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November / December 2013

BECOMING PETER PAN THE JOURNEY TO PERFORMING AN ICONIC CHARACTER

MARK S. ALLEN The hardest-working man in entertainment

DANCERS AMONG US Breathtaking photos from the best-selling book

PETER NERO One master pianist, two unique concerts

IN THIS ISSUE: 10 Questions with Emmy Award Winning Television Host Mark S. Allen . . . . . . . 4 Becoming Peter Pan - the Journey to Performing an Iconic Character . . . . . . . . . 12 Dancers Among Us - Breathtaking Photos from the Best-Selling Book . . . . . . . . . 20 The Addams Family Comes to Town . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Two Extraordinary Concerts with Peter Nero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Forever Tango - Music and Dance Defined by Passion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 The Guide to Upcoming Shows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Great entertainment at Harris Center, Thunder Valley Casino Resort, Jackson Rancheria and in your community

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QUESTIONS

with Emmy速 Award Winning Television Host

Mark S. Allen Three-time Emmy winner Mark S. Allen is entertainment anchor for Good Day Sacramento . . .

. . . AND PRODUCER AND HOST OF MARK@THEMOVIES, an award-winning

the ratings skyrocketed. We were beating the TODAY show, Good movie show on Reelz Channel. In the Morning America, CBS This Morning. afternoon, you can hear him on Now 100.5 FM. Q. EARLY ON YOU DID STUNTS; Starting out in the late ’80s as a LIVING ON A BILLBOARD FOR 30 disc-jockey at KSFM 102.5 in DAYS, TAKING THE CAST OF CATS Sacramento, Mark has done radio, OUT TO PERFORM IN A DOG PARK. TV, and stunts—once living buried WHAT ARE SOME FAVORITE, under sand for 18 days in a 4x4 crate, CRAZY STUNTS? and on a deserted island doing If we did it now, most of the stuff broadcasts for a month. would be viral. Cats in a Dog Park These days what he does is much was days before it could’ve gone more tame; he just interviews some viral. We did that just to be funny for of the biggest stars in entertainment. live broadcast. Take the cast of Cats

Q. YOU’VE GOT TO BE ONE OF THE THE HARDEST-WORKING GUYS IN ENTERTAINMENT, WITH A TV SHOW, RADIO SHOW, AND SYNDICATED INTERVIEW SHOW.

My radio/TV thing was an arranged marriage. I didn’t say I wanted to do radio, but they said, “Hey, we have this guy coming into town – we can’t let him come to TV without sending him to radio.” And it’s been great. I don’t phone it in. I give it my all every day and have so much fun. Went to Comedy Central for a couple years; came back to do radio for a minute, and then Good Day Sacramento was created.

Q. AT GOOD DAY, YOU WERE

to a dog park. I loved that. It was very pure, honest thinking. I think it sold a lot of tickets.

And Joe said, “Hey, they’re starting a morning show that they want to be like the radio show but on TV. Let me put your name in the hat.”

I said, “Don’t even bother. I signed a year long contract, so I can’t even do it.”

“I’m going to put your name in the hat anyway.” So he did, and they watched a tape and hired me to do TV there as well.

Then Joe said, “Hey, I’m making a movie.”

Well, this was the absolute dawn of digital home editing, five years before home desktop editing, the first time you could actually crank out a movie on desktop. He said,

radio/ TV thing was an ‘‘ My ARRANGED MARRIAGE . . .

And it’s been great. I DON’T PHONE IT IN. I give it my all every day and have SO MUCH FUN.

’’

“Would you be in it?” I said, “Anything you want.”

BROUGHT IN TO ADD THE MOVIES OCCUR? Never heard from him again.

EXCITEMENT TO EVERYTHING, GO I came back from New York City, Then he called me at 6:00 a.m. on a OUT AND DO CRAZY THINGS. WHAT having done Comedy Central with Sunday morning and said, “My FBI WAS THAT LIKE? my tail between my legs. I wanted agent dropped out. Can you come Bert Bader, kind of the father of Good to be back in TV, but I was doing down?” I said, “Yes. But I’ve been Day has an angel on either shoulder. radio. This guy, Joe Carnahan, starts celebrating my best friend’s birthday One says, “Hard news.” The other saying, “Hey, I need someone to do party. I’m hungover as hell.” says, “Bat shit. Crazy shit. Make crazy voice-overs for crappy movies we’re “Come down anyway. I’ll feed stuff happen all the time.” recycling. Will you be the voice- you the lines like Brando.”

The first two years of Good Day, over guy?” I said, “Yeah, sure.” So we So he was pretty much feeding we were going to be cancelled. Then became friends.

Q. HOW DID MARK AT THE

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me the lines from a dumpster. I was spouting off some pretty articulate medical lines in Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane. The movie made it to Sundance and won the Spirit Award.

“I’ve got a month to do nothing.” I said, “Well, come back and live with my family.

I have a development deal with Paramount Television to do a movie

Ashley Judd and Tommy Lee Jones did Double Jeopardy where she jumps a car off a moving ferry.

We tried to duplicate that stunt by jumping a go-cart off a flatbed truck into a swimming pool filled with nacho cheese sauce. Do you realize how much of your budget is STUNT eaten up with nacho cheese sauce?

FX aired that pilot. They had a JUMPING A GO-CART special about wasted money— SWIMMING Hollywood’s wasted money, and that was one of the stunts.

POOL NACHO CHEESE Then Viacom bought Paramount SAUCE Television and also owns CBS. A few years ago, they said, “Doesn’t your guy have a developThen he made Narc with Ray review show that looks like Pee-wee’s ment deal that’s sitting on the shelf?

Liotta, Jason Patric, and Busta Playhouse meets Siskel & Ebert meets What’s that about?”

Rhymes, to be released as a Lionsgate The Man Show. Could you do My general manager Kevin film. Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner something like that?”

Walsh said, “Is there anything to saw it and said, “Oh, no. It’s a much So we shot a pilot for Paramount this? Could you dust this off?” I bigger film.” They bought it and Television, and that was The Movie said, “I’ve been doing it for the last released it as a Paramount picture.

Show. We did a really expensive pilot two months. I’ve been doing a 10Narc stalled at one point and he for this and duplicated a stunt from a minute long thing about movies.” thought it was cancelled. He said, movie that opened that week.

So we did it for about three weeks to air on CBS stations. That was going to roll out on 18 CBS Mark and Rob Schneider in the “Comedy Central” days of Mark’s career. stations but ReelzChannel came and bought it, and it’s been there for three years. And it won three Emmy Awards in 18 months.

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flatbed truck into a filled with .

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Q. OVER THE YEARS, YOU’VE INTERVIEWED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. ANY FAVORITES? ANYBODY THAT MADE YOU THINK, “YEAH, THAT WAS MAGICAL.”

The ones that let you down are the people that you’ve idolized your whole life. Steve Martin is one of my idols. I couldn’t wait to interview him. He could not have been jerkier.

Then I read his book, and now I like him again.

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Conversely, Robin Williams was awesome.

I got stuck going up in an elevator to my interview with Robin Williams.

He was riding up with random people and was hysterical and funny.

He would “work the room” and then turn to someone and say, “Oh, my gosh, what a cute dog. And what a lovely couple. Oh, you’re getting married? You already have a dog.

Well, you’ve committed. You’re in for the long haul and you look quite beautiful. I’m so glad that you’re together.”

Then, “What the hell? That’s not my floor. I want to stop one floor below.”

“Why? Is that where you’re staying?”

“No. But there’s amazing lingerie there. Ladies and gentlemen, lingerie, one floor below…Anyway, about this dog…”

Then 15 minutes later, I’m interviewing him, and the room’s going crazy. He won’t stop talking until he finished up the story he’s telling to the crew.

And then I sit down, and the interview is poignant and funny.

with something not politically correct and make her absolutely stand her ground.

She’s articulate, funny, and infinitely more attractive and magnetic than you could ever possibly imagine.

