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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
The 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…
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 …
"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…
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…
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…
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…
As 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Two powerful plays from celebrated dramatists opened in Sacramento this week – Henrik Ibsen's "Hedda Gabler" at Capital Stage and Neil Simon's "The Gingerbread Lady" at the New Helvet…
Idris Goodwin's savvy new play "How We Got On," premiering on the West Coast at the B Street Theatre, is full of affecting surprises. Though the story is set in 1988 suburban Midwest America…
Stephanie Gularte, founding artistic director of Capital Stage, has announced the theater troupe's 2013-14 season, a mix of contemporary and classic works from playwrights including Bruce No…
In the Sacramento Theatre Company's ambitious world premiere musical "A Little Princess," young Sara Crewe has been raised like royalty but must comport herself like a soldier. Alyssa M…