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Theater Review: No lie: B-2's 'Pinocchio' a real hoot

"All young boys are scamps in their own ways," kindly old Geppetto says near the start of "The Adventures of Pinocchio," playing at B Street Theatre's B-2 Space. Older boys can be scamps, too, as David Pierini proves with his playful adaptation of the ...

From JIM CARNES, Sacramento Bee,  23 Nov 2009

Tom Arnold is a lovable loser , and open about it

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Tom Arnold is not just a walking contradiction. He’s a sitting, standing, walking and talking contradiction. He’s an award-winning television writer but is better known, in his words, as “the fat, white sidekick” — whether to ...

From JIM CARNES, PopMatters,  20 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Tom Arnold,  Roseanne Barr,  Arnold Schwarzenegger,  Baby Mama,  Chicago Sun-Times

Sacramento's Old Ironsides throws a 75th anniversary party

Oleander, pictured rehearsing in this 1998 photograph, is among local bands that played Old Ironsides when they were getting started. The 75th anniversary party Sunday will feature DJ music from the 1930s to today. Cost: Free admission; food and drinks ...

From JIM CARNES, Sacramento Bee,  20 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Oleander (musician)

For Runaway Stage's 'St. Louis,' costumes make the musical

"Meet Me in St. Louis" has a couple hundred costume pieces, from hats to spats. Tickets: $20 general, $28 seniors, students and SARTA members, $15 ages 12 and under It was two days before the opening of the Runaway Stage Productions musical "Meet Me ...

From JIM CARNES, Sacramento Bee,  20 Nov 2009

Theater Review: Matt K. Miller dives into 'Fully Committed' again for Sacramento Theatre Company

WHEN: Continues at 12:30 and 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays, 8 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays, through Dec. 20 If writing a play for more than three dozen characters all to be played by one actor makes one a sadist, what ...

From JIM CARNES, Sacramento Bee,  16 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Naomi Campbell,  Diane Sawyer,  AARP

Tom Arnold: He's a lovable loser - and open about it

Tom Arnold does stand-up next weekend at Laughs Unlimited in Old Sacramento. Tom Arnold is not just a walking contradiction. He's a sitting, standing, walking and talking contradiction. He's an award-winning television writer but is better known, in ...

From JIM CARNES, Sacramento Bee,  15 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Tom Arnold,  Roseanne Barr,  Arnold Schwarzenegger,  Baby Mama,  Chicago Sun-Times

DVDs to be released Tuesday

I must admit I've sometimes called him SquareBob SpongePants, but I say it with affection. In "SpongeBob SquarePants: Truth or Square," coming Tuesday on DVD, the naive and goofy sea sponge who works as a fry cook in the fictional underwater town of ...

From JIM CARNES, Sacramento Bee,  9 Nov 2009
Related Topics: History Channel

Keeping a stiff upper laugh

John Cleese minister of silly walks and purveyor of other hilarity. WHAT: John Cleese talks about his career in comedy, before, during and after "Monty Python's Flying Circus" WHERE: Mondavi Center, One Shields Ave., at the University of California, ...

From JIM CARNES, Sacramento Bee,  6 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Monty Python,  John Cleese,  University of California,  BBC,  Eric Idle

Theater Review: 'tick ... tick' plays hope against midlife crisis

Connor Mickiewicz, left, Tristan Rumery and Nanci Zoppi star in "tick tick BOOM!" at the Artisan Theatre. It's impossible to watch "tick tick BOOM!" without thinking about its creator, composer and playwright Jonathan Larson, and the potential for ...

From JIM CARNES, Sacramento Bee,  2 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Jonathan Larson,  Giacomo Puccini,  David Auburn,  Proof (musician)

Theater Review: 'View From the Bridge' remains fresh, topical

3 1/2 stars When: 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, through Nov. 15 Where: Chautauqua Playhouse in the La Sierra Community Center, 3525 Engle Road, Carmichael Running time: 2 hours, 10 minutes, including intermission Tickets: $17 general, $1 ...

From JIM CARNES, Sacramento Bee,  2 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Arthur Miller,  Scarlett Johansson,  Liev Schreiber

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