Conversely, Brad Pitt – Brad Pitt has nothing to say; he’s not funny or

Q. IS THERE ANYONE THAT YOU WERE INTIMIDATED TO INTERVIEW?

Beautiful women—You’ve been so attracted to someone on the big screen, and you go in, and oh, my gosh, they’re infinitely more attractive on the little screen.

Angelina Jolie. As crazy as her persona is publicly, when you get in on a one-on-one interview situation with her, she is so kind and articulate and also unreserved.

You can hit her with anything, and she answers. You can hit her 7

smart in an interview situation ever.

However, he is one of the most attractive human beings I’ve ever seen.

I’ve talked to George Clooney 12 times. Every time, gracious. I’ve talked to him with absolute jet lag, with a broken bone, after an awardwinning high. He has always been

gracious and kind and crazily articulate.

school, they’ll say, “Oh, that TV person didn’t spend their time in the trenches.”

Q. WHO WOULD BE THE You could be the best journalist ULTIMATE INTERVIEW FOR YOU? in the world. Look at Broadcast I’d love to talk to Charlie Chaplin. I’d News, where they say, “I was in the love to talk to Johnny Carson. They’re trenches, and they’re focus-group gone, so I don’t know. It would have testing me?” to be a duo—Orville or Wilbur It’s a visual medium, and the Wright. If I could interview anybody, highest ratings on TV are when the it would be those guys. most attractive people are on TV. And I’ve talked to a lot of people Historically, they’re not necessarthat are 100 years old. That’s my ily giving you the freshest, most favorite thing in the world. competitive news. But they’re giving it to you slick and better produced Q. YOU’RE IN RADIO; YOU’RE IN than anyone else.

The people that bring it to you TELEVISION. ARE RADIO PEOPLE A first and maybe raw and more real LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN TV news aren’t always No. 1.

PEOPLE? The lines are being slowly erased, but there was a definite distinction Q. WHAT WAS IT LIKE ON THE between, “Oh, that kind of person NIGHT YOU WON TWO EMMY came from radio. That person came AWARDS? It was a fluke. My show was kind of from TV.” If you talk to people that are old pirate at that point and I said, “Hey,

guys, we’re nominated for two awards, and we’re not going to win.

But I want everybody to come over to my house, and let’s have a party and just celebrate the nomination, not the win.”

Then my buddy called and said, “Why aren’t you here? You just won!”

I said, “Hey, guys, we won one.

See? You never know what’s going to happen.”

And then my phone rang again.

“You won the second one.”

It has made a tremendous difference. One Emmy Award was for when we did the first interactive. At the dawn of Skype and the dawn of Twitter, we were doing interactive media. People were feeding us questions in real time to ask celebrities.

Someone was talking to Nicholas Cage in real time on this thing, and we showed that, and that’s why we won that Emmy.

Here are the three Emmys won by Mark at the Movies

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The other Emmy Award was for best non-scripted show. And that’s the important one. That third Emmy launched a lot of other careers.

Q. TELL ME SOMETHING ABOUT YOU THAT WOULD SURPRISE MOST PEOPLE.

We have a show in Sacramento that’s in 34 million US homes – over 80 million homes internationally. For people in the armed forces, we’re on a network called AFN in 12 different other countries that’s supplied to our troops.

Q. SO WHAT DO YOU SEE IN THE FUTURE? LOOKING DOWN THE ROAD, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO THAT YOU HAVEN’T DONE YET?

I tell my kids all the time that I pretty much have done it all. I met Evel Knievel; he was my childhood idol. I became best friends with Evel Knievel’s best friend, this guy named Gary Davis, a legendary stuntman.

He did all the stunts for the new Spider-Man movie, Spider-Man 2. He did the last Spider-Man movie and all the Terminator movies.

I’ve flown an F-18. I’m a huge aviation fan. I took the stick of a C113.

I dangled out of the back of a C113 into the Tahoe River. I could have wakeboarded had I had a wakeboard.

But I was actually dangling my feet off the back of a C113.

I’ve had the pleasure of breaking

Above: Johnny Depp with Mark Center: Hugh Jackman with Mark Bottom: Dwayne Johnson gives Mark a warm greeting

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a lot of rules that you can’t break anymore. I’ve had the best life ever.

There’s little that I want to do.

I had a national show. I would like to start producing and being behind the scenes altogether.

There’s not a day or a moment that I consider myself not to be lucky.

And I’m as hardworking—I have brothers—one in a very white-collar executive job and one in a very bluecollar hardworking job, and I guarantee you that I work as hard as both those guys every day of the week and take nothing for granted.

You can keep up with Mark S. Allen on Facbook at www.facebook.com/tvmarksallen Watch him on Good Day Sacramento on CW31, and on Mark at the Movies on REELZChannel. Afternoons, yu can hear him on NOW 100.5 FM

IT TAKES A CERTAIN LEVEL OF COMMITMENT for an actor to per-

form a lead role in a musical. There are countless hours of rehearsals.

One has to learn lines, dance movements, and how to sing the songs.

But for the two young actors who play Peter in El Dorado Musical Theatre’s current production of Peter Pan, the commitment was much greater.

For Bethany Wheat and Kiersten Hunter, the journey to become Peter Pan, began back in midAugust of this year.

Bethany attends Amador High School in Sutter Creek. She began performing in EDMT shows less than a year ago when she joined the cast of Legally Blonde. Her long commute adds an extra hour of car time to every rehearsal.

Kiersten has been in ten EDMT productions over the past four years. She attends Folsom High School. For her, shows are often a family affair with her younger sister Lindsay also performing in the cast.

On audition day, both walked into a large, noisy room where 132 people would sing and dance in the hopes of landing a key role in the production.

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Clockwise from top left: Kiersten and Bethany before getting their hair cut for their role as Peter Pan! At right is their “after” photo. Both have the short locks expected of a young “boy.” Bethany shows off her “glammed up” look, the results of stylist Leah Laird’s careful work at Adagio Salon for Hair.

Most performers were pleased with the large crowd. The strong turnout meant that the show would be “double cast.” Having two casts meant that there were twice as many opportunities to get a key role.

The online registration had gone quickly—in under three minutes.

Those too late to register in the first group of 130 had to go on a waiting list, hoping someone would drop which would open a spot in the cast.

Auditions began and one by one each person stood at the front of the room full of people. Standing on the proverbial “X”, they would sing and

then later dance a number taught only minutes earlier. With the artistic staff directly in front of them, each hopeful gave their all in order to gain a coveted “callback.”

WHAT’S A CALLBACK?

A callback is theatre-speak for that magic acknowledgement that you sang well enough and danced well enough and looked right for a part.

For many auditioners, it’s the payoff for years of training and hard work. It means the artistic staff found something interesting in your audition, and they want to see more.

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Each callback recipient is given one or more songs to sing, and one or more scenes from the show to work on. Having worked on those materials, they come back two days later and perform again for the artistic staff. It’s the final step in the audition process.

While certain performers were hoping to be called back for roles such as Wendy or Captain Hook, the role both Kiersten and Bethany hoped to hear themselves called for was “Peter Pan.” To their delight, along with three others, they got the callback they dreamed of.

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AT CALLBACKS

the role to lead two separate casts.

Now the real work would begin. Although the pressure was on, the Both had 48 hours to learn a series of odds were getting better. scenes and songs they needed to It was a long callback and went perform at callbacks. well into the evening. With Peter Pan It was time to sort out the char- a part of most of the scenes, it meant acter. How should Peter Pan move? staying in the rehearsal hall for the How should Peter Pan sound? What duration. were the right emotions to convey in One by one, the Peter Pan each scene? candidates performed each scene.

Since the musical originally The competition was fierce. Although opened in 1954, the part of Peter the final decision would be made Pan has traditionally been played by solely by the artistic staff, the women; Mary Martin, Sandy Duncan, audience began to privately select and Cathy Rigby most notably. their personal favorites.

