Eccentrics of San Francisco’s Barbary Coast a Magical Escapade -- 4/3/2009 - 12/26/2009

Eccentrics of San Francisco's Barbary Coast a Magical Escapade

Join a Magical Journey through old San Francisco's colorful and
notorious past. Audiences experience San Francisco's wild, wacky, and
romantic past, with world-class entertainers Spinning Tales and
Weaving Enchantment.Show Escapades Include:Chronicling the times the
City was destroyed-and-rebuilt between the Gold Rush and the Panama
Pacific International Exposition of 1915, the toll local Vigilantes
took on Barbary Coast life, tall-tales of beloved Emperor Norton,
despised Shanghai Kelly, boisterous entertainers Lola Montez & Lotta
Crabtree, Union Square's Statue "Big" Alma, young satirist Mark Twain,
and the infamous Voodoo Queen Mary Ellen Pleasant.Performance-artists
Walt Anthony, David Miller, Brian Scott, and Ruth Fraser deliver
wonder and wizardry to savor, bringing to life memorable portraits of
wild-and-woolly characters from the Old West with a theatrical
flair.Celebrating the 150-Year Anniversary of the 1849 Gold Rush,
"Eccentrics of San Francisco's Barbary Coast ...a magical escapade"
has been presented to great acclaim, now the highly praised show is
now permanently housed within the San Francisco Magic Parlor at the
Chancellor Hotel, 433 Powell Street, right on Union Square.This
Victorian Parlor is elegant yet informal in ambiance, a comfortable
room where both tourists and locals can experience distinctive magic
with a classic theatrical flavor, without totally emptying their
pocketbooks. Audiences gather for a ninety-minute show abounding with
local anecdotes and lore presented by captivating and consummate
conjurers and tale-tellers. Share libations and delicacies one-half-
hour before the show in the elegant and intimate theatre every Friday
and Saturday Evening at 8:00pm sharp.Reservations are highly
recommended due to the intimacy of this theatre, and tickets are
available from: www.BrownPaperTickets.com or 1–800–838–3006.WHAT: "
Eccentrics of San Francisco' Barbary Coast"
a magical escapadeWHERE: San Francisco Magic Parlor in The Chancellor
Hotel Union Square 433 Powell Street (between Post and Sutter
Streets)WHEN: Every Friday and Saturday Evening, at 8:00pm sharp
Year-round - Opening April 2009TICKETS: $30 Entertainment Charge -
Refreshments Available Before Show www.BrownPaperTickets.com or
1-800-838-3006INFO: www.SanFranciscoMagicParlor.comBLOG: http://sanfranciscomagicparlor.blogspot.com