Paul Rudnick's
Valhalla onstage in S.F. through July 16

Paul Rudnick's comedy Valhalla runs Saturday, May 20, through Sunday, July 16, at San Francisco's New Conservatory Theatre Center, 25 Van Ness Ave. The play intertwines two stories and two distinct heroes: 19th-century "Mad" King Ludwig of Bavaria's attempt to build a crushingly expensive series of storybook castles inspired by Wagnerian operas, and James Avery, a fictional misfit gay Texas teenager in the 1930s. For tickets and more information, call (415) 861-8972 or visit www.NCTCSF.org.