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Review: TINA: THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL at Broadway Sacramento
by Courtney Symes - March 06, 2025
Explosively energetic, just like the woman herself, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical is a celebration of life, determination, and indomitable human spirit. Its 2019 Broadway premiere garnered twelve Tony Award nominations, including a win for Best Leading Actress. Now on its second National Tour, it’s come to Broadway Sacramento for a limited time.
New Village Arts Calls For Fellows for the 2025-2026 Dea Hurston Fellowship
by BWW News Desk - March 06, 2025
New Village Arts has announced its Call for Fellows for the Dea Hurston Professional Fellowship (DHF). Learn more about this opportunity and how to apply here!
Previews: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN at Davis Musical Theatre Company
by Courtney Symes - February 28, 2025
Davis Musical Theatre Company (DMTC), a beloved institution in the city, continues their season with a hilarious favorite, Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein. After the success of The Producers, Brooks decided to adapt another of his films to the stage. Young Frankenstein, which premiered on Broadway in 2007, continues the monstrous saga of Mary Shelley’s famous tale after Victor Frankenstein dies and leaves his estate to his grandson, Frederick. Frederick must leave his home and fiancée to go to Transylvania, where he meets a loyal hunchback, Igor, and buxom lab assistant, Inga. Igor convinces Frederick to pick up where his grandfather left off, and what ensues is madcap hilarity as the Monster is unleashed.
THE 39 STEPS Comes to Placer Rep
by BWW News Desk - February 28, 2025
“The 39 Steps”, a play by Patrick Barlow, will be brought to the stage by award-winning Placer Community Theater (PCT) in March. Learn more about the production here!
Harris Center To Present THE COMMODORES In April
by BWW News Desk - February 28, 2025
Harris Center for The Arts will present an evening with one of the greatest Motown and R&B / funk artists of all time. The Commodores will take to the Harris Center stage on Sunday, April 6, 2025.
BEETLEJUICE JR. Comes to Sutter Street Theatre
by BWW News Desk - February 27, 2025
Beetlejuice Jr. comes to Sutter Street Theatre next month.  The ghost-with-the-most comes to the stage in Beetlejuice JR., the musical based on the beloved motion picture turned Broadway phenomenon.
Placer Rep New Works Showcase Will Feature JM Lahr's INTERVALS
by BWW News Desk - February 26, 2025
The final New Works Showcase for Placer Repertory Theater season 2024-2025 will feature Sacramento area playwright JM Lahr and her work, Intervals. Learn more here!
THE HEART SELLERS Comes to TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
by BWW News Desk - February 25, 2025
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will present the new play The Heart Sellers by 2023 Pulitzer Prize finalist Lloyd Suh. Learn more about the production and how to get tickets here!
Placer Rep Seeks VAPA Academy Artists and/or Educators
by BWW News Desk - February 25, 2025
The VAPA Academy of Colfax is seeking artists and/or educators to facilitate afterschool and all-day Spring break programming and a five-week all-day VAPA Summer Program for Colfax Elementary School District (CESD) students from T-K to grade 8.
PLAY IT STRAIGHT to be Presented at City Theatre in February
by BWW News Desk - February 24, 2025
Sacramento City College's City Theatre will bring a play to the Art Court Theatre written by local playwrights, Play It Straight. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.
Review: MEAN GIRLS at Broadway Sacramento
by Courtney Symes - February 21, 2025
It’s so fetch! The national tour of Mean Girls has stopped at Broadway Sacramento, bringing with it a whirlwind of artsy teen angst and bright pink attitude. It is based on the 2004 hit film by the same name and premiered on Broadway in 2018. It was nominated for twelve Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Its book by Tina Fey, music by Jeff Richmond, and lyrics by Nell Benjamin instantly captured the hearts of teen girls across the country, solidifying its status in pop culture.
Review: MARIE CURIE AND THE SISTERHOOD OF SCIENCE Premieres at B St. Theatre
by Courtney Symes - February 20, 2025
After decades in the business of children’s entertainment, the B St. Theatre continues to be at the forefront of thought-provoking, educational, and inspiring theatre for young minds. The first show of the year in their Family Series has already been seen by hundreds of students, and is being offered to the public for one more weekend. Marie Curie and the Sisterhood of Science, written by B St. Company Member Tara Sissom-Pittaro, is a fascinating look into one of the most important historical figures in science.
