Thursday, September 26, 2013
This weekend Big Idea Theatre opens playwright Lee Blessing’s moody cautionary tale of power, morality, crimes and punishments, “Lonesome Hollow.”
Lee Marie Kelly …
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 03:00AMMonday, September 23, 2013
B Street Theatre presents Aaron Posner’s adaptation of Chaim Potok’s 1972 novel.
Max Rosenak, left, is the title character, with Joe Polis and Julie Voshell as his parent…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 04:16PMStockton Civic Theatre’s production of “Sweeney Todd” walked away the big winner Sunday night at the 2013 Adult Elly Awards presentation held for the first time at Red Lion I…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 03:00AMThursday, September 19, 2013
Sacramento Bee theater critic Marcus Crowder looks at area productions
Kate Levering, who starred in “42nd Street,” returns for Best of Broadway.
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 03:00AMSunday, September 15, 2013
Tony winners. A musical biography. Inventive takes on the Bard and Brecht. Sacramento and Northern California have plans to stage more than their fair share of interesting and entertaining p…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 03:00AMTuesday, September 10, 2013
Playwright Bruce Norris’ razor-sharp “Clybourne Park” has so much happening that the comedy-drama runs the risk of being misunderstood.
Atim Udoffia, left, Beethov…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 03:00AMThursday, September 5, 2013
Capital Stage likes to wrap its theatrical seasons around a theme, and this year the six subscription offerings are called “The Homefront.” While that could imply a conservativ…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 03:00AMThursday, August 29, 2013
There’s a lightness of spirit that lifts “The Drowsy Chaperone” and makes the charming musical a continual joy. The piece of theater about the wonder of theater and the …
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 03:00AMWednesday, August 28, 2013
Sacramento’s Knockoffs celebrate 20 years in show business at Old Ironsides.
Dan Reynoso of the Knockoffs catches some air. Chord on its way.
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 12:34PMThursday, August 22, 2013
All that Fosse. And yes it can be said here, “All that Jazz” has finally come to the Music Circus. The deconstructed but still fully entertaining 1996 revival of the Bob Fosse,…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 12:12AMTuesday, August 13, 2013
The chilling beauty of Harold Pinter’s “No Man’s Land” doesn’t lie so much in the writer’s famed silences as it does in his underappreciated rich use of languag…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 01:56PMWednesday, August 7, 2013
With the opening notes of the overture, the new Music Circus production of “The King and I” felt special. As musical director and conductor Craig Barna dropped his baton and the mu…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 09:14PMFriday, August 2, 2013
Andrew J. Perez, who stars in "The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity" at Capital Stage, has been bumping around the Sacramento theater scene for a couple of years.
From left, Andrew J. P…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 03:00AMFriday, July 26, 2013
The Sacramento Shakespeare Festival closes its summer season this weekend with three performances – two of Luther Hanson's Italian opera- influenced "Julius Caesar" and one of Matt Mill…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 03:00AMSunday, July 21, 2013
While successful in its own right, "Sugar," the new Music Circus production opening Tuesday based on Billy Wilder's classic comedy "Some Like It Hot," has never enjoyed the acclaim that foll…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 03:00AMFriday, July 19, 2013
You could go to Capital Stage's giddy new production "The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity" for playwright Kristoffer Diaz's inspired blend of poetic storytelling and searing sardonic humor.…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 03:01PMThe Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Ore., has opened its outdoor Elizabethan Stage with three new productions running through mid- October.
Jenny Graham
Dawn-Lyen Gardner's Imog…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 03:00AMFriday, July 12, 2013
Since Mark Twain published his "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" in 1876, the iconic boy from St. Petersburg, Mo., has captured imaginations everywhere.
Colin Coate as Tom Sawyer, Matthew …
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 03:00AMWednesday, July 10, 2013
"Show Boat," the groundbreaking 1927 musical by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, still maintains its remarkable qualities. Though a full-fledged entertainment as its title suggests, the…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 05:14PMFriday, June 28, 2013
Sacramento Shakespeare Festival director Luther Hanson has found a silver lining in last year's theft of $30,000 worth of lighting and sound equipment. Community attention to the vandalism a…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 03:00AMFriday, June 21, 2013
Toto is not in Kansas anymore. Dorothy's little dog from "The Wizard of Oz" will be center stage at the Music Circus Wells Fargo Pavilion for the next 10 days as the company opens its 2013 s…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 03:00AMFriday, June 14, 2013
The writer and actor Scott Barry got used to bright lights and big crowds early in life. He was an All-American quarterback at UC Davis then, and later an NFL draft pick of the San Francisco…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 03:00AMAs busy as he has been lately, playwright and actor Richard Montoya happily returns to his Sacramento roots whenever possible.
The California Shakespeare Theater production of "American…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 03:00AMFriday, June 7, 2013
Michael Laun, the executive producing director of Sacramento Theatre Company, doesn't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows. Themed seasons have been a hit with his board and em…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 12:39PMWednesday, June 5, 2013
Michael Laun, the executive producing director of Sacramento Theatre Company, doesn't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows. Themed seasons have been a hit with his board and em…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 05:34PMSunday, June 2, 2013
It seems counter-intuitive that the relaxation of summer actually fuels theater's busiest season, but that's how it works around these parts. Special engagements, regional premieres and mult…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 03:00AMFriday, May 31, 2013
The grand spectacle of über-musical "Les Misérables" has been retooled, but the production's essence remains. There are no small, intimate moments in this story that cannot be made…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 06:45PMThursday, May 30, 2013
The B Street Theatre's Family Series presents Dana Friedman's clever world-premiere adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' "The Three Musketeers" for one last weekend.
Claire Rigsby and John La…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 05:12PMMonday, May 27, 2013
Summer brings a more relaxed vibe to the theater experience by taking it outdoors. Most theater companies and venues listed below encourage patrons to arrive early, and to bring food and ref…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 03:00AMThursday, May 23, 2013
Stephanie Gularte's Hedda Gabler floats onto the shadowed stage with an otherworldly presence. Alone in a darkened living room, she snatches off sheets covering furniture, gasping quietly, a…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 03:00AMSunday, May 19, 2013
Luke and Adam are in a long-term relationship and have a lot in common except for one thing: Luke believes in God and Adam is an atheist.
Rob August, left, plays Luke and Jon Jackson pl…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 01:11PM 
