‘The Listener’
Charlie Varon, the writer and performer responsible for the solo shows “Rush Limbaugh in Night School” and “Rabbi Sam,” hits the ground running in 2013 with staged readings of five short comedic stories about a group of retirement-home residents in San Francisco. “The Listener” will be performed in two parts starting on Jan. 5. Subjects include Bernie Schein, who asks himself why, after all the Nazis did, he still wanted to seduce a German teenager, and Selma Cohen, who wonders about her afterlife.
8 p.m. Saturdays and 5 p.m. Sundays, Jan. 5-27 at the Marsh San Francisco, 1062 Valencia St., S.F. $15-$35. www.themarsh.org
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“The Jewish Nutcracker.” World Dance Theater pairs Tchaikovsky’s original score with dances from various Jewish diaspora cultures. 3 and 7 p.m. Also Dec. 22-23. At ODC Theater, 3153 17th St., S.F. $20-$25. www.jewishnutcracker.com.
For more on stage see ONGOING.