This production would be no Each performer did their best. exception. Five teenage girls were “That’s the true measure of success,” called back for Peter. Everyone knew said Debbie Wilson, Artistic Director there would be two people cast in for EDMT. “I want each person to

leave their audition and their callback knowing that they could not have done any better. That’s all you can control. If you can do that, then that’s the true definition of success.”

Waiting for the outcome of the audition and callback process can be tortuous. There are a multitude of variables. One might sing better, but another acts the part with a certain flair. One might dance terrifically, only to find that the sought-for look edges them out of the competition.

Two days later the results were posted. The two casts were given names, Neverland and Tinkerbell.

“The cast list went up a little earlier than I expected, so a friend texted me and said “Look at the cast list, it’s up!” But she wouldn’t tell me what part I had gotten,” said Bethany.

“I really wanted the part and had Fight Captain Zack Collins works on sword fighting technique with Neverland Cast’s Kiersten Hunter. been stressing about it. I went and looked and I immediately called my mom. She was screaming and she started crying. It was fantastic.”

Keirsten recalls, “My phone rang, it was mother saying, ‘You did it! You got Peter Pan! You’re Peter Pan!!’

What? I’m Peter Pan? Oh my gosh!

And it didn’t really hit me. . . I’m Peter

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Pan! What does that mean? People were calling me. I was getting a million and one text messages. It was really, really cool.”

When rehearsals began just a few days later, both Peters found out exactly how much flying and fighting they would need to learn in addition to their lines, their vocals, and dance numbers.

And then there was the issue of “the hair.”

Peter Pan is iconic. Everyone knows he has a short, boyish hair cut. Both Bethany and Kiersten had shoulder-length hair. Of course, they could always wear a wig. But the physical, almost athletic demands of the role would make wearing a wig uncomfortable and hot, not to mention the worry of losing a wig during performance.

The other choice was to make their commitment complete and get their hair cut. After discussions with the director, both decided to go under the shears.

An appointment was set at the Adagio for Hair salon in El Dorado Hills. Their stylists promised a great cut for playing Peter, but also let them know they could feminize their short locks and “glam it up” for a night on the town.

Neither Kiersten nor Bethany had ever had boyishly short hair.

They arrived nervously at the salon and were sent to opposite ends of the room for their transformation. A photographer recorded the event for the local papers.

Squeals of delight rang through the salon as each saw the other for the first time. They were fascinated by the feeling of freedom that came

with the shorter hair, and glanced frequently at their unfamiliar images in the mirror.

The true test came the following day when they did a surprise “reveal” to both casts at the beginning of rehearsal. The thunderous applause that greeted them told them the cuts were a hit.

Just exactly how did Peter come to Neverland? How did he and Tinkerbell become such fast friends?

Why would he return to London to watch people like Wendy, John and Michael through their window?

This would give them the foundation for their acting. And then there was the sword play.

There are a couple of scenes THE TWO WERE where Peter Pan does battle. The BECOMING PETER PAN most famous is the final clash with The cast meets a total of three times Captain Hook. Both worked with each week when preparing a show. Fight Captain Zack Collins, who was But for these two, there would be responsible for teaching all the fight additional rehearsal time spent sequences. working on their performances. How Captain Hooks and Peter Pans would they interact with their Hooks squared off with fencing foils to and Wendys? How would they com- learn each leap, thrust, and crossing mand the respect of the Lost Boys? of swords. They started slowly but Each carefully crafted “back- the pace quickened each day until stories,” which filled in the gaps of each sequence was able to be the character. A script is limited to performed at full speed. lines, but the point of view of each “I’m really excited because all character needed to be firmly owned the sword fighting makes everybefore before performance time. thing more real. Especially for all

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the younger boys in the audience who want to be Peter fighting the pirates,” said Bethany.

THE FINAL STEP– LEARNING TO FLY

In addition to finding their “lovelier thoughts” to stay aloft, Bethany and Kiersten trained with special rigging, equipment, and staff from ZFX Flying Effects.

ZFX is one of the top flying companies in the world. An international company, they are known for working with many Broadway shows including Wicked.

ZFX had done all of the flying effects for Cathy Rigby’s National Tour of Peter Pan, and they brought all of their expertise to bear on EDMT’s production.

The first step in learning to fly would be getting used to the feeling of having your body hoist into the air by an off-stage crew of “Fly Dads.”

Next came speeding through the air, over the stage and audience only to make a perfect two-point landing exactly on their mark. Finally, they would have to make it all seem graceful and effortless.

“I was the very first person to fly and I was really nervous,” said Bethany. “It was fun, but it’s definitely tough. I kept working on the landing because it was so difficult. I kept stumbling.”

Rehearsals went late into the night on the final days before the show opened. It was important for the flying team to learn all the correct cues to safely fly Peter across the stage and around the set pieces.

“It’s funny. I’m actually afraid of heights, but with this, I’m not afraid at all,” said Kiersten. “You feel very safe and it’s fun...it is so much fun!”

“Everyone knows Peter Pan. We all grew up with the story. Disney made it super popular,” said Bethany.

“It will hit me when we’re waiting behind the curtain on opening night and knowing that all of these people came to see us. It’s magical.”

The journey for Bethany and Kiersten is complete. The rehearsals, the training, the costumes, hair, and

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makeup have all been mastered.

They have become “the boy who won’t grow up!”

How well did they become Peter?

You can see for yourself. Peter Pan runs at the Harris Center through November 24.

Kiersten is Peter in the Neverland Cast. Bethany is Peter in the Tinkerbell cast.

dancers among us

A Celebration of One Photographer’s Joy in the Everyd

day

JORDAN MATTER CELEBRATES LIFE.

He brings a joy and exuberance to his photography that makes each image a unique story. We see a vision where everyday places take on a new perspective.

He is an award-winning photographer based in New York. An actor and former baseball player, he had a brilliant idea: capture dance in everyday situations.

And that’s exactly what he’s done. On the street or at the beach, at a bus stop or in a pedestrian crossing at an intersection in Manhattan. The result is a series of pictures called Dancers Among Us. These have evolved into New York Times Best Selling book wherein page after page is filled with images that are both playful and breathtaking.

Jordan Matter graciously agreed to share some of his images in this photo essay. We hope you enjoy this small selection of his photos.

If you want to order the Dancers Among Us book or the 2014 wall calendar, you can do so at https://www.dancersamongus.com/ store Or you can see his most current images on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ JordanMatterPhotography

Opposite: Michael Jagger and Evita Arce, Times Square

Preceding page: Louise Layman, Wellesley College This page, clockwise from top: Michael McBride, Harlem Jennifer Jones, Times Square Angelica Generosa Annmaria Mazzini, Macys

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Michael Neumann, Music Director and Conductor

Saturday, December 7, 2013 7:30 PM Sunday, December 8, 2013 3:00 PM Overture from La Forza del Destino Verdi The Hebrides Mendelssohn In the Steppes of Central Asia Borodin Marche Hongroise from the Damnation of Faust Berlioz Overture from Die Fledermaus Stauss, Jr. Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 Enescu A Christmas Festival Anderson Songs of the Highlands performed by the City of Sacramento Pipe Band

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they’ re creepy and they’ re ko The Addams Fam

CHARLES ADDAMS’ FREAKY FAMILY

has leapt off the page and onto the stage with this weird and wonderful Broadway musical. The Addams Family is once again delighting audiences of all generations with their torturous tribulations.

Based on the iconic characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams, The Addams Family is a smash-hit musical comedy that appeals to audiences young and old.

The Addams Family began performances on Broadway in March 2010 and immediately became one of Broadway’s biggest hits. It regu-

larly grossed over $1 million per week and went on to a significant run of over 750 performances.

In 1938, Charles Addams introduced a series of single panel cartoons in “The New Yorker” which 25 years later would come to be known as The Addams Family.

Originally, the familial connections between the kooky cartoons only existed in the imagination of their creator. The illustrations didn’t even have names at first, but when the 60s TV show was in development, Addams was asked to provide a name and description for each of

his eccentric characters.

