Sacramento Theatre Newsroom

Festival Napa Valley is introducing a “Choose Your Price” ticket model for the 2025 Summer Season, a first in the region. Learn more about how to get tickets here!

Experience an evening of nostalgia and cultural celebration in Sacramento with 'Dinner with the Youngers,' featuring live readings and discussions with the cast of A RAISIN IN THE SUN. Learn how to attend.

Michael Giacchino's score for HBO's THE PENGUIN is now available on digital platforms, with a special vinyl and CD release planned for 2025, coinciding with the series finale.

Over seventy years after its initial publishing, C.S. Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe continues to entertain children of all ages. FreeFall Stage is bringing the classic story to life on stage with an adaptation by Joseph Robinette. Director DeeDee Eldridge is at the helm of this project and, when asked why she chose this story to tell, said, “It’s a wonderful, iconic story and it’s been twenty years since I did it with my students.” She has assembled another great cast to deliver Lewis’s message of perseverance, courage, and hope.

Performances of ANNIE JR. will run at the Fresno Memorial Auditorium from December 6-15. Experience the beloved musical brought to life by Children's Musical Theaterworks.

The Stage at Burke Junction announced Anthony D'Juan as its new Artistic Director and unveiled its 2025 season, featuring a mix of contemporary and classic American theater and community performances.

EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE, presented by Valkyrie Theatre Company, will arrive at Cal Cap Black Box Theatre in December. Follow Jamie New's journey to become a drag queen, overcoming challenges with support from his mother and friends.

Sacramento City College's City Theatre will bring a new British Panto to the stage: A Christmas Carol: the Rock & Roll Panto. Learn more about the show here!

The second New Works Showcase for season 2024-2025 features Sacamento area native performer / playwright Stacey Winn, and her new solo show in progress, Openings, on November 18 at 7 p.m. in the Parkview Event Room, Rocklin, California.

When I heard that Celebration Arts was performing a Lynn Nottage play, I knew I had to be there. My first experience with her work was last year seeing Clyde’s at Capital Stage. I was struck by the characters and how they interacted with each other. They were all multi-faceted and so human, filled with joy and flaws. Celebration Arts’ selection, Crumbs from the Table of Joy, is set in a different place and time, yet equally complex.

The numbers vary by source, but over fifty million Americans care for an elderly or disabled family member. Many do so while holding other jobs and receiving no respite. It’s a topic that all of us can relate to in some way. Local playwright Charlotte Higgins, nationally recognized for her other works, addresses this unifying issue in her new play, ROGUES. Director Lori Russo is at the helm of its West Coast premiere at The Stage at Burke Junction.

Broadway in Fresno has announced that tickets for the Tony Award®-Winning electrifying new musical phenomenon SIX by Tony Award®-winners Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss are on sale now.

Join The Sofia Soirée at B Street Theatre for an evening of culture and community support, featuring performances by the B Street Theatre Company and headliner Jackie Greene.

When a show opens with what is widely considered one of the most offensive words in the English language, I’m hooked. Selina Fillinger’s POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive does just that. This Tony Award-nominated work is a genius feminist farce brought to life by director Devin Valdez and a fantastic all-female cast. It also may be my favorite Big Idea Theatre production to date.

Time is running out to submit nominations for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Sacramento Awards. Don't miss Thursday's October 31st deadline!

Writers & visual artists, musicians & singers, comedians and actors will come together to share their creativity on the “open stage,” Sunday, October 27, to celebrate the final Collaboration LAB of 2024, as this new work & talent incubator and networking program completes its fifth year of service to the area.

New Village Arts has announced its 2024 holiday musical MIRACLE ON 34th STREET: A LIVE MUSICAL RADIO PLAY to be performed on the Ray Charles Stage in the Conrad Prebys Theatre at the Dea Hurston New Village Arts Center.

Two of Sacramento’s most visible theatre professionals have come back to the local theatre community after a brief absence. Michael Laun and Natasha Hause were integral to the staging of numerous successful pieces at the former Sacramento Theatre Company. After STC’s dissolution, they both enjoyed success with Sierra Repertory Theatre in last fall’s production of The Graduate.  Now, they’re putting their names back in the spotlight in a joint venture: a fresh and dazzling new project, Diamond Stage Company. Natasha and Michael spoke to BroadwayWorld about their new theatre company and their plans for the future.

Admittedly, I have a soft spot for stories about the Asian-American experience. Korea, in particular, has always fascinated me. When I was growing up, I heard my mother’s stories about her life in Korea and the challenges she encountered as an immigrant to the United States. My grandmother’s hardships were worse. Entering the United States as an adult was a culture shock. A new language, different customs, and a life that was completely unrecognizable from the one she had known for thirty years took a toll. I wish I had listened more and asked more questions. She was lonely and yearned for companionship with someone who understood her unique position, much like the two characters in Lloyd Suh’s poignant take on friendship, The Heart Sellers. Its Northern California premiere is happening now at Capital Stage, after which it will then go on to two other Bay Area theatres in a triple co-production.

Explore the West Coast premiere of ROGUES by Charlotte Higgins at The Stage at Burke Junction. Opening October 5, 2024, this play offers a raw, humorous look at the lives of caregivers. Directed by Lori Russo.

Time is running out to submit nominations for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Sacramento Awards. Don't miss next week's October 31st deadline!

The Harris Center for the Arts and the California Gold Country Region of the American Red Cross announced a partnership during the production of COME FROM AWAY, highlighting community collaboration.

There are just two weeks left to submit nominations for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Sacramento Awards. The 2024 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024.

Thanks to festivals and features in movies, bluegrass music is enjoying a rise in popularity that was originally eclipsed by the rise of rock music. The nostalgia for old-time America mixed with honest lyrics add to its appeal. Coming up on October 15, The Sofia is hosting Damn Tall Buildings. The group is comprised of only three members: Avery Ballotta, Max Capistran, and Sasha Dubyk. They’re a damn good bluegrass band, and BroadwayWorld spoke to violin player and vocalist Avery Ballotta about their tour, what bluegrass means to them, and how you'll have a damn great time at their show.

Going into this election season is a perfect time to reflect upon what our country means to us. What are our values and how have we changed over the past four years? Our democracy has been, in the past, a utopian ideal that was modeled by others. More recently, it seems that we are the ones catching up as countries adopt new constitutions or reform old ones. Can we agree on the changes needed to update a centuries-old document? That’s the idea at the crux of Heidi Schreck’s Tony-nominated play, What the Constitution Means to Me, which is playing now at the B St. Theatre.