BWW Reviews: LOOPED is Fast, Complex and Utterly Satisfying
Bravo to Ensemble Theatre, director Glen Jordan, and the talented cast of Matthew Lombardo's Looped for creating a truly fantastic experience in theatre.
Santa Barbara Theater Reviews
The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Santa Barbara.
BWW Reviews: ARSENIC AND OLD LACE Brings Fun, Frivolity to SBCC
The SBCC Theatre Group at Santa Barbara City College kicks off its season this summer with a bit of light entertainment in the form of Joseph Kesselring's humorous classic, Arsenic and Old Lace.
BWW Reviews: AMERICAN IDIOT Blends Rock, Theatre in Entertaining Mash-up
American Idiot delivers both the fun of a rock show and the glorious visual trapping of musical theatre for an entertaining mash-up of Broadway and Alt Rock.
BWW Reviews: RENT Brings La Boheme to the Funk Zone
SOPA's RENT: coming to Center Stage Theater, May 23rd-24th
BWW Reviews: METAMORPHOSES Transforms the New Vic
Metamorphoses is less of a play than it is a dreamlike series of theatrical vignettes adapted from the mythology canon of Ovid's epic poem of the same name.
BWW Reviews: Broadway Vet Shoshana Bean Sings Final Free Concert at Americana at Brand, 6/2
What happens when you cram together the star quality of Barbra, the riffs of Beyonce, Whitney, and Mariah, the sass of Stevie, and the deep, emotional soul of Aretha? You get Broadway star and old-school soul revivalist Shoshana Bean.
BWW Reviews: Nothing Less Than Timeless: THE LAST FIVE YEARS Comes to Santa Barbara
Featuring Emily Jewell (a local favorite) as the aspiring actress Cathy Hiatt, and Elisha Schaefer as the vibrant and eccentric novelist Jamie Wellerstein, this production is sure to deliver both tears of joy and strife, as the story explores the discovery and complications of 'true' love through th
BWW Reviews: Rousing BILLY ELLIOT Earns Worthy Cheers in L.A.
Charming and unabashedly buoyant, BILLY ELLIOT--which danced away with 10 fairly well-deserved Tony Award wins including Best Musical back in 2009--is a smile-inducing, pleasingly-staged musical based on the 2000 film.
BWW Reviews: SCR Stages Funny Debut Play THE PRINCE OF ATLANTIS
In THE PRINCE OF ATLANTIS, Steven Drukman's funny new play set in the heavy-accented neighborhood of Nonantum, Massachusetts, the characters all seem to believe that the key to good relations with others and living a good life (or at least a nicer-than-average one) is to make things appear better th
BWW Reviews: Star Performances Invigorate MTW's MAN OF LA MANCHA Revival
With two impressive lead stars--Davis Gaines and Lesli Margherita--at the forefront of a fresh, dynamic re-staging of a classic work, Musical Theatre West's brand new production of the 1965 Tony Award-winning musical MAN OF LA MANCHA is, hands down, one of the most complex, beautifully-rendered musi
BWW Reviews: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN Brings Audiences to Life with Laughter
The humor of Mel Brook's "Young Frankenstein: The Musical" follows that of the original 1974 film, but adds just enough new punch lines to make the show fresh for the younger generations unfamiliar with the movie.
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Ojai Playwrights Conference New Works Festival Ojai Playwrights Conference (7/30-8/02) |
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Johnny Tsunami and The Hurricanes at Santa Rosa, CA The California Theatre of Santa Rosa (7/12-7/12) |
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Gutenberg! The Musical! San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre (10/09-11/08) |
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SIX (Boleyn Tour) Christopher Cohan Center (5/18-5/19) |
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Alice in Wonderland by International Ballet Stars in Santa Barbara, CA! The Granada Theatre (4/22-4/22) |
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The Father: A Tragic Farce The Father: A Tragic Farce (8/28-9/13) |
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Ragtime Rubicon Theatre Company (10/21-11/08) |
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Jack Johnson Santa Barbara Bowl (10/03-10/03) |
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John & Jen Rubicon Theatre Company (2/10-2/28) |
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Murder For Two Rubicon Theatre Company (5/12-5/30) |