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March / April 2014

SAVION GLOVER THE LEGENDARY MASTER OF TAP RETURNS

BOBBY BONES An Interview with America’s Trending Country Music Radio Host THE MUSIC MAN Six Things You Probably Don’t Know About This Iconic Show UPCOMING SHOWS GUIDE The online guide for major shows in the area 1

IN THIS ISSUE: 10 Questions with Nationally Syndicated, Country Radio Host, Bobby Bones. . . 4 Bring It On Makes its Cap City Debut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Dangerous Waters in Folsom: A Premier Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 The Official Big Day of Giving 2014 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Diavolo Thrills With a Unique Approach to Dance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Savion Glover Returns to the Harris Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 A Music Man You Never Knew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 The Guide to Upcoming Shows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Great entertainment at Harris Center, Thunder Valley Casino Resort, Jackson Rancheria and in your community STAGEPASS IS PUBLISHED SIX TIMES A YEAR BY SENTIUM STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS. SUBSCRIPTIONS: YOU CAN GET A FREE SUBSCRIPTION TO STAGEPASS AT WWW.STAGEPASSMAGAZINE.COM

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10 QUESTIONS

with Nationally Syndicated, Country Radio Host

Bobby Bones In January, a new country music station went on the air in Sacramento. B92.5 FM bills itself as “Today’s Country”. . .

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. . . ANCHORING THE STATION DURING THE MORNING DRIVE is

the nationally syndicated, “Bobby Bones Show” from Nashville.

Bobby Bones has been in radio since he was 17. Now Bobby hosts the USA’s biggest country morning show together with co-hosts and good friends Amy, Lunchbox, Ray, Digital Eddie and Executive Producer Alayna.

A favorite in the Austin market, Bobby has won “Austin Radio Personality of the Year” for the past three years. He also hosts a national sports radio show on Fox Sports Radio with good friend and professional tennis player Andy Roddick.

Bobby does a lot of selfies with his dog, Dusty.

We caught up with Bobby and asked him about his show, working with some of the biggest names in country music and his dog recording public service announcements for the American Red Cross.

Q. HOW DID YOU COLLECT THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE WILLING TO COMMIT TO RADIO FIVE DAYS A WEEK? DID YOU COLLECT THEM LIKE STRAY DOGS?

I whistled – I had a dog whistle – and they just came running.

No, my main co-host, Amy, is one of my best friends in my whole life. I met her at a restaurant in Texas.

I was getting my oil changed, and we struck up a conversation, and I

my old television producer and my best friend. Over time, we all came together.

Q. HOW DID YOU GET GOING ON THE COUNTRY MUSIC SCENE?

I grew up in Arkansas, and when you grow up in Arkansas, that’s the country scene. I always wanted to be on the radio, and I went to the country station locally and tried to get a job for forever. I was only 16 or

on my show is ‘‘EVERYONE someone who has NEVER WORKED IN A RADIO

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STATION in their life.

thought she was so interesting.

She’s so funny, so open and honest about everything, from what’s happening in her personal Q. THE MORNING SHOW IS life to even her religious views, and BLOWING UP IN COUNTRY RADIO she’s non-apologetic, but so sweet.

STATIONS IN ABOUT 60 MARKETS She quit her sales job to come and NOW. WHAT SHOULD LISTENERS work for me and do a radio show.

EXPECT WHEN THEY DIAL IN? And another friend–his name is Everyone on my show is someone Lunchbox. who has never worked in a radio I met him in a bar with some station in their life. They’re all just buddies. I just thought he was my best friends in life. The show obnoxious but so funny yet still sounds like a group of friends warm, and so I said, “Hey, why don’t hanging around, talking with you come on for a couple of days,” microphones in the room. and he did. He was a delivery driver.

Sometimes it comes off as quite Eventually, I got him to quit his job unpolished. I think it’s very authentic at Jason’s Deli. because they don’t know what My executive producer and head they’re supposed to say on the radio audio producer are former interns. because they’ve never been on the My head video and editing guy is radio before.

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17 years old. They wouldn’t hire me.

So, I went to the top 40 station, and they hired me to clean, not even to be on the air. I started cleaning the front lobby and before I knew it, I was on the air.

I graduated college and started to do a morning show at 22 in Austin.

I would bring country artists onto the top 40 show. The suits would say, “Hey, you’re a top 40 show; why are you bringing in country artists?” And I was like, “Well, I love country music, and I don’t think people are just oneformat people.”

I think I got in trouble five or six times for doing that before they finally said, “Why don’t we just put you on a country station?”

Q. A LOT OF WORK GOES ON

catching up with everything till 3:30.

I put together my entire show.

BEHIND THE SCENES TO DO A My staff knows nothing about SHOW. TALK ME THROUGH YOUR what’s happening on the show. I TYPICAL DAY. Oh, man. I wake up at 3:00 a.m. every don’t give them a sheet of paper. At 4:15, I go into the station, and up morning, and it never gets easy.

I turn on everything, meaning until about 5:00, we’re going pretty television – MSNBC, CNN, FOX News. fast just getting ready.

I finally put the show schedule I have about a 30-minute period of

together around 4:55, we go on at 5:00, and go on until 10:00. We finish up and I’m out by 11:30 or noon.

I’ll come home – run the old dog, take an hour nap, exercise, and then I’m back at it again getting ready for the next morning.

Q. A LOT OF PLACES HAVE UNPLUGGED WHATEVER SHOW THEY WERE DOING TO PLUG YOUR SHOW IN. WHENEVER SOMETHING’S NEW, SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON’T LIKE IT AND COMMENTS TEND TO BE REALLY POLARIZING. WHAT IS IT LIKE TO SIT DOWN AND READ THESE COMMENTS?

Well, it’s probably 9 to 1 people that hate versus people that are going to test us out. It’s tough for us at first, because it does sound a lot different.

I wish I had a big, strong DJ voice.

The only thing I could rely on was wit and trying to be authentic and trying to be funny. Hopefully that works because I couldn’t sound like the guys I wanted to sound like with those big, booming voices.

People do not like change, especially when they’ve had things for so long. However – people have given us a chance.

Once there was a lady in Somerset, Kentucky who called the show because they had their morning guy replaced.

I said, “Hey, I know you don’t like the show, but if you listen to us for two weeks and don’t like the show still, I will drive to Somerset and bring you a hundred dollars, and we will give it to the charity of your choice.” And she said, “Okay, deal.”

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said, “I still hate the show.” So I got in the car, took her a hundred bucks, gave it to the charity.

About two weeks after that, she called and said, “Okay, well, it’s been a month. I like the show now, and thanks for the hundred dollars.”

It’s little stuff like that that. I think we grow on people.

Q. YOU’VE HAD SOME VERY BIG NAMES IN COUNTRY MUSIC COMING THROUGH. ANY FAVORITE MOMENTS ON SOME OF THOSE INTERVIEWS?

Brad Paisley came in and did some John Fogerty. I love to have artists do cover songs, because we can play their singles all day.

David Nail come in yesterday

and did “In the Ghetto,” and Darius came in and did two or three songs.

There’s a group called Dan + Shay. I had made a joke about them on the air saying they sound like Savage Garden with guitars, and so they showed up and played Savage Garden, and it really was a lot of fun.

Q. HAVE THERE BEEN ANY SURPRISES – ANY MOMENTS WHEN YOUR JAW DROPPED?

There are things where I look back and go, “Wow, that was really cool.”

I was on the air, talking about a certain movie and saw Tim McGraw tweet, “Hey, I saw that movie, too.

WISH I had a BIG, strong DJ ‘‘IVOICE . The only thing I could

rely on was wit and trying to be AUTHENTIC...

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Bobby Bones and Luke Bryan on stage.

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WHO’S DOING AN IMMERSION PROJECT? SHE WANTS TO BECOME YOUR SHADOW FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS?

with badges. I was like, “Great. What did I do now?” and they said, “It’s not you. One of our workers hacked into all your files, and we didn’t She basically wants to live with me. know if you want to press charges or She wants to immerse herself in my not.” career, and I said to her, “Are you I got pulled off the air once sure this is a project, and you’re not because the FBI came into the studio and said, “Hey, you’ve got to come with us.” They took me into a room covered in paper, and asked, “Did you threaten the president?”

