SLO Rep Stages “I Hate Hamlet” May 2-18
A fast-paced, laugh-out-loud, ghost-filled comedy is next up on San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre’s main stage May 2-18. I Hate Hamlet by Paul Rudnick brings together Shakespeare, stage fright, sword…
PCPA’s “Waitress” Is a Must-See
Photos by Luis Escobar, Reflections Photography Studio Let’s cut to the chase: Waitress, on stage 'til May 11 at the Marian Theatre in Santa Maria, and scheduled June 19-July…
Opera-Style “Wizard” Promises Magic
Opera San Luis Obispo is set to enchant audiences with a production of The Wizard of Oz May 17 and 18 in Harold Miossi Hall at the Performing Arts Center…
By the Sea Productions Stages “Deathtrap”
Things don’t go according to plan when a successful playwright invites an aspiring writer to his home with ulterior motives. And so the plot thickens, as By the Sea Productions…
The Devil of “Into the Woods” Is in the Details
Photos by Sammy Gore and Quinlin Gallagher When someone says “Let’s put on a play!” it takes more than just a troupe of willing actors to pull together a fully-realized…
“Into the Woods” Brings Magic to Cambria
Cambria Center for the Arts stages Into the Woods, the Tony Award-winning Stephen Sondheim show that reimagines fairy tales we all know and love, at the Cambria Center for the…
Attend a “Seminar” This Weekend at SLO Rep
Innocence collides with experience in Seminar, directed by Rosh Wright as part of SLO Rep’s “Ubu’s Other Shoe” staged reading series this weekend, April 18-19, for three performances. In this…
Ben Abbott Speaks Up About “Shut Up, Sherlock”
It’s the 50th anniversary of The Great American Melodrama in Oceano, and its current production epitomizes much of what makes this venerable institution worth celebrating. Shut Up, Sherlock (playing now…
PCPA Serves Up the Hit Musical “Waitress”
Photos by Luis Escobar, Reflections Photography Studio A waitress (and talented pie-maker) dreamt of a way out of her small town and her rocky marriage in not one but…
Civic Ballet Is Off to See the Wizard
Photos by Barry Goyette Most people have likely seen the 1939 movie classic Wizard of Oz, which has evolved into a childhood viewing rite of passage for generations. Some…