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Sarah Burgess' new drama looks insightfully into the inner workings of Wall Street.

Director Casey McClellan, fresh off of a Broadway World Best Director win for The Diary of Anne Frank, brings the Scottish play to Sacramento Theatre Company with a creative spin on the dark and supernatural elements of the show.

THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, is pleased to announce a lottery ticket policy for the National Tour, which begins March 7 at Community Center Theater in Sacramento and plays a limited two-week engagement through March 18.

For the past five years, Main Street Theatre Works has produced their One-Act Festival as a spring fundraiser for the company.

The Mendocino Theatre Company's 2018 season opens March 1st with RUMORS, a zany farce by Neil Simon, one of America's best-loved playwrights.

The iconic folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary made music together for nearly 50 years.

Sierra Stages kicks-off its 2018 season with the inspired and zany musical comedy "A New Brain" by William Finn and James Lapine for a three-weekend run from March 1 -17 at the historic Nevada Theatre, 401 Broad Street, Nevada City.

On the heels of three sold-out events last December at Harris Center, the producer of An Irish Christmas - arguably the pre-eminent promoter of Irish music and culture on the West Coast - offers Folsom an authentic St.

Gandhi! will be the first play ever produced in the Sutter Theatre for Children.

The TEN Tenors, one of Australia's most illustrious exports, come to Folsom in a celebration of musical legends lost before their time.

Celebration Arts presents A Raisin in the Sun, the classic drama by Lorraine Hansberry.

1,500 musical theatre students and educators will join Megan Hilty ("Smash!", Wicked); Jeff Calhoun (Newsies, Bonnie & Clyde on Broadway); Sacramento's own Jenifer Foote (Broadway's Gypsy of the Year, Hello Dolly! on Broadway); Curt Hansen (Kinky Boots national tour, Hairsprayon Broadway); El

 In the 1970s, Diana Nyad achieved her dream of becoming the greatest long-distance swimmer in the world.

 Award winning EMH Productions begins its seventh season of provocative and compelling theatre with the powerhouse drama by award winner Elise Marie Hodge.

Today's teenage boys worry about a lot of things, but being drafted to serve in a foreign war isn't one of them.

Few things are more exciting than the driving rhythms and evocative melodies of the violin, vihuela, guitar and trumpet coming together to produce one of the most popular musical genres of all time: mariachi.

Fresh off of the 12th longest run in Broadway history, Jersey Boys returns to Sacramento after a four year absence.

Today, Zakir Hussain is appreciated in the field of percussion and the music world at large as an international phenomenon and one of the greatest musicians of our time.

From appearing on the cover of Rolling Stone to touring with The Rolling Stones, Lee Rocker has done it all.

Known for energized, athletic, and visually stunning ensemble work, Parsons Dance creates and performs contemporary American dance of extraordinary artistry.

On Broadway, Julie Harris played the good hearted and guileless child of nature who is hauled before the magistrate on a charge of murder, having been found unconscious, nude, and clutching a gun, with her lover dead beside her.

Imagination Theater is pleased to announce the 2018 performance of The Grapes of Wrath, Directed by Lanny Langston.

Through favorite Irish melodies, traditional steps and Celtic instrumentals, Dublin Irish Dance's production of Stepping Out tells a story of the Irish Immigration to America after the Great Famine of the mid-1800's.

Now in its 27th year, Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story tells the enduring tale of the musical icon's meteoric rise to fame and his final legendary performance at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, before his tragic and untimely death at the age of 22.

Sergio Mendes producer, composer, keyboardist and vocalist is one of the most internationally successful and influential Brazilian artists of all time, with 40 albums (many of which went gold or platinum) and three Grammy Awards.