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BWW Previews: COOKIN' AT THE COOKERY: THE MUSIC AND TIMES OF ALBERTA HUNTER at Ensemble Theatre Company
by Maggie Yates - June 04, 2018
This music-infused interpretation of the Alberta Hunter's life is a true American rags-to-riches success story. Hunter, a jazz and blues singer, achieved critical and commercial acclaim in the 1920s-50s. In the late 1950s, she abruptly abandoned music to become a nurse. Several decades later, Hunter retired from nursing and returned to the stage for a two-week engagement at renowned New York blues bar, The Cookery. At age 82, this jazz legend rekindled the public's love for her powerful voice and spirit-her two-week stint at the Greenwich Village nightclub stretched into a multi-year, late-in-life comeback.
Santa Barbara Symphony to Provide Orchestral Accompaniment for Screenings of 'The Red Violin'
by BWW News Desk - May 30, 2018
The Santa Barbara Symphony, under the baton of guest conductor Carolyn Kuan, will perform John Corigliano's Academy Award-winning score for The Red Violin, accompanied by Francois Girard's engrossing film in its entirety, at the Granada Theatre on Saturday, June 16, and Sunday, June 17. Also featuring Canadian violinist Lara St. John as soloist, the concerts will take place at 8 pm on June 16 and at 3 pm on June 17. Originally scheduled for January 20 and 21, these concerts were postponed on account of the catastrophic debris flows in Montecito earlier that month. Tickets purchased for the originally scheduled concerts will be honored at these performances. Tickets can be purchased at www.granadasb.org or by calling 805-899-2222. Prices start at $29.
BWW Review: NEW WORKS LAB at UCB Department Of Theatre
by Maggie Yates - May 25, 2018
The year-end New Works Lab at UCSB, which challenges students to write, direct, design, and perform short plays, gives students a chance to experiment with form, style, and collaboration. This year's plays offered comedy, drama, and an excursion into the absurd, while expressing insecurities about the future on both a personal and global level.
Ensemble Theatre Company Presents Musical COOKIN' AT THE COOKERY: THE MUSIC AND TIMES OF ALBERTA HUNTER
by BWW News Desk - May 15, 2018
ENSEMBLE THEATRE COMPANY is thrilled to announce the fifth and final show of its 2017-2018 Season, a musical about the extraordinary life of an extraordinary woman. Infused with jazz and blues, COOKIN' AT THE COOKERY: The Music And Times Of Alberta Hunter, written, directed and choreographed by Marion J. Caffey with music direction by George Caldwell, begins previews on Thursday, June 7, opens on Saturday, June 9, and runs through Sunday, June 24, 2018 at The New Vic, 33 W. Victoria Street in Santa Barbara.
2018-2019 Season For The Theatre Group At SBCC
by BWW News Desk - May 14, 2018
The Theatre Group at SBCC is excited to announce the 2018-2019 season of plays.  GREASE, THE GAME'S AFOOT, HARVEY and SIGNIFICANT OTHER. 
The UCSB Department Of Theater And Dance Presents New Works Lab
by BWW News Desk - May 09, 2018
UCSB's Department of Theater and Dance is proud to present the annual New Works Lab, a workshop production by six UCSB student playwrights. The production is split into two programs: Gold Bill and Blue Bill. Under the mentorship of Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig, Vickie J. Scott, Daniel Stein and Una Mladenovic, New Works Lab will be held May 10 through May 20 in the Studio Theater.
BWW Review: OUTLAW at Center Stage Theater
by Maggie Yates - May 09, 2018
Christie's presentation is a colorful, and at times poignant, journey through personal memoir; his gruff-but-likeable stage presence and interesting story make for a thought-provoking evening in the theater. It's a casual style of performance, with a minimal use of traditional theatrical conventions, for an effect of live, un-cut documentary. Christie is an engaging speaker with good material from a life lived on the fringe.
Anne Akiko Meyers To Perform With SB Symphony
by BWW News Desk - May 07, 2018
Acclaimed violinist Anne Akiko Meyers, one of the world's top-selling classical instrumentalists, will appear with the Santa Barbara Symphony, under the baton of Maestro Nir Kabaretti, at the Granada Theatre on Saturday, May 19, and Sunday, May 20. Featuring Vivaldi's Double Violin Concerto - which will see Ms. Meyers team up with Santa Barbara Symphony Concertmaster Jessica Guideri - as well as Barber's lyrical Violin Concerto and Rimsky-Korsakov's magnificent romantic suite Scheherazade, the performances will take place at 8 pm on May 19 and at 3 pm on May 20. Tickets start at $29 and can be purchased at www.granadasb.org or by calling 805-899-2222.
