Late June Live Performances on the California Central Coast!
By: Curt Miner Jun. 26, 2012
As we come to the last week of June, and get serious about our plans for the 4th of July (on a WEDNESDAY this year!), I trust you are planning on attending some of the productions currently playing at any of the several theatre and live performance establishments here in the heart of the California Central Coast!
SLO Little Theatre’s (www.slolittletheatre.org) next mainstage production, My Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra, will run through July 22.
Don’t miss the most popular musical revue in the nation! Frank Sinatra. He's the icon of cool - from classic elegance to contemporary "fedora" hipster. Four accomplished vocalists (Danielle Dutro, John Laird, Suzy Newman, and Ayrton Parham) will take you from the 1940's swing era, to the bright lights of Las Vegas with the Rat Pack in the 1960s, and to his final performances in the 1990s of Ol' Blue Eyes. Frank Sinatra's voice is pop music history. Come hear the songs that his voice made history.
Among the 58 songs made famous by Sinatra are "Strangers in the Night," "That Old Black Magic," "New York, New York," "I've Got You Under My Skin," "High Hopes," "Fly Me to the Moon" and, of course, "My Way."
Credits:
Directed by Kevin Harris
Musical Direction by Stephen Tosh
Choreography by Zach Johnson
Additionally, a special original comdey staged reading of Greek to Me will be presented FREE by Madeleine Sinclair on July 2. And then be sure to check out SLOLT’s Ubu’s Other Shoe’s readers’ theatre production of Arcadia July 27 & 28, Academy of Creative Arts’ Anne of Avonlea August 3-12, and The Marvelous Wonderettes August 31 – September 23.
The Pewter Plough Playhouse (www.pewterploughplayhouse.org) in Cambria will present Six Dance Lessons In Six Weeks, through July 29.
The Theatre at the Cambria Center for the Arts (http://artistsofcambria.com/cambriapac/index.html) is currently presenting DRAMARAMA - Youth Acting Classes, June 4-28. Rumors, by Neil Simon, will run August 10 - September 2.
The REC Foundation in Paso Robles is sponsoring a production of Man of La Mancha, directed by Cynthia Anthony and Jacob Shearer, at Centennial Park, performances September 21 & 22. Call Jacob at 805-975-5023 for more information.
The Central Coast Shakespeare Festival (http://centralcoastshakespeare.org/) will present The Tempest, July 12-28, at River Oaks Amphitheatre in Paso Robles.
Kelrik Productions (www.kelrikproductions.com) will present their summer musical, Grease, through July 8, and their Grades 1-10 Summer Camp/Performance Class production of Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr in early August.
Next up for The God Is Still Speaking Players (https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/92718528887), is scheduled to be a summer musical production of Snoopy – auditions July 16 & 17, 7 PM, at SLO UCC (11245 Los Osos Valley Rd); performances August 31 - September 9.
Upcoming performances at the Cal Poly Performing Arts Center (www.pacslo.org) include Leslie Jordan on July 7, Joe Goode Performance Group on August 9, Jumpbrush in Concert on August 11, and CORE Dance Company’s Confessions of a Love Junkie August 17 & 18.
Murder In Mind Productions (www.murderinmind.com) will present Pirates of Pirates Cove July 1 - September 2 at the Spyglas Inn in Shell Beach (reservations required).
100 Years of People - Stories From Our Past will be presented at the Odd Fellows Hall in Arroyo Grande. "The Old Days" - July 1 at 2 PM; "Voices From Halcyon" - July 7, 14, 21 & 28 at 2 PM; "This Terrible Tragedy" - August 4, 11, 18 & 25 at 2 PM. FREE admission. Call 805-489-8282 for more information.
Exit Pursued By a Bear (https://www.facebook.com/events/405235212833014/) will present Much Ado About Nothing and Titus Andronicus, running in repertory in parks on the Central Coast 2 weekends in August - stay tuned for specific dates, times and locations.
The Spot (https://www.facebook.com/#!/hit.the.spot) will present the School of Performing Arts Recital July 13 & 14, and Taylor Murphy-Sinclair’s one woman show I Can’t Draw a Heart and Other Episodes July 20-29.
Upcoming performances at the Clark Center (www.clarkcenter.org) include Arroyo Grande Hospital’s Juke Box Rock on July 28, and Central Coast Celebration Chorus’ Alice in Barbershop Land on September 8.
The Great American Melodrama (www.americanmelodrama.com) in Oceano is proud to present Gunsmokin’ or, All Riot’s on the Western Front, written by Ben Millet and adapted by Jordan Richardson, through September 15, followed at each performance by the TGAM Wide World of Sports Vaudeville Revue, directed by Jake McGuire, with musical direction and accompaniment by Mark Pietri. Beginning July 12, Gunsmokin’ will run alternate performances with the Melodrama’s second summer show, From Rags to Riches.
The Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts (www.pcpa.org), the Central Coast's Resident Professional Theatre Company, located on the Allan Hancock College Campus in Santa Maria, will present Little Women, the Broadway Musical, through July 1 at the Solvang Festival Theater, The Rivals through June 30 at the Marian Theatre in Santa Maria (July 5-22 in Solvang), and Legally Blonde - the Musical, July 6-22 in Santa Maria (July 27 – August 19 in Solvang)..
The Santa Maria Civic Theatre (www.smct.org) will offer a Summer Drama Camp (ages 6-12), culminating in a performance of The Little Mermaid on July 27 & 28 and August 3 & 4. Auditions for their first mainstage production of the 2012/13 Season, Dearly Beloved, will be held July 9 & 10 (performances Setpember 14 - October 6).
The Lompoc Civic Theatre's (www.lompoccivictheatre.com) upcoming summer production of tick, tock … BOOM! will run August 3-19.
So, whatever you may have on your entertainment schedule in the next week or so, I hope you are planning to include a show or two at one of the many live entertainment and theatre venues here on the idyllic Central Coast of California!
Curt Miner ... your BroadwayWorld.com guy on the ground with theCalifornia Central Coast theatre "news & views"
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