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Simply Ballroom
At the Granada Theatre, Wednesday, October 1.
The stage was set with stars, glitter, and flashing lights. Read story.
Take Me Out presented by Ensemble Theatre Company.
At the Alhecama Theatre, Saturday, September 27.
If Tony Kushner’s Angels in America is the sprawling canonical epic of the new gay theater, then Richard Greenberg’s Take Me Out, which is now being given a splendid production at the Ensemble Theatre under the direction of Jonathan Fox, may be its most important tragicomic sequel. Read story.
I Remember You
At Circle Bar B Theatre, Saturday, September 20. Shows through November 2.
Like the musical theater from which it draws its repertoire, the fantasy world of the piano bar encourages accents and costumes; it thrives on passion and longing, and it doesn’t ask any nosy questions about who one really is or what one is doing there. Read story.
Sex and the Single Second Baseman
ETC Presents Play About Gay Ballplayer
Take Me Out Pulls Baseball Out of the Closet Read story.
Simply Ballroom Kicks Off Broadway at the Granada Series
Gotta Dance
The international ballroom dance phenomenon rolls on as a big, retooled version of the West End hit revue Simply Ballroom swings into the Granada next week. Read story.
I Remember You Comes to Circle Bar B
They’re Singing Our Song
The classics of the American songbook have long cast their spell over the piano bars of New York. Read story.
She Loves Me
At Ventura’s Rubicon Theatre, Saturday, September 6. Shows through September 28.
She Loves Me, which opened last weekend at the Rubicon Theatre and is running through September 28, is the final show of the company’s 10th anniversary season. Read story.
Fall 2008 Theater Preview
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Cuts, A Musical Docu-Comedy!
Directed by Westmont Theater graduate Casey Caldwell, Cuts focuses on the poignant and silly stories people share about their hair. Read story.
The Imaginary Invalid
At Solvang Festival Theater, Saturday, August 30.
Molière graced Louis the XIV’s court with comic plays that dwell on the hardships of love when it is thwarted by misunderstandings and exaggerations. Read story.
Newton’s Cradle
At Center Stage Theater, Thursday, August 14.
Newton’s third law of motion states that “every action has an equal and opposite reaction.” Read story.
Aftermath
At Center Stage Theater, Friday, August 8.
Tony (Phoenix Shiffman) asks this show’s big question with pensive beauty: “How precious is my life?” Read story.
Three Reasons to Head to the Theater for Newton’s Cradle
Seven years of your life drag the suffix “teen” behind their corresponding number. Read story.
HAIR
At the Santa Barbara High School Theatre, Thursday, July 31.
The split that divided the generation of the 1960s is one that transcends all eras—the massive contradiction of love against hate. Read story.
The Spin Cycle
At the Rubicon Theatre, Saturday, August 2. Shows through August 24.
“All these baby-boomer women—the biggest number—and all of a sudden the glaciers are melting!” says Mikey (Morgan Rusler), in one of The Spin Cycle’s most humorous moments. Read story.
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