Music

THIS WEEKEND ONLY:

Sacramento Theatre Company    Cabaret Series         You're the Top: A Tribute to Cole Porter

Our 2010-2011 Cabaret Series kicks off this weekend with a tribute to one of the greatest composers of all time.

Spotlighting not only Cole Porter's beautiful ballads like Night and Day and I Love Paris, but also his comic genius and clever rhymes. Featuring several selections from the classic Anything Goes as well as his masterpiece Kiss Me, Kate.

With the genius of Cole Porter and Sacramento Theatre Company's best musical talent, this event should be "easy to love!"

Thursday November 18th 7:00 pm
Friday November 19th 8:00 pm
Saturday November 20th 2:00 and 8:00 pm

For tickets call 916.443.6722
or CLICK HERE

GEMS, Guitar Expressions Music Series at Antiquité Maison Privée    Ross Hammond

GEMS, Guitar Expressions Music Series, will showcase some of the Sacramento region’s most inspired, skilled, and creative guitarists beginning Friday night in Antiquité’s inviting setting.

To kick of the series, Sacramento native and underground jazz innovator Ross Hammond will take the stage on November 19th. Hammond, Sammy Award Winner and the producer of the four-years-running “In the Flow” festival, is one “who can probably express himself with a guitar better than most of us can with the English language,” writes the Sacramento News and Review. Hammond has a “sonic sensibility [that] merges rock, jazz and free improvisation into a cohesive collection beyond category,” says Troy Collins at allaboutjazz.com. Hammond will perform both solo and with Bay area saxophonist, Phillip Greenlief.

Antiquité, at 2114 P St.

 8pm  $10 general admission  Information on this and future GEMS Shows

Theatre

Ongoing:

Sacramento Theatre Company    The Owl and the Pussycat

by Bill Manhoff  directed by Matt K. Miller

"As soon as the curtain rises, the audience finds itself in 1964 San Francisco," with "authentic" set design and costumes, as well as "high production values, great acting and direction." --Sacramento Press review

Wednesdays at 12:30 and 6:30; Thursdays at 6:30; Fridays at 8:00; Saturdays at 2:00 and 8:00; Sundays at 2:00
For tickets call 916.443.6722 or CLICK HERE

B Street Theatre Main Stage      Northport Cottage, by Buck Busfield
WHAT: A World Premiere comedy for the Holidays. A young woman careens towards her past to better understand her present.
RUN DATES: November 14, 2010 through January 2, 2011.
SHOW TIMES: 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays, 2 and 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays, 8p.m. Thursdays/Fridays, 5 and 9 p.m. Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays

Sacramento Press review

WHERE: B Street Theatre Mainstage, 2711 B St., Sacramento
TIME: Approximately two hours, including intermission
COST: $18-$30, $5 Student Rush, $12 Preview tickets
INFORMATION & TICKETS: (916) 443-5300, 

B Street Theatre B3 Series      Well, by Lisa Kron
WHAT: an off-beat, satirical comedy about relationships, healing, and community.
RUN DATES: November 7, 2010 through December 4, 2010.
SHOW TIMES: 7 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Thursdays, 7 p.m. Fridays, 8 p.m. Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays (Matinees occur on selected dates only. Call box office for details.)

Sacramento Press review

WHERE: B Street Theatre B3 Stage, 2727 B St., Sacramento
TIME: Approximately two hours, including intermission
COST: $18-$30, $5 Student Rush, $12 Preview tickets
INFORMATION: (916) 443-5300, www.bstreettheatre.org

B Street Theatre  FAMILY SERIES    Junie B. Jones in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells!

B Street Theatre’s Family Series will open its seventh season with Junie B. Jones in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells!, based on the popular children’s book series Junie B. Jones, by Barbara Park.  In this adventure, the precocious and persistent Junie, in her efforts to create a perfect holiday celebration, is challenged by her nemesis:  the equally mischievous and willful Tattletale May.  Junie B. Jones in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells! is adapted for the stage by veteran children’s playwright Allison Gregory, whose adaptation of Dr. Seuss’s Go Dog Go! was produced as part of B Street’s 2008-2009 Family Series Season. The B Street Family Series previously produced Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business to overwhelming box office success in 2007. Student matinee performances (field trips) have been sold out for the current production since late September of this year. Junie B. Jones in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells! will feature Stephanie Altoltz Megan O’Neill, and company member David Pierini. Michael Stevenson directs.

RUN DATES: November 20, 2010 through December 26, 2010.
SHOW TIMES: 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. 
WHERE: B Street Theatre Family Series Stage, 2727 B St., Sacramento 
TIME: Approximately 90 minutes, including intermission 
COST: $22 adults, $15 Student Rush, 
TICKETS and INFORMATION: (916) 443-5300

Word from B Street is that this is selling quickly.  These are very popular shows so if you can't get tickest for this week reserve now for next week.  

Thanks to each company for press release information.