Now Playing Onstage in Sacramento - Week of 12/23/2012

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It's a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play in Broadway

IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A RADIO PLAY
Capitol Stage
12/18-12/24/2012
Inspired by the classic American film of the same title, It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play is performed as a 1940s live radio broadcast in front of a studio audience. Five actors perform the 50 different characters in the radio play as well as produce the sound effects. Imagine it is Christmas Eve 1946 in Studio A at WBFR in Manhattan, New York. The actors arrive for a special live radio performance of It's a Wonderful Life. You'll hear all your favorites including George Bailey, Mary, Clarence Oddbody, Mr Potter, Uncle Billy, even Zuzu and all the other wonderful characters that make up Bedford Falls.
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SAM BAM'S COMEDY JAM
Punch Line Comedy Club
12/27-12/27/2012
Sam Bam of Stockton works all day on a PG&E line crew before heading out to the clubs where he has perfected a hilarious routine worthy enough to get him into the semi-finals of the 34th Annual San Francisco International Comedy Competititon.
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THE GIFT OF THE MAGI
B Street Theatre
11/17-12/30/2012
Local playwright Jerry R. Montoya ruefully re-imagines O�Henry�s classic tale The Gift of the Magi in a fun, whimsical world of cuddly forest friends. With the Holidays fast approaching, Della and James scramble to find that perfect gift. When each gives up a prized possession to buy the other something special, they discover that love and true sacrifice are the greatest gifts of all. Join them and their faithful friends Winnie and Walter for another heart-warming B Street treat.
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A Pail of Grace by Buck Busfield in Broadway

A PAIL OF GRACE BY BUCK BUSFIELD
B Street Theatre
11/18-12/30/2012
Worldly real estate tycoon John Finuken vows to change his life (and everyone else's) after claiming to see God one frigid winter night outside a Starbuck�s. But few around John are celebrating as sweeping change takes a hilarious hold. Spiritual and material transactions comically blend and swirl down a drain of desire and deceit until all involved must choose between no truth, a truth, or The Truth. Only John Finuken knows the difference.
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PETER PAN
The community theater center
12/26-12/30/2012
Tony Award nominee Cathy Rigby takes flight in an all-new production! Discover the magic all over again of this two-time Emmy winning and two-time Tony nominated attraction of spectacle and fantasy.
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NGAIO BEALUM
Punch Line Comedy Club
12/28-12/30/2012
Ngaio Bealum has recently been seen on 'The Sarah Silverman Program' and was a runner-up in the San Francisco International Comedy Competition. He has also appeared on MTV's 'Half-Hour Comedy Hour,' BET's 'Comic View,' A&E's 'Evening at The Improv,' Comedy Central's 'Comic Justice,' and 'Make Me Laugh.' He was the front-man for the popular 'Wammy Award'-winning San Francisco-based hip-hop band MostChill Slackmob and hosts the popular Cannabis Comedy Festival each year.
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DAT PHAN AND FRIENDS
Punch Line Comedy Club
12/31-12/31/2012
Dat Phan is the original winner of NBC's Last Comic Standing, and is a headlining comedian touring live across the U.S. He has made numerous TV and movie appearances including "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno", "Family Guy" voiceover, "Cellular", and "The Tyra Banks Show". The DVD "Dat Phan Live" was released in January 2010 and is available from Amazon.com. CD "You Touch, You Buy" is now available on iTunes. Preproduction on a movie titled "Yellow Fever" is in the works. Dat was born in Saigon, Vietnam and grew up struggling and poor in San Diego, CA. His culturally insightful comedy inspects ridiculous stereotypes, and shares his experience of being a regular American guy with a Vietnamese heritage. He has been included in The Smithsonian Institution's exhibition of The Top 10 Most Influential Vietnamese-American Individuals.
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