YOU SURE Turns out a listener got upset at PROJECT IN a comment, created a complete account with my name and LOVE WITH ME threatened the president, hoping I would get in trouble.

YES SURE

Listening to the radio. I agree it was a great movie.” And I’m like, “There’s no way Tim McGraw is tweeting.”

So he calls the request line and I’m like, “Dude, you really listen?”

And he’s like, “Yeah, I listen every morning.” And I was like, “Well, you’ve got to come up here.”

‘Are this is ‘‘aI said to her, and you’re not just ?’ And she said

, she’s

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.

I’m from Arkansas, and I’m a guy who grew up in the South, but I don’t wear a cowboy hat; I don’t wear cowboy boots; I don’t have a big belt buckle. Tim McGraw knew that because he was such a huge fan and he brought me his cowboy hat. He’s like, “I want you to have your first cowboy hat. This is the one I wore all last year.”

Q. RIGHT NOW, DON’T YOU HAVE AN INTERN NAMED MORGAN

Q. YOU DO A LOT OF PUBLIC

just in love with me?” and she said yes, she’s sure.

Talking about stalking stories, I’ve been jumped walking into work before. I’ve been held at gunpoint in my car before, my house broken into.

I’ve had death threats from people when they were going to come to the radio station.

Then someone at the IRS hacked into our files, and one day, I got a knock on the door, and it was people

SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT (PSA) STUFF AND EVEN YOUR DOG DID A PSA FOR THE AMERICAN RED CROSS. SO THE BIG QUESTION IS, IS DUSTY NOW PRESSURING YOU FOR MORE TIME ON THE MORNING SHOW?

Well, I’ve got to say, he’s a very humble dog. Dusty got famous at a very young age, but he’s got his feet firmly on the ground, and he knows where his fame is, and he just hangs out.

And for my co-host Amy, we set the

Bobby Bones gets plenty of face time with Country stars as seen below with crossover phenom Taylor Swift, 14-Gold Record acheiver Kenny Chesny, and best selling country stuperstar Tim McGraw.

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world record for food packing, for an orphanage in Haiti that had no food. We packed over 500,000 meals in an hour. That’s her passion.

Q. I KNOW YOU GET GIFTS ALL THE TIME FROM LISTENERS, RIGHT? WHAT’S BEEN THE WEIRDEST, STRANGEST GIFT THAT YOU’VE GOTTEN?

Well, we don’t eat the food that comes in, as much as we’d like to, because we never know what’s inside it.

People send me dolls with my head on it – almost like they’re voodoo-cursing me.

I get paintings that people have made of me, and it looks like the kid from Mad magazine. I’m like, “Man, do I look like that? Is that what I really look like?”

I don’t see very well. I have darkrimmed glasses, so I get a lot of Buddy Holly stuff; I get a lot of Weezer stuff – both people I love.

We get a lot of prison letters and try to write back to these guys.

Sometimes they get out and we meet them and try to – I wouldn’t say get their life back on track, because we’re just a radio show, but be a small step and some sort of normality for these guys.

Idol now—who is really one of the biggest guys in music, period—I mean he listens to the show. He and Nicole Kidman text me about segments they think are hilarious.

That doesn’t happen anywhere else.

I got PULLED OFF the air once ‘‘because the FBI came into the studio and said, “Hey, YOU’VE GOT TO COME WITH US.

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Q. SO WHAT IS IT YOU THINK THAT MAKES COUNTRY MUSIC SPECIAL?

The artists are so accessible. It’s rare that someone doesn’t come in and say, “Hey, I really appreciate it.

Here’s my cell phone number.”

It’s even true for the big stars – Keith Urban and I text all the time.

A guy like Keith, who is on American

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Darius Rucker just agreed to play a charity show for zero dollars in October for me. It’s that stuff that makes the country community so much cooler and nicer than anywhere that I’ve seen before.

Q. THE LAST THING IS, WHY ARE YOU DOING RADIO VERSUS – I DON’T KNOW – THE 5,000 OTHER THINGS YOU COULD BE DOING?

Well, when I was 5, 6 years old, I was asked, “Hey, what do you want to be when you grow up?” and I had three things listed. I wanted to be a standup comedian, I wanted to be on the radio, and I wanted to be on TV. And I do all three of those things.

I like making people laugh. I find a lot of love through performance.

I had a pretty rough childhood

growing up. I don’t know my dad.

My mom died in her 40s, and she had a lot of issues – substance abuse issues – and I kind of became the parent at a really young age.

So that’s where I find a lot of fulfillment—making others happy, making others smile.

You can hear the Bobby Bones Show in the mornings, Monday—Friday on B92.5 FM. It’s also available online via iHeartRadio.

Bobby Bones — and friends — have a laid back approach to their show that comes from true and lasting friendships within the group.

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HARRIS CENTER FOR THE ARTS AT FOLSOM LAKE COLLEGE PRESENTS

GREAT SHOWS. UP CLOSE! Bring It On: The Musical

Savion Glover’s STePz

Fri, Mar 7; 7:30 pm Sat, Mar 8; 2 & 7:30 pm Sun, Mar 9; 1:30 & 7 pm

Wed, Mar 12; 7:30 pm Thu, Mar 13; 7:30 pm

National Dance Company of Ireland

Rhythm of the Dance

Mon, Mar 17; 7:30 pm Tue, Mar 18; 7:30 pm

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TONY NOMINEE Rock of Ages

Diavolo

Thu, Apr 17; 7:30 pm Fri, Apr 18; 7:30 pm Sat, Apr 19; 2 & 7:30 pm

Fri, Mar 21; 7:30 pm Sat, Mar 22; 1 pm

!

TONY NOMINEE The Pink Floyd Experience

Memphis Fri, May 23; 7:30 pm Sat, May 24; 2 & 7:30 pm Sun, May 25; 1:30 & 7 pm

Sun, Mar 23; 2 & 7 pm

TONY WINNER! Peter and the Starcatcher Tue, Mar 25; 7:30 pm Wed, Mar 26; 2 & 7:30 pm

STARSHIP

featuring Mickey Thomas Mon, Jun 2; 7:30 pm

TONY WINNER!

916-608-6888 HarrisCenter.net

It’s a high-flying journey filled with the complexities of friendship, jealousy, betrayal and forgiveness.

Bring It On: The Musical, inspired by the Bring It On film tells the story of the challenges and unexpected bonds formed through the thrill of extreme competition.

The musical comedy made its

Broadway debut on August 1, 2012 at the St. James Theatre. The production earned Tony® nominations for Best Musical and Best Choreography, and The New York Times called it “Impossible to resist!”

Uniting some of the freshest and funniest creative minds on Broadway, Bring It On: The Musical

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features an original story by Tony Award winner Jeff Whitty (Avenue Q), music and lyrics by Tony Awardwinning composer Lin-Manuel Miranda (In the Heights), music by Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning composer Tom Kitt (Next to Normal), lyrics by Broadway lyricist Amanda Green (High Fidelity) and music

You can see Bring It On: The Musical at the Harris Center Friday, March 7 – Sunday March 9. Tickets at www.HarrisCenter.net

supervision by Tony and Grammy® Award winner Alex Lacamoire (In the Heights). The production is directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Andy Blankenbuehler (In the Heights).

The show features a colorful crew of characters, an exciting fresh musical sound, dynamic

choreography and aerial stunts. It’s emotionally gratifying in its story of redemption, and breathtaking with its amazingly vibrant athleticism.

According to New York Magazine it is “a musical of unexpected charm and wonderfully refreshing.”

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Dangerous Waters is the adventure reality television show that chronicles a crew of five men on four Kawasaki Jet Skis as they attempt to travel through remote and dangerous waterways to be the first team in history to circle the entire planet on personal watercraft.

Their adventures are chronicled in each episode, along with the incredible challenges they face — and ultimately overcome — during their 37,000-mile expedition.

