February 14, 2020 | Jeff Hudson
“Alabaster,” a new play by Sacramento’s Capital Stage, features talking animals on an obscure farm in Alabama. CapRadio Theatre Critic Jeff Hudson says it’s an absorbing trip into the lives of characters who are well worth meeting.
December 13, 2019 | Jeff Hudson
Sacramento’s Capital Stage is presenting another holiday season play recalling British writer Jane Austen. Critic Jeff Hudson says this nimble production will particularly appeal to fans of PBS serials like “Downton Abbey” and “Upstairs, Downstairs.”
September 19, 2019 | Jeff Hudson
The Capital Stage production of "Between Riverside and Crazy," about a retired black cop and the diverse assortment of locals who visit his apartment, continues through Sept. 29 in Sacramento.
August 2, 2019 | Jeff Hudson
The Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival provides a funny, fiesty performance of "The Taming of the Shrew," with director Sara Bruner at the helm.
July 23, 2019 | Jeff Hudson
Think of “Million Dollar Quartet” as a nostalgic two-hour party in the great outdoors, studded with classic tunes by Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.
July 12, 2019 | Jeff Hudson
The Davis Shakespeare Festival’s production of “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” runs through Aug. 3 at the Veterans Memorial Theatre in Davis.
July 10, 2019 | Jeff Hudson
The Broadway at Music Circus production of “The Drowsy Chaperone” continues through Sunday, July 14 at the Wells Fargo Pavilion.
July 5, 2019 | Jeff Hudson
The Davis Shakespeare Festival impresses with its staging of “The Tenth Muse,” a new drama featuring an all-female cast set in colonial Mexico.
June 12, 2019 | Jeff Hudson
Chances are you know the story, but for the uninitiated, this is a comedy that stands fairy tale traditions on their head.
May 21, 2019 | Jeff Hudson
It almost resembles a whodunnit, because each character presents a slightly different version of what’s really going on.