Gomez, Morticia, Lurch, Pugsley, Wednesday, Grandma, and Uncle Fester were brought to life.

The eerie clan became an instant classic and continued to make guest appearances at pop culture events throughout the ‘70s and ‘80s.

A third resurgence of The Addams Family came with the release of the 1991 and 1993 feature films.

The show was created by Jersey Boys authors Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice. Drama Desk-winning composer/lyricist Andrew Lippa (The Wild Party) provided the music while

kooky. mysterious and spooky. mily comes to town!

choreographer Sergio Trujillo (Jersey Boys) created the dance. The costumes and set designs were created by London’s Olivier Awardwinners Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch (Shockheaded Peter).

Directing the show was four-time Tony Award® winner Jerry Zaks.

The Addams Family “is full of charm, wit and surprises that explain why it’s a hit on its national tour.”

(CBS New Orleans) The Addams Family musical features an original story and that story is the stuff of every father’s worst nightmare.

Wednesday Addams, the ultiCome meet the family. They’ll mate princess of darkness, has grown leave the lights off for you. up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family. A man her parents have never You can see The Addams Family perform met.

Tuesday, November 26 and And if that weren’t upsetting Wednesday, November 27 at enough, she confides in her father and the Harris Center for the Arts. begs him not to tell her mother. Now, Tickets available at Gomez Addams must do something www.harriscenter.net he’s never done before - keep a secret or 916-608-6888 from his beloved wife, Morticia.

Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night they host a dinner for Wednesday’s “normal” boyfriend and his parents.

Photo by Carol Rosegg

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT TODAY’S MUSICAL MASTERS, most conversa-

tions quickly include pianist and conductor, Peter Nero.

One writer noted, “Nero plays the piano with such a jubilant intensity that he is a modern day Victor Borge.

He plays classically as well as Arthur Rubinstein, rocks as masterfully as Photo by Donna Billingsley

Elton John or Billy Joel, and entertains like a subdued Liberace.”

Other pundits of the music scene agree.

“Nero is a polished, skillful and imaginative pianist with taste and a sense of humor.“ The New York Times.

“His music shows not only a fluent and totally self-assured technique, but 30

a sensitivity of phrasing that singers should study—a precise sense of harmonic textures and a whimsical imagination.” Joe McLellan, The Washington Post.

“If he weren't such a superb musician, Peter Nero might be easy to dismiss as a mere great entertainer.”

Peter Dobrin, The Philadelphia Inquirer

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the birth of Peter Nero’s recording career. In addition to two Grammy Awards, he has garnered ten additional nominations and released 68 albums.

He will be appearing for two nights at the Harris Center in Folsom. Each night there is a very different concert, each having an unique theme.

The Gershwin Project; Tuesday, November 12, 7:30 pm.

Nero has a long, celebrated history of performing Gershwin. Early in his recording history, he recorded Rhapsody in Blue and Concerto in F with the Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops. His NBC Special S’Wonderful, S’Marvelous, S’Gershwin won 5 primetime Emmy® Awards. This concert evening promises to be a wonderful one for Gershwin fans.

Classic Connections; Wednesday, November 13, 7:30 pm.

In this program, Nero performs classical and jazz favorites and shows that these genres are more closely related than most people would think.

Prepare for an evening of musical mashups that are both enlightening and entertaining.

Peter Nero performs Tuesday, November 12 and Wednesday, November 13 at the Harris Center for the Arts. Tickets at www.harriscenter.net or 916-608-6888.

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Music and dance defined by passion

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Sensuous and sophisticated, the tango inhabits a world where everything can be said with the flick of a leg, the tug of a hand, the tap of a foot and the arch of an eyebrow.

Both beloved and infamous as one of the most sensuous of all dance forms, tango was born in Argentina at a time when holding hands was considered a scandalous development in social dancing.

Tango was initially only danced in gambling houses and places of prostitution. Working women developed skill in the dance in order to attract customers; lonely men practiced the art in order to woo and impress the women.

It gained great popularity in Europe and became one of the most enduring and influential popular dance styles of the 20th Century. It may well be Argentina’s best known export.

Today the tango is enjoying a renaissance of popularity, keeping the fire of this daring art form burning brightly. You can see one of the most famous tango shows in the world at the Harris Center at the start of the New Year.

Forever Tango, Luis Bravo’s internationally acclaimed dance spectacular, originally played in San Francisco, where it had a highly successful run of nearly two years.

It was hailed as “Forever magical.

Sensual musical has perfected the passionate power of famed dance,” by the San Francisco Chronicle.

The show then moved on to Broadway and toured the United States widely, as well as making appearances all over the world.

Created and directed by Luis Bravo, Forever Tango garnering multiple Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations. The New York Times labeled Forever Tango “A must-see!”

And, USA Today said, “Forever Tango shows that the style is more than steamy – it’s smart, even funny … a sensuous, seductive pleasure.” The Associated Press christened Forever Tango: “The most theatrical show on Broadway!”

The sizzling reviews and huge demand forced the run to be extended again and again.

It was also nominated for the Lawrence Olivier Award when the show played at the West End in London in 1995.

Since then, the show has been seen by more than five million people around the world. It has enjoyed smash engagements throughout 50 cities in USA, Mexico, Korea, Japan, Italy, Portugal, China and West End in England.

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Forever Tango, traces the colorful history of tango through music, dance and dramatic vignettes. It features an all Argentine cast of 14 world class dancers and an 11-piece orchestra.

According to creator/director Mr. Bravo, “The tango is a feeling that you dance; a story that you tell—it is passionate, tender, violent.”

He adds, “The tango represents so much more than just a dance: it is a music, a culture, a way of life.”

The dance developed as a prologue to sex itself, infused with the passion and personality of the dancers. Today, the tango’s influence can be found in a variety of dance idioms, including modern dance, jazz, and classical ballet.

Forever Tango performs Friday, January 3 through Sunday, January 5 at the Harris Center for the Arts.

Tickets available at www.harriscenter.net or 916-608-6888.

GUIDE Great entertainment coming to the region

UPCOMING SHOWS

Above: Pamela Hayes Classical Ballet comes to the Harris Center with The Nutcracker Left: Folsom Lake College presents Arthur Miller’s The Crucible

Providing the capital region with theatre that speaks to people’s lives and challenges their expectations, Falcon’s Eye Theatre at Folsom Lake College celebrates its seventh season with Arthur Miller’s classic drama Partners of Harris Center The Crucible. Under the direction of The Falcon’s Eye Presents Professor David Harris, Falcon’s Eye (“A big hit of magic,” Sacramento News & Review) is designed to give artists and audiences in our community an opportunity to stretch their wings and FRI–SUN, NOV 8-10 2013 open their eyes. $15 GENERAL ADMISSION The Crucible takes place in the $10 STUDENTS AND SENIORS scorching context of the 17th-century

THE CRUCIBLE

BY ARTHUR MILLER

Salem witch trials and unravels a tale of human struggles both internal and external. The Crucible is a community galvanized by fear and suspicion, a wife betrayed by lust, an orphan girl blind with passion and obsessed with revenge, ruthless prosecutors, deluded holy men and covetous neighbors. Arthur Miller’s script pulses with the destructiveness of socially sanctioned violence, the power of hysteria and rancor, the blindness of zealots, and the heart of one tortured man trying to find his own goodness.

All shows perform at one of three stages at Harris Center for the Arts at Folsom Lake College unless indicated otherwise. Shows at Thunder Valley Casino Resort will have the Thunder Valley symbol (right) to indicate the different venue. Shows at Jackson Rancheria in Jackson will have their symbol (far right).

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Partners of Harris Center El Dorado Musical Theatre Presents

PETER PAN

FRI–SUN, NOV 8-10 2013 THU–SUN, NOV 14-17 2013 THU–SUN, NOV 21-24 2013 $18-28; PREMIUM $36 BARGAIN THURSDAYS ALL SEATS $14.75

Peter Pan is the classic musical loved by millions with show-stopping songs, “Never Never Land,” “I Won’t Grow Up,” “I’m Flying” and more. Don’t miss your chance to see the magic and wonder of Peter, Wendy, and the boys as they fly to Neverland and outwit the evil Captain Hook!

and catholic tastes. Musician who actually enjoys giving audiences what they want. Plays piano like a dream . . . He might look something like Peter Nero.”