CAMA Unveils Centennial Season Program
by BWW News Desk - May 07, 2018
Community Arts Music Association of Santa Barbara (CAMA), the city's oldest arts organization, will present 12 concerts featuring some of the world's finest instrumentalists as part of its highly anticipated centennial season in 2018-2019. Highlights of CAMA's International Series at The Granada Theatre will include appearances by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, violinist extraordinaire Itzhak Perlman, and the Philharmonia Orchestra under the baton of Esa-Pekka Salonen, among others. The organization's Masterseries at The Lobero Theatre will include performances by celebrated pianists Richard Goode and Garrick Ohlsson, Grammy-winning violinist Augustin Hadelich, cello master Mischa Maisky, and the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. Subscription prices start at $150 for the Masterseries and $170 for the International Series. To order, go to http://camasb.org/subscriptions/ (link active by Tuesday, May 15).
PCPA Summer Season Includes Two Special Engagement Productions
by BWW News Desk - May 02, 2018
PCPA's upcoming summer season will include six plays in three venues from June 14 through October 21, 2018. Just added to the season are An Iliad by Lisa Peterson and Dennis O'Hare and Muthaland written and performed by Minita Gandhi running in repertory in October.
Luminaries Of The Performing Arts Honored At 4th Annual Granada Theatre Legends Gala
by BWW News Desk - April 24, 2018
The Santa Barbara Center for the Performing Arts  (SBCPA) is proud to announce its 2018 Legends, singer/songwriter Kenny Loggins, philanthropist Sara Miller McCune, and the Santa Barbara Symphony, who will be honored at the 4th Annual Granada Theatre Legends Gala on Friday, September 14, 2018.
BWW Review: GALLANTRY AND TROUBLE IN TAHITI at Center Stage
by Maria Nockin - April 22, 2018
On April 21, 2018, Opera Santa Barbara presented Douglas Moore's GALLANTRY and Leonard Bernstein's TROUBLE IN TAHITI at the Center Stage theater in downtown Santa Barbara. The Center Stage is a 130-seat black box auditorium on the third floor of the chic, user-friendly Paseo Nuevo.
BWW Review: CRIMES OF THE HEART at SBCC Jurkowitz Theatre
by Anna Jensen - April 20, 2018
A Delightful Southern Treat. SBCC's production of CRIMES OF THE HEART by Beth Henley, Directed by R. Michael Gros. April 11-28, 2018, Jurkowitz Theatre, SBCC West Campus, 900 block of Cliff Dr. 805-965-5935 or www.theatregroupsbcc.com for tickets and information.
'How To Be A Latin Lover' Screens At The Granada Theatre
by BWW News Desk - April 17, 2018
The "Cine en Domingo" Film Series presents How to Be a Latin Lover at The Granada Theatre on Sunday, May 6, 2018 at 3:00 pm. Assemblymember Monique Limon and actor Andy Valdez will host a community discussion about the 2017 film, that tells the story of a divorced man learning the importance of family and community. The "Cine en Domingo" series as a whole showcases both classic and contemporary Spanish language films, with compelling titles chosen to engage the Latino community and all who love this genre of filmmaking. How to Be a Latin Lover is presented in Spanish with no subtitles.
BWW Review: THE INVISIBLE HAND at New Victoria Theater
by Anna Jensen - April 16, 2018
Entrancing but, as the kids in theory class say, 'problematic'
Photo Flash: Ensemble Theatre Company Presents THE INVISIBLE HAND
by BWW News Desk - April 15, 2018
ENSEMBLE THEATRE COMPANY (in a co-production with the ENGLISH THEATRE FRANKFURT) is thrilled to announce the fourth show of its 2017-2018 Season, a witty and provocative new thriller, THE INVISIBLE HAND, written by Ayad Akhtar (Disgraced) and directed by Jonathan Fox. THE INVISIBLE HAND begins previews on Thursday, April 12, opens on Saturday, April 14, and runs through Sunday, April 29, 2018 at The New Vic, 33 W. Victoria Street in Santa Barbara. The production will then transfer to the English Theatre Frankfurt on May 9, 2018.
