BWW Review: MEASURE FOR MEASURE at Ensemble Theatre Company
Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, currently on stage at the New Vic Theater, has been noted as a 'problematic' play due to a murky tone that's neither overtly comedic nor tragic.
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BWW Previews: MEASURE FOR MEASURE at ENSEMBLE THEATRE COMPANY
Shakespeare's story of powerful men exploiting their authority seems less outlandish with each modern headline about abuse and harassment, especially in terms of the power differential between the genders.
BWW Previews: DANCING LESSONS at Ensemble Theatre Company
Ensemble Theatre Company is going into their summer break on a lighter note with Mark St.
BWW Previews: THE LOST VIRGINITY TOUR at the Alcazar Theater
It's a mad world this summer for the ladies of the Happy Trails baking club, who venture beyond the gates of their retirement community and hit the road.
BWW Review: INTO THE BEAUTIFUL NORTH at UCSB Department Of Theatre
An upbeat piece, 'Into the Beautiful North' brushes against self-awareness without being preachy by providing likable characters in stylized peril and a timely expression of another side of the "border crisis.
BWW Feature: Santa Barbara Summer Theatre Preview
In Santa Barbara, Ensemble's end of season production is a rom-com about an odd couple that comes together while learning to dance.
BWW Preview: MATILDA: THE MUSICAL -- FOCUS ON DESIGN at Santa Barbara High School
This high-school-musical season, I got a sneak peek at Santa Barbara High's 'Matilda: The Musical,' with a tour of the innovative set.
BWW Review: EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED at Ensemble Theatre Company
Ensemble's production features many of the interesting aspects of this search for identity: a grumpy grandpa with a dark secret; an old Ukrainian woman who's mind has been warped by trauma and isolation; an underdog translator with a tenuous mastery of English; and an emotionally clumsy college kid
BWW Review: FUN HOME at Out Of The Box Theatre Company
Out of the Box's FUN HOME is more than a story of one woman leaning into her queer identity while her father crumbles under the weight of hiding his-it's about familial legacy and the unsettling loss of innocence that occurs when you realize your parents are only human.
BWW Previews: WOMEN WHO DEFIED THE ODDS at SB Public Library
In celebration of women's history, Dramadogs, A Theater Company presents 'Women Who Defied the Odds,' a series of monologues that offer the fascinating first-person stories of women from history who helped shape our culture.
BWW Review: DEATH OF A SALESMAN at Ensemble Theatre Company
Ensemble's production of Death of a Salesman is intimate and Willy's final sacrifice is tragic and inevitable.
BWW Previews: DEATH OF A SALESMAN at Ensemble Theatre Company
Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller's American tragedy, equates the worth of a man's life with his earning potential and forces characters and audiences alike to examine their expectations around the idea of 'success.
BWW Feature: BROADWAY SONGS OF THE SPIRIT produced by Clark Sayre
'Broadway Songs of the Spirit' features arrangement and orchestration by John Douglas, with performances by Tariqh Akoni, Kevin Winard, Santino Tafarella, Nicole McKenzie, Andrea DiMagio, Tim Beccue, Brianna Gilman, Andrew Martinez, and John Douglas.
BWW Preview: HOW TO TRANSCEND A HAPPY MARRIAGE at The Producing Unit
Last fall, The Producing Unit performed a reading of one of Ruhl's latest works, How to Transcend a Happy Marriage (directed by Peter Frisch)--a play about testing the boundaries of a 'traditional' marriage.
BWW Feature: THE 9 SHOWS TO WATCH FOR IN 2019—SANTA BARBARA REGION
2019 is looking to be a season of exciting, provocative performance art that features a variety of voices.
BWW Review: THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE at Ensemble Theatre Company
Ensemble Theatre Company's production of The Legend of Georgia McBride, directed by Jenny Sullivan, avoids the landmines.
BWW Previews: THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE at ENSEMBLE THEATRE COMPANY
For Ensemble's upcoming extravaganza, 'The Legend of Georgia McBride' (by Matthew Lopez, directed by Jenny Sullivan), actors Stephen Spencer and Bill Brochtrup have stepped up to the challenge of transforming into drag queens.
BWW Previews: VANITY FAIR at UCSB Department Of Theater And Dance
Based on William Makepeace Thackery's mid-19th century novel, Vanity Fair follows the adventures in adulthood of two young women from different backgrounds.
BWW Previews: AMELIE: THE MUSICAL at Out Of The Box Theatre Company
After years cloistered in a backyard in the suburbs of Paris, the victim of cruel jokes by local children and the over-attentive smothering of his landlord/guardian, one intrepid lawn gnome has set off for adventure.
BWW Review: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE at Westmont Theatre Department
Hamill's Pride and Prejudice creates the bridge that connects the nuanced tropes of Austen's 19th-century feminism to the conversations about gender equality happening currently.
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