For his Harris Center engagement, Nero kicks off on Tuesday night with an all Gershwin program. On Wednesday, it’s his Classic Connections program, performing classical and jazz favorites and showing that these genres are more closely related than most people would think.”

band, Uncle Kracker made his astounding solo debut in 2001 with his double platinum album “Double Wide,” which featured the smash hit “Follow Me.” Since then, Uncle Kracker has had his singles in all genres: Country tunes “Smile” and “When the Sun Goes Down,” the #1 hit he collaborated on with Kenny Chesney, and Pop chart topper “Drift Away” with Dobie Gray.

Speaking on his newest album “Midnight Special,” Uncle Kracker stated, “This is a full-on country Thunder Valley Entertainment Presents record. Maybe not the ‘A guy walks into a bar and goes, ‘“Where does a man go to get a drink in this town?” ‘ kind of country, but it’s my version.”

The tracks on his album reflect his FRI, NOV 15 2013 version of country to a tee. Whether $45, $75 (PLUS TAXES AND FEES) it is a soulful “Happy,” or a plucky countryfied “You Got That Thang,” “Midnight Special” delivers and keeps Uncle Kracker’s fans wanting more.

VIETNAMESE CONCERT: DAI NHAC HOI YEU

Partners of Harris Center California Theater Center Presents

JACK AND THE BEANSTALK SUN, NOV 17 2013 $8-15

Harris Center Presents

PETER NERO TUE–WED, NOV 12-13 2013 $29-39; PREMIUM $49

“If the perfect pops conductor could be conjured, . . . he might answer to this description,” wrote Philadelphia Inquirer music critic Peter Dobrin: “Huge talent with polymath abilities

Follow the lively adventures of young Jack through an imaginative use of both live actors and puppetry, as he acquires magic beans in trade for his Jackson Rancheria Presents beloved cow. (Recommended for grades K-5) A Folsom favorite for many SAT, NOV 16 2013 years, California Theatre Center has $20+ (DREAMCATCHER’S CLUB® MEMBERS) repeatedly been recognized as the

UNCLE KRACKER

$40+ (NON-DREAMCATCHER’S CLUB® MEMBERS)

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Left: Peter Nero Right: Uncle Kracker

top professional theatre for young American audiences. Having twice opened the season at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, CTC creates quality experiences for youth (grades K-5) and families alike.

Harris Center Presents

AN IRISH CHRISTMAS FRI–SUN, NOV 29-DEC 1 2013 $25-39; PREMIUM $49 $20 FOR CHILDREN 12 AND UNDER

An Irish Christmas makes a welcome return to Folsom! This wildly popular show with Kevin Horton of Riverdance leading the dance, brings just about everything to the table this year – joy, hope, laughter, friendship, celebration of life through storytelling, music, song, and dance in a night that

Clockwise on spread: California Theatre Center’s Jack from Jack and the Beanstalk, Pacific Mambo Orchestra, The Tubes, Vivian Lee, The Addams Family’s Uncle Fester, and An Irish Christmas dancers

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sparkles with life! Dancing through the generations over brooms, on half doors, around butter churns and shoemakers, into the world of mythology and out again; singing that spins itself out of the mists and into the familiar “Silent Night,” “Little Drummer Boy,” “Carol of the Bells,” and superb music of the pipes, flutes, fiddles, button accordion and bodhráns are just the beginning of this great Irish night!

Harris Center Presents

PACIFIC MAMBO ORCHESTRA TUE, NOV 19 2013 $19-29; PREMIUM $39

Pacific Mambo Orchestra is a 19-Piece Latin Big Band, that plays Salsa, Mambo, Latin Jazz and Cha

Chas. Pacific Mambo Orchestra has taken the Latin music scene by storm!

European Magazine calls it “One of the best orchestras in the world.”

Trumpeter Steffen Kuehn and pianist Christian Tumalan, both experienced bandleaders in their own right, formed this Latin Salsa Big Band to bring back and build upon the great Latin Big Band sounds.

Marlow Rosado, Music Director and pianist for the US Tour is a 2013 GRAMMY Award winner for Best Tropical Album for his album, titled Retro.

“Talk To Ya Later” and “White Punks On Dope.”

Harris Center Presents

VIVIAN LEE QUARTET A TRIBUTE TO BILLIE HOLIDAY FRI–SUN, NOV 22-24 2013 $25-29

Local chanteuse Vivian Lee wowed audiences at last year’s One Night jazz club at Three Stages; now she’s back with a special tribute to Lady Day. In this celebration of the life and music of Thunder Valley Casino Resort Presents one of the world’s most beloved jazz vocalists, some of Billie Holiday’s more FRI, NOV 22 2013 memorable songs will be performed $19.50 AND $32.50 (PLUS TAXES AND FEES) touching on her good times, her great This event takes place rain or shine moments and just briefly on her dark Completion Backward Principle lives moments. A salute to the genius of on! Hear high-energy hits again, like one of jazz’ early vocal pioneers.

THE TUBES

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Harris Center Presents

THE ADDAMS FAMILY THE BROADWAY MUSICAL SPONSORED BY WELLS FARGO TUE–WED, NOV 26-28 2013 $45-65; PREMIUM $79

The Addams Family Features an original story, and it’s every father’s nightmare.

Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family. A man her parents have never met. And if that

weren’t upsetting enough, she confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother. Now, Gomez Addams must do something he’s never done before – keep a secret from his beloved wife, Morticia. Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night they host a dinner for Wednesday’s “normal” boyfriend and his parents.

Harris Center Presents

Eddie Palmieri, known for his charismatic power and bold innovative drive, has a musical career that spans JAZZ BAND over 50 years as a bandleader of MON, DEC 2 2013 Salsa and Latin Jazz orchestras. With $25-35; PREMIUM $45 a discography that includes 36 titles, $12 STUDENTS WITH ID Mr. Palmieri has been awarded Nine

EDDIE PALMIERI LATIN

Thunder Valley Casino Resort Presents

FOGHAT

FRI, NOV 29 2013 $34.50 AND 44.50 (PLUS TAXES AND FEES)

This band brought out the rock with a roll and scored with memorable hits like “Slow Ride” and “Fool For The City.”

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Grammy Awards. He received his first Grammy Award in 1975 for his release The Sun of Latin Music, which is often considered the most historic, as it was the first time Latin Music was recognized by the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (NARAS).

He would win again the following year for Unfinished Masterpiece, Palo Pa‘ Rumba in 1984, Solito in 1985 and La Verdad in 1987. He received a Latin Grammy and a traditional Grammy for his 2000 release with Tito Puente entitled Obra Maestra/Masterpiece,

Listen Here! in 2006 and Simpatico in 2007, a collaborative effort with trumpet master Brian Lynch, for Best Latin Jazz Album. Simpatico was also recognized by the Jazz Journalist Association as Best Latin Jazz Album that same year.

Productions at Harris Center FLC Dance Program presents

AN EVENING OF DANCE

featuring Mosaic Dance Company

and tours throughout California acting as ambassadors for the greater Sacramento community through dance performance and outreach education youth projects including Sacramento Children’s Home, local elementary school education classes and the Folsom Alzheimer’s facility.

Jackson Rancheria Presents

AARON LEWIS SAT, DEC 7 2013 $20+ (DREAMCATCHER’S

THU, DEC 5 2013

CLUB® MEMBERS)

$12, $8 STUDENTS WITH ID

$40+ (NON-DREAMCATCHER’S CLUB® EMBERS)

Folsom Lake College’s Dance program and the resident MOSAIC Dance Company is a dance family of diversity: ages, ethnicities, social and cultural backgrounds, as well as a MOSAIC of dance styles. FLC offers classes in Ballet, Jazz, Modern, Hip-Hop, Dance Composition and Production, Musical Theatre Dance, Intro to Dance, and World Dane History.

