BWW Reviews: Sideways Storytelling: Santa Barbara Museum of Art Presents THOM PAIN {BASED ON NOTHING}
by Maggie Yates - June 27, 2014
by Maggie Yates - June 27, 2014
PCPA to Present OKLAHOMA! at Marian Theatre & Solvang Festival Theater this Summer
by BWW News Desk - June 26, 2014
Oklahoma!, the groundbreaking musical that ushered in the golden age of musical theatre, plays in the Marian Theatre July 16 - 26, 2014, then in the Solvang Festival Theater August 1 - 24, 2014.
by BWW News Desk - June 26, 2014
Oklahoma!, the groundbreaking musical that ushered in the golden age of musical theatre, plays in the Marian Theatre July 16 - 26, 2014, then in the Solvang Festival Theater August 1 - 24, 2014.
Ojai Playwrights Conference's BREAKING BARRIERS to Run 8/2-10
by BWW News Desk - June 26, 2014
The Ojai Playwrights Conference (OPC), one of the most acclaimed new play developmental programs in the country, announces its 17th season with an illustrious program of playwrights, new play workshops and special performance events. For the first time, the OPC Summer New Works Festival will take place over two weekends from August 2 through 10, 2014 in Ojai, California.
by BWW News Desk - June 26, 2014
The Ojai Playwrights Conference (OPC), one of the most acclaimed new play developmental programs in the country, announces its 17th season with an illustrious program of playwrights, new play workshops and special performance events. For the first time, the OPC Summer New Works Festival will take place over two weekends from August 2 through 10, 2014 in Ojai, California.
Photo Flash: The Theatre Group Presents ARSENIC AND OLD LACE, 7/9-26
by BWW News Desk - June 20, 2014
The Theatre Group at SBCC will present the classic comedy, ARSENIC AND OLD LACE, by Joseph Kesselring and directed by Katie Laris, July 9-26 in the beautiful Garvin Theatre.
by BWW News Desk - June 20, 2014
The Theatre Group at SBCC will present the classic comedy, ARSENIC AND OLD LACE, by Joseph Kesselring and directed by Katie Laris, July 9-26 in the beautiful Garvin Theatre.
UCSB Theater/Dance Announces Launch Pad Summer Reading Series
by BWW News Desk - June 19, 2014
UCSB's LAUNCH PAD program was featured in the March 2013 issue of American Theatre magazine as an innovative model of new play development in the US. While professional theatres are not always able to take a risk on producing new work, the university offers a playwright the chance to see the play produced in a safe environment with students who are deeply engaged and hungry to learn how this process works. Since its inception in 2005, the department has developed and produced 9 plays with the playwright in residence.
by BWW News Desk - June 19, 2014
UCSB's LAUNCH PAD program was featured in the March 2013 issue of American Theatre magazine as an innovative model of new play development in the US. While professional theatres are not always able to take a risk on producing new work, the university offers a playwright the chance to see the play produced in a safe environment with students who are deeply engaged and hungry to learn how this process works. Since its inception in 2005, the department has developed and produced 9 plays with the playwright in residence.
PCPA's FOREVER PLAID Begins Performances Tonight
by BWW News Desk - June 19, 2014
Forever Plaid plays in the Marian Theatre tonight, June 19 - 29, 2014, then in the Solvang Festival Theater July 4 - 27, 2014.
by BWW News Desk - June 19, 2014
Forever Plaid plays in the Marian Theatre tonight, June 19 - 29, 2014, then in the Solvang Festival Theater July 4 - 27, 2014.
Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Coming to PAC's Spanos Theater, 7/11-20
by BWW News Desk - June 16, 2014
Disney's Beauty and the Beast, the award-winning worldwide smash hit Broadway musical, is coming to San Luis Obispo. Produced by Kelrik Productions, this elaborate theatrical production will come to life on stage at the PAC's Spanos Theater July 11 - 20. Tickets for the performance of Disney's Beauty and the Beast are now on sale at the PAC box office, by phone at 805-756-4TIX, and online at www.pacslo.org.
by BWW News Desk - June 16, 2014
Disney's Beauty and the Beast, the award-winning worldwide smash hit Broadway musical, is coming to San Luis Obispo. Produced by Kelrik Productions, this elaborate theatrical production will come to life on stage at the PAC's Spanos Theater July 11 - 20. Tickets for the performance of Disney's Beauty and the Beast are now on sale at the PAC box office, by phone at 805-756-4TIX, and online at www.pacslo.org.
