SANTA BARBARA THEATER SHOWS - MUSICALS

by Anna Jensen - October 13, 2023

What did our critic think of THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT at Rubicon Theatre Company?...

by Anna Jensen - October 13, 2023

What did our critic think of THE THANKSGIVING PLAY at ETC?...

by Anna Jensen - September 22, 2023

'Nunsense,' now playing at SLO Rep, delivers an evening of heavenly harmonies and gentle comedy to tempt even novice theater-goers. ...

by Anna Jensen - March 11, 2023

What did our critic think of EMMA at Marian Theater? A confectionary morsel of Regency romance!...

by Anna Jensen - November 17, 2022

What did our critic think of CINDERELLA at PCPA's Marian Theater?...

by Anna Jensen - August 15, 2022

A fun, sweet, and multi-layered presentation of this favorite of Stephen Sondheim's musicals. PCPA ventured 'Into the Woods' on Saturday night to open its run of Stephen Sondheim's musical. There's fun to be found in following well-known fairy tale characters such as Little Red Riding Hood (Ekatrina...

by Maggie Yates - April 13, 2022

There's a lot to like about Ensemble's production of American Son, Christopher Demos-Brown's play about race and privilege in American society. The play feels timely and pertinent, broaching topics that bear weight on the minds of today's human in America: namely those born from the insistent racism...

by Maggie Yates - December 06, 2021

'The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley' is Jane Austin fanfiction that allows her popular characters life after the end of the novel. By Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon, The Wickhams is harmless entertainment that transports the audience back to England of the early 1800s....

by Anna Jensen - November 17, 2021

The Secret Garden, PCPA's enchanting holiday musical, will delight the whole family with its hopeful, heartfelt story of love, loss, and regeneration....

by Maggie Yates - November 08, 2021

UCSB students get a physical workout in Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind, a series of 35 2-minute plays performed in random order based on audience suggestion. It's controlled chaos that ultimately pans out into a sequence of really interesting vignettes that cover the gamut of emotions, offer...