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The Musical of Musicals (The Musical)


The basic plot of all five shows: June is an ingenue who can’t pay the rent and is threatened by her evil landlord. Will the ...

Camerata Pacifica Opens 2024-25 Season with All-French Chamber Program


Camerata Pacifica launches its 2024-25 season with an all-French chamber program bursting with aural texture and musical bravura September 15-20, 2024, at four Southern California ...


The One805LIVE! Benefit Concert will take place on September 20, 2024, at Kevin Costner's Summerland estate, featuring a stellar lineup of performers including Kenny Loggins, ...

The Father by Florian Zeller


"The Father," a gripping and emotionally intense play by Florian Zeller, delves into the complexities of dementia from the perspective of an elderly man named Andréi.  ...

The Father by Florian Zeller


"The Father," a gripping and emotionally intense play by Florian Zeller, delves into the complexities of dementia from the perspective of an elderly man named Andréi.  ...

Tchaikovsky’s Fourth
10/19 - 10/20/2024


The Santa Barbara Symphony will open its 2024/25 season with Tchaikovsky’s Fourth on October 19 and 20, 2024. The concert will feature a detailed discussion ...

Misery
Misery
10/11 - 10/27/2024


Misery follows successful romance novelist Paul Sheldon, who is rescued from a car crash by his “number one fan,” Annie Wilkes, and wakes up captive ...

Clue
Clue
11/26 - 11/27/2024


Murder and blackmail are on the menu when six mysterious guests assemble at Boddy Manor for a night they’ll never forget! Was it Mrs. Peacock ...

A Christmas Story
A Christmas Story
11/30 - 12/22/2024


Jean Shepherd’s memoir of growing up in the Midwest in the 1940s follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder ...

Mean Girls (Non-Equity)
Mean Girls (Non-Equity)
1/8 - 1/9/2025


Direct from Broadway, MEAN GIRLS is the hilarious hit musical from an award-winning creative team, including book writer TINA FEY ("30 Rock"), composer JEFF RICHMOND ...

Million Dollar Quartet
Million Dollar Quartet
2/7 - 3/9/2025


On a Tuesday night, shortly before Christmas 1956, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley gathered at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee. ...

Ain't Too Proud (Non-Equity)
Ain't Too Proud (Non-Equity)
3/11 - 3/12/2025


AIN'T TOO PROUD is the electrifying new musical that follows The Temptations' extraordinary journey from the streets of Detroit to the Rock & Roll Hall ...

The Cake
The Cake
3/28 - 4/13/2025


Della makes cakes, not judgment calls – those she leaves to her husband, Tim. But when the girl she helped raise comes back home to ...

I Hate Hamlet
I Hate Hamlet
5/2 - 5/18/2025


In Paul Rudnick’s hilarious dramatic comedy, when television star Andrew Rally moves back to New York and finds himself cast as Hamlet, nothing seems right. ...

You're a good Man, Charlie Brown


Happiness is  great musical theatre! With charm, wit, and heart, You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown explores life through the eyes of Charlie Brown and ...

Holmes and Watson
6/26 - 7/26/2025


Join Dr. Watson in a twisty, tantalizing mystery as he navigates a deadly guessing game to uncover the truth.

Blacknote
Blacknote
11/11 - 11/11/2025


At Black Note , we’re committed to crafting the most authentic-tasting tobacco e-liquid on earth. We come from a long line of tobacco experts who ...



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What did our critic think of THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG at PCPA: Solvang Festival Theater?


by Anna Jensen - July 18, 2024

The Play That Goes Wrong is a side-splittingly funny production not to be missed. The laughs begin as you enter the theater and last to the final bows. It’s a play that goes wrong by design, of course, and then goes more wrong in service of our amusement as the Cornley Drama Society puts on the murd...

Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at PCPA: Solvang Festival Theater


by Anna Jensen - June 18, 2024

Little Shop of Horrors director/choreographer Keenan Hooks blends camp sensibilities with emotional honesty in his staging of this musical. The theatricality of the puppeteering in this send-up of B-horror flicks like “The Day of the Triffids” or “It Came from Outer Space” and 1960s pop tunes make i...

Review: THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT At Rubicon Theatre Company


by Anna Jensen - October 13, 2023

What did our critic think of THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT at Rubicon Theatre Company?...

Review: THE THANKSGIVING PLAY at ETC


by Anna Jensen - October 13, 2023

What did our critic think of THE THANKSGIVING PLAY at ETC?...

Review: NUNSENSE At SLO Repertory Theatre


by Anna Jensen - September 22, 2023

'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


by Anna Jensen - March 11, 2023

What did our critic think of EMMA at Marian Theater? A confectionary morsel of Regency romance!...

Review: CINDERELLA at PCPA's Marian Theater


by Anna Jensen - November 17, 2022

What did our critic think of CINDERELLA at PCPA's Marian Theater?...



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Clue in Santa Barbara Clue
Granada Theatre (11/26 - 11/27)
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Center Stage Theater (9/13 - 9/21)
The Musical of Musicals (The Musical) in Santa Barbara The Musical of Musicals (The Musical)
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Mean Girls (Non-Equity) in Santa Barbara Mean Girls (Non-Equity)
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