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Review: 'SONGS FOR NOBODIES' at PCPA: Solvang Festival Theater
The names of the divas—Garland, Piaf, Cline, Holiday, Callas—sparkle like the dangling lights on Solvang’s Theaterfest stage.
A Merry Madness: A review of PCPA’s SOMETHING ROTTEN!
Many years ago, a TV commercial imagined how Reese’s peanut butter cups were invented.
Review: HOLMES AND WATSON at PCPA: Solvang Festival Theater
With a crack of thunder and a flash of lightning, “Holmes and Watson” begins.
Review: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at PCPA: Marian Theater
What did our critic think of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at PCPA: Marian Theater?
Review: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST at PCPA: Marian Theater
What did our critic think of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST at PCPA: Marian Theater?
What did our critic think of THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG at PCPA: Solvang Festival Theater?
The Play That Goes Wrong is a side-splittingly funny production not to be missed.
Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at PCPA: Solvang Festival Theater
Little Shop of Horrors director/choreographer Keenan Hooks blends camp sensibilities with emotional honesty in his staging of this musical.
Review: THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT At Rubicon Theatre Company
What did our critic think of THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT at Rubicon Theatre Company?
Review: THE THANKSGIVING PLAY at ETC
What did our critic think of THE THANKSGIVING PLAY at ETC?
Review: NUNSENSE At SLO Repertory Theatre
'Nunsense,' now playing at SLO Rep, delivers an evening of heavenly harmonies and gentle comedy to tempt even novice theater-goers.
Review: EMMA at Marian Theater
What did our critic think of EMMA at Marian Theater? A confectionary morsel of Regency romance!
Review: CINDERELLA at PCPA's Marian Theater
What did our critic think of CINDERELLA at PCPA's Marian Theater?
Review: INTO THE WOODS at PCPA
A fun, sweet, and multi-layered presentation of this favorite of Stephen Sondheim's musicals.
BWW Review: AMERICAN SON at Ensemble Theatre At The New Vic
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.
BWW Review: THE WICKHAMS: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY at Ensemble Theatre Company
'The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley' is Jane Austin fanfiction that allows her popular characters life after the end of the novel.
BWW Review: THE SECRET GARDEN at Marian Theater
The Secret Garden, PCPA's enchanting holiday musical, will delight the whole family with its hopeful, heartfelt story of love, loss, and regeneration.
BWW Review: TOO MUCH LIGHT MAKES THE BABY GO BLIND at UCSB Theater Department
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.
BWW Review: RIPCORD at The Theatre Group At SBCC
Ripcord is fun piece to launch SBCC’s 75th season, one with a sense of humor that takes a smart look at relatable interpersonal issues.
BWW Review: TENDERLY: THE ROSEMARY CLOONEY STORY at Ensemble Theatre Company
Ensemble Theatre Company re-opens the doors at the New Vic with the production of 'Tenderly, The Rosemary Clooney Musical.
BWW Review: DON PASQUALE at Opera Santa Barbara
Don Pasquale, directed by Josh Shaw, is a comic opera that pits the vivacious young Norina (Jana McIntyre) and her lover, Ernesto (Matthew Grills), against Ernesto's blustering, elderly uncle, Don Pasquale (Andrew Potter).
BWW Review: Opera Santa Barbara Presents DON PASQUALE at Ventura County Fairgrounds
On Saturday evening, April 10, 2021, Opera Santa Barbara presented Gaetano Donizetti’s comedy Don Pasquale, the season opener for the Concerts in Your Car series at California’s Ventura County Fairgrounds.
BWW Feature: Seven Date Night Recommendations for a Sensational Valentine's Day
With Valentine's Day right around the corner, it's time to get your date night plans in order.
BWW Review: IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY at Ensemble Theatre Company
Director Brian McDonald does a nice job of keeping the actors rotating around the multiple microphones on stage (or having them add and remove costuming items) to distinguish between multiple characters.
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The Lehman Trilogy Rubicon Theatre Company (3/24-4/11) |
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Ubu's Other Shoe Staged Reading: Incognito San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre (3/19-3/20) |
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Number the Stars San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre (1/15-1/24) |
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SIX (Boleyn Tour) Christopher Cohan Center (5/18-5/19) |
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Ubu's Other Shoe Staged Reading: Nickel & Dimed San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre (4/23-4/24) |
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Ragtime Rubicon Theatre Company (10/21-11/08) |
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Three Tall Women San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre (5/07-5/23) |
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LAUNCH PAD 2026 Summer Reading Series Ensemble Theatre Company at The New Vic (8/27-8/27) |
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Ubu's Other Shoe Staged Reading: The Vertical Hour San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre (9/18-9/19) |
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A Year With Frog And Toad Clark Center For The Performing Arts (11/19-11/21) |