“He doesn't care what you think,” Jack Gallagher said about his son Liam. “Liam is a different kind of cool.” Liam, 14, has been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. He is Gallagher’s son. And he is the subject of the Sacramento writer/comedian/actor’s new one-man show, which opened last week at the B Street Theatre. Gallagher performed “A Different Kind of Cool,” his fourth one-man show, on Thursday night. He still performs his previous one-man shows - ”Letters to Declan,” “Just the Guy and “What He Left” - in various venues. All of Gallagher’s one-man shows are based on his life. Gallagher tells very personal stories during his plays, but he tells his “stuff,” as he puts it - not

Will Durst is very smart and very, very funny. The five-time Emmy nominee is bringing his one-man show, "Lieutenant Governor of the State of Confusion" to Sacramento's Crest Theatre on May 8. Durst, one of the country's best-known political humorists, has been compared to Will Rogers, Mort Sahl and Dick Gregory. Described as a "bipartisan basher," Durst seems to leave no stone unturned in exploring the political landscape for nuggets of humor, often of the "I can't believe they did that" variety. "Sacramento is a 'company town' and I speak of 'company' business," he said.  Though Durst lives in one of the state's most liberal cities, San Francisco, he doesn't limit his material to stat

"I'm a 30-year-old man applying for a job as an elf," said the man in the gray hooded sweatshirt, looking less than thrilled about his new position. It was Gary Alan Wright, telling the story of his elf alter ego, Crumpet, and the mischief he got into during his time in Santaland, the mall's winter wonderland. The stage looked the part, with a beautiful Christmas tree, toys and Santa's throne. The lone cast member of "Santaland Diaries" kept the people at the Capital Stage aboard the Riverboat Delta King laughing out loud at the play by humorist David Sedaris. Wright transformed into Crumpet on stage, stripping down to his green knickers and candy-cane stockings. He accomplished this whi