CALIFORNIA MUSICAL THEATRE

California Musical Theatre

Forever Plaid
Opens October 3
Join us for "Forever Plaid," the opening production at the Cosmopolitan Cabaret. "Forever Plaid" is an open-ended run. The first four months of performances will go on sale on Monday, July 14 at 10 a.m. Tickets are available at the Wells Fargo Pavilion, 1419 H Street, or by calling (916) 557-1999. Tickets may also be purchased online by clicking here.

Magic Circle

The Last Night of Ballyhoo
Playing through October 11
THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO takes place in Atlanta, Georgia, in December of 1939. Gone with the Wind is having its world premiere, and Hitler is invading Poland, but Atlanta's elitist German Jews are much more concerned with who is going to Ballyhoo, the social event of the season. Especially concerned is the Freitag family: bachelor Adolph, his widowed sister, Beulah (Boo) Levy, and their also widowed sister-in-law, Reba. Boo is determined to have her dreamy, unpopular daughter, Lala, attend Ballyhoo, believing it will be Lala's last chance to find a socially acceptable husband. Playing at the Tower Theater in Roseville.

Moonlight Swing
October 18 at 8pm
"Moonlight Swing" is a not-for-profit Swing Era big band. With 20 performers including vocal solos and group vocals, the band takes you back to the 1930's/40's as each performance is itself a living-history experience with emphasis on the music of bandleader Glenn Miller including his famous Army Air Forces stateside service band! Playing at the Roseville Theater.

Goldilocks
Playing through November 22
Our Fairytale Production of GOLDILOCKS! Playing at the Roseville Theater.

The Visit
October 25 through November 1
The play centers on the fictional Central-Europea n town of Güllen, which was always formerly a humdrum center of culture but has in the past few decades decayed into bankruptcy. When the play opens, the town is preparing a celebration of the arrival of Claire Zachanassian, a former resident who had since attained an incredibly great fortune and is coming back to visit. She arrives with her fiancé and she announces the true reason she has come to visit: when she was young she was impregnated by her boyfriend Alfred Ill, who, at the paternity suit, denied the charges and bribed two drunks to testify that they had slept with Claire, and she was shamed out of the town and eventually forced into prostitution. Now that she has become rich, she will give the town half of a million, and half a million divided among the citizens, if they kill Alfred Ill, who over the years became one of Güllen's most popular townspeople. Playing at the Tower Theater in Roseville.

Runaway Stage Productions

The Sound of Music
October 31- November 23
The final collaboration between Rodgers & Hammerstein was destined to become the world's most beloved musical. When a postulant proves too high-spirited for the religous life, she is depatched to serve as governess for the seven children of a widowed naval Captain. Her growing rapport with the youngsters, coupled with her generosity of spirit, gradually captures the heart of the stern Captain, and they marry. Upon returning from their honeymoon, they discover that Austria has been invaded by the Nazis, who demand the Captain's immediate service in the navy. The family's narrow escape over the mountains to Switzerland on the eve of World War II provides one of the most thrilling and inspirational finales ever presented in theatre.

Storybook Children's Theatre

The Magic Toy Shop
November 8, 15 & 22
Showtimes: Saturdays, 12pm & 2pm; $5 Admission

B Street Theatre

Go, Dog, Go!
Playing through October 26
By Allison Gregory and Steven Dietz , music by Michael Koerner
Adapted from the book "Go, Dog. Go!" by P.D. Eastman
Dogs of all colors, shapes and sizes dance, sing, work, play, skate and climb through a magical world where dogs are king in this fun and funny adaptation of the popular children's book.

The Seafarer - Part of the "B3 Series"
by Conor McPherson
November 8 through December 13
A chilling play set in a town north of Dublin where 5 hard-drinking Irishmen play a game of poker one Christmas Eve night. The unexpected arrival of a stranger raises the stakes and the men find themselves playing for their souls.
Tony Nomination for Best Play 2008

Capital Stage aboard the Delta King

First Person Shooter by Aaron Loeb - Sacramento Premiere
September 20 through November 2
This 2007 winner of the Bay Area Critics Award for "Best New Play" First Person Shooter takes us inside JetPack Games, a start-up video game company, where the hottest, most violent game on the market has brought instant success to its young tech geniuses. Their celebration fizzles when their game is blamed for a schoolyard shooting. As the young CEO of Jet Pack deals with an impending lawsuit and the father of one of the victims, he must confront whether he bears any responsibility for the events that have unfolded.

Every Christmas Story Ever Told by Carleton, Alvarez & Fitzgerald
September 20 through November 2
One more time! The Capital Stage sell-out holiday hit is back! Part Big Bang, part Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged, Every Christmas Story Ever Told is a fast, fond, and furious look at the holiday traditions we all remember, and a few we'd like to forget. From Tiny Tim to the Grinch, from Frosty to It's a Wonderful Life, nothing is spared in this rollicking tour de farce!