BWW PREVIEW: EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED at New Vic
by Anna Jensen - April 09, 2019
Everything is Illuminated, a play based on the novel by Jonathan Safran Foer, goes onstage at the New Vic in a production by Ensemble Theatre Company beginning April 10th. The story takes the audience on a journey with Jonathan (Jeremy Kahn), an American searching the Ukraine for the woman who may have saved his Jewish grandfather's life during the Holocaust.
by Anna Jensen - April 09, 2019
Everything is Illuminated, a play based on the novel by Jonathan Safran Foer, goes onstage at the New Vic in a production by Ensemble Theatre Company beginning April 10th. The story takes the audience on a journey with Jonathan (Jeremy Kahn), an American searching the Ukraine for the woman who may have saved his Jewish grandfather's life during the Holocaust.
BWW Review: FUN HOME at Out Of The Box Theatre Company
by Maggie Yates - April 08, 2019
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.
by Maggie Yates - April 08, 2019
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.
UCSB Theater/Dance Presents Spring Dance Concert FRACTURE
by BWW News Desk - April 03, 2019
UC Santa Barbara, Department of Theater and Dance offers a student-centered Spring Dance Concert Fracture, comprised of a diverse range of new choreographic voices by senior BFA dance majors (Colin Sneddon, Madeline Takemori, Sergio Barrientos, Johnny Cox, Jasmine Agredano and Luis Gomez) and a piece by acclaimed New York choreographer Doug Elkins. Community members will recall Doug Elkins residency at the Lobero Theater in fall 2018 with DanceWorks. Elements of Elkins' intellectual and physical approach to choreography have found their way into the choreographic processes of our six BFA choreographers. All the students have unique voices tackling material that stems from pure movement invention, to cult/group dynamic behavior and loss of memory through the ravages of Alzheimer's disease. Director of Dance and Vice-Chair Christina McCarthy directs the concert.
by BWW News Desk - April 03, 2019
UC Santa Barbara, Department of Theater and Dance offers a student-centered Spring Dance Concert Fracture, comprised of a diverse range of new choreographic voices by senior BFA dance majors (Colin Sneddon, Madeline Takemori, Sergio Barrientos, Johnny Cox, Jasmine Agredano and Luis Gomez) and a piece by acclaimed New York choreographer Doug Elkins. Community members will recall Doug Elkins residency at the Lobero Theater in fall 2018 with DanceWorks. Elements of Elkins' intellectual and physical approach to choreography have found their way into the choreographic processes of our six BFA choreographers. All the students have unique voices tackling material that stems from pure movement invention, to cult/group dynamic behavior and loss of memory through the ravages of Alzheimer's disease. Director of Dance and Vice-Chair Christina McCarthy directs the concert.
Camerata Pacifica's 'Why Beethoven' Series Continues With Mozart, Schubert & Brahms
by BWW News Desk - April 01, 2019
Camerata Pacifica continues its "Why Beethoven?" project with four pieces by Vienna's most beloved residents, traversing the Austrian capital's musical landscape from 1785 - 1886. The program opens with Beethoven's String Trio in G Major, Op. 9, No. 1, followed by Mozart's Piano Quartet in G Minor, K. 478 and Schubert's String Trio in B-flat Major, D. 471, ending with Brahms' Sonata in A Major for Violin & Piano, Op. 100.
by BWW News Desk - April 01, 2019
Camerata Pacifica continues its "Why Beethoven?" project with four pieces by Vienna's most beloved residents, traversing the Austrian capital's musical landscape from 1785 - 1886. The program opens with Beethoven's String Trio in G Major, Op. 9, No. 1, followed by Mozart's Piano Quartet in G Minor, K. 478 and Schubert's String Trio in B-flat Major, D. 471, ending with Brahms' Sonata in A Major for Violin & Piano, Op. 100.
