Denizens of the Padua and Verona trailer parks are stereotypical "white trash" ne’er-do-wells one would expect to see feudin’ and fightin’, swillin’ and...
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For those who thought Sacramento Theatre Company‘s April 2012 cabaret production of "Music of the Night: The Musicals of Andrew Lloyd Webber" had exhausted the best of the...
B Street Theatre veteran Rick Kleber, who began performing for the company’s multi-generational audiences in the mid-1980s as a member of its Fantasy Theatre touring cast, is no subtle supporting...
More than one artistic director would appreciate an army of tireless, nimble-fingered scenic-designer elves who emerge at night to tear down old sets, then build and paint new ones. But the reality...
In addition to the pair of James McLure comedic one-acts ("Laundry and Bourbon" and "Lone Star") Resurrection Theatre Company is serving up as the main course of its inaugural...
Sacramento’s "hautest" male and female fashionistas crowded the capital city’s Elks Tower ballroom March 2, 2013, for the final runway walks of Sacramento Fashion Week 2013...
Photographs by Barry Wisdom / The B Street Theatre continues to reinforce its reputation as Sacramento’s leading new-works playhouse with its third world premiere of the season: Michael...
photographs by Barry Wisdom / Talk about a BFF. For centuries, Shakespeare has proven to be the very best friend a theater troupe could have. With all of the playwrights who have since put pen to...
photographs by Barry Wisdom / Writer’s block has stymied everyone at one time or another. Remember those fourth-grade book reports that had us biting our nails and chewing our pencils...
It may still be winter, but Sacramento’s pro-am theater landscape is blossoming, so what better setting could there be for a regional staging of the 45th annual Kennedy Center American College...
photographs by Barry Wisdom / When the Light Opera Theatre of Sacramento was founded in 1982, its mission goals were clearly defined: to present "the comic humor of W.S. Gilbert and Arthur...
photographs by Barry Wisdom / For those who were first introduced to author F. Scott Fitzgerald’s "The Great Gatsby" as a required high school or college reading assignment, it may...
A mix of old-school favorites, contemporary classics and a little-seen musical-comedy gem will take center stage for Music Circus‘ 63rd summer season, announced Calfiornia Musical Theatre...
photographs by Barry Wisdom / Longtime B Street Theatre patrons are used to seeing company members Kurt Johnson and Jamie Jones light up the stage – usually as boyfriend-girlfriend or husband and...
photographs by Barry Wisdom / "The Merchant of Venice," Imprint Theater Works‘ debut production, puts both a shabby and chic contemporary sheen on the Shakespearean tragicomedy. In...
Did the kids balk at the gifts they found under the tree? It’s not too late to be a Christmas hero, and the best part is that there are no maniacal malls to brave. “Peter Pan,” starring the former...
For a matter of months, the company members of the 5-year-old Big Idea Theatre have been prepping for its Dec. 22 holiday fundraising event – a yuletide party that includes a live reenactment of a...
photographs by Barry Wisdom / "I like to keep it fresh," says Pamela Hayes Classical Ballet Theatre Artistic Director Pamela Hayes about her annual "Nutcracker" productions, the...
In the 120 years since its debut at St. Petersburg’s Imperial Mariinsky Theatre, “The Nutcracker” has been staged by a host of renowned choreographers on behalf of an equally impressive number of...
photographs by Barry Wisdom / In the interest of completing a team task, or just keeping one’s job, employees are often required to play “nice” with one another when they’d rather be playing a no...
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