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<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTHE 30TH. TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE. SACRAMENTO BAND TEAMS UP WITH THE SAC DANCE LAB TO PUT ON AN ORIGINAL MUSICAL. THE LAB RATS PUT TOGETHER A THEATRICAL RELEASE FOR THEIR NEW ALBUM, TIGER IN THE JUNGLE. THE MUSICAL IS CALLED WHO IS JEFF COSTELLO? AND THE BAND SAYS IT\u2019S BASED ON THE CLASSIC FILM AND REIMAGINED THROUGH A CONTEMPORARY HIP HOP LENS. WELL, IT WEAVES MUSIC TOGETHER WITH DANCING. CIRCUS ARTS AND STORYTELLING TO EXPLORE COMPLEX THEMES INCLUDING IDENTITY AND INTERNAL CONFLICT. WE\u2019VE GOT VISUAL ART, DANCE, LIVE MUSIC, YOU KNOW, VOCALS AND AN INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE. I WANT PEOPLE TO LEAVE FEELING LIKE THEY\u2019VE HAD, LIKE THEY\u2019VE BEEN TRANSPORTED AND THEN BROUGHT BACK, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO I WANT PEOPLE TO BE IMMERSED IN, IN THIS. THE MAN IS SHOWING WAS THIS AFTERNOON AND A SECOND SHOW\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Sacramento band LabRats collaborates with Sac Dance Lab for sold-out musical<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 9:19 PM PDT Mar 21, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\tEditorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\tSacramento band LabRats teamed up with Sac Dance Lab on Saturday to present an original musical titled “Who is Jef Costello?” inspired by the classic film “Le Samourai” and reimagined through a contemporary hip-hop lens. The musical, accompanying their new album “Tiger in the Jungle,” weaves music together with dancing, cirque arts and storytelling to explore complex themes, including identity and internal conflict. “We’ve got visual art, dance, live music and vocals. It’s an interactive experience,” LabRats drummer Jacob Swedlow said. ” I want people to be immersed in this.”The matinee showing for all ages was on Saturday afternoon, followed later by a second showing of the musical for people 21-year-old and up. Both showings were sold out.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Sacramento band LabRats teamed up with Sac Dance Lab on Saturday to present an original musical titled “Who is Jef Costello?” inspired by the classic film “Le Samourai” and reimagined through a contemporary hip-hop lens. <\/p>\n The musical, accompanying their new album “Tiger in the Jungle,” weaves music together with dancing, cirque arts and storytelling to explore complex themes, including identity and internal conflict. <\/p>\n “We’ve got visual art, dance, live music and vocals. It’s an interactive experience,” LabRats drummer Jacob Swedlow said. ” I want people to be immersed in this.”<\/p>\n The matinee showing for all ages was on Saturday afternoon, followed later by a second showing of the musical for people 21-year-old and up. Both showings were sold out.<\/p>\n See more coverage of top California stories here<\/a> | Download our app<\/a> | Subscribe to our morning newsletter<\/a> | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE 30TH. TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE. SACRAMENTO BAND TEAMS UP WITH THE SAC DANCE LAB TO PUT ON…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230874,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[2820,104732,19827,23615,21079,473,93094,330,592,93095,121,104728,123,122,595,104730,104729,669,2734,104731],"class_list":["post-230873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-app","tag-complex-theme","tag-dancing","tag-download","tag-identity","tag-kcra","tag-labrats","tag-music","tag-people","tag-sac-dance-lab","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-band-labrats","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-saturday","tag-second-showing","tag-sold-out","tag-subscribe","tag-top-california-story","tag-visual-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}