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Review: AMERICAN FAST Lights the Beam at Capital Stage Photo
Review: AMERICAN FAST Lights the Beam at Capital Stage
by Courtney Symes - Feb 3, 2024

Capital Stage is starting the new year off with a winner. American Fast. by Kareem Fahmy, is making its Sacramento premiere and running through February. Its themes of competition, self-reflection, and navigating relationships are particularly relevant, as many immigrants struggle to honor familial traditions while finding their own way in contemporary society.
Sacramento Premiere of AMERICAN FAST Begins January 24 At Capital Stage Photo
Sacramento Premiere of AMERICAN FAST Begins January 24 At Capital Stage
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 13, 2024

AMERICAN FAST by Kareem Fahmy at Capital Stage is coming to Sacramento. Don't miss this exciting premiere starting on January 24, 2024.
Last Chance to Vote for the BWW Sacramento Awards; Voting Ends 12/31 Photo
Last Chance to Vote for the BWW Sacramento Awards; Voting Ends 12/31
by BWW Awards - Dec 26, 2023

It's the final week left to vote for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Sacramento Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
2 Weeks to Vote for the BWW Sacramento Awards; LIZZIE: THE MUSICAL, THE GHOST OF WOOD Photo
2 Weeks to Vote for the BWW Sacramento Awards; LIZZIE: THE MUSICAL, THE GHOST OF WOODLAND OPERA HOUSE, Legacy Stage & More Lead!
by BWW Awards - Dec 18, 2023

There's just two weeks left to vote and we have the latest standings as of Monday, December 18th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Sacramento Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
BroadwayWorld Sacramento Awards December 5th Standings; JERSEY BOYS Leads Best Musica Photo
BroadwayWorld Sacramento Awards December 5th Standings; JERSEY BOYS Leads Best Musical!
by BWW Awards - Dec 5, 2023

It's December, and the first standings of the month have been announced as of Tuesday, December 5th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Sacramento Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
Latest Standings Announced For The 2023 BroadwayWorld Sacramento Awards; EMILIA Leads Photo
Latest Standings Announced For The 2023 BroadwayWorld Sacramento Awards; EMILIA Leads Best Play!
by BWW Awards - Nov 27, 2023

Happy Holidays! The latest wave of standings have been announced as of Monday, November 27th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Sacramento Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
Review: Sacramento Theatre Company Celebrates Neurodiversity With THE CURIOUS INCIDEN Photo
Review: Sacramento Theatre Company Celebrates Neurodiversity With THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME
by Courtney Symes - May 9, 2023

Sacramento Theatre Company’s season of Curiosity, Intrigue, and Suspense is coming to a close with its much-anticipated portrayal of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Based on the best-selling novel by Mark Haddon and adapted for the stage by Simon Stephens, this show provides an intimate look into a small sliver of the vast world of neurodivergence. It opened on Broadway in 2014 and won five Tony Awards, including Best Play and Best Scenic Design. It is an excellent example of narrative storytelling, examining difficult relationships and everyday struggles of both the differently and typically abled by showing that we are all, ultimately, more alike than not.
Last Chance To Vote For The BroadwayWorld Tampa Awards; LIGHTS, STAGE, SING CABARET L Photo
Last Chance To Vote For The BroadwayWorld Tampa Awards; LIGHTS, STAGE, SING CABARET Leads Best Musical!
by BWW Staff - Dec 27, 2021

This is the last chance to vote for the 2021 BroadwayWorld Tampa Awards! The 2021 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.
Final Weeks To Vote For The BroadwayWorld Tampa Awards; Broadway Everyday Star Theate Photo
Final Weeks To Vote For The BroadwayWorld Tampa Awards; Broadway Everyday Star Theater's LIGHTS, STAGE, SING CABARET Lead Best Musical!
by BWW Staff - Dec 20, 2021

Time is running out to vote for for the 2021 BroadwayWorld Tampa Awards! The 2021 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.
Nominees Announced For the 2020 Theatre Tampa Bay Awards Photo
Nominees Announced For the 2020 Theatre Tampa Bay Awards
by Stephi Wild - Oct 3, 2020

The nominees have been announced for the 2020 Theatre Tampa Bay Awards! 25 plays and 5 musicals were eligible for nomination before the remainder of the 2019-2020 season was cancelled in March.
BWW Review: SILENT SKY  at American Stage A Cosmic And Timeless Love Story, Where Pow Photo
BWW Review: SILENT SKY at American Stage A Cosmic And Timeless Love Story, Where Powerful Women Take A Stance
by Drew Eberhard - Dec 3, 2019