BWW Previews: FUN HOME at Center Stage Theater
by Anna Jensen - April 01, 2019
The Tony Award-winning musical, Fun Home, will play at Center Stage, April 4-14. Based on the graphic novel by cartoonist Alison Bechdel, Fun Home recounts Bechdel's memories of growing up with her secretive father and later coming out as a lesbian. In the musical, Alison appears as three separate characters: 'Alison' at 43 years old, 'Little Alison' as a young girl and 'Medium Alison' in college. Reviews of the early productions characterize the show as 'ground-breaking' and 'extraordinary.' Fun Home won the Tony for Best Musical in 2015, a New York Drama Critics' Circle Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
by Anna Jensen - April 01, 2019
The Tony Award-winning musical, Fun Home, will play at Center Stage, April 4-14. Based on the graphic novel by cartoonist Alison Bechdel, Fun Home recounts Bechdel's memories of growing up with her secretive father and later coming out as a lesbian. In the musical, Alison appears as three separate characters: 'Alison' at 43 years old, 'Little Alison' as a young girl and 'Medium Alison' in college. Reviews of the early productions characterize the show as 'ground-breaking' and 'extraordinary.' Fun Home won the Tony for Best Musical in 2015, a New York Drama Critics' Circle Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
BWW Previews: WEST SIDE STORY at Dos Pueblos High School
by Anna Jensen - March 30, 2019
West Side Story: Staging 'America' in a fresh production at Dos Pueblos High School
by Anna Jensen - March 30, 2019
West Side Story: Staging 'America' in a fresh production at Dos Pueblos High School
Santa Barbara Symphony Announces Janet Garufis as Incoming President of the Board of Directors
by BWW News Desk - March 28, 2019
The Santa Barbara Symphony is excited to announce the election of Janet Garufis as President of the Board of Directors. Garufis will succeed outgoing President Don Gilman, and step into this leadership role on July 1, 2019.
by BWW News Desk - March 28, 2019
The Santa Barbara Symphony is excited to announce the election of Janet Garufis as President of the Board of Directors. Garufis will succeed outgoing President Don Gilman, and step into this leadership role on July 1, 2019.
FUN HOME Comes to Center Stage Theater 4/5 - 4/14!
by BWW News Desk - March 27, 2019
FUN HOME is playing at Center Stage Theater in Santa Barbara from April 5 to 14, 2019.
by BWW News Desk - March 27, 2019
FUN HOME is playing at Center Stage Theater in Santa Barbara from April 5 to 14, 2019.
Colburn School Announces April Events
by BWW News Desk - March 27, 2019
The Colburn School continues its 2018-2019 season with an exciting array of free or low-cost performances that bring together today's greatest artists with members of the extraordinary Colburn School faculty and students in programs on campus and throughout the community.
by BWW News Desk - March 27, 2019
The Colburn School continues its 2018-2019 season with an exciting array of free or low-cost performances that bring together today's greatest artists with members of the extraordinary Colburn School faculty and students in programs on campus and throughout the community.
UCSB Hosts The Second Annual Arts Walk
by BWW News Desk - March 22, 2019
UC Santa Barbara will present the second annual UCSB Arts Walk on Wednesday, April 17, 2019 from 4:30-8 p.m. at various locations across the UCSB campus.
by BWW News Desk - March 22, 2019
UC Santa Barbara will present the second annual UCSB Arts Walk on Wednesday, April 17, 2019 from 4:30-8 p.m. at various locations across the UCSB campus.
BWW Review: THE WOLVES at The Severson Theatre
by Anna Jensen - March 13, 2019
Sheep in wolves' clothing; wolves in sheep's clothing.
by Anna Jensen - March 13, 2019
Sheep in wolves' clothing; wolves in sheep's clothing.
The Santa Barbara Symphony Presents Verdi's Requiem With A Community Of Choruses
by BWW News Desk - March 12, 2019
The Santa Barbara Symphony continues its 65th Anniversary season with two nights of Giuseppe Verdi's masterpiece Messa da Requiem on Saturday, April 13 at 8:00 pm and Sunday, April 14 at 3:00 pm at The Granada Theatre.
by BWW News Desk - March 12, 2019
The Santa Barbara Symphony continues its 65th Anniversary season with two nights of Giuseppe Verdi's masterpiece Messa da Requiem on Saturday, April 13 at 8:00 pm and Sunday, April 14 at 3:00 pm at The Granada Theatre.