Produced locally by Folsom resident, Steven Moll, Dangerous Waters is available on the MAVTV network which is currently available in 70 million homes globally.

Unlike most men in their early

40’s, Steven has always had a burning desire to do something great, something spectacular, something that no one has ever done before. He threw caution to the wind, sacrificing all of his finances to chase a dream that no one has caught before.

Dangerous Waters is like no other television series in the world.

Over the first two seasons, the rag tag band of brothers has faced mind boggling distances, huge waves, camping at the edge of the world, polar bears, humpback whales, and being “detained” by the Russian military.

The premiere benefit event at the Harris Center on March 16 is an exclusive first peek at the new 14

season of Dangerous Waters.

This season the crew began the expedition far above the Arctic Circle and became the first expedition in history to travel the notorious Northwest Passage.

The crew faced numerous challenges including mechanical issues, extreme weather conditions, enormous distances and an environment that tossed the men and their machines around like children’s toys.

Come experience the Arctic like you have never seen it before, up close and personal with the crew of Dangerous Waters.

At the presentation you will be able to see one of the Dangerous

Waters Jet Skis that was used in the Arctic during the shooting of Season Three.

All proceeds from this year’s premiere screening will benefit; Russell Ranch Elementary School, Vista Del Lago High School, Folsom High School, and the Fregoso Outdoor Foundation.

Dangerous Waters Season Three Premiere Screening performs at the Harris Center Sunday, March 16 at 7:00 PM. Get tickets at www.HarrisCenter.net.

Top right: Breaking through ice floes was only one of many dangers the team faced in Season Three. Right: Team leader Steven Moll during a short break off his jet ski.

Bottom: The team as they continue on their expedition.

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Will it be the biggest day in local philanthropy history?

May 6th may be the most important day of the year for local community nonprofit organizations. It is the official Big Day of Giving 2014.

The Big Day of Giving is a 24hour online giving challenge promoted by GiveLocalNow.org.

Starting at midnight on May 6, the community will come together to support approximately 400 non profits from the region. It is an amazing opportunity to raise unrestricted dollars and shine the spotlight on our vibrant nonprofit sector.

The Sacramento region will join hundreds of community foundations across the country on this day through a national campaign called “GiveLocalAmerica.”

This unprecedented event is a celebration of giving by many donors. Locally it will not just bring additional funding, but increased awareness of the nonprofit sector who work tirelessly to make our community a better place.

Giving challenges are sparking excitement in many other regions around the country, and have raised millions of dollars. It’s now our turn to do the same!

Giving on May 6 will not only show support for our community and the work of non profits, but it

will also be an opportunity to make donation dollars go further.

Many local businesses and organizations have contributed funds to a pool of matching dollars. This means that every dollar donated on May 6 will get a boost from this pool of funds through a pro-rated match.

Last April, GiveLocalNow kicked off the first ever 24-hour online giving challenge for the Arts. The Arts Day of Giving brought together 78 arts organizations for one day and raised over $525,000 in online donations and match dollars.

The Big Day of Giving expands the scope to include many more

nonprofit organizations. The hope is that many more people will contribute to support their favorite charities.

Some of the organizations that will participate in the Big Day of Giving include: the Folsom Symphony, Stages Folsom Dance Arts, Harris Center for the Arts, and El Dorado Musical Theatre.

Watch for more information about participating organizations and how you can help contribute to the cause as we get closer to May 6.

For more information about the Big Day of Giving go to givelocalnow.org.

Diavolo reinvents dance, reimagines theater, and redefines thrills Theatergoers around the world are always wondering what sort of wizardry Artistic Director Jacques Heim will conjure up next for his daring troupe of performers.

Diavolo takes movement, athletics, and daring to the extreme, creating abstract narratives through surreal scenes in which inspiration thrives.

Diavolo company members are dancers, gymnasts, actors, athletes, and above all; teammates. They collaboratively develop work on oversized surrealistic sets and everyday structures.

The structural elements and surrealistic set pieces of Diavolo create a sense of daring and risktaking through dramatic movement that juxtaposes human fragility and survival.

Only through working together with the elements of danger created by and on architectural environments does Diavolo accomplish its metaphors of the challenges of relationships, the absurdities of life and the struggle to maintain our humanity in the shadow of an increasingly technological world.

Due to the unusual and inno-

“Heim puts his feel for props, his knack for kinetic drama and his taste for danger in the service of a metaphor, and the result is dazzling.”

Newsday, New York

vative way that Diavolo works with architectural structures, the creative team at Cirque du Soleil was inspired to hire Jacques Heim to choreograph a show in Las Vegas, entitled “Ka,” which opened in February of 2005 and is still running.

This internationally renowned dance company returns to Harris Center to present two of their recently commissioned pieces, Fearful Symmetries (2010), and Fluid Infinities (2013), all part of L’Espace du Temps, a trilogy of new dance works contracted and performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl.

Diavolo performs at the Harris Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, March 21 and Saturday, March 22. For ticket information go to www.harriscenter.net

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Diavolo uses structure to inform its artistic interpretation of what it means to be human and explores the intricacies of our relationships.

It’s a truly unique and enthralling experience through movement and space.

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Savion G l over Re t urns t o t he Ha r ris Cen t er

TONY AWARD®-WINNING HOOFER,

choreographer and producer presents another exuberant celebration of tap dance with STePz Under the direction of Savion Glover, STePz is yet another spellbinding exhibition of tap dance to sound, and sound to dance.

His latest dance production takes tap dance to new heights and

levels while fusing traditional music selections of the past with the tap style and energy of the future.

Savion Glover’s STePz once again displays the infinite versatility and virtuosity of his genius as a tap master.

“The result,” according to the New York Post, “is a tight show with some of the most skillful tap you’ll 21

ever see.”

Savion Glover is a Tony Awardwinning, dancer, choreographer, and producer. His numerous credits include the Broadway shows The Tap Dance Kid; Black and Blue; Jelly’s Last Jam; and Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk, and the films Tap with Gregory Hines and Sammy Davis Jr.; Bamboozled by Spike Lee; and Happy

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Feet (1 and 2). He is also an Academy Award®-winning choreographer.

It’s hard to believe that Savion Glover is almost forty. He first gained attention in the Broadway show The Tap Dance Kid at the age of ten when, as an understudy, he took over the title role to rave reviews.

In the years since then, he’s appeared in other musicals, won a Tony in his early twenties for his choreography, and done films and TV shows, spreading his particular brand of urban tap to a wide audience.

The Londonist states. “Glover is a master tap dancer and entertainer but most importantly he’s an incredible musician whose instrument is his

entire body channeled through his snap, crackling and popping feet.”

Glover’s style is marked by unpredictability—it’s possible to be lulled by his fine control one moment and jarred by an involuntarily flung arm the next.

There is nothing boring about his dancemaking, and watching his latest piece is like going on every ride at the carnival.

Savion Glover’s STePz performs at the Harris Center for the Arts on Wednesday, March 12 and Thursday March 13. For tickets go to www.HarrisCenter.net

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What happens when a con man who wants to sell band instruments comes to town? Well, you’ve got trouble my friend...right here in River City.

By any reasonable measure, The Music Man is one of the most enduring and popular shows of Broadway’s Golden Age, one that has permeated all realms of pop culture.

The Beatles recorded its eleventhhour romantic ballad (“Till There Was You”) and even performed it in their first Ed Sullivan Show appearance.

Two of its most memorable numbers (“Trouble” and “Shipoopi”) have been lovingly spoofed on The Simpsons and Family Guy respectively.

The Music Man is a timeless musical with book, music, and lyrics

by Meredith Willson, based on a story by Willson and Franklin Lacey.

The plot concerns con man Harold Hill, who poses as a boys’ band organizer and leader and who sells band instruments and uniforms to naive Iowa townsfolk, promising to train the members of the new boy’s band.

But Harold is no musician and plans to skip town without giving any music lessons. Prim librarian and piano teacher Marian sees through him, but when Harold helps her younger brother overcome his lisp and social awkwardness, Marian begins to fall in love. Harold risks being caught to win her.

