by Courtney Symes - February 25, 2026
My first experience at Lincoln Theatre Company last weekend left me with one question: why did it take me so long? Under new Executive Director Cary Litchford, the arts in Lincoln are continuing to thrive. From first-class hospitality to top-tier performances, this community treasure is something wo...
by Courtney Symes - February 19, 2026
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice! You’ve done it, Sacramento! You’ve summoned the ghost with the most, and you’re going to love every minute of his antics. We first fell in love with him in Tim Burton’s 1988 film, Beetlejuice, starring Michael Keaton as the titular character. Continuing...
by Courtney Symes - February 13, 2026
When depression, art deco, and satirical mischief align, the delight that is The Drowsy Chaperone is born. Rise Up Theatre Company is staging its own vision of this 2006 hit, replete with inspiration drawn from famous dolls and puppets (think Malibu Barbie). Director Peter DeMarzio puts a creative s...
by Courtney Symes - February 10, 2026
Have you ever felt alone in a crowded room? You’re surrounded by people, yet you’re truly by yourself. That’s how Bella Baird, a creative writing teacher at Yale, lives her life. She has hundreds of students, but no friends, no family, no one she can count on. Michael Stevenson directs a compe...
by Courtney Symes - February 05, 2026
As Harold Zidler says, “Welcome, you gorgeous collection of bohemians and aristocrats, boulevardiers and mademoiselles, welcome to the Moulin Rouge!” What a welcome it is. The ten-time Tony Award winner makes its Sacramento debut at Broadway Sacramento in an explosive and sexy celebration of �...
by Courtney Symes - February 03, 2026
The B St. Theatre is kicking off its 40th anniversary season with an ambitious piece, and if you’ve never seen a show there, you should make this current production your first. You’ll become their number one fan, just like Annie Wilkes in this adaptation of Stephen King’s 1987 novel, Misery. W...
by Courtney Symes - January 14, 2026
Broadway Sacramento is starting off the new year with a legend. The Lion King, winner of six Tony Awards, is back in town after seventeen years. The familiar score by Elton John and Tim Rice has been a favorite since the animated version debuted in 1994. Songs like “Hakuna Matata,” “Can You Fe...
by Courtney Symes - December 21, 2025
“God bless us, every one!” Commit those words to memory, for you might be called upon to perform an impromptu Tiny Tim at Sam Kebede’s fantastic adaptation of A Christmas Carol, which is now playing at the B St. Theatre. Sean Patrick Nill directs this lighthearted look at the classic tale that...
by Courtney Symes - December 18, 2025
At a time when many are feeling a fractured sense of community, Capital Stage has brought Lauren Gunderson’s story about human connection to the stage. Under Imani Mitchell’s direction, I AND YOU becomes an anthem for friendship, trust, and embracing vulnerability....
by Courtney Symes - December 09, 2025
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas everywhere you go…especially Broadway at Music Circus. Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, the Musical is here to warm up the holiday season through December 14th. It’s a piece with a book by David Ives and Paul Blake, and music by the prolific Irving...
Past Shows
Music and the Mirror is a dance cabaret celebrating the best of Broadway's dance shows, featuring some of the best singers and dancers the area...
A group of con men attempt to fool a newly-blind woman into handing over a doll full of illegal drugs. When Susy wises up to...
THE SHOW MUST GO ONLINE! is a first-of-its-kind musical, which tells the hilarious story of a group of passionate students desperate to save their drama...
Our Cabaret Series continues with HEAR MY SONG: Musicals of Jason Robert Brown. One of the most prolific songwriter/lyricists of the modern age, Jason Robert...
As Shakespeares most popular playboth during his own Elizabethan era and todaythis tragedy concerns Prince Hamlet and his struggle to exact revenge. Hamlets father, the...
Performed by students from STC School of the Arts, Young Professionals Conservatory, this beautiful and moving play written by Celeste Raspanti is based on the...
Drive down Highway 57 in Grand Ole Opry country and youll come to a filling station run by L.M. and Jim. Across the way is...
Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James LapineThe story of Into the Woods with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book...
Esteemed by many generations of showtune fans, British composer and producer Andrew Lloyd Webber is responsible for such musical gems as Cats, The Phantom of...
Delight with all of the engaging characters from this family favorite classic tale: the Artful Dodger, Fagin, the menacing Bill Sikes, the kind-hearted Nancy and,...
This audience-favorite adaptation of Charles Dickens time-honored tale returns to STCs stages. Its Christmas Eve, and the greedy Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by a succession...
With a vivacious sense of comedy and a uniquely identifiable voice, the great showbiz diva Carol Channings career in theatre, film, and television spanned more...
Trapped in a dungeon, an eccentric old man tells of the adventures of Don Quixote: his campaign to restore the age of chivalry, to battle...
This award winning new play makes its Sacramento premiere this season at STC....
This popular musical returns with additional new material written exclusively for STC by Eric Rockwell....
This world premiere play continues STC’s commitment to produce new works by local artists....
Commemorating the 75th anniversary of Anne Frank first receiving her legendary diary....
Specially commissioned and developed by STC, this dramatic new musical chronicles the true story of the harrowing travels of pioneers who faced unspeakable trials when...
When it premiered in 1944, The Glass Menagerie was a triumph for the American playwright Tennessee Williams, as his first major work to appear on...
STC’s Cabaret Series consists of three professionally-produced Cabarets each year, in which the Main Stage Lobby is transformed into a wonderful performance venue, with seating...
Teeming with shipwrecks, fairies, and magic, The Tempest is considered by many to be Shakespeare’s finest romance. It concerns the deposed Duke Prospero and his...
As the second longest running off-Broadway musical of all time, this popular comedy celebrates that contemporary conundrum known as “the relationship.” Traveling through dating and...
STC’s Cabaret Series consists of three professionally-produced Cabarets each year, in which the Main Stage Lobby is transformed into a wonderful performance venue, with seating...
Cinderella, presented here as a panto, follows a tradition which dates back to 1717, when John Rich introduced the model to British theatre. Pantos present...
Finally, on the Main Stage, we end the season with “Little Shop of Horrors”, the hit musical by Alan Menken (composer of “Beauty and the...
In the vein of the classic Alfred Hitchcock motion picture, this suspense thriller will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very...
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