Monday, April 29th, 2013
By JOANNE ENGELHARDT To analyze a Harold Pinter play, it’s probably best to rely on the axiom: Love the language, eschew the plot. In the case of Jewel Theatre Company’s two one-acts (“The Lover” and “One for the Road”) playing through May 19 at Center Stage, that adage needs to be amended to include: Cherish
Thursday, April 25th, 2013
By WALLACE BAINE For fans of Jewel Theater, it’s a case of Jewel bringing in some top-shelf talent to interpret classic theatrical repertoire. For fans of Shakespeare Santa Cruz, it’s the story of SSC coming in down...
Thursday, April 18th, 2013
{ THROUGH MAY 12 Fridays at 7:30 and 9:20 p.m. Saturdays at 2, 3:20, 7:30 and 9:20 p.m. Sundays at 2 and 3:20 p.m. Cabrillo College Black Box Theater, VAPA Complex, Cabrillo College. $10 general; $7 Cabrillo...
Monday, April 1st, 2013
By JOANNE ENGELHARDT Playwright Ken Ludwig writes his Broadway shows in a distinctive style, one that usually includes plenty of mistaken-identity hi-jinks and sets with lots of doors. A Tony Award nominee for both “Lend Me a...
Thursday, March 21st, 2013
By WALLACE BAINE It’s all Glen all the time for Shakespeare Santa Cruz this summer. The acclaimed local theater company announced this week that, for the first time, all productions in its 2013 summer season will be...
Thursday, March 14th, 2013
By WALLACE BAINE It’s called “Last Letter, First Letter” and it works like this: You and your partner play out a scene – without a script, of course – and your job is to respond with something...
Monday, March 11th, 2013
I’ve written several times about the “Business of Art” seminar series from the Small Business Development Center, but here’s a new twist. Queen of social marketing and online media, Karen Kefauver, is teaching a new class that...
Wednesday, March 6th, 2013
By JOANNE ENGELHARDT There’s a lyrical, almost spellbinding cadence to the dialogue in Sam Shepard’s early (1974) play