BWW Review: AMERICAN IDIOT at Center Stage Theater
by Anna Jensen - April 11, 2018
The punk rock musical American Idiot, now on stage at Center Stage, gives Green Day fans an opportunity to immerse themselves into the titular album through dance, imagery, and, of course, music. American Idiot does not tell a story so much as it performs the gesture of punk rock: a clench-fisted rebellion against the banality of American society and culture.
BWW Previews: THE INVISIBLE HAND at Ensemble Theatre Company
by Maggie Yates - April 10, 2018
The Invisible Handplays out events in a market atmosphere without stringent guidelines, in which capitalism can run amuck. 'Pakistan is the wild west,' says Tufts. 'How will capitalism thrive in an unregulated environment? It thrives with enormous consequence.' Directed by Jonathan Fox, The Invisible Handalso stars Mujahid Abdul-Rashid and Sarang Sharma. This Southern California premiere runs at the New Vic Theater April 12-April 29th, and then moves to the English Theater Frankfurt in May.
Photo Flash: First Look at Ensemble Theatre Company's THE INVISIBLE HAND
by BWW News Desk - April 08, 2018
ENSEMBLE THEATRE COMPANY (in a co-production with the ENGLISH THEATRE FRANKFURT) is thrilled to announce the fourth show of its 2017-2018 Season, a witty and provocative new thriller, THE INVISIBLE HAND, written by Ayad Akhtar (Disgraced) and directed by Jonathan Fox. THE INVISIBLE HAND begins previews on Thursday, April 12, opens on Saturday, April 14, and runs through Sunday, April 29, 2018 at The New Vic, 33 W. Victoria Street in Santa Barbara. The production will then transfer to the English Theatre Frankfurt on May 9, 2018.
Santa Barbara Symphony To Present Mahler 6!
by BWW News Desk - April 05, 2018
The Santa Barbara Symphony, under the baton of Maestro Nir Kabaretti, will present Gustav Mahler's monumental Symphony No. 6 for the first time in its 64-year history on Saturday, April 21, at the Granada Theatre. An encore performance will take place on Sunday, April 22. Presented without intermission, the concerts will start at 8 pm on April 21 and at 3 pm on April 22. Tickets start at $29 and can be purchased at www.granadasb.org or by calling 805-899-2222.
Santa Barbara Symphony Announces New Season
by BWW News Desk - April 02, 2018
Subscription sales are underway for the Santa Barbara Symphony's 65th anniversary season, which will open October 20 with compelling works by Dohnanyi, Gershwin, and Berlioz. The orchestra will present a total of nine deeply satisfying programs at the Granada Theatre over the course of the season, including three non-subscription concerts. Series packages start at $163.
BWW Preview: GREEN DAY'S AMERICAN IDIOT at Out Of The Box Theatre Company
by Maggie Yates - April 02, 2018
Punk's not dead! So says Out of the Box Theater Company, who brings Green Day's American Idiot to Center Stage Theater April 6-15.
BWW Previews: NEWSIES at Dos Pueblos Theatre Company
by Maggie Yates - April 01, 2018
High school theater programs are faced with an interesting set of challenges that professional or community theatre companies don't necessarily experience. The age and commensurate maturity of the student actors limits the type of works that can be meaningfully and effectively produced, and there's the practical consideration of aligning the choice of production with the available student population, whether that be an overabundance or dearth of performers. Beyond that, program directors are also educators, thus beholden to the cultural regulations of the school's environment. Finding a quality play that meets these requirements can be challenging, and often the options are 'experienced' classics that have little situational relateability to a cast born in the new millennia.
UCSB Announces Arts Walk 2018
by BWW News Desk - March 28, 2018
UC Santa Barbara will present the inaugural UCSB Arts Walk on Wednesday, April 11, 2018 from 4:30-8 p.m. at various locations across the UCSB campus. Hosted by the UCSB Library, Department of Music, Department of Theater and Dance, Department of Art, MultiCultural Center, College of Creative Studies, and Art, Design, & Architecture Museum, the event will give students, faculty, staff, and community members the opportunity to visit galleries and studios, watch preview performances and behind the scenes rehearsals, and participate in programming designed to highlight the artistic creativity and talent of the UCSB community, all free of charge.
An Epic New Musical Comes To PCPA's Stages
by BWW News Desk - March 27, 2018
The Hunchback of Notre Dame A sweeping score and powerful story make The Hunchback of Notre Dame a truly unforgettable musical and an instant classic. It plays in the Marian Theatre April 26 - May 13 then June 14 - July 8 in the Solvang Festival Theatre.

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