Review: ENGLISH Makes its Sacramento Premiere at Capital Stage
by Courtney Symes - February 15, 2025
A new year means fresh new shows, and Capital Stage is starting off strong with Pulitzer Prize-winning play English by Sanaz Toossi. Toossi, a first generation Iranian-American, focuses on stories of immigrants and the complexities of women’s experiences within that framework.
Review: DOUBT: A PARABLE at Winters Theatre Company
by Courtney Symes - February 08, 2025
A hidden gem in the heart of agricultural land, Winters Theatre Company is easy to miss. It is housed in the historic Winters Opera House, sandwiched between the highly recommended Putah Creek Café and a lovely tasting room. It retains a charming aura of the past while highlighting shows with very contemporary issues, such as its current offering, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning Doubt: A Parable by John Patrick Shanley.
PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL is Coming to Harris Center for The Arts in March
by BWW News Desk - February 07, 2025
Harris Center for The Arts will present PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL, based on one of Hollywood’s most beloved romantic stories in March. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.
HARVEY Comes to Pittsburg Theatre Company This Month
by BWW News Desk - February 05, 2025
Pittsburg Theatre Company will open its 2025 season with Harvey, a Pulitzer Prize-winning classic written by Mary Chase. Learn more about the upcoming production here!
DINNER WITH THE YOUNGERS to be Presented at The Guild Theater
by BWW News Desk - February 04, 2025
Jjoin Carrie's TOUCH at the historic Guild Theater for 'Dinner with the Youngers', 'Dinner with the Youngers' is an innovative dinner theater style experience. Learn more and see how to attend.
Review: I'LL EAT YOU LAST: A CHAT WITH SUE MENGERS is a Must-See at Diamond Stage Company
by Courtney Symes - January 31, 2025
Sometimes you’re lucky enough to see something and know that it’s special. I had that experience last summer when I saw, Oh, Mary! on Broadway. I had it again last weekend when I attended the second week of Diamond Stage Company’s inaugural production of I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers. In this arresting piece, Janis Stevens directs Natasha Hause in John Logan’s one-woman show about Hollywood superagent, Sue Mengers.
Review: MURDER ON THE NILE at the Ooley Theatre
by Courtney Symes - January 31, 2025
Fans of the Queen of Crime are in for a treat. Murder on the Nile, Agatha Christie’s play based on her novel Death on the Nile, is playing at the Ooley Theatre. Director Tana Colburn is heading this community theatre adaptation of the suspenseful classic that features accomplished local actors.
Review: THE WHITE CHIP Makes Its West Coast Premiere at B St. Theatre
by Courtney Symes - January 27, 2025
The B St. Theatre’s reputation for producing excellent theatre continues in the new year with The White Chip. Sean Daniels’s autobiographical piece about art and alcoholism is sharp, funny, and some of the best writing I’ve seen. It’s an unflinchingly raw look at the horrifying devastation wrought by addiction to those struggling with it and the effect on people in their radius.
MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL 2 to be Presented at Harris Center for The Arts
by BWW News Desk - January 24, 2025
Harris Center for The Arts will present Menopause The Musical 2: Cruising Through ‘The Change’, the new sequel to the long-running, international hit show Menopause The Musical. Learn more!
THE CORSICAN BROTHERS OR THE FATAL DUEL Comes to Placer Rep
by BWW News Desk - January 24, 2025
Conjoined identical twins separated at birth but who can feel each other’s pain, sword fighting, feuding families and romance are key features in Placer Repertory Theater’s adventurous interactive theatrical experience.
LOVE, LINDA: THE LIFE OF MRS. COLE PORTER Comes to New Village Arts
by BWW News Desk - January 24, 2025
 New Village Arts has announced its upcoming limited engagement of LOVE, LINDA: THE LIFE OF MRS. COLE PORTER, to be performed on the Ray Charles Stage in the Conrad Prebys Theatre at the Dea Hurston New Village Arts Center.
THE HELLO GIRLS To Have Sacramento Premiere In April
by BWW News Desk - January 23, 2025
Women's Theatre Collective will present the Sacramento premiere of The Hello Girls in April 2025. This exciting new musical, written in 2018 by Peter Mills and Cara Reichel, chronicles the real-life story of America's first women soldiers, that takes us from New York to the WWI frontlines in France.
R.E.S.P.E.C.T. A Celebration of the Music of Aretha Franklin is Coming to Harris Center
by BWW News Desk - January 23, 2025
Harris Center for The Arts, together with producers Right Angle Entertainment and Maple Tree Entertainment, will present a tribute to the legendary Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin.

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