In 1957 the show became a hit on Broadway winning five Tony Awards. The cast album won the first Grammy Award for “Best Original Cast Album” and was number one on

the Billboard charts for 245 weeks.

In 1962, The Music Man was adapted from the stage for the big screen, becoming one of the biggest hits of the year. It was highly acclaimed critically and was the first film to sell TV rights for over $1 million.

Over and above the statistics detailing its success. There are a few things that almost no one knows.

Here are six fun facts about The Music Man. “Ladies and gentlemen, either you are closing your eyes to a situation you do not wish to acknowledge, or you are not aware of the caliber of disaster indicated by the presence of a pool table in your community!” ~ Professor Harold Hill in The Music Man

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WEST SIDE STORY DIDN’T WIN? West Side Story is considered one of the greatest musicals ever produced. It was nominated for six Tony Awards™ including Best Musical in 1957, but the award for Best Musical went to The Music Man. West Side Story ran for 732 Broadway performances before going on tour. This compares to 1,375 performances for The Music Man— almost twice as many performances.

FRANK SINATRA AS HAROLD HILL? Even though Robert Preston had played the role of Harold Hill on Broadway, Frank Sinatra was Warner Bros’ personal choice to play the leading role in the movie. However, Meredith Willson told them, “No Robert Preston, no movie.”

Cary Grant was also offered the lead role, but told Warner Brothers, “Not only will I not star in the movie,

if Robert Preston does not star in it, I will not see it.”

WHAT ABOUT THE UNEEDA BISCUIT? In the original Broadway cast recording, there was a verse in the song “Rock Island” that goes, “Why it’s the Uneeda biscuit made the trouble, Uneeda, Uneeda, put the crackers in a package, in a package, the Uneeda biscuit in an airtight sanitary package, made the cracker barrel obsolete!”

This verse was omitted from the film version of the song. The Uneeda Biscuit was a revolutionary cracker that promised to be airier, flakier, and crisper than most other crackers. The cracker was kept fresh in a brand new concept of resealable packaging.

Uneeda Biscuit was developed by the National Biscuit Company, nowadays known as Nabisco. Think of that the next time you open up a box of Ritz Crackers.

Shirley’s character, Marian, and his character, Professor Hill, kissed for the first time in the romantic footbridge scene.

He leaned in for the kiss and jumped back, asking her, “What was that?” to which she replied, “That is Patrick Cassidy! Say, ‘Hello!’ “ Years later, her son Patrick had the opportunity to meet Preston. He walked up and introduced himself

MARIAN THE LIBRARIAN WAS PREGNANT? Shirley Jones, who played Marian the Librarian in the movie learned she was pregnant with her son Patrick right after filming had begun.

She met with director Morton DaCosta over lunch to inform him of the situation.

Her concern was that she would begin “showing” during filming. He assured her that they could work through it with costumes and also by filming her from the waist up, if necessary.

He did have one request, that she tell no one about it.

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saying, “Hello. I’m Patrick Cassidy.”

Preston replied, “Yes, I know. We’ve already met.”

DOES THAT SONG SEEM FAMILIAR? If you’re listening to the music during the show and two of the songs seem strangely familiar, you’re not mistaken.

The lyrical ballad “Goodnight, My Someone” is the same tune

as the ever popular “Seventy-six Trombones�. The difference? One is in waltz time and the other is written as a rousing march.

In fact, you’ll hear a mash-up of those two songs later in the second act.

WHAT’S THE CONNECTION TO APOLLO 13 AND THE DA VINCI CODE? Both Apollo 13 and The DaVinci Code were directed by the very talented director and actor, Ron Howard.

Besides being Richie Cunningham in the hit television series, Happy Days, Ron Howard did a number of roles as a child actor. Those of you old enough to remember The Andy Griffith Show will remember him as young Opie Taylor.

In the 1962 movie The Music Man, Ron played Marian’s younger brother, Winthrop Paroo, the shy boy with a lisp.

If you’d like to see The Music Man live on stage, El Dorado Musical Theatre will be performing their production April 25 – May 11 at the Harris Center.

The production features two casts, with all the color, choreography, and quality performances you’d expect from an EDMT performance.

If you haven’t seen The Music Man before, now is an ideal opportunity.

If you remember the show from the past, now is a good time to relive the experience with your friends.

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UPCOMING SHOWS

GUIDE Great entertainment coming to the region

Memphis The Broadway Musical will perform at the Harris Center for the Arts, May 23-2.5

HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE Are you looking for the best entertainment in the area? You’ll find it listed here in the “Guide.”

Along with photos and descriptions, you’ll see our new special link bar that is your key to important information.

The first section tells you where the show is performing; the Harris Center for the Arts at Folsom Lake College, Thunder Valley Casino Resort, or the Jackson Rancheria.

The middle section of the bar is a special link that will take you to the ticket site to check seat availability and buy tickets.

If the third section has a symbol that says, “Play Video” you can click on the link and a special video page will appear. You’ll see a video sample of the show or performer you’re interested in.

choreographies and elements of comedy.

SIRO-A’s biggest live show to date debuted to 30,000 spectators at the Shanghai Expo 2010, where the question came up: “Is that the Japanese answer to Blue Man Group?”

TUE–WED, MAR 4-5 2014 But SIRO-A is anything but a copy. In $25-$45; PREMIUM $55 • STUDENTS WITH ID $12 August 2011, they were invited to take

Harris Center Presents

SIRO-A: THE DIGITAL TECHNODELIC EXPERIMENT

They define their craft– quite audaciously–as “the next generation of entertainment.” Three physical performers and two DJs wield visual projections and mind-blowing optical illusions, combining electro beats with visual effects, motion, light, dance 28

the stage at Edinburgh’s renowned Fringe Festival and earned the “Spirit of The Fringe” award in the process.

So what is it that makes their show so special? SIRO-A is new and varied, innovative and pretty crazy, energetic, cool, and ultimately entertaining. The beat of their electronic music hits a visceral nerve. Their visual effects, grand illusions and choreographed routines are woven together masterfully to create a new live experience.

Having broken the world’s language barrier with their “nonverbal” performance art and physical theatre – it is the ultimate expression of the collaboration between human, Perla Batalla blends vocal artistry with amazing musicianship. technology, and music. Expect to be Tony® Award-winning composer Lin- Harris Center Presents immersed, surprised, and entertained!

Manuel Miranda (In the Heights). Music is crafted by no less than Pulitzer and Harris Center Presents Tony® Award-winning composer FRI, MAR 7 2014 Tom Kitt (Next to Normal), lyrics by $12-$25; PREMIUM $29 Broadway lyricist Amanda Green (High Fidelity). The production is directed and choreographed by Tony® Award winner Andy Blankenbuehler (In the A world-class vocalist, Perla Batalla is a full-throated songstress who FRI–SUN, MAR 7-9 2014 Heights). has worked with Leonard Cohen, $45-$65; PREMIUM $75

PERLA BATALLA

BRING IT ON THE BROADWAY MUSICAL

Bring it On: The Musical

“Impossible to resist!” (New York Times).

Inspired by the film of the same name, Bring It On: The Musical is a highflying journey through friendship, forgiveness and determination, based on the competitive world of high school cheerleading and its over-thetop team rivalries. Here in the capital region for the first time, the Tony® nominated show was created by some of the freshest, funniest creative minds on Broadway. Bring It On: The Musical features an original story

by Tony® Award winner Jeff Whitty (Avenue Q), with music and lyrics by 29

Chamber Orchestra Kremlin

Samulnori

k.d.lang, Nick Cave and Laurie Anderson. Perla inhabits her music completely, and is “An astonishingly rich contralto capable of stratospheric arches of unadulterated emotion” (Songtalk Magazine). With her talented ensemble, “Batalla’s music caresses…a born storyteller with a rambunctious sense of humor.” (Los Angeles Times).

An expert body under the direction of a keen stylist” (Gramophone, England).

“I will wager these Russians are not yet done astonishing us” (Diapason, France).

“Absolutely together throughout, the ensemble playing was stunning.