With education and advancement as their goal, dance is their catalyst: MOSAIC Dance Company performs

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Known for his years as the frontman for the band Staind, Aaron Lewis released his country debut EP, Town Line, in 2011. His gold selling single “Country Boy,” featuring the legendary George Jones and Charlie Daniels, helped bring his EP to #1 on the Billboard Country Albums Chart and #7 on the Billboard Top 200. Lewis’ newest album, The Road, came to be while balancing both Spread left to right: Foghat, Eddie Palmieri, and Aaron Lewis

his up and coming solo run, with the help of his award winning producer James Stroud, and a tour supporting Staind’s self-titled seventh album.

Partners of Harris Center Voices of California present

BELIEVE

SAT, DEC 7 2013; $25-35 STUDENTS WITH ID AND CHILDREN $15

Holiday magic, a cappella style! The Voices of California, an 80-member male vocal ensemble working primarily in the barbershop style, is joined by musical groups from the Sacramento Valley to round out a most entertaining holiday experience. With a wide variety of musical selections, performers and styles, this annual event is a much-anticipated highlight of the holiday season.

Partners of Harris Center The Folsom Symphony presents

MUSIC OF MANY LANDS SAT–SUN, DEC 7-8 2013 $20-42; PREMIUM $55

Featuring Verdi’s “Overture From La Forza del Destino,” Mendelssohn’s “The Hebrides,” Berlioz’s “March Hongroise” and songs from the

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highlands performed by the City of Sacramento Pipe Band, plus other holiday music and our traditional holiday carol singalong.

Jackson Rancheria Presents PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS

ROCKIN’ CHRISTMAS

SUN, DEC 15 2013 $20+ (DREAMCATCHER’S CLUB® MEMBERS) $40+ (NON-DREAMCATCHER’S CLUB® MEMBERS)

Originally founded in 1958, Paul Revere & the Raiders signed with Columbia Records and performed and appeared on 520 episodes of Dick Clark’s “Where the Action Is.” In 1968, Revere co-hosted a weekly ABC TV series “Happening,” and in the summer of 1971, rode his motorcycle across America 3 times promoting his band’s newest single “Indian Reservation.”

The single topped the charts at number 1. Celebrating 55 years of musical genius, their hits “Indian Reservation,” “Him or Me,” “Louie Louie” and “Kicks” keep Paul Revere & the Raiders performing for audiences worldwide. Their “highly polished” act is built on warmth, to connect with their audiences, and spontaneity, to keep their audiences’ interests peaked in their performances.

Partners of Harris Center Pamela Hayes Classical Ballet Theatre presents

THE NUTCRACKER FRI–SUN, DEC 13-15 2013 $20-23; PREMIUM $26 CHILDREN 12 AND UNDER $15-18; PREMIUM $21

It’s Christmas Eve. A majestic tree sparkles and the Silberhaus’ are hosting their annual Christmas party, welcoming the arrival of their guests.

Suddenly, Clara’s beloved Herr Drosselmeyer appears and entertains the guests with magical tricks and lifesize dolls. Come and be swept away with Clara and her Nutcracker Prince on an enchanted journey through the Kingdom of Sweets where you will meet the adorable Sweeties, the hilarious Mother Ginger, the beautiful Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier and all of the characters you have grown to love in this timeless tale. Pamela Hayes’ The Nutcracker has been recognized for its unique entertainment approach and wonderful costuming.

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Partners of Harris Center Folsom Lake Community Concert Association presents

FOLSOM GOLD HOLIDAY CONCERT

SAT–SUN, DEC 14-15 2013 $12-15; PREMIUM $18

Formed in the summer of 2011, Folsom Gold is a vocal ensemble dedicated to offering audiences, young and old, contemporary renditions of Jazz, Standards, Patriotic, Folk, Traditional, Show Tunes and Holiday music, arranged and performed to showcase that which made our selection of songs so well loved in the first place. Folsom Gold is managed by its founder, former talk radio personality Bob Nathan, and is primarily comprised of Folsom and nearby residents. Music Director Fred Weber is the former Director of Choral Activities for

Sierra College, and a long time educator and adjudicator of musical performance. Members of Folsom Gold are seasoned performers in both solo and choral singing and theatrical work.

Folsom Gold lights up the stage and warms the heart with beautiful arrangements of contemporary and traditional standards and Holiday favorites!

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Partners of Harris Center Sacramento Baroque Soloists presents

WINTER’S EVE SAT, DEC 14 2013 $10 STUDENTS WITH ID $25-15 GENERAL ADMISSION • $20 SENIORS

Sacramento Baroque Soloists bring in the holiday season with a concert of their own arrangements of early Christmas music and Celtic music. This joyous event features an ensemble

P R O D U C T I O N S

THE FAB ULOUS

THUNDERBIRDS

Partners of Harris Center California Theatre Center presents

THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER

SUN, DEC 15 2013; $8

Recommended for grades K-5, this holiday favorite tells the story of two merry elves who arrive at a small village in the Black Forest to discover a shoemaker who needs their assistance.

California Theatre Center has repeatedly been recognized as the top professional theatre for young American audiences. Having twice opened the season at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, CTC creates quality experiences for youth and families alike.

Partners of Harris Center El Dorado Musical Theatre’s High Voltage presents

HOLIDAY CELEBRATION MON, DEC 16 2013 • $7-25; PREMIUM $32

Friday 5.17.2014

Frid :30 p • Show 7:30 p Doors 6 35, $45 Tickets $25, $

C O N C E R T S

with vocals, violins, flute, cello, lute, harp, drums, and harpsichord, to remind us of the coming sun through the long winter months.

Doors 7:00 p • Show 8:00 Tickets $30, $37, $4 p 5

presented by carrera-productions.com

Tickets only @ www.harriscenter.net | Events @ Harris Center Three Stages | Folsom Lake College, 10 College Parkway, Folsom

Celebrate the holidays with a reviewstyle performance filled with singing, dancing, and music from around the world. Holiday Celebration is fun family entertainment and is suitable for all ages for the holidays.

Left: Members of High Voltage Right: California Theatre Center’s Elves

Partners of Harris Center Husky Shows presents

A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS WITH DAVID BENOIT

THU, DEC 19 2013 $20-52; PREMIUM $59

Good grief, don’t let your family miss this very special holiday event! The five-time GRAMMY-nominated pianist David Benoit and his quartet present an evening of holiday songs and arrangements made famous on the Charlie Brown Christmas TV specials.

Benoit electrified the jazz world when he released a version of “The Peanuts Theme” which became a #1 hit on jazz radio. You’ll remember why A Charlie

Brown Christmas is such a beloved and timeless classic when it is brought to life by this incredible group of musicians and a charming children’s chorus.

“The Peanuts gang will live on through this vibrant music!” (Hilarie Grey, Jazz Times) Partners of Harris Center Compañía Mazatlán Bellas Artes presents

DICIEMBRE NAVIDEÑO

FRI, DEC 20 2013 $20-29; PREMIUM $35 $20 CHILDREN 12 AND YOUNGER

Celebrate the evolution of Christmas in Mexico across space and time. From the Tarazcos and Nahuas indigenous rituals of central Mexico, to the “callejoneadas” of modern Jalisco, CMBA presents a whirlwind of colorful wardrobes and ancestral sounds in this exhilarating Mexican Christmas production, featuring 20 dancers and musicians on stage for an end-of-the year celebration.

Left: Devid Benoit BelowL SBL’s Riders In The Sky

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Partners of Harris Center SBL Entertainment presents

RIDERS IN THE SKY

SAT, DEC 21 2013 $36; PREMIUM $46

Hear.” You will also be invited to join Riders in singing traditional holiday classics such as “I’ll Be Home For Christmas”, “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and others. And all this yuletide charm is augmented with the classic, western favorites Riders have been singing for 30 years. So put on your merry cheer and saddle up and ride! You’re invited to spend a holiday evening Christmas The Cowboy Way!