Rachleff to Conduct Beethoven's Fifth at The Granada, 6/28
by BWW News Desk - June 13, 2014
Celebrated conductor Larry Rachleff will lead the Academy Festival Orchestra in a performance of Beethoven's iconic Fifth Symphony as well as Richard Strauss' rousing Vienna Philharmonic Fanfare and Prokofiev's high-energy Symphony No. 5 at Santa Barbara's historic Granada Theatre beginning at 8 pm on Saturday, June 28. Tickets start at $15.
by BWW News Desk - June 13, 2014
Celebrated conductor Larry Rachleff will lead the Academy Festival Orchestra in a performance of Beethoven's iconic Fifth Symphony as well as Richard Strauss' rousing Vienna Philharmonic Fanfare and Prokofiev's high-energy Symphony No. 5 at Santa Barbara's historic Granada Theatre beginning at 8 pm on Saturday, June 28. Tickets start at $15.
PETER AND THE STARCATCHER, MY FAIR LADY, OTHER DESERT CITIES & More Set for PCPA's 51st Season
by BWW News Desk - June 11, 2014
A magical new musical opens the Pacific Conservatory Theatre's 51st Season - the world premiere production of Renegade Animation's Christmas Is Here Again. This frolicsome adventure for the entire family is a new stage musical by Brad Carroll and Jeremy Mann. It's based on the film of the same name written and directed by Robert Zappia. Christmas is Here Again plays in the Marian Theatre November 13 - December 24, 2014.
by BWW News Desk - June 11, 2014
A magical new musical opens the Pacific Conservatory Theatre's 51st Season - the world premiere production of Renegade Animation's Christmas Is Here Again. This frolicsome adventure for the entire family is a new stage musical by Brad Carroll and Jeremy Mann. It's based on the film of the same name written and directed by Robert Zappia. Christmas is Here Again plays in the Marian Theatre November 13 - December 24, 2014.
Theatre Group at SBCC to Present ARSENIC AND OLD LACE, 7/9-26
by BWW News Desk - June 11, 2014
The Theatre Group at SBCC will present the classic comedy, ARSENIC AND OLD LACE, by Joseph Kesselring and directed by Katie Laris, July 9-26 in the beautiful Garvin Theatre.
by BWW News Desk - June 11, 2014
The Theatre Group at SBCC will present the classic comedy, ARSENIC AND OLD LACE, by Joseph Kesselring and directed by Katie Laris, July 9-26 in the beautiful Garvin Theatre.
Summer Stages: Top Picks for Santa Barbara Theatre
by Maggie Yates - June 04, 2014
5 Picks for Summer Shows in the Santa Barbara Area.
by Maggie Yates - June 04, 2014
5 Picks for Summer Shows in the Santa Barbara Area.
PCPA to Present FOREVER PLAID, Begin. 6/19
by BWW News Desk - May 30, 2014
Forever Plaid plays in the Marian Theatre June 19 - 29, 2014, then in the Solvang Festival Theater July 4 - 27, 2014.
by BWW News Desk - May 30, 2014
Forever Plaid plays in the Marian Theatre June 19 - 29, 2014, then in the Solvang Festival Theater July 4 - 27, 2014.
BWW Reviews: AMERICAN IDIOT Blends Rock, Theatre in Entertaining Mash-up
by Maggie Yates - May 27, 2014
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.
by Maggie Yates - May 27, 2014
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.
UCSB Theater/Dance to Present EQUIVOCATION, 5/23-31
by BWW News Desk - May 13, 2014
Prepare to be enchanted in this spectacle of a show, Bill Cain's, 2009 drama, Equivocation. Cain writes this daring masterpiece of a complex period involving the famed William Shakespeare. An erudite scholar and playwright of the time period, Cain delves into a clever yet intelligent fictional story, based on historical events. Directed by UCSB's own, Professor of Theater and Director of the BFA Actor Training Program, Irwin Appel, this intelligent play is about bonding friendship and commitment to each other, focusing on what lasts. This cinematic, dramatic show includes hangings and beheadings, demanding yet creating, a magnificent work of art.
by BWW News Desk - May 13, 2014
Prepare to be enchanted in this spectacle of a show, Bill Cain's, 2009 drama, Equivocation. Cain writes this daring masterpiece of a complex period involving the famed William Shakespeare. An erudite scholar and playwright of the time period, Cain delves into a clever yet intelligent fictional story, based on historical events. Directed by UCSB's own, Professor of Theater and Director of the BFA Actor Training Program, Irwin Appel, this intelligent play is about bonding friendship and commitment to each other, focusing on what lasts. This cinematic, dramatic show includes hangings and beheadings, demanding yet creating, a magnificent work of art.
UCSB Theater/Dance Presents THE ARABIAN NIGHTS, Now thru 5/17
by BWW News Desk - May 09, 2014
The power of storytelling is paramount in our latest ACTING UP FRONT production, Mary Zimmerman's The Arabian Nights. Director Jeff Mills (from BOXTALES Theatre Company) and his seventeen-member cast will amaze and beguile as they enact Scheherazade's tales of love, lust, comedy and dreams. Great storytelling needs nothing more than an empty space, the voices and bodies of the tellers and the engaged imagination of the audience. There is no more fitting material for our ACTING UP FRONT style than tales from the Thousand and One Nights.
by BWW News Desk - May 09, 2014
The power of storytelling is paramount in our latest ACTING UP FRONT production, Mary Zimmerman's The Arabian Nights. Director Jeff Mills (from BOXTALES Theatre Company) and his seventeen-member cast will amaze and beguile as they enact Scheherazade's tales of love, lust, comedy and dreams. Great storytelling needs nothing more than an empty space, the voices and bodies of the tellers and the engaged imagination of the audience. There is no more fitting material for our ACTING UP FRONT style than tales from the Thousand and One Nights.
TIME STANDS STILL Runs Now thru 5/10 at Center Stage Theater
by BWW News Desk - May 02, 2014
Relationships, mid-life crisis and ties of friendship are at the center of Pulitzer Prize winner Donald Margulies powerful and often hilarious story in TIME STANDS STILL. Sarah Goodwin, a globetrotting photojournalist, has just returned home from the battlefields of Iraq, having been critically injured by a roadside bomb while covering a story. Sarah's boyfriend, James, a foreign correspondent himself, is terrified about the possibility of losing her and guilt-ridden about leaving her in harm's way shortly before the attack.
by BWW News Desk - May 02, 2014
Relationships, mid-life crisis and ties of friendship are at the center of Pulitzer Prize winner Donald Margulies powerful and often hilarious story in TIME STANDS STILL. Sarah Goodwin, a globetrotting photojournalist, has just returned home from the battlefields of Iraq, having been critically injured by a roadside bomb while covering a story. Sarah's boyfriend, James, a foreign correspondent himself, is terrified about the possibility of losing her and guilt-ridden about leaving her in harm's way shortly before the attack.
Center Stage Theater Presents TIME STANDS STILL by Award Winning Playwright Donald Margulies, Now thru 5/11
by BWW News Desk - May 02, 2014
Relationships, mid-life crisis and ties of friendship are at the center of Pulitzer Prize winner Donald Margulies powerful and often hilarious story in TIME STANDS STILL. Sarah Goodwin, a globe-trotting photojournalist, has just returned home from the battlefields of Iraq, having been critically injured by a roadside bomb while covering a story. Sarah's boyfriend, James, a foreign correspondent himself, is terrified about the possibility of losing her and guilt-ridden about leaving her in harm's way shortly before the attack.
by BWW News Desk - May 02, 2014
Relationships, mid-life crisis and ties of friendship are at the center of Pulitzer Prize winner Donald Margulies powerful and often hilarious story in TIME STANDS STILL. Sarah Goodwin, a globe-trotting photojournalist, has just returned home from the battlefields of Iraq, having been critically injured by a roadside bomb while covering a story. Sarah's boyfriend, James, a foreign correspondent himself, is terrified about the possibility of losing her and guilt-ridden about leaving her in harm's way shortly before the attack.
THE HEIRESS, ARSENIC AND OLD LACE & More Set for Theatre Group at SBCC's 2014-15 Season
by BWW News Desk - April 28, 2014
The Theatre Group at SBCC will begin the 2014-2015 season with the black comedy, ARSENIC AND OLD LACE by Joseph Kesselring, directed by Katie Laris, July 11-26, 2014 in the Garvin Theatre. Abby and Martha are two charming old ladies with a deadly habit of sharing their arsenic and "just a pinch" of cyanide-laced elderberry wine with all their lonely gentlemen callers. When their nephew Mortimer, a drama critic on the eve of his engagement, finds the body of one of their victims, he soon discovers that his whole family is insane. Between one brother's belief that he is Teddy Roosevelt, another on the lam from an international crime spree and his two homicidal aunts, Mortimer is forced to put his marriage plans on hold indefinitely, until he can restore some degree of sanity into the household.
by BWW News Desk - April 28, 2014
The Theatre Group at SBCC will begin the 2014-2015 season with the black comedy, ARSENIC AND OLD LACE by Joseph Kesselring, directed by Katie Laris, July 11-26, 2014 in the Garvin Theatre. Abby and Martha are two charming old ladies with a deadly habit of sharing their arsenic and "just a pinch" of cyanide-laced elderberry wine with all their lonely gentlemen callers. When their nephew Mortimer, a drama critic on the eve of his engagement, finds the body of one of their victims, he soon discovers that his whole family is insane. Between one brother's belief that he is Teddy Roosevelt, another on the lam from an international crime spree and his two homicidal aunts, Mortimer is forced to put his marriage plans on hold indefinitely, until he can restore some degree of sanity into the household.
SLO Little Theatre to Offer TAKE ME OUT Staged Reading, 9/26-27
by BWW News Desk - April 25, 2014
SLO Little Theatre presents a staged reading of Richard Greenberg's TAKE ME OUT, a story about baseball and the tensions that are found both on and off the field.
by BWW News Desk - April 25, 2014
SLO Little Theatre presents a staged reading of Richard Greenberg's TAKE ME OUT, a story about baseball and the tensions that are found both on and off the field.
GOOD PEOPLE Coming to SLO Little Theatre, 9/5-21
by BWW News Desk - April 25, 2014
SLO Little Theatre presents David Lindsey-Abaire's award winning play, GOOD PEOPLE, a smart, funny and suspenseful show that deals with the struggles and hopes of having next to nothing in America.
by BWW News Desk - April 25, 2014
SLO Little Theatre presents David Lindsey-Abaire's award winning play, GOOD PEOPLE, a smart, funny and suspenseful show that deals with the struggles and hopes of having next to nothing in America.
SLO Little Theatre's Academy of Creative Theatre to Stage RODGER & HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA, 8/8-24
by BWW News Desk - April 25, 2014
SLO Little Theatre's Academy of Creative Theatre presents the classic tale of RODGER & HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA. The timeless enchantment of a magical fairy tale is reborn with the originality, charm, and elegance of the infamous Rodger & Hammerstein. Originally presented on television, this stage adaptation brings warmth and a touch of hilarity that will make the hearts of children and adults alike soar when the slipper fits.
by BWW News Desk - April 25, 2014
SLO Little Theatre's Academy of Creative Theatre presents the classic tale of RODGER & HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA. The timeless enchantment of a magical fairy tale is reborn with the originality, charm, and elegance of the infamous Rodger & Hammerstein. Originally presented on television, this stage adaptation brings warmth and a touch of hilarity that will make the hearts of children and adults alike soar when the slipper fits.
SLO Little Theatre to Present PLAY ON! FLIGHTS OF FANCY FROM BROADWAY TO SHAKESPEARE, 7/4-27
by BWW News Desk - April 25, 2014
SLO Little Theatre presents Suzy Miller's PLAY ON! FLIGHTS OF FANCY FROM SHAKESPEARE TO BROADWAY, a delightful musical revue of Broadway and pop music that uses Shakespeare's words and stories as inspiration.
by BWW News Desk - April 25, 2014
SLO Little Theatre presents Suzy Miller's PLAY ON! FLIGHTS OF FANCY FROM SHAKESPEARE TO BROADWAY, a delightful musical revue of Broadway and pop music that uses Shakespeare's words and stories as inspiration.
BWW Reviews: RENT Brings La Boheme to the Funk Zone
by Maggie Yates - April 24, 2014
SOPA's RENT: coming to Center Stage Theater, May 23rd-24th
by Maggie Yates - April 24, 2014
SOPA's RENT: coming to Center Stage Theater, May 23rd-24th
Pacific Conservatory Theatre Opens NOISES OFF Tonight
by BWW News Desk - April 24, 2014
Noises Off plays in the Marian Theatre, tonight, April 24 - May 11, 2014, then in the Solvang Festival Theater, June 12 - 29.
by BWW News Desk - April 24, 2014
Noises Off plays in the Marian Theatre, tonight, April 24 - May 11, 2014, then in the Solvang Festival Theater, June 12 - 29.
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