THEATRE GUIDE

Ragtime

Aug 8 – Aug 13

Presented by Broadway At Music Circus

UC Davis Health Pavillion

1419 H St, Sac 916-557-1999

Broadwaysacramento.com

This sweeping musical portrait of early twentieth century America tells the story of three families in the pursuit of the American Dream.

Content Guide: This musical is a look at the early 20th century American experience through the eyes of upper-class whites, Harlem blacks and recent immigrants. An entertaining and moving work, it contains moments of realistic violence and racial slurs.

Rent

Aug 22 – Aug 27

Presented by Broadway At Music Circus

UC Davis Health Pavillion

1419 H St, Sac 916-557-1999

Broadwaysacramento.com

Set in the East Village of New York City, the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical that shaped a generation of audiences is about falling in love, finding your voice and living for today. Featuring songs that rock and a story that resonates with audiences of all ages, RENT has become a pop cultural phenomenon.

Content Guide: Set in New York City’s East Village in the early era of the AIDS epidemic, the musical contains adult language and content, and references to drugs and mild violence.

The 2023 New Comedies Festival

Aug 17 – Aug 20

Presented by B Street Theatre – Mainstage at The Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts

2700 Capitol Ave, Sac 916-443-5300

B Street Theatre’s New Comedies Festival is back! For this fourth annual festival, they asked playwrights from across the country to submit their best brand new, unproduced comedies. After more than 400 submissions and several rounds of review by dozens of script readers, we’ve chosen the top four to receive live staged readings for the first time in our Voris Mainstage Theatre! At least one of these new comedies will be chosen to receive a full B Street Theatre Mainstage production for the 2024 Season! You can see the selected piece from last year’s festival on the Mainstage this summer from July 5th to August 15th – Sarah Groustra’s steamy, heartwarming and hilarious INSERTION. In addition to INSERTION, B Street will produce two additional plays from last year’s festival including RESCUE ME by Company Members Peter Story and Tara Sissom and COSMO ST. CHARLES IS DEAD AND SOMEONE IN THIS ROOM KILLED HIM by Nicole Zimmerer.

The Old Man And The Old Moon

Thru Aug 20

Presented by Green Valley Theatre Company at Big Idea Theatre 1616 Del Paso Blvd, Sac Greenvalleytheatre.com

The Old Man and The Old Moon Book, Music, and Lyrics by PigPen Theatre Co. The Old Man has kept his post as the sole caretaker of the moon for as long as he (or his wife, the Old Woman) can remember. When she is drawn away by a mysterious melody sparking memories of their shared past, the Old Man must decide between duty (and routine) and love (and adventure). Luckily for audiences, he chooses the latter, and what follows is an imaginative sea-faring epic, encompassing apocalyptic storms, civil wars, leviathans of the deep, and cantankerous ghosts, as well as the fiercest obstacle of all: change. Storytelling is enhanced by puppetry, music (with actors playing instruments and singing), shadow, projected light, found objects, and Green Valley’s signature brand of funky, unique spectacle. This whimsical production is intended for adults but appropriate for all ages.

46 Actor Riz of “The Night Of”

48 Apt salon name that puns on a phrase related to navigation

52 Leaf (through)

55 What dogs mainly do instead of sweat

56 “Because ___ so!”

57 Buy’s opposite

59 “___, Nelly!”

63 Apt salon name that puns on a phrase related to tourism

Previous Puzzle Answer

1 Pronounce “sorry” as “thorry,” maybe

2 Tooth trouble

3 Thanksgiving desserts

4 “Sleepless in ___”

5 Make a mistake

6 Himalayan ethnic group

7 Where to sign?

8 Clumsy people

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