An old fashioned hearing aid and a strong willed woman at its helm with dreams as big as the universe she wishes to discover is one of many centralized themes presented in this brilliant staging of Lauren Gunderson's Silent Sky at American Stage Theatre. At the center of the stage two desk faced by numerous books on shelves in a workspace for women at Harvard University, where women are paid a mere .25 cents on the hour to a?oecomputea?? and manually log the patterns of stars in the galaxy given on glass plates by their male counterparts. At this point in Harvard's history women were not allowed to work alongside the men no matter their prior education or status. Men had their place, and women had theirs and men liked to make sure the women knew their place in the hierarchy. It was one women's dream to be credited amongst the likes of men in the Astrology department, and through sheer will power she set out to prove just that.
BWW Previews: SILENT SKY IS STORY OF FEMALE ASTRONOMERS at American Stage Photo
BWW Previews: SILENT SKY IS STORY OF FEMALE ASTRONOMERS at American Stage
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - Nov 18, 2019

During the holiday season, Lauren Gunderson's Silent Sky opens at American Stage. Sometimes described as the Hidden Figures of astronomy, like Katherine Johnson in the 2017 movie, Henrietta Leavitt received little credit for her discovery.
Photo Flash: Get a First Look at American Stage Theatre Company's SILENT SKY Photo
Photo Flash: Get a First Look at American Stage Theatre Company's SILENT SKY
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 11, 2019

When Henrietta Leavitt begins work at the Harvard Observatory in the early 1900s, she isn't allowed to touch a telescope or express an original idea, and instead must chart the stars for a renowned astronomer. In her free time, while she attempts to measure the light and distance of stars, she must also take measure of her life on Earth and balance her dedication to science with with family obligations and the possibility of love.
Review Roundup: Berkeley Rep's METAMORPHOSES Photo
Review Roundup: Berkeley Rep's METAMORPHOSES
by Alan Henry - Feb 8, 2019

Berkeley Repertory Theatre's Metamorphoses is now on stage. This co-production with the Guthrie Theater is led by nationally and internationally renowned writer and director Mary Zimmerman. 
Berkeley Rep Extends METAMORPHOSES For Two Weeks Photo
Berkeley Rep Extends METAMORPHOSES For Two Weeks
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 7, 2019

Following an overwhelmingly positive response from audiences and critics alike, Berkeley Rep has announced that Metamorphoses, directed by Mary Zimmerman, will extend for an additional two weeks. The popular show will now run through Sunday, March 24.
Photo Flash: Get A First Look At Berkeley Rep's METAMORPHOSES Photo
Photo Flash: Get A First Look At Berkeley Rep's METAMORPHOSES
by Alan Henry - Feb 4, 2019

BroadwayWorld has a first look at Berkeley Repertory Theatre's Metamorphoses. This co-production with the Guthrie Theater is led by nationally and internationally renowned writer and director Mary Zimmerman. Check out the photos below!
BWW Review: L. Peter Callender is Stunning in Stephen Adly Guirgis' Pulitzer Prize Wi Photo
BWW Review: L. Peter Callender is Stunning in Stephen Adly Guirgis' Pulitzer Prize Winning BETWEEN RIVERSIDE & CRAZY at American Stage
by Peter Nason - Oct 14, 2018

The Tampa Bay Area Premiere of a show that is heartbreaking and funny, and that features one of the finest performances local audiences have seen in quite a long time.
Theatre Bay Area Announces 2018 TBA Awards Finalists Photo
Theatre Bay Area Announces 2018 TBA Awards Finalists
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 27, 2018

Theatre Bay Area, the third-largest regional theatre service organization in North America, announced the finalists for the 2018 TBA Awards. The fifth annual TBA Awards Celebration will be held on Monday, Nov. 5 at the Herbst Theatre (401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco). Tickets for the public go on sale Friday, September 28, 2018, through City Box Office.
Photo Flash: Get a First Look at Stephen Spinella and the Cast of Berkeley Rep's ANGE Photo
Photo Flash: Get a First Look at Stephen Spinella and the Cast of Berkeley Rep's ANGELS IN AMERICA
by Julie Musbach - Jan 31, 2018

Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning masterpiece finally arrives at Berkeley Rep in its entirety - directed by artistic director Tony Taccone in his 20th anniversary season! BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast of the ambitious production, check it out below!
Stephen Spinella Will Lead Berkeley Rep's ANGELS IN AMERICA Photo
Stephen Spinella Will Lead Berkeley Rep's ANGELS IN AMERICA
by Julie Musbach - Jan 4, 2018

Berkeley Repertory Theatre today announced the full cast and creative team for Tony Kushner's Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, Part One: Millennium Approaches and Part Two: Perestroika.

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