The Theatre Group At SBCC Presents SIGNIFICANT OTHER
by BWW News Desk - March 11, 2019
The Final production of the 2018/2019 season will be Significant Other by Joshua Harmon. April 10-27, 2019 in the intimate Jurkowitz Theatre, directed by Katie Laris.
by BWW News Desk - March 11, 2019
The Final production of the 2018/2019 season will be Significant Other by Joshua Harmon. April 10-27, 2019 in the intimate Jurkowitz Theatre, directed by Katie Laris.
Savion Glover & Charles Yang Join Forces For MUSE/IQUE's UNRESTRAINED/REFRAINS
by BWW News Desk - March 06, 2019
MUSE/IQUE continues its signature Uncorked series on Sunday, March 31, 2019, with UNRESTRAINED/REFRAINS, a musical experiment in inventiveness and collaboration. MUSE/IQUE founder and artistic director Rachael
by BWW News Desk - March 06, 2019
MUSE/IQUE continues its signature Uncorked series on Sunday, March 31, 2019, with UNRESTRAINED/REFRAINS, a musical experiment in inventiveness and collaboration. MUSE/IQUE founder and artistic director Rachael
BWW Previews: WOMEN WHO DEFIED THE ODDS at SB Public Library
by Maggie Yates - March 05, 2019
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.
by Maggie Yates - March 05, 2019
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: THE LARAMIE PROJECT at UCSB Hatlen Theater
by Anna Jensen - March 05, 2019
An affecting and thoughtful portrayal of a watershed event
by Anna Jensen - March 05, 2019
An affecting and thoughtful portrayal of a watershed event
BWW Review: EUGENE ONEGIN at the Lobero Theatre
by Maria Nockin - March 02, 2019
On March 1, 2019, Opera Santa Barbara presented it's first Russian opera, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's EUGENE ONEGIN. The opera was premiered in Moscow in 1879 but was not played in the United States until 1920 when the Metropolitan Opera performed it in Italian.
by Maria Nockin - March 02, 2019
On March 1, 2019, Opera Santa Barbara presented it's first Russian opera, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's EUGENE ONEGIN. The opera was premiered in Moscow in 1879 but was not played in the United States until 1920 when the Metropolitan Opera performed it in Italian.
UCSB Department of Theater/Dance Presents THE LARAMIE PROJECT
by BWW News Desk - March 01, 2019
UCSB's Department of Theater and Dance presents The Laramie Project, a verbatim play recounting the hateful act that took the life of Matthew Shepard in October 1998 and sparked anger across the nation. Directed by UCSB's Eric Jorgensen, The Laramie Project is an iconic play with a long-lasting impact in its depiction of hope, honesty, and a community uniting to understand and fight against intolerance.
by BWW News Desk - March 01, 2019
UCSB's Department of Theater and Dance presents The Laramie Project, a verbatim play recounting the hateful act that took the life of Matthew Shepard in October 1998 and sparked anger across the nation. Directed by UCSB's Eric Jorgensen, The Laramie Project is an iconic play with a long-lasting impact in its depiction of hope, honesty, and a community uniting to understand and fight against intolerance.
The Santa Barbara Symphony Presents AMADEUS LIVE
by BWW News Desk - February 26, 2019
The Santa Barbara Symphony continues their 65th Anniversary season this March, with a performance of Amadeus Live, featuring guest conductor Dirk Brosse, and pianist Natasha Kislenko alongside the Santa Barbara Symphony choir, on Saturday, March 16 at 8:00 pm and Sunday, March 17 at 3:00 pm at The Granada Theatre.
by BWW News Desk - February 26, 2019
The Santa Barbara Symphony continues their 65th Anniversary season this March, with a performance of Amadeus Live, featuring guest conductor Dirk Brosse, and pianist Natasha Kislenko alongside the Santa Barbara Symphony choir, on Saturday, March 16 at 8:00 pm and Sunday, March 17 at 3:00 pm at The Granada Theatre.
