Theatre

[caption id="attachment_8349" align="alignright" width="100"] Armando Anto[/caption] They say laughter is the best medicine, and the Central Coast will get a heavy dose of it when the 15th annual SLO Comedy…

Photos by Luis Escobar, Reflections Photography Studio   When it comes to Shakespeare and his much-performed comedy Much Ado About Nothing, “I think he means to delight us—pure and simple,”…

There’s something fishy going on at The Great American Melodrama, although what’s happening seems relegated to a place far, far away—somewhere in the chilly northern wilds of Wisconsin—not in the…

It was KISS who famously sang “God gave rock and roll to you,” but I’m pretty sure they were mistaken. Now, after attending a tour-de-force presentation of Million Dollar Quartet…

In its most recent adventure into theatre, By the Sea Productions in Morro Bay took on a formidable task: producing a new work by a local playwright based on the…

A decidedly weird little Canadian musical by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell has developed quite the online following since it debuted in 2008 in Victoria, British Columbia. By 2016, Ride…

Amid all the present-buying and house-decorating and party-going at this time of year, it helps to have a little break, less than a couple of hours, where you can sit…

The holidays are approaching quickly and there are so many news items I want to share with you, but so little time as we hurtle towards 2025. So here are…

Photos by Ryan C. Loyd, Rylo Media Design   The date is December 1, 1940. The town is Hohman, Indiana, currently being buffeted by blisteringly frigid winds carving through towering…

The Great American Melodrama’s 2024 Holiday Extravaganza begins as all Melodrama shows do: with an upbeat sing-a-along to get everyone in the mood. This year’s cheery selection, “Jingle Bell Rock,”…