Three encores emerged through a rapturous ovation” (The Glasgow Herald, Scotland).

Sponsored by Capital Public Radio.

Harris Center Presents

CHAMBER ORCHESTRA KREMLIN MON, MAR 10 2014 $19-$29; PREMIUM $39 • STUDENTS WITH ID $12

Harris Center Presents Aquila Theatre:

FAHRENHEIT 451 MON–TUE, MAR 10-11 2014 $21-$45 • STUDENTS WITH ID $12

Founded in 1991, Chamber Orchestra Kremlin has earned national and international recognition as one of Russia’s leading ensembles. Founded and led by Misha Rachlevsky, “the sound is rich, the playing impassioned, the unanimity impressive; “…a formidable ensemble in more than one sense…

made relevant with superb acting and clever staging,” while The New York Times exclaims “the excellent Aquila Theatre, an extraordinarily inventive and disciplined outfit.”

One of the most revered novels of the twentieth-century, Fahrenheit 451 is Ray Bradbury’s dystopian tale of a bleak future where literature and knowledge are on the edge of extinction. Fahrenheit 451 has been debated for decades. Issues of censorship, the effects of technology on society and literature, and the means by which knowledge is gained continue to be very real concerns today.

Harris Center Presents

SAMULNORI Kim Duk-Soo, Founder and Artistic Director

With its skill at creating innovative TUE, MAR 11 2014 and modern productions of great $19-$29; PREMIUM $39 • STUDENTS WITH ID $12 works of literature, the Aquila Theatre returns, bringing new life to Ray Bradbury’s visionary tale of a society “The four musicians in the Korean engone awry. The New Yorker describes semble known as SamulNori are all Aquila’s productions as “the classics virtuoso percussionists … their drum31

ming – modulated into sounds of any nuance – could lead to total astonishment…highly praised by musicians after its 1983 debut, SamulNori is a complete theatrical experience as well.”

(Anna Kisselgoff, New York Times).

The Korean words ‘samul’ and ‘nori’ mean ‘four things’ and ‘to play.’

In the case of SamulNori, they refer to the original ensemble of four musicians playing and dancing with four percussion instruments (Eight musicians will perform for their Harris Center engagement). Founded by Kim, Duk-soo, the group’s leader and master of the Changgo (hourglass shaped drum), SamulNori has become

the leading traditional Korean performance group. The ensemble performs in many configurations but usually tours as a quartet with Master Kim at the helm. The origins of their music can be traced to what is usually referred to as farmers’ band music (Nongak) and ceremonial music. It also incorporates the influences of folk and religious music (Binari) and their intricate rhythms have become quite uniquely their own. Since these superb percussionists formed the group in 1978, SamulNori has sparked a renaissance in Korea’s music scene and garnered worldwide acclaim.

“SamulNori offers an experience

Below: Master tap dancer, Savion Glover. Below, Right: blues/rock icon Elvin Bishop.

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that matches unsparing energy and technical mastery with a strong sense of spirituality…” (Los Angeles Times).

Harris Center Presents

SAVION GLOVER’S STEPZ WED–THU, MAR 12-13 2014 $25-$45; PREMIUM $55 STUDENTS WITH ID $12

Under the direction of Savion Glover, Savion Glover’s STePz is yet another exuberant celebration of tap dance to sound and sound to dance. In this dance production of Savion Glover’s STePz, Mr. Glover and his ensemble of dancers take tap dance to new heights and levels while fusing traditional music selections of the past with his self-proclaimed tap style and energy of the future. This production of Savion Glover’s STePz exposes Mr. Glover’s capability with all complexities of jazz phrasing, both bass line and melody, the wild improvisations, structures and deconstruction, from departure to

return. Savion Glover’s STePz will once again display the infinite versatility and virtuoso of Savion Glover’s genius as a tap master.

Partners of Harris Center Carrera Productions presents

ELVIN BISHOP & FRIENDS FRI, MAR 14 2014 $25-$35; PREMIUM $45

Watch what happens when a Blues/ Rock icon, a living legend of the Blues and a rising Roots music star unite forces. Surely a night of good times, great vibes, and exemplary music all presided over by the good-humored and congenial ringleader and headliner Elvin Bishop. Special guests include Grammy Award-winner and blues Hall of Famer James “Superharp” Cotton, and Ruthie Foster hailed as a “Blues Powerhouse” whose voice is “a full-on blast of soul and blues…”

Note: Ruthie Foster replaces Paul Thorn who was originally scheduled to perform on this show.

Partners of Harris Center Zonta Club of Greater Sacramento presents

LUNAFEST

SHORT FILMS BY, FOR, AND ABOUT WOMEN SAT, MAR 15 2014 $25 GENERAL ADMISSION STUDENTS WITH ID $12

Above left: Flying Anne, a film by Catherine can Campen is on the lineup for Lunafest.

Above right: An Irish Hooley is the perfect way to celebrate St. Patrick’s day just a tiny bit early.

humor from around the world. Funds raised from this performance go to the Breast Cancer Foundation, Zonta International Foundation and H-TAG (Human Trafficking Awareness Group).

It just wouldn’t be St. Patrick’s Day without honoring the great tradition and the mighty joy of being Irish. With rip-roaring music, song, and dance, Kerry Records presents An Irish Hooley with Slugger O’Toole in celebration of Harris Center Presents St. Patrick’s Day. The seven musicians of Slugger O’Toole return to Folsom for a raucous, rave-up of an Irish night.

Joined by members of the superb SAT, MAR 15 2014 Kerry Dance Troupe, Slugger O’Toole $19-$29; PREMIUM $39 shares their passion for the music of STUDENTS WITH ID $12 Ireland and the Celtic Nations by concocting a heady brew of foot-stomping pub songs, heart-rending ballads

AN IRISH HOOLEY

U P C O M I N G

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THE FAB ULOUS

THUNDERBIRDS Friday 5.17.2014

Frida:3y0 p • Show 7:30 p

Lunafest is a traveling short film festival by, for and about women. Our featured films for the 2013/2014 season include stories of reflection, hope and

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and deft instrumentals. With traditional instrumentation including fiddle, button accordion, mandolin, banjo, bodhran, pennywhistle, flute and guitars, the band thrills audiences with its brilliant close-harmony acapella renditions of the Irish classics that are true to the Celtic core. “Seeing these guys live makes me feel like I’m at a pub in the west of Ireland” (Conejo News Press).

Partners of Harris Center Folsom Lake Community Concert Association presents

BACK ON BROADWAY

SUN, MAR 16 2014 $24-$34; PREMIUM $39

This multi-talented cast of ten brings to life the most popular scenes and songs from the new Broadway.

Dazzling costumes, colorful and quirky scenery and an orchestral sound accompanies the triplethreat performers in full production numbers from shows like The Producers, Ragtime, Legally Blonde, Mary Poppins, Avenue Q, Jersey Boys, 9 to 5, The Addams Family, Mama Mia, and more!

Harris Center Presents

JUSTIN ROBERTS AND THE NOT READY FOR NAPTIME PLAYERS SUN, MAR 16 2014 $15 GENERAL ADMISSION

Grammy™ nominated Justin Roberts is truly one of the “all-stars” of the 35

indie family music scene. He logs thousands of miles on the road each year, leading some to call him the hardest working man in children’s show business. With numerous national awards and recognition and a devoted fan base, Justin and The Not Ready for Naptime Players dish out unexpectedly intelligent and whimsically rocking music for kids and their parents.

This show features a playground full of bright new songs for parents and kids to enjoy together. Explore the joy and freedom of recess, and the marvels of the imagination as school finally lets out for the summer.

Harris Center Presents

DANGEROUS WATERS SEASON 3 PREMIERE SCREENING SUN, MAR 16 2014 $10 GENERAL ADMISSION

An exclusive first peak of the new season of Dangerous Waters. It begins with an expedition far above the Arctic Circle and follows the team as they become the first expedition in history to travel the notorious Northwest Passage.

The crew faced numerous challenges, extreme weather conditions, enormous distances and an environment that tossed the men and their machines around like children’s toys.