Hear the Christmas Yodel resounding!

It’s a great big western ho-ho-ho from “America’s Favorite Cowboys” Riders In The Sky! Those wacky, fourpart harmonizing cowboys have spruced up the bunkhouse, donned their sequined yuletide outfits, and Partners of Harris Center loosed their vivid imaginations to Placer Pops Chorale presents create a holiday musical fantasy for Saddle Pals of all ages. Christmas The Cowboy Way will feature their unique “brand” of cowboy humor sprinkled with a dash of holiday spice which SAT–SUN, DEC 21-22 2013 includes original songs like “Riding $23-33; PREMIUM $35 Home On Christmas Eve,” “Deck The STUDENTS WITH ID $20-$30 Bunkhouse Walls,” and “The Last SENIORS 65 AND UP $20-$30 Christmas Medley You’ll Ever Need To

IT’S CHRISTMAS ONCE AGAIN

Members of Placer Pops Chorale line up behind Director Lorin Miller

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Pure holiday magic – choral style! This delightful Christmas concert, which has become a favorite tradition among fans of the Chorale, offers a fresh take on the timeless and heartwarming classics of the season.

Come experience the magic and pageantry of Christmas through innovative arrangements and a glorious choral

sound. This concert has something for everyone, and is sure to make your holidays the best ever!

Partners of Harris Center Sacramento Master Singers presents

THE WORLD FOR CHRISTMAS

SUN, DEC 22 2013 $25-40; PREMIUM $55

The Sacramento Master Singers, the city’s most accomplished choral chamber group, presents The World for Christmas. Conductor Ralph Hughes has searched the globe for vibrant, new carols representing world cultures as far flung as Spain, Nigeria, New Zealand, and Iceland. A moodsetting candlelit processional will include the area premiere of Philip Lawson’s “Evermore.” The choir will also sing new arrangements of some of the world’s most beloved traditional carols. Join us on a tantalizing musical journey around the world!

Thunder Valley Casino Resort Presents

MARK CHESTNUTT WITH CONFEDERATE RAILROAD

SUN, DEC 29 2013 $37.50, $55.50 AND $69.50 (PLUS TAXES AND FEES)

Known for bringing a classic country music sound with a honky-tonk edge, get ready to cowboy up for such hits as “Bubba Shot The Jukebox” and “I’ll Think Of Something”. Joining Mr. Chesnutt onstage is the Atlanta-based southern rock band, Confederate Railroad.

Partners of Harris Center Robert Friedman presents

THE MOSCOW CLASSICAL BALLET

THE NUTCRACKER THU–SUN, DEC 26-29 2013 $29-49; PREMIUM $59, $65

A Folsom favorite, The Moscow Classical Ballet returns to Harris Center/Three Stages to perform The Nutcracker, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

Tchaikovsky’s timeless tale of family and the magic of Christmas brings people together to enjoy the merriment of the holidays, especially in this staging by the esteemed Moscow Classical Ballet. This brilliant troupe is one of three ballet companies supported by the Russian government and “boasts a cluster of phenomenal young dancers...its corps performs in an uncluttered, streamlined style” (New York Times).

Left: Sacramento Master Singers Above left: Mark Chestnutt Below Opposite: Tower of Power and Average White Band

Thunder Valley Casino Resort Presents

V101’S HOLIDAY JAM WITH THE WHISPERERS AND SOS BAND SAT, DEC 28 2013 $55.50, $65.50, $79.50 (PLUS TAXES AND FEES)

Holiday cheer meets funk, urban soul, and more, with hits like “Rock Steady” and “Take Your Time” from the best of R&B. Tickets to this musical night would make a great present under the tree for your favorite elf !

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Thunder Valley Casino Resort Presents

TOWER OF POWER WITH AVERAGE WHITE BAND

TUES, DEC 31 2013 $59.50, $72.50 AND $89.50 (PLUS TAXES AND FEES)

The baddest beat and sounds will ring in the New Year with Oakland’s own Tower of Power, joined by special guest Average White Band - pick up the pieces, indeed!

Harris Center Presents Luis Bravo’s

FOREVER TANGO FRI–SUN, JAN 3-5 2014 $39-59; PREMIUM $69 10% DISCOUNT ON SINGLE TICKETS FOR SUNDAY NIGHT

Forever Tango features fourteen worldclass tango dancers, one vocalist and an on-stage eleven piece orchestra.

The orchestra includes ‘the instrument of the tango,’ the bandonen, a close relative of accordion.

The tango celebrates the passionate music and dance of Argentina. Performed to original and traditional music, the dances are the result of a collaboration between each couple and the director/creator Bravo. The show tells the story of the

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Harris Center Presents

MARK HUMMEL’S BLUES HARMONICA BLOWOUT

A Tribute to Sonny Boy Williamson II WED, JAN 8 2014 $19-29; PREMIUM $39 • $12 STUDENTS WITH ID

birth of the tango in 19th-century Argentina where thousands of men, mostly European immigrants, found themselves in a lonely and violent existence. Originally shunned by Argentina society as indecent, the tango became an overnight craze in upper class Paris when Argentine intellectuals taught it when travelling abroad. The tango may be Argentina’s best known export.

Come see why this dance has fascinated, repelled and attracted thousands for so many decades. An integral part of Latin society, the tango is one dance you don’t want to miss.

Featuring: John Mayall, Rick Estrin, Little Charlie Baty, Curtis Salgado, Mark Hummel, and others.

For the last two year’s the Blues Blowout has been a sold-out affair at the Harris Center, and with good reason. This year the Blowout pays tribute to Sonny Boy Williamson II, with many Blues greats, backed by Hummel’s topnotch band. The series began in 1991 and is now international, having played in venues as far-ranging as Nottonden Blues Fest (Norway), San Francisco Blues Fest, Chicago Blues Fest and many others.

SAT, JAN 11 2014 $14-20; PREMIUM $28

In celebration of the 46th Anniversary of Johnny Cash’s performance at Folsom State Prison, The Walking Phoenixes are back with a great night of entertainment with special guests and a salute to the correctional officers of Folsom Prison. Cash’s unique musical story telling memories are performed with strong conviction and stunning accuracy - an event with rave reviews!

These talented musicians passion and love for Cash’s music captures the soul of the “man in black” his love for mankind.

Partners of Harris Center Young Dempsey presents

THE WALKING PHOENIXES 46th Anniversary of Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison

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Above left: Performers in Louis Braga’s Forever Tango Left: Mark Hummel’s Blues Harmonica Blowout Above: Deana Martin Below: The Walking Phoenixes

Harris Center Presents

DEANA MARTIN

A Tribute to Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra SUN, JAN 12 2014 • $29-39; PREMIUM $49

Deana Martin is an influential American singer, actor and performer and the very proud daughter of iconic entertainer, Dean Martin. As an internationally acclaimed entertainer, Deana Martin has become an instantly recognizable voice and figure in the pantheon of The Great American Songbook.

Harris Center Presents Jason Petty’s

THE SWINGIN’ COWBOYS SUN, JAN 12 2014 TUE–FRI, JAN 14-17 2014 SUN, JAN 19 2014 $25-39 FOR FRI NIGHT/SUNDAY MATINEES $19-33 FOR TUES, WEDS, THURS AND SUNDAY NIGHTS (SAVE $6 PER TICKET)

Obie Award-winner Jason Petty returns to Folsom on the heels of a successful run of his show Hank and My Honky Tonk Heroes. His latest production, The Swingin’ Cowboys, is a tribute to the music of the Great American West.

Featuring stories and songs from the greatest western swing music ever, Petty is joined by Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame inductee Carolyn Martin and her terrific Western Swing Band.

Harris Center Presents

MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL WED–FRI, JAN 15-17 2014 $29-45; PREMIUM $55

Come join our sisterhood! This hilarious musical parody staged to classic tunes from the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s will have you cheering and dancing in the aisles. See what millions of women worldwide have been laughing about for over 10 years!

Set in a department store, four women with seemingly nothing in common but a black lace bra on sale, come to find they have more to share than ever imagined. The all-female cast makes fun of their woeful hot flashes, forgetfulness, mood swings, wrinkles, night sweats and chocolate binges. A sisterhood is created between these diverse women as they realize that menopause is no longer “The Silent Passage,” but a stage in every woman’s life that is perfectly normal! “Most women know intuitively that every other woman is experiencing hot flashes or night sweats,” says author Jeanie C. Linders. “There is always a close friend who can sympathize or identify, but when they are sitting in a theatre with hundreds of other women, all laughing and shouting ‘That’s me! That’s me on stage!’ They know what they are experiencing is normal. They aren’t alone or crazy.

It becomes a sisterhood.” It’s the Hilarious Celebration of Women and The Change!® Harris Center Presents

CIRQUE ZÍVA SAT, JAN 18 2014 $21-34; PREMIUM $45

Cirque Zíva is a fast-paced, technically innovative and beautifully presented new show. The large cast and spectacular set designs illustrate the best of Producer/Artistic Director Danny Chang’s brand of artistic merit, high production value, and solid 49

commitment to cultural exchange.

Originally from Cangzhou, Hebei province, in the People’s Republic of China, and founded by Lien Chi Chang in 1967, the Golden Dragon Acrobats have toured for more than 30 years to international acclaim. They practice the rigorous art of Chinese Acrobatics, an art form that first became popular in China 2,500 years ago. The 25 acrobats are athletes, actors, and artists who have trained since childhood. They will amaze you with acrobatic feats they perform using their bodies and simple props including everyday objects Below: Cirque Zíva; Center: Cary Farley

like plates, jugs, bicycles, umbrellas and more. “. . . with props as varied as ladders and giant spinning wheels the performers show just why they’re world-famous” (New York Post).

Partners of Harris Center

AN EVENING WITH CARY FARLEY 4TH ANNUAL MUSTARD SEED BENEFIT CONCERT SAT, JAN 18 2014 • $10-20

Local musician, Cary Farley is set to perform his 4th annual concert, benefiting the Mustard Seed School.

Cary Farley performs melodic rock music with instrumental songs and vocals from his Goodnight album and new songs with a complete 5-piece

band including piano, guitar, cello, Harris Center Presents bass, and drums. With his music repertoire, onstage ease, and witty From Joplin to Jarrett: presence, this is an evening of entertainment not to be missed.

JON WEBER

100 YEARS OF PIANO JAZZ

Harris Center Presents

HOVER SPACE WED, JAN 22 2014 $25-45; PREMIUM $55

Hover Space explores the middle ground of relationships: where risk and action, fear and feeling, can thrive.

The unbalanced space, between extremes, where life and love happens.

Hover Space features 10-12 dancers; a dance fusion of contemporary, jazz, acrobatic, and hip hop movement on, above, and beneath the Hover Stage - the 16 x 12 foot floating, tilting, and always-moving stage. This event is sponsored by Capital Public Radio.

THU–FRI, JAN 23-24 2014 • SUN, JAN 26 2014 $29-39 • $12 STUDENTS WITH ID

He recently filled legendary shoes, selected by Marian McPartland to continue her Piano Jazz on NPR, but he’s been going places since a young age. By age 19, Jon’s jazz quintet had opened up for Pat Metheny, Buddy Rich, Freddie Hubbard, and Stanley Turrentine. Now a favorite at New York’s 92nd Street “Y” jazz series, performing piano duos with Dick Hyman, Cyrus Chestnut, and Bill Charlap, Jon Weber—a true original— is rapidly emerging as a singular personality in jazz.

Harris Center Presents

INTERNATIONAL GUITAR NIGHT

string guitar circles for their unique mix of melody, improvisation, and hand percussion using the strings, the fretboard and the body of the guitar.

Quique is a master of many South American melodies and rhythms on both buitar and charango. It will be an inventive evening of contemporary guitar music.

International Guitar Night is North America’s premier mobile guitar festival. Sponsored by Acoustic Guitar Magazine, and is the only production of its kind with grassroots origins. Since 1995 when it began in a converted laundromat in the California Bay Area, IGN has featured the best guitar composers from around the world.

Participants have relished the chance IGN affords artists to express reverence for one another, and to collaborate rather than compete. The unique brand of “guitar positivity” the forum provides has helped make IGN the most successful guitar showcase of its kind.

THU, JAN 23 2014 $19-29; PREMIUM $39

For the January/February 2014 U.S. tour, IGN founder Brian Gore will be joined by Italy’s Pino Forastiere, Mike Dawes from England, and Quique Sinesi from Argentina. Pino and Mike are revered in contemporary steel

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Top left: Jazz great Jon Weber Bottom left: Members of Hover Space Dance Group Bottom Right: One of the performers from the Internation Guitar Society’s IGN

Partners of Harris Center Brigham Young University presents

LIVING LEGENDS, SEASONS

FRI, JAN 24 2014 $30 GENERAL ADMISSION

Living Legends captures the essence of ancient and modern cultures with authentic choreography, intricate costumes and ethnic music that bring to life the beauty of traditional cultures often forgotten in today’s modern world.

The group, from Brigham Young University, celebrates the Latin American, Native American, and Polynesian cultures through song and dance in its 90-minute performance, Seasons. All Living Legends members are of Native American, Latin American, or Polynesian heritage.

Partners of Harris Center Sacramento Baroque Soloists presents

VOICE OF THE CELLO

SAT, JAN 25 2014 $25 GENERAL ADMISSION • $20 SENIORS STUDENTS WITH ID $10

Immerse yourself in the intimacy of the dark sounds of the cello, in sonatas accompanied by a continuo section of harpsichord, lute, and organ. Featuring Sacramento Baroque Soloists’ continuo cellist Michael Lawson. and drums. With his music repertoire, onstage ease, and witty presence, this is an evening of entertainment not to be missed.

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Partners of Harris Center FLCCA presents

THE DIAMONDS SUN, JAN 26 2014 $24-34; PREMIUM $39

In 1957 The Diamonds released an instant million-selling hit called Little Darlin’. The standing ovations and return engagements are the proof the Diamonds have taken the Classic Rock and Roll genre to a whole new level. Audiences who love songs that they can understand and actually sing the words to today, tomorrow, or even 20 years from now make The Diamonds truly a cut above! If you miss the show – you’ll be missing rock ’n’ roll history!

Harris Center Presents

Harris Center Presents

ANTONIO CELTIC NIGHTS ZAMBUJO THE JOURNEY OF NEW FADO HOPE MON, JAN 27 2014

WED–THU, JAN 29-30 2014

$19-29; PREMIUM $39

$25-39; PREMIUM $49

STUDENTS WITH ID $12

CHILDREN AGE 12 AND UNDER $20

Antonio Zambujo infuses contemporary instruments, jazz and bossa nova into the sentimental atmospheric sounds of Portugal’s soulful folk tradition known as fado. With his earthy songs, honeyed tones and sensitive interpretation, Zambujo has emerged as one of the best modern fado artists.

“The most beautiful male voice of today.” (Le Figero) “He upholds fado’s sense of longing and tragic dignity as he brings it into modern close-up” (New York Times).

From the creators of Gaelforce Dance, the “unmissable two hour spectacular (that) has brought audiences to their feet all around the world” (The Guardian, England) comes a brand new show in celebration of song.

Celtic Nights expertly weaves together the lilting melodies and plaintive lyrics of the rich Celtic heritage to tell the story of a people. In this stirring tale of the Celtic experience, the audience is invited to travel along on a journey of hope, transported in time through traditional ballads, vivid choreography and the story of a people struggling to find their place in a changing world.

Far left: A dancer in BYU’s Living Legends Dance Group Top left: The Diamonds Bottom left: Warm reflection of the cello Below: Antonio Zambujo Bottom right: A violinist from Celtic Nights

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