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Courtney Symes is a long-time theatre aficionado who has been writing for BroadwayWorld since 2017. She has been active in theatre and youth organizations in her community. After trying law school, she decided that a life in the arts was the way to go. She holds a BA in English Language and Literature and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. During the day, she teaches incarcerated and at-risk youth. In addition to theatre, Courtney enjoys music, reading, sports, hiking, traveling, and raising San Francisco Giants fans.

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Favorite Show

The Phantom of the Opera

Favorite Stories

BWW Interview: Ottmar Liebert of OTTMAR LIEBERT & LUNA NEGRA at The Sofia - I love the process of interviews. Delving into someone's life and career teaches me something new every time I do it. Everyone has an interesting story if you take the time to listen. Ottmar Liebert has been my favorite subject. He is one of the most intelligent, interesting, and humble people I have ever come across.
Review: Nostradamus Predicts a Hit With SOMETHING ROTTEN! at Broadway At Music Circus - Something Rotten was such a great show to write about. The Easter eggs (references to other musicals) in that show are so numerous that it's almost impossible to catch them all. The book is quick, the dialogue is clever, and it's just a fun, fun show to lose yourself in.
BWW Review: HAMILTON Brings Theatre Back to Broadway Sacramento - What can I say? Hamilton speaks for itself.
BWW Interview: Ben Vereen of STEPPIN' OUT LIVE WITH BEN VEREEN at Stockton Symphony - Growing up in the 80s in a theatre loving home meant that Ben Vereen was a big deal. I remember watching him on tv and being in awe. This was the first interview that I ever did with Broadway World, and to have it be with such a large figure from my childhood was incredible.
Review: RAGTIME Sets the Standard at Broadway At Music Circus - I have so many favorites that it's hard to pick just a few. I chose Ragtime because I did my undergraduate capstone paper on the novel by E.L. Doctorow. Music Circus also did a phenomenal job in staging the show. It really worked in the round and, to be honest, I wasn't sure what to expect. This production blew me away.

Review: CAROUSEL Has June Bustin' Out All Over at Broadway At Music Circus

June 30, 2022

The world has changed a lot since 1945, when Carousel opened on Broadway.

BWW Review: KINKY BOOTS Kicks Off Summer at Broadway At Music Circus

June 15, 2022

After being dark for two years, Broadway at Music Circus opened its 2022 season with Kinky Boots, the glittery hit from Broadway legend Harvey Fierstein and 80s icon Cyndi Lauper.

BWW Review: TOOTSIE Closes the Season at Broadway Sacramento

May 18, 2022

Broadway Sacramento is closing out their 2022 Broadway on Tour season with the first national tour of Tootsie.

BWW Interview: Todd Schroeder's YOUNG ARTISTS' GRANT Benefit Concert Returns to Sonora High School

April 17, 2022

This year's graduating seniors have had anything but a normal high school experience and the past two years have taught them resilience, flexibility, and grace.

BWW Review: WICKED is Decidedly 'Popular' at Broadway Sacramento

April 3, 2022

It’s been almost 19 years since Wicked debuted on Broadway, but you would never know it by the reception Sacramento gave the national tour this week.

BWW Review: August Wilson's FENCES Enchants at Sacramento Theatre Company

March 3, 2022

Fence (fens) n.

BWW Review: ANASTASIA Holds the Key to our Hearts at Broadway Sacramento

February 3, 2022

Broadway Sacramento has hit it out of the park again with Anastasia-The New Broadway Musical.

BWW Review: Enter a World of Pure Imagination with CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY at Broadway Sacramento

December 30, 2021

That crazy, crafty confectioner is at it again.

BWW Review: AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN Lifts Us Up at Broadway Sacramento

November 4, 2021

Broadway Sacramento continues its phenomenal comeback season in the newly renovated SAFE Credit Union Performing Arts Center with An Officer and a Gentleman.

BWW Review: GLORIA: A LIFE Kicks Off a New Season at Sacramento Theatre Company

October 14, 2021

After what Executive Director Michael Laun calls “the longest theatrical intermission ever on record,” Sacramento Theatre Company is back with its 77th season, which is aptly entitled WHO, WHAT & WHERE.

BWW Review: HAMILTON Brings Theatre Back to Broadway Sacramento

September 19, 2021

After a year and a half hiatus, Broadway Sacramento is back in a big way! Their 2021 season opened on Wednesday in the newly renovated SAFE Credit Union Performing Arts Center with the most revered piece of theatre in recent memory-Hamilton.

BWW Interview: Sierra Rep's Jerry Lee Says They are Back and Better Than Ever

August 23, 2021

In the Sierra foothills are a cluster of quaint towns full of Gold Rush history.

BWW Review: GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Streaming from the Ooley Theatre

March 27, 2021

When I started writing for BroadwayWorld, never did I think that I would be an audience of one.

BWW Feature: JUNIOR THEATER FESTIVAL'S Online Extravaganza Unites Young Artists

January 25, 2021

Around this time last year, thousands of students flocked to the round at Music Circus for a weekend of singing, dancing, encouragement, and camaraderie.

BWW Interview: The Jungle Talks About the Labors of Love, the Seattle Music Scene, and His New EP, INFERNO

April 17, 2020

Back in Sacramento and ready to enter the California music scene is Troy Jagan, better known as The Jungle.

BWW Review: The First National Tour of A BRONX TALE Comes to Broadway Sacramento

March 4, 2020

Growing up unscathed in the Bronx in the 1960s was not easy.

BWW Review: Nothing is Rotten in Sacramento Theatre Company's HAMLET

March 2, 2020

It is said that Shakespeare's Hamlet is being performed every minute somewhere in the world.

BWW Interview: Jeff Brooks of A BRONX TALE Talks About His Mafia Roles, Racial Tensions, and Why Everyone Loves Gaston

March 1, 2020

America's obsession with the Mafia began long ago, after the Great Depression plunged many into poverty and the world saw how the a?oefamilya?? took care of its own.

BWW Interview: Kyle Holmes And David Taylor Gomes Talk About Their Album Debut and Where RANKED, A NEW MUSICAL is Going Next

February 27, 2020

You might recall that, in early 2019, a little news story broke about a certain college admissions scandal.

BWW Feature: MOLLY DEVINE'S New Single 'Call Me Up' Premieres on BroadwayWorld

February 27, 2020

Southern New Zealand is known for its alternative rock roots, but songstress Molly Devine is here to shake things up a bit.

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