Come experience the Arctic like you have never seen it before, up close and personal with the crew of Dangerous Waters.

Harris Center Presents

NATIONAL DANCE COMPANY OF IRELAND

RHYTHM OF THE DANCE

MON–TUE, MAR 17-18 2014 $25-$39; PREMIUM $49

From the creation of Rhythm of the Dance in 1998 (initially the show was set up for a three week tour of the United States) it has toured consistently

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internationally and is achieving greater critical acclaim year after year.

This wonderful show continues to evolve thanks to the constant striving for perfection by its Director/Producer, choreographer and composer. The group strives to keep the show fresh and interesting so that audiences who attend performances regularly will always find some new and exciting elements within the program.

good humor; to the Appassionata, one Harris Center Presents of Beethoven’s most famous “heavenKAREN KNOTTS storming” works, written at the same time as the celebrated 5th Symphony; to the “Sonata Opus 110 in A Flat,” a composition of spiritual exaltation FRI–SUN, MAR 21-23 2014 WED, MAR 19 2014 and profound inner depth, composed $29-$39 • STUDENTS WITH ID $12 $19-$29; PREMIUM $39 • STUDENTS WITH ID $7 after deafness engulfed the composer.

Harris Center Presents Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel

TIED UP IN KNOTTS

THE GLORY OF BEETHOVEN

Bask in the inspiring beauty of Beethoven’s music as Siegel explores the genius of this composer, from the humorous “Sonata Opus 10 No 2,” bubbling over with high spirits and

Harris Center Presents

DIAVOLO FRI–SAT, MAR 21-22 2014 $25-$45; PREMIUM $55 • STUDENTS WITH ID $12

“To say Diavolo is exciting is redundant” (Los Angeles Times). Comprised of dancers, gymnasts, athletes, rock climbers and actors, Diavolo and its large-scale interdisciplinary performances examine the sometimes frightening and often funny ways individuals interact with their environment. In doing so, Diavolo reinvents dance, re-imagines theater, and redefines thrills—taking movement, athleticism and risk to the extreme.

Sponsored by Capital Public Radio.

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for dancing. Sacramento Baroque Soloists explore the scope of this seductive, mystical dance along with its counterparts, the passacaglia and the bergamasca.

and L. Shankar) and artists as diverse as George Harrison, YoYo Ma, Van Morrison, and Mark Morris. A child prodigy, he received the distinct honor of co-composing the opening music for the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 1996.

Sponsored by Capital Public Radio.

Harris Center Presents

THE PINK FLOYD EXPERIENCE

“Her regard for her father is one of warm and considerable affection. It’s obvious that she considers her late dad to have been a great guy” (LAist). Karen Knotts performs her one-womanshow to honor her late father, beloved character actor Don Knotts. Told with affection and humor, her show is a heartfelt behind-the-scenes look at the man who played Barney Fife. It’s also the story of her own life and career as an entertainer growing up in the shadow of one of the most beloved comedy performers of his generation.

Tied Up in Knotts is storytelling, music, Harris Center Presents comedy and multiple characters all performed by Karen Knotts.

Partners of Harris Center Sacramento Baroque Soloists presents

ECSTASY OF THE CHACONNE

SUN, MAR 23 2014 $39-$59; PREMIUM $69

ZAKIR HUSSAIN AND MASTERS OF PERCUSSION SAT, MAR 22 2014 $25-$39; PREMIUM $49 • STUDENTS WITH ID $12

Zakir Hussain is today appreciated $25 GENERAL ADMISSION • $20 SENIORS both in the field of percussion and STUDENTS WITH ID $10 the music world at large as both an international phenomenon and one of the greatest musicians of First traveling from Spain to Italy our time. A classical tabla virtuoso along with fashionable guitarists, of the highest order, his historic the chaconne with its repetitive bass collaborations include Shakti (which line became a musical background he founded with John McLaughlin SAT, MAR 22 2014

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In a two-hour show, performed live with six musicians and over $2.5 million worth of production equipment on stage, The Pink Floyd Experience is much more than a recreation of the legendary songs that spanned decades—PFX echoes everything that made Pink Floyd one of Rock n’ Roll’s greatest icons.

It’s a celebration of the music, the themes and the innovation that this top notch tribute band will bring as they return to Harris Center.

Left: Peter and the Starcatcher on stage. Above: Grammay Award winning Clarice Assad.

Below: Sebastain Anzaldo sends the audience to a magical place with his Sinatra tribute

Weekly) and suitable for younger Harris Center Presents audiences over ten years of age.

Come take a hilarious romp through the Neverland you never knew.

Harris Center Presents Harris Center Presents

PETER AND THE STARCATCHER

CLARICE ASSAD

THU–FRI, MAR 27-28 2014

A TRIBUTE TO FRANK SINATRA & THE HARRY JAMES ORCHESTRA

$29-$39

THU, MAR 27 2014

STUDENTS WITH ID $12

$29-$49; PREMIUM $59

“A serious triple threat…a veritable musical dynamo” (San Francisco Chronicle). Pianist, arranger, vocalist and composer, Grammy award nominee Clarice Assad will perform at the Harris Center on the heels of her performance at Jazz at Lincoln Center.

A classically trained pianist from a famous musical family, Assad is firmly ensconced in the music of Brazil; her compositions have been performed

by Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Yo-Yo Ma, Anne-Marie McDermott, Insooni and others. Her music embraces a wide variety of styles, including her own original, versatile, sophisticated and accomplished musical concepts.

“The tribute artist sings beautifully, which leaves the audience wondering whether the real star could have done an even better job” (Showbiz Weekly). A tribute to Sinatra and the first “name” band to hire him.

Sebastion Anzaldo is one of the top

TUE–WED, MAR 25-26 2014 $45-$65; PREMIUM $79

“The most exhilarating storytelling on Broadway in decades” (New York Times) makes its Sacramento region debut at the Harris Center! Winner of five Tony Awards, this swashbuckling prequel to Peter Pan—based on the novel co-written by Dave Barry— uses a dozen actors playing more than a hundred unforgettable characters, all on a journey to answer the century-old question: How did Peter Pan become ‘The Boy Who Never Grew Up’? “Fantastical and enchanting” (Philadelphia Inquirer), “absurdly funny” (Entertainment

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Above Left: El Dorado Musical Theatre’s High Voltage performance group.

Above: G. Love and Special Sauce.

“Sinatra” tribute artists in the world; Thunder Valley Casino Resort Presents joining him and a full big-band are the legendary vocal team the Four Lads—who boast 50 million in single and album sales—plus Lawrence Welk mainstay Mary Lou Metzger SAT, MAR 29 2014 and impressionist Paul Boland.

TICKETS $24.50 AND $34.50

From the City of Brotherly Love, G. Love and Special Sauce is known for their live shows which bring a unique laid back hip hop and blues to the house.

G. Love is inspiring when he gets out the harmonica and plays the guitar too. Having played together for 20 years, this band has a tight approach to laid back music and never fails to please.

G. LOVE AND SPECIAL SAUCE

(PLUS TAXES AND FEES)

Partners of Harris Center El Dorado Musical Theatre presents

HIGH VOLTAGE

UNPLUGGED SAT, MAR 29 2014 $17-25; SENIORS $19-22

High Voltage is a group of highenergy young performers who sing, dance, and entertain a wide range of audiences. The cast comes from El Dorado Musical Theatre, an awardwinning regional youth theater group based in El Dorado Hills, California.

They are El Dorado Musical Theatre’s “Performance Ambassadors” who take entertainment out of the theater and out into the community. Join us as we celebrate Broadway and musical theatre’s greatest hits!

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Harris Center Presents

Partners of Harris Center The Folsom Symphony presents

IT’S MAGIC!

IN CELEBRATION OF SPRING

SUN, MAR 30 2014 $21-$34; PREMIUM $45

SAT, MAR 29 2014

America’s longest-running all star magic revue returns to Folsom! A lineup of some of the world’s top professional magicians takes the stage in this annual live spectacle produced by Milt Larson (founder of Hollywood’s famous Magic Castle).

The show has delighted magic enthusiasts of all ages for more than five decades. “The liveliest lineup of magic acts this side of Las Vegas. It’s a must for magic buffs of all ages!”

(Los Angeles Times).

$25-$42; PREMIUM $55

Featuring Tariq Masri, principal bassoonist for the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, performing Mozart’s Bassoon Concerto in B flat major, plus Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Russian Easter Overture,” Leopold Mozart’s “Toy Symphony” and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7.

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Above left: Johnny Winter and cohorts. Center: Rex Navarrette. Right: Fank Vignola.

Jackson Rancheria Presents

Wedekind’s 1891 expressionist play about the trials and tribulations – and the exhilaration – of the teen years. Providing the capital SAT, APRIL 5 2014 region with theatre that speaks to TICKETS START AT $20 FOR people’s lives and challenges their DREAMCATCHER’S CLUB MEMBERS expectations, Falcon’s Eye Theatre at Folsom Lake College celebrates its seventh season with this TonyJohnny Winter is an American blues Award-winning rock musical. guitarist best known for his high( Spring Awakening is most appropriate for audiences 17 years of age and older due the energy blues and rock albums adult language and mature themes including through the 1960’s and 1970’s. sexual content. ) Signing with Columbia records in 1969, Winter developed his own take Thunder Valley Casino Resort Presents on classic blues with a Texan twist.

While recording nearly 40 albums and playing himself, Johnny Winter FRI, APR 11 2014 also produced three Grammy Award TICKETS $29.50 AND $39.50 winning albums for blues legend (PLUS TAXES AND FEES) Muddy Waters. Those albums served as Muddy Waters’ comeback into the music scene.

San Francisco-based comic Rex Navarrete has a sizable following Productions of Harris Center The Falcon’s Eye Theatre presents online and at Bay Area comedy venues, and is a household name in Filipino American homes.

JOHNNY WINTER

REX NAVARRETE

SPRING AWAKENING

THU–SUN, APR 10-13 2014 $18 • STUDENTS WITH ID $12

Winner of 8 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Spring Awakening is a rock musical adaptation of Frank

MON, APR 14 2014 $19-$29; PREMIUM $39

This show brings together three of the leading acoustic guitarists of their generation—in solo, duet, and trio performances. Pat Metheny calls Martin Taylor “one of the most awesome solo guitar players in the history of the instrument.” No less than Les Paul added Frank Vignola to his “Five Most Admired Guitar List” for the Wall Street Journal. And Peppino D’Agostino’s inspired and poetic guitar style saw him voted as “Best Acoustic Guitarist” by readers of Guitar Player Magazine.

Harris Center Presents

ALASDAIR FRASER AND

THE SAN FRANCISCO SCOTTISH FIDDLERS WED, APR 16 2014 $19-$29; PREMIUM $39 STUDENTS/CHILDREN 12 AND UNDER $12

Harris Center Presents

THE GREAT GUITARS

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Picture a stage with 50 fiddlers, backed by piano, drums and guitars, projecting a sound as lively as a dance band, as majestic as a symphony orchestra; a group that creates “a raucous sampling of authentic music

Harris Center Presents

HUUN HUUR TU THE

TUVAN THROAT SINGERS THU, APR 17 2014 $25-$39

Above: Master Fiddler Alasdair Fraser. Right: Fascinating Music is presented with the haunting and magical Tuvan throat singing artistry of Huun Huur Tu. Below: Jefferso Starship is a blast of fun from the past.

from Scotland…[there was] no delayed standing ovation here; the audience instantaneously rose to its feet with the final notes” (Anchorage Daily News). Founded in 1986 by Master Scottish Fiddler Alasdair Fraser – “one of Scotland’s most valued tradition bearers” (BBC) – the group honors the ability to play by ear and be enough in the moment to follow spontaneous changes of direction during performances.

Jackson Rancheria Presents

members of the band Jefferson Airplane, a Rock n’ Roll group based out of San Francisco in the mid 1960’s, which disbanded right before Jefferson Starship was born.

Jefferson Starship has performed at Woodstock, at the Altamont with the Rolling Stones and has shared the stage with Grateful Dead and Janis Joplin. Their music helped define a generation centered on environmental awareness, anti-war activism, and civil rights.

JEFFERSON STARSHIP FRI, APRIL 18 2014 TICKETS START AT $20 FOR DREAMCATCHER’S CLUB MEMBERS

Join us as we help Jefferson Starship celebrate 40 years of music history!

The band was created by Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame inductee Paul Kantner and David Freiberg. Both were original 45

Yes, the music has ancient roots, but it’s also transcendentally modern, even adventurous, at the same time.

From Central Asia comes Huun Huur Tu, who almost singlehandedly introduced the outside world to the boundless wealth of Tuvan traditions when they began touring in the ‘90s, thanks in great part to their superior musicianship and capacity for intelligent innovation.

Tuvan throat singing is unique in the world because of the highly specialized technique in which one voice sings two and even three notes simultaneously.

Using traditional instruments and their amazing vocalizing, the ensemble draws subtly on 20th-century composers, funky rhythms, and the palette of electronica.

Above: Rock of Ages on stage. Right: A Couple of Blaguards pokessurprisingly effective fun at a harsh and uncompromising upbringing. Opposite: Guiatrist Isaac Bustros.

time about dreaming big, playing loud and partying on! “Impossible to resist!” wrote Charles Isherwood (New York Times) and “Rock and comedy in THU–SAT, APR 17-18 2014 perfect proportion!” says David Cote $45-$75 (Time Out).

Harris Center Presents

ROCK OF AGES

10% DISCOUNT ON SINGLE TICKETS ON THURSDAY

The worldwide party musical Rock of Ages features a mix of 28 rockin’ 80’s tunes including “Don’t Stop Believin’,” “We Built This City,” “The Final Countdown,” “Wanted Dead or Alive,” “Here I Go Again,” “Can’t Fight This Feeling,” and “I Want to Know What Love Is.” Set in 1987 on the Sunset Strip, a small town girl meets a big city rocker and in LA’s most famous rock club, they fall in love to the greatest songs of the 80’s. Five time 2009 Tony® nominee Rock of Ages is an arenarock love story told through the mind blowing, face-melting hits of Journey, Night Ranger, Styx, REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Poison, Asia, Whitesnake and many more.

Don’t miss this awesomely good

Thunder Valley Casino Resort Presents

LEGENDS OF SOUL TRIBUTE

SAT, APR 19 2014 TICKETS $27.50 AND $34.50 (PLUS TAXES AND FEES)

Featuring talented artists playing and singing the unforgettable music of James Brown, Aretha Franklin, The O’Jays, Lou Rawls, Curtis Mayfield, Frankie Lymon and more.

Harris Center Presents

A COUPLE OF BLAGUARDS THU–SUN, APR 24-27 2014 $35-$39

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“A Couple of Blaguards is a twocharacter comedy with incidental music, created by the brothers Frank McCourt and Malachy McCourt.

They have laced their combined experiences growing up in Ireland– and their escape to America–into a vaudeville of comedy, with Irish songs and a gallery of relatives, rogues, fools and petty tyrants, priestly and otherwise,” writes Lynne Heffley, Los Angeles Times.

An autobiographical account of their years growing up, the show is based on the work of Frank McCourt (Angela’s Ashes, and ‘Tis), and his brother Malachy.

The presentation is engaging and tough, funny, yet unsentimental. If you’ve a yen to get some Irish, this is the show to do it with.

Partners of Harris Center El Dorado Musical Theatre presents

THE MUSIC MAN

Enjoy a full rock concert experience with this musical tribute to Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac, reprising stellar hits like “Dream,” “Stand Back,“ and “Landslide.”

FRI–SUN, APR 25-27 2014, MAY 2-4 2014 THU–SUN, MAY 8-11 2014 $18-28; PREMIUM $36 BARGAIN NIGHTS ALL SEATS $14.75

Thunder Valley Casino Resort Presents

TRACY MORGAN

SAT, APR 26 2014

This show has been an audience favorite since it first appeared onstage in 1957. Visit River City, Iowa as the Smalltown USA of olden days grapples with their youth, a fast-talking salesman, and notions of love. By turns wicked, funny, warm, romantic, and touching, The Music Man is family entertainment at its best.

Now in its thirteenth season, EDMT has become one of the premiere youth theater companies in the Western United States. They don’t do kids’ theater. They do high quality theater. It just happens to be with young people. “…don’t let the suburban setting fool you: This is big-city entertainment,” said Thea Marie Rood of Serrano Magazine.

Come and find out what so many people are discovering about this exceptional company of performers!

TICKETS $39.50 AND $47.50 (PLUS TAXES AND FEES)

One of the stars of NBC’s 30 Rock, Morgan brings his character sketches from Saturday Night Live, including Bishop Don “Mack” Donald, along with impressions of Mike Tyson, master class teacher. He has been Busta Rhymes and Earl Woods invited to perform in some of the (Tiger’s father). most prestigious festivals including the Guitar Foundation of America Partners of Harris Center Annual Convention, Portland Guitar Sacramento Guitar Society presents Festival, St. Joseph International Guitar Festival, Southwest Guitar Festival, and many more.

GUITARIST ISAAC BUSTOS

SAT–SUN, MAY 3-4 2014 $29; PREMIUM $39

“Soulful and virtually flawless,” hails the Portland Oregonian and the Boston Globe writes, “In warm, round Thunder Valley Casino Resort Presents tones, the notes of Bach cascaded from the guitar, every note correct and played without hesitation.”

Classical guitarist, pedagogue and educator Isaac Bustos enjoys an A TRIBUTE extensive performing career that TO STEVIE NICKS FRI, APR 25 2014 has taken him to Canada, Central TICKETS $19.50 AND $29.50 America, Europe and all over the (PLUS TAXES AND FEES) US. Dr. Bustos has made several radio and television appearances and is in demand as clinician and

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Harris Center Presents

NEIL BERG’S 101 YEARS OF BROADWAY Featuring five of Broadway’s finest singers

MON, MAY 5 2014 $25-$29; PREMIUM $45 • STUDENTS WITH ID $12

Following the fantastic response to 100 Years of Broadway during Harris Center’s’ inaugural year as Three Stages, creator Neil Berg returns with an all new show celebrating 101 Years of Broadway.

Above: Neil Berg is famous for letting the audience share tohe joy of Broadway in his intimate concerts.

Below: Ashanti as seen on her recent album cover.

A sprawling revue of American musical treasures from Irving Berlin to Andrew Lloyd Webber, 101 Years of Broadway is a wonderful sequel that includes dazzling tributes to Rodgers and Hart, Kander and Ebb, Lerner and Lowe, George Gershwin, Stephen Sondheim, Stephen Schwartz and Oscar Hammerstein.

101 Years of Broadway is an unforgettable evening of music that “will keep Broadway buffs in a state of bliss for weeks to come.”

building her reputation by performing duets with known R&B artists like “What’s Luv?” with Fat Joe, “Always on Time” with Ja Rule and “Unfoolish” with the Notorious B.I.G. With their help, it didn’t take Ashanti long to release her debut solo single “Foolish,” followed by her second album, Chapter II. In this show, she’s back to work and touring with 14 year old prodigy,

Ahsan Watts. Singing since he was 7, Ahsan’s cover of Smokey Robinson’s “Who’s Loving You” on YouTube has over 500,000 views. Ahsan has recorded covers from musical legends Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson and has released his debut single “Under” in November of 2013. “Music triggers me,” he explains, “I just start grooving.”

Join them as they take the stage and show you why they are phenoms.

Partners of Harris Center California Theatre Center presents

THE UGLY DUCKLING

Jackson Rancheria Presents

ASHANTI

THU, MAY 8 2014

SUN, MAY 11 2014

TICKETS START AT $20 FOR DREAMCATCHER’S

$8-$15

CLUB MEMBERS

An ugly duckling discovers as he passes through the awkwardness of youth to the grace of maturity

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Above: The Ugly Duckling is a fun show for children, but adults enjoy it too.

Bottom right: The Thunderbirds have been going strong for decades, and have just as much fun now as ever.

that he becomes a handsome swan.

(Recommended for grades K-5) A Folsom favorite for many years, California Theatre Center has repeatedly been recognized as the top professional theatre for young American audiences. CTC creates quality experiences for youth and families alike.

that defined a new direction in dance. Partners of Harris Center In tribute to this iconic work of art, Carrera Productions presents this year’s Modern Masters will feature AN EVENING WITH three California women (Muses) to THE FABULOUS create new works alongside the legendary Apollo.

THUNDERBIRDS SAT, MAY 17 2014

$30-$37; PREMIUM $45

Harris Center Presents Sacramento Ballet presents

MODERN MASTERS

THU–SAT, MAY 15-17 2014 $45

Before the God Apollo took his place on Mt. Olympus, he was instructed in the classical arts by his three Muses.

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MUSICAL

not be what it is without the special “Muse” that love is. Learn about the FRI–SUN, MAY 23-25 2014 For over 30 years, The Fabulous inner turmoil and the women who $45-$65; PREMIUM $75 Thunderbirds have been the inspired the F Sharp Sonata of Brahms, quintessential American band. The the exquisite beauty of the moonlit group’s distinctive and powerful Adagio of Chopin, the passionate sound, influenced by a diversity of Novelettes of Schumann, and the Winner of four 2010 Tony Awards, musical styles, manifested itself into famous Liebestraume (Song of Love) including Best Musical, and inspired by actual events, Memphis bursts off a unique musical hybrid via such of Franz Liszt. Glorious music all! the stage with explosive dancing, barnburners as “Tuff Enuff” and “Wrap irresistible songs and a thrilling tale It Up.” Co-founder Kim Wilson – the Harris Center Presents of fame and forbidden love. From sole original member – still spearheads the underground dance clubs of the the group as it evolves into its newest 1950s, Memphis tells the tale of a radio incarnation.

MEMPHIS THE BROADWAY

Harris Center Presents Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel

MISTRESSES AND MASTERPIECES SUN, MAY 18 2014 $19-$29; PREMIUM $39 • STUDENTS WITH ID $7

Enjoy listening to–and learning about–music inspired by “significant others” in famous classical composer’s personal lives. It’s music that would 50

DJ who wants to change the world Partners of Harris Center and a club singer who is ready for her Placer Pops Chorale presents big break. It’s an unforgettable journey to the ends of the airwaves, told with FRI, MAY 30 2014 laughter and roof-raising Rock ‘n Roll. $20-$35

Join us along with Guest Conductor Peter Jaffe as we soar with the opening theme from Richard Strauss’ “Also Sprach Zarathustra,” Wagner’s “Entry of the Gods Into Valhalla,” and selections from Holst’s “The Harris Center Presents Planets: (Mars, Venus and Jupiter),” Experience the sights and sounds To complete the musical journey of cities around the globe without through the stars the Symphony A TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC OF PATSY CLINE ever leaving home! Take this musical will also feature the theme from “Superman,” and “Star Trek.”

FRI–SUN, MAY 30-JUN 1 2014 journey and you’ll be transported from $19-$39 the classical beauty of Florence to the hip sparkle of Manhattan. From spicy salsa rhythms to cool jazz, this concert showcases the energy, romance and vibrancy of urban life. It’s a grand tour not to be missed!

CITY LIGHTS

JONI MORRIS

Partners of Harris Center The Folsom Symphony presents

OUT OF THIS WORLD SAT–SUN, MAY 31-JUN 1 2014 $20-$42; PREMIUM $55

“A polished, rollicking and often soulful Country-Western music show” (San Francisco Chronicle). Joni Morris is an accomplished entertainer who has toured nationally for the past 15 years, at iconic venues like the Grand Ole Opry with the legendary vocal group The Jordanaires. Her Patsy Cline tribute has earned critical raves: “It’s a solid gold smash” (Modesto Bee) “Her voice is the genuine article” (Oakland Tribune).

Joni Morris performs her tribute through song, showmanship and vintage authentic costumes to evoke Patsy Cline.

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