Insight With Vicki GonzalezHark! The Davis Shakespeare Festival ReturnsJune 27, 2018 | Bert JohnsonThe Davis Shakespeare Festival is back for its ninth summer season with two plays featuring strong female characters. Directors and actors from both casts join Insight to preview this season’s performances. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki Gonzalez'The Duchess of Malfi' Rules The Forgotten Theatre CompanyJune 20, 2018 | Jen PicardThe Forgotten Theatre Company presents "The Duchess of Malfi," a play written by John Webster during Shakespeare’s time about a family torn apart by greed and jealousy, still resonates today. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Arts and LifestyleB Street Air Guitar Comedy ‘Airness’ Is Breezy Fun, But A Bit ThinMay 17, 2018 | Jeff HudsonB Street Theatre likes to begin summer with a comedy on the lighter side. Its new show, “Airness,” is a pop culture confection featuring a mix of eccentric characters dressed as superheroes, pretending to play rock guitar anthems from decades past. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Arts and LifestyleNear-Future Drama ‘Marjorie Prime’ Poses Probing Questions About Impact Of Artificial IntelligenceMay 11, 2018 | Jeff HudsonSacramento’s Capital Stage is presenting “Marjorie Prime,” a near-future drama about an elderly widow, whose family provides her with a holographic version of her late husband, equipped with artificial intelligence and capable of conversation. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Arts and LifestyleSacramento Theatre Company Highlights Strengths Of Old-School Musicals In 'Man Of La Mancha'May 3, 2018 | Jeff HudsonIt's a loveable chestnut, holding up rather well despite the passing decades. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Arts and LifestyleNew Production Of 'South Pacific' Puts Focus On Race And RomanceApril 26, 2018 | Jeff HudsonCommunity Asian Theater of the Sierra is reviving the classic musical, but the show by the region’s only Asian American theater group raises points that were surely important to Rodgers and Hammerstein when they wrote the show nearly 70 years ago. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Arts and Lifestyle'Mothers And Sons' At Sacramento Theatre Company Brings Us Back To The Height Of The AIDS CrisisApril 5, 2018 | Jeff HudsonIt is a small-cast project, and it’s basically a memory play, with several characters reflecting on the early passing of a talented young actor named Andre, who died of AIDS circa 1990. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Arts and Lifestyle'The Arsonists' At Capital Stage Is A Mix Of Crime, Family Values, Music And MysteryMarch 22, 2018 | Jeff HudsonThe production is a hypnotic, surprising journey for the audience. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Arts and LifestyleGandhi Goes (A Little Bit) 'Hamilton' In B Street Theater’s New PerformanceMarch 2, 2018 | Jeff HudsonThe theater company is producing its first production on its larger stage: a musical that introduces the nonviolent ideals of Gandhi to kids. It’s a show that grown-ups will enjoy as well, even if they come on their own. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Arts and LifestyleB Street Theatre Gets Off To Lively Start At The Sofia With ‘Guvnors’February 16, 2018 | Jeff HudsonIn One Man, Two Guvnors, Buck Busfield’s first production at the $30 million Sofia Tsakopoulos Center For The Artist, he takes full advantage of his spacious new digs. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
