There are many tragedies of war. More than enough to go around. They are on the battlefield, of course, but those who fight and live return with wounds both...
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Genuinely moving an audience to tears without violence or manipulation is not easy. However, “Wit,” Margaret Edson’s 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, now at...
Whomever said “dying is easy, comedy is hard,” was half right at best. Comedy is hard, as two shows now on stage prove – one more successfully than the other...
For many Sacramentans, it isn’t Christmastime without a trip to the Sacramento Ballet‘s “The Nutcracker.” For a couple of decades at...
The Bennet Sisters, Jane Austen’s well-loved heroines, are back together to celebrate the Christmas holiday in an imagined sequel to “Pride and...
Next week will mark the 19th anniversary of the closing of Finocchio’s, the fabled San Francisco female impersonators club. One thing it helped to do was...
Anyone who still has doubts about the outstanding quality of Sacramento community theater only has to look at two current productions to see how wrong they are...
Amy Seiwert is a strong dancer, a strong choreographer and founder of her own San Francisco dance company. This week, she tests her strength as artistic...
One very new play (a 2017 Pulitzer Prize finalist) and one old (a 1937 Pulitzer winner) are on local theater stages. The choice is yours. Capital Stage opens...
You might call “Little Shop of Horrors” a guilty pleasure of mine, except that I don’t feel guilty at all about loving it. Here’s why:...
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