“Something Rotten!” Is Really Fresh
Photos by Luis Escobar It’s 1595 and Shakespeare’s Richard II is about to open in London. That’s bad news for the steadfast Bottom brothers, Nick and Nigel, whose troupe…
Eclectic Line-up Comes to The Siren
A rare genre-mixing line-up brings rhythmic energy and cultural depth to the Central Coast when The Siren in Morro Bay presents Coyote Island and Joe Samba, with Cherokee Social opening.…
“Music Man” Delights at the Clark Center
The energy in the audience matched the energy on stage Thursday night as Players West opened its one-weekend-only production of The Music Man at the Clark Center for the Performing…
Stone Soup Features World Music & More
Music from around the world comes to the 2025 Stone Soup Music Festival & Street Fair, presented by the Clark Center August 23-24 in Grover Beach. [caption id="attachment_10562" align="alignright" width="300"]…
“Little Shop” Lets the Dark Shine Through
“This show is fun. It’s over-the-top. It’s absurd.” Jacob Shearer, who directs Little Shop of Horrors now playing at the Templeton Performing Arts Center, couldn’t have used truer words to…
“Songs for Nobodies” Is for Everyone
Photos courtesy Michael Brosilow and Northlight Theatre Productions Everyone—no matter how ordinary—has a story and a song worth hearing. That’s the premise of the one-woman show Songs for Nobodies…
Fest Includes Free “Carmina Burana” Performance
The Cuesta Concord Chorus presents a grand community celebration and performance of Carmina Burana at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 16 in Miossi Hall at the Performing Arts Center SLO.…
“Drowsy Chaperone” Is a Rousing Romp
For a musical whose leading character begins the show with the words “I hate theatre,” Cambria Center for the Arts’ production of The Drowsy Chaperone gives us a whole lot…
“I Love You . . .” Opens SLO REP Season
SLO REP launches its 2025-2026 season with the hilarious and heartfelt musical revue I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, opening August 22 and running through September 21. Directed and…
“Music Man” Comes to the Clark Center
The heartwarming, humorous, and venerable musical about traveling con man Harold Hill is next up on the playbill for Coastal Performing Arts Foundation's Players West, opening August 7 at the…