February 1, 2017 | Jeff Hudson
Sacramento’s B Street Theatre has a well-earned reputation for staging comedies. But they also stage edgier plays as part of their B3 series. Their current show, "The Christian," is set in a rather uncommon location for a play.
January 26, 2017 | Jeff Hudson
Sacramento’s California Stage is presenting a decidedly odd play about a 600-pound recluse, trying to sort out his troubled life. The play is called “The Whale,” and the script picked up several awards in New York.
September 1, 2015 | Jeff Hudson
Sacramento’s B Street Theatre is premiering a new show by rising playwright Idris Goodwin. The play addresses tough, societal issues through the story of two brothers who have taken remarkably different paths in life.
January 12, 2015 | Gary G. Vercelli
Does 74-year-old Pharoah Sanders still have the magic touch? Our Jazz Director checks out a recent SFJAZZ show for the answer.
December 15, 2014 | Gary G. Vercelli
Jazz Music Director Gary G. Vercelli reviews what might be the jazz concert of the year.
November 13, 2014 | Jeff Hudson
Sacramento’s Capital Stage is staging an adaptation of a literary classic: Leo Tolstoy’s epic novel “Anna Karenina.” CapRadio's Theatre Critic Jeff Hudson says the elaborately-staged show is a feast for the eye and ear.
May 13, 2014 | Jeff Hudson
When you grow up in a tough neighborhood and become a wealthy professional, are you obligated to return and help the struggling community you left behind? That question underlies “Good People,” a probing play now at Capital Stage.
April 30, 2014 | Jeff Hudson
Romans in togas and clever slaves who outwit their masters are the characters in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. It's a Stephen Sondheim musical being remounted now at the Sacramento Theatre Company. Critic Jeff Hudson has a review.
April 18, 2014 | Jeff Hudson
The current show at Sacramento’s California Stage is set in Louisiana bayous. It contrasts an aging Cajun shrimper with his sons. Critic Jeff Hudson reviews The Vanishing Point.
April 1, 2014
An unusual relationship between a 91-year-old woman and her 21-year-old grandson -- who’s in the midst of a cross-country bicycle trip -- is the focus of this Pulitzer-nominated drama. It glitters with uncommon insights about life and death.