Camerata Pacifica's WHY BEETHOVEN Series Continues With The Calder Quartet
by BWW News Desk - February 25, 2019
Camerata Pacifica continues its "Why Beethoven?" project with the return of the Calder Quartet, who will perform Beethoven's String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 127, and pianist Molly Morkoski, violist Jonathan Moerschel, and flutist Benjamin Smolen, who will perform Charles Ives's Piano Sonata No. 2, which opens the program.
by BWW News Desk - February 25, 2019
Camerata Pacifica continues its "Why Beethoven?" project with the return of the Calder Quartet, who will perform Beethoven's String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 127, and pianist Molly Morkoski, violist Jonathan Moerschel, and flutist Benjamin Smolen, who will perform Charles Ives's Piano Sonata No. 2, which opens the program.
UCSB Department of Theater/Dance Presents THE LARAMIE PROJECT
by BWW News Desk - February 20, 2019
UCSB's Department of Theater and Dance presents The Laramie Project, a verbatim play recounting the hateful act that took the life of Matthew Shepard in October 1998 and sparked anger across the nation. Directed by UCSB's Eric Jorgensen, The Laramie Project is an iconic play with a long-lasting impact in its depiction of hope, honesty, and a community uniting to understand and fight against intolerance.
by BWW News Desk - February 20, 2019
UCSB's Department of Theater and Dance presents The Laramie Project, a verbatim play recounting the hateful act that took the life of Matthew Shepard in October 1998 and sparked anger across the nation. Directed by UCSB's Eric Jorgensen, The Laramie Project is an iconic play with a long-lasting impact in its depiction of hope, honesty, and a community uniting to understand and fight against intolerance.
BWW Review: DEATH OF A SALESMAN at Ensemble Theatre Company
by Maggie Yates - February 14, 2019
Ensemble's production of Death of a Salesman is intimate and Willy's final sacrifice is tragic and inevitable. The production offers high-caliber performances and a unique visual narrative, and it engages the audience with timely questions about inter-generational disconnect, the definition of success, and our relationship to the expectations and entitlements ascribed by our culture.
by Maggie Yates - February 14, 2019
Ensemble's production of Death of a Salesman is intimate and Willy's final sacrifice is tragic and inevitable. The production offers high-caliber performances and a unique visual narrative, and it engages the audience with timely questions about inter-generational disconnect, the definition of success, and our relationship to the expectations and entitlements ascribed by our culture.
THE WOLVES Comes to Severson Theatre
by BWW News Desk - February 12, 2019
A club soccer team comprised of nine high school girls with distinct personalities navigate big questions and wage tiny battles with the fervent exuberance of a pack of adolescent warriors and show what it takes to make The Wolves a winning team. It plays in the Severson Theatre March 7 - 24, 2019.
by BWW News Desk - February 12, 2019
A club soccer team comprised of nine high school girls with distinct personalities navigate big questions and wage tiny battles with the fervent exuberance of a pack of adolescent warriors and show what it takes to make The Wolves a winning team. It plays in the Severson Theatre March 7 - 24, 2019.
BWW Review: SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE at Marian Theatre, Santa Maria
by Anna Jensen - February 12, 2019
PCPA's current production, Shakespeare in Love, imagines Will Shakespeare's (Yusef Seevers) madcap adventures in London early in his career. Because historians truly do not know much about the personal life of the greatest writer of the English language, his life is a blank page upon which almost anything may be written. In this play, Shakespeare falls in love (at first sight) with Viola de Lesseps (Emily Trask). And, for our amusement, the course of true love does not run smooth.
by Anna Jensen - February 12, 2019
PCPA's current production, Shakespeare in Love, imagines Will Shakespeare's (Yusef Seevers) madcap adventures in London early in his career. Because historians truly do not know much about the personal life of the greatest writer of the English language, his life is a blank page upon which almost anything may be written. In this play, Shakespeare falls in love (at first sight) with Viola de Lesseps (Emily Trask). And, for our amusement, the course of true love does not run smooth.
Photo Flash: The Theatre Group at SBCC Presents HARVEY
by BWW News Desk - February 11, 2019
The Theatre Group at SBCC will present the classic comedy, HARVEY by Mary Chase, directed by R. Michael Gros, February 27-March 16, 2019 in the Garvin Theatre.
by BWW News Desk - February 11, 2019
The Theatre Group at SBCC will present the classic comedy, HARVEY by Mary Chase, directed by R. Michael Gros, February 27-March 16, 2019 in the Garvin Theatre.
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