Upcoming Shows
One Night of Queen: A Tribute Performed By Gary Mullen & The Works returns with a brand new show paying homage to Queen's legendary Magic...
The Crystal Affair is an anniversary concert and celebration marking 15 years of the Harris Center for the Arts bringing performing arts to the Sacramento...
Menopause The Musical is a hilarious musical parody set to classic tunes from the 60s, 70s, and 80s, celebrating over two decades of laughter and...
Elf The Musical is the hilarious and heartwarming tale of Buddy, a young orphan child whose life is changed forever when he mistakenly crawls into...
The Tony Award-winning Best Musical returns in an all-new tour direct from Broadway. This groundbreaking twist on The Wizard of Oz features an iconic score...
Based on Tim Burton's beloved film, this hilarious musical tells the story of Lydia Deetz, a strange and unusual teenager whose whole life changes when...
The Tony Award-winning original Broadway sensation returns to the road, celebrating 20 years. The show goes behind the music and inside the story of Frankie...
STOMP is explosive, inventive, provocative, witty, and utterly unique—an unforgettable experience for audiences of all ages. The international percussion sensation has garnered armfuls of awards...
Waitress follows Jenna, a waitress and expert pie-maker who dreams of escaping her small town and rocky marriage. The musical features original music and lyrics...
by Courtney Symes - May 31, 2026
Capital Stage once again demonstrates its dedication to producing works that illuminate the intricacies of human relationships. Christine Quintana’s Espejos: Clean is a powerful production that explores assumptions and identity through storytelling in both English and Spanish. Director Dena Martin...
by Courtney Symes - May 17, 2026
Great Scott! Our 1985 memories have zoomed into town on the back of the much-anticipated tour of Back to the Future: The Musical. Based on the hit motion picture, the bones are the same: small-town dreamer Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time by his eccentric scientist friend Doc Brown, whe...
by Courtney Symes - May 12, 2026
Old Hollywood continues to captivate us, and few shows evoke the magic like Sunset Blvd. It transports audiences back to a forgotten time filled with silent films, sweeping glamour, and gilded opulence. In Women’s Theatre Collective’s (WTC) latest production, co-directors Alison Gilbreath and Je...
by Courtney Symes - May 08, 2026
Forty years celebrating the iconic B St. Theatre continues with Franklinland, an engaging exploration of power, legacy, and the bonds between father and son. Lloyd Suh’s play about the complexities of Benjamin Franklin has an emotional core that centers on the volatile relationship between the fou...
by Courtney Symes - May 08, 2026
Lincoln Theatre Company continues its successful season with a staple: Neil Simon’s Brighton Beach Memoirs. This production is an impressive reminder of how powerful local theatre can be when every piece comes together, and this company always delivers. Director Yolla Ryder has ensured that this s...
by Courtney Symes - May 03, 2026
Big Idea Theatre continues its exciting 2026 season with a classic -- Henrik Ibsen’s 1891 work, Hedda Gabler. The show remains an unsettling study of human psychology, and director Sasha Kostyrko offers a look into what happens when naivete meets cunning, and societal expectations don’t go as an...
by Courtney Symes - April 29, 2026
Audiences can never get enough of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, as evidenced by its continuing popularity since its 1957 premiere. It’s always a feel-good choice, and Dixon Community Theater leans fully into the show’s warmth, humor, and heartfelt message of kindness. From the opening ...
by Courtney Symes - April 21, 2026
The Gospel of Matthew is alive and well on stage at Folsom Lake College, as Falcon’s Eye Theatre presents Godspell. In 1971, composer Stephen Schwartz (Wicked) and writer John-Michael Tebelak introduced their show that reimagines the Gospel through a series of parables, songs, and storytelling. Th...
by Courtney Symes - April 12, 2026
It’s time to “Jam” at Broadway Sacramento, with the four-time Tony Award winning MJ the Musical. With a book by Pulitzer Prize-winner Lynn Nottage and choreography by Christopher Wheeldon, this National tour is a high-energy visual spectacle that checks all the boxes for pure, unadulterated en...
by Courtney Symes - April 08, 2026
In its latest celebration of women, Women’s Theatre Collective (WTC) is staging Brian Friel’s hauntingly beautiful memory play, Dancing at Lughnasa. Set in Ballybeg, Ireland, in 1936, it follows a summer in the lives of the five Mundy sisters as told by the narrator, Michael....
Past Shows
Singer, pianist, composer, bandleader and three-time GRAMMY-winner Bruce Hornsby performs at the Harris Center in Folsom alongside his longtime six-piece band, The Noisemakers. The set...
R.E.S.P.E.C.T.: A Celebration of the Music of Aretha Franklin is a tribute concert that honors the legacy of the Queen of Soul. This one-night-only event...
Harris Center for the Arts presents the Tony and Grammy-winning musical DEAR EVAN HANSEN from January 28 to February 2, 2025. This poignant story follows...
Now one of the most performed shows in America, Seussical is a fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza! Tony winners, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (Lucky Stiff, My Favorite Year,...
Michael Feinstein brings his tribute to Tony Bennett to the Harris Center for the Arts in a special performance featuring the Carnegie Hall Ensemble on...
A baking contest — and a satisfying encounter with someone new — offers Jenna a way up and out of a rocky marriage…by baking the...
“What a delight it is to enter the world of Once On This Island!” raves The New York Times. Winner of the 2018 Tony® for...
Directed and choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon, and a beloved musical score from Ira and George Gershwin, “this gorgeously danced — and just plain gorgeous —...
Winner of the Tony® and Grammy® Awards, this true story of King’s remarkable rise to stardom - from part of a hit songwriting team to...
Hard to describe, easy to love! They decorate canvases with paint spit from their mouths; they play Cap’n Crunch cereal boxes like drums; and they...
The 20th Anniversary tour of RENT comes to the capital region—and to the intimacy of Harris Center’s Stage One. RENT opened on Broadway in 1996,...
Every time they take the stage at the Harris Center they rock the house, and every time they teach us all something new about the...
It began as an Academy Award-winning film, then an Emmy-winning TV series and then on to the stage as riveting musical theatre—all conceived and developed...
Rhapsody & Rhythm is the definitive Gershwin concert experience – a unique and entertaining multimedia musical celebration! Thanks to unprecedented access to the Gershwin archives,...
The Harris Center is very proud to present this world-class performance of Handel’s Messiah, which promises to be a high point for the capital region...
As “a future Country Music Hall of Famer” (Los Angeles Times), Clint Black’s continued success can be attributed to his deep sense of country music...
She and her family sang for Martin Luther King, Jr., Bob Dylan proposed marriage to her, and David Bowie and Prince were both huge fans....
American pianist Jeffrey Siegel has been a soloist with the world’s great orchestras and has collaborated with many of the pre-eminent conductors of our time....
"One of the finest singer-songwriters in America" (Guardian), Iris Dement is “the best singer I’ve ever heard” (Merle Haggard), and she makes her Harris Center...
Five-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee Mary Chapin Carpenter hits the road in 2016, performing timeless hits from her expansive...
Founded in 1959, this company and its family-friendly performance epitomizes the thrilling combination of strength, agility, and balance that forces an audience to hold its...
A spiritual yet adventurous meeting of three masters of magical instruments, which the group describes in terms of the elements: the 21-string kora is imagined...
Formed in 1965, this now legendary California band quickly discovered their forte—they sounded like the Beach Boys! That sound led them to surf music icons...
The much-loved parody returns to Harris Center for four fully staged performances. Described as the hilarious celebration of women and The Change, "it's impossible not...
American Legend will take you on a musical journey with original country artists who influenced Cash’s writings and sound, including the Carter Family and Hank...
A stage full of smiling performers, moving in a gentle synchronicity, celebrating Hawaiian culture in general and hula as an art form in particular. Featuring...
Travel down the rabbit hole and join Alice, one of literature’s most beloved heroines, in her madcap adventures. Featuring updated songs from Disney’s thrilling animated...
What do you get when you combine all the smash hit music of two great American classic rock artists BOSTON and STYX into one power-packed...
Unprecedented, unrivaled and uninhibited, the impact of José Hernández and his Sol de Mexico® on mariachi and all music is undeniable. After forming Mariachi Sol...
The Los Lonely Boys tale to date is already stuff legends are made of: playing behind their father as kids in cantinas and honky-tonks, then...
Two-time Grammy winner Taj Mahal is one of the most prominent and influential figures in blues and roots music. His insatiable interest in musical discovery...
Keyboard Conversations® are concerts with lively commentary. Prior to performing each work, internationally acclaimed pianist Jeffrey Siegel briefly, and in non-technical language, engagingly speaks about...
Join international pop singer George Perris for his Northern California debut featuring selections from his new album "Picture This." Born in Athens, the classically trained...
Videos
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Rent Davis Musical Theatre Co (6/26-7/19) |
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Don't Touch My Hair Celebration Arts (6/12-6/28) |
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Rent Davis Musical Theatre Company (6/26-7/19) |
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Alice in Wonderland - Free Theater in the Park John Hinkel Park (7/03-7/03) |
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PRIMARY TRUST By Eboni Booth B Street Theatre (10/07-11/01) |
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RENT Davis Musical Theatre Company (6/26-7/19) |
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2026 Night Nation Run - Los Angeles, CA Fairplex (11/07-11/07) |
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Great Balls of Fire The East Sonora Theatre (7/24-8/09) |
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La Cage Aux Folles (The Bird Cage) The Nevada Theatre (5/29-6/20) |
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'TIS THE SEASON: BEST OF! By B Street Theatre B Street Theatre (12/05-12/20) |
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