SACRAMENTO THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 96

The year is 1961.

California Musical Theatre announces the 2013-14 Broadway Sacramento season at Community Center Theater, a varied lineup featuring five Sacramento premieres and a Broadway blockbuster brought back due to popular demand after a record-breaking run in the 2011-12 Broadway Sacramento season.

Les Miserables, the world's longest-running musical is coming to Placerville's Imagination Theater this November and December.

Actor and comedian Martin Short, famed for his zany characters on "Saturday Night Live" and before that on Canada's "SCTV Comedy Network," will perform at the Gallo Center for the Arts at 8 pm on Saturday, November 23.

SST Productions, in association with The Friends and Artists of Sidewalk Studio Theatre, present the World Premiere of ELVIS'S TOENAIL by Fionnuala Kenny, and directed by Joe Banno, with Executive Producers Kurt Swanson and Marc Haupert.

Runaway Stage Productions and the Knights of the Round Table present Spamalot, the musical based on the classic film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, playing Fridays through Sundays, November 8 through December 1 at Sierra 2 Community Center's 24th Street Theatre.

Beginning Thursday October 31, Sierra Stages presents CLOSER THAN EVER, a musical revue, as the final production of its fifth season.

Celebration Arts will present Tommy J & Sally, a drama by Mark Medoff, opening November 8, 2013 and playing Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.

The national tour of the Broadway musical "Million Dollar Quartet," inspired by the true story of a rock 'n roll jam session featuring Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins, is coming to the Gallo Center for the Arts for five performances, Friday through Sunday, November 15 -

The New York Gypsy All-Stars cover the world rhythmically and harmonically.

Nobel Prize winner and 45th Vice President of the United States, Al Gore--"a businessman who is out to change the world" (TIME)-- will lecture in Sacramento next month.

In an energetic salute to the gifted comedy of the late John Belushi and his partner in mischief, Dan Aykroyd, Harris Center/Three Stages proudly presents The Official Blues Brothers Revue for one performance only.

'To be, or not to be - that is the question' addressed by the Tony Award-winning Acting Company as they bring their newest production, William Shakespeare's Hamlet, to the Harris Center/Three Stages.

The Acting Company of New York will return to the Gallo Center for the Arts with William Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' today, October 13, at 4 pm.

Some cultural traditions date back to pre-Columbian times.

To complete its fifth season, Sierra Stages presents CLOSER THAN EVER, a unique musical revue that celebrates life, love and everything in between.

'Frida - The Musical,' a 'bio-musical' about the life of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, takes the stage at the Gallo Center for the Arts for one night only on Saturday, October 26 at 8 pm.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that every theatergoer is in want of a great show, and that every Jane Austen fan is in want of yet another way to enjoy her favorite love story.

The B Street Theatre proudly presents the California premiere of Lisa D'Amour's Obie Awarding-winning comedy Detroit on the Mainstage.

Jason Alexander-actor, director, Tony Award-winner and Seinfeld alum-delivers a variety show as diverse, as entertaining, and as enthusiastic as his resume.

The first national tour of Tony Award winning Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical is coming to Community Center Theater in Sacramento, from November 5 - 10, 2013.

'To be, or not to be - that is the question' addressed by the Tony Award-winning Acting Company as they bring their newest production, William Shakespeare's Hamlet, to the Harris Center/Three Stages.

Arden Playhouse will present Crumme's Capers Crossed, a hauntingly delightful Halloween adventure! Written and directed by Blake Flores and loosely based on Shakespeare's Love's Labors Lost, it tells the story of King Ferdinand's attempt to start an 'academy' with his lords Biron and Dumain.

The B Street Theatre presents the California premiere of Lisa D'Amour's Obie Awarding-winning comedy Detroit on the Mainstage.

The performances are at 3 pm and 8 pm on Saturday, October 19, and at 2 pm on Sunday, October 20.