March 2012 - Early March Theatre Happenings on the California Central Coast

As we come to the end of February and make our way into March, I trust you will want to attend a show (or 2?) at one of the numerous live performance and theatre venues that make their home here on the beautiful Central Coast of California!

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, presents Little Women, the Broadway Musical, through March 11.

Brimming with all the life of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel, Little Women, the Broadway Musical follows the adventures of the four March daughters as they grow up in Civil WarAmerica.  Jo longs to publish a novel. Meg longs for a fiancé. Beth longs for a piano. Amy longs to be admired.  This timeless tale has been given new life as an exhilarating musical filled with glorious song, dancing and a few tears. Jason Howland’s score celebrates personal discovery and a youngAmerica finding its voice and coming of age in a time of challenge and transformation [PHOTO: Anna Romero as Aunt March by Luis Escobar Reflections Photography Studio].

Arthur Miller’s All My Sons will be performed in the PCPA Severson Theatre March 8-25.

The Santa Maria Civic Theatre's (www.smct.org) next production will be the comedy Battle of Shallowford - performances April 27 - May 19.

The Lompoc Civic Theatre (www.lompoccivictheatre.com) is currently presenting a dinner theatre production of The Outrageous Adventures of Sheldon and Mrs Levine at D'Vine Wine Bar (performances: March 4, April 15, May 6), with reservations required.  Additionally, Almost, Maine will be performed at the Lompoc Civic Auditorium March 16 - April 1. 

The Great American Melodrama (www.americanmelodrama.com) in Oceano is pleased to present Greater Tuna, followed by a Rat Pack Vaudeville Revue, running through March 4 [NOTE: Saw a Sunday early evening performance of this show - and Billy Breed and George Walker are BRILLIANT!].  Next up will be The Three Musketeers, running March 8 – April 22.

The Spot (https://www.facebook.com/#!/hit.the.spot) in Arroyo Grande will present Songwriters at Play’s Townes Van Zandt’s Tribute Concert on March 5, and SLO Film Festival events March 8-11.

Upcoming performances at the Clark Center (www.clarkcenter.org) in Arroyo Grande include AGHS Spring Choral Concert on March 6, Dana Elementary's Beauty and the Beast on March 7, California Theatre Center's Cinderella on March 8, AGHS Drama's A Midsummer Night's Dream March 8-10, Rhonda Vincent and The Rage on March 9, and Best of the San Francisco Stand-Up Comedy Competition on March 10.

Murder In Mind Productions (www.murderinmind.com) will present SLO Legal, April 1 - May 6 at Spyglass Inn inShellBeach.

Kelrik Productions’ (www.kelrikproductions.com) current show in their Family Theatre Series is Once Upon A Mattress, running through March 11 at Unity - 1490 Southwood Drive in San Luis Obispo (NOTE: Saw a Saturday matinee performance of this show and it is absolutely charming - with Kelly Barrett giving an AMAZING performance as Priness Winnifred!).  Auditions will be held on March 12 for Willy Wonka (performances May 12 – June 3).  In Kelrik’s Theatre After Dark Series, The Rocky Horror Show will be presented March 30 - April 14.   

SLO Little Theatre's (www.slolittletheatre.org) current mainstage theatrical offering is My Generation, running through March 25 [NOTE - Attended a Saturday matinee of this production, and this is one show you do NOT want to miss ... especially if you were a pat of the 60s!].  Next on the mainstage will be Dinner With Friends April 13 - May 6, followed by The House of Blue Leaves May 25 - June 17.  In SLOLT's Ubu's Other Shoe readers' theatre series, next up is Dollhouse, March 30 & 31.

The God Is Still Speaking Players (https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/92718528887), in collaboration with Bent Angel Productions, will be presenting a readers’ theatre production of Our Town, with performances March 16-18.

Upcoming performances at the Cal Poly Performing Arts Center (www.pacslo.org) include Cal Poly Symphony Winter Concert – Student Soloist Showcase on March 4, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao on March 6, The Concordia Choir on March 7, the Laugh Out Loud tour on March 8, and Cal Poly Student Opera Theatre’s More Classic Scenes from Opera and Musical Theater March 8-10.

The Cuesta College Performing Arts Center (http://academic.cuesta.edu/performingarts/) will present a Spring Choral Concert on March 9, and the Cuesta Wind Ensemble/SLO Wind Orchestra on March 24.

Espressivo! Chamber Theatre (http://espressivotheatre.com/) will hold auditions for The Botanical Engineers on March 3 (performances May 12 – June 10).        

The Theatre at the Cambria Center for the Arts (http://artistsofcambria.com/cambriapac/index.html) will present the Singing Hands children’s choir March 24 & 25, and a staged reading of Old Love with Judith Jesness and Paul Schecter April 14 & 15 and 21 & 22.

The Pewter Plough Playhouse (www.pewterploughplayhouse.org) in Cambria is proud to present Wait Until Dark through March 25.

Paso Robles High School Drama Department's (http://prhsdrama.com/index.html) Spring Musical will be Guys and Dolls - stay tuned for details!

The Templeton High School Drama Department (http://events.sanluisobispo.com/templeton-ca/venues/show/858649-templeton-performing-arts-center) will present Urinetown: The Musical March 15-24 at the Templeton Performing Arts Center. 

So, regardless of what else you may have scheduled on your entertainment calendar over the course of the next few weeks, I hope you will be including a couple of shows at some of our theatre and live entertainment establishments here on theCaliforniaCentralCoast!

Curt Miner ... your BroadwayWorld.com guy on the ground with theCalifornia Central Coast theatre "news & views"  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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