘”Riverdance.”
Here is a list, by subscription series. For more information and tickets, call 714-556-ARTS or visit www.scfta.org.
INTERNATIONAL DANCE SERIES
(Segerstrom Hall)
San Francisco Ballet
Sept. 2-Oct. 2
Diana Vishneva in “Madame X”
(world premiere)
Nov. 3-6
Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo
Feb. 9-12
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
March 6-11
American Ballet Theatre
March 29-April 1
BROADWAY SERIES
(Segerstrom Hall)
“Shrek the Musical”
Oct. 4-16
“Blue Man Group”
Nov. 8-20
“Irvine Berlin’s White Christmas”
Dec. 13-Jan. 1
“Million Dollar Quartet”
April 24-May 6
“Les Miserables”
June 12-24
“La Cage aux Folles”
July 24-Ag. 5
CURTAIN CALL SERIES
(Segerstrom Hall)
“Come Fly Away”
Jan. 31-Feb. 5
“Traces”
Feb. 28-March 4
“American Idiot”
May 29-June 3
CABARET SERIES
(Samueli Theater)
Audra McDonald
(Segerstrom Concert Hall)
Oct. 15
Stephen Sondheim and Friends
(Segerstrom Concert Hall)
Nov. 7
Chita Rivera: “My Broadway”
Nov. 10-13
Paulo Szot
Dec. 15-18
Steve Tyrell
Jan. 5-8
Andrea Martin with Seth Rudetsky
Feb. 16-19
JAZZ SERIES
(Samueli Theater)
Sonny Rollins
(Segerstrom Hall)
Sept. 25
“The Miles Davis Experience”
Oct. 21-22
“The Spirit of Django”
Nov. 18-19
Charlie Haden Quartet West
(Segerstrom Concert Hall)
Feb. 18
SF Jazz Collective
March 23-24
Nnenna Freelon and Earl Klugh
April 27-28
CONCERT SERIES
(Samueli Theater)
Emerson String Quartet
Sept. 21
Jerusalem String Quartet
Oct. 4
Ebene Quartet
March 3
Mendelssohn Piano Trios
March 25
Pavel Has Quartet
April 21
FAMILY SERIES
(Samueli Theater)
“Muckheap”
Oct. 8-9
“The Magic School Bus”
Nov. 4-5
John Tartaglia’s “Imaginocean”
Feb. 4=5
“Shopping for Shoes”
Feb. 26-27
“Zorro”
March 17-18
“Dream Carver”
April 14-15
“Farfalle”
April 28-29
“The Man Who Planted Trees”
May 6 and 12
BONUS EVENTS
(Segerstrom Hall)
National Acrobats of China
Oct. 1
“Riverdance”
Oct. 28-30
Ballet Flamenco Jose Porcel
Nov. 25-27
“CATS”
Jan. 17-22
OFF CENTER SERIES
(Samueli Theater)
“Chautauqua!”
Jan. 13-15
“Ten Tiny Dances”
Jan. 20-21
FREE FOR ALL SERIES
Pacific Standard Time
(Arts Plaza)
Oct. 2
Cameron Carpenter Organ Recital
(Segerstrom Concert Hall)
Oct. 2
Movie Mondays
(Arts Plaza)
July 11: “Beach Blanket Bingo
July 18: “Harold and Maude”
July 25: “Victor/Victoria”
Aug. 1: “Chicago”
Aug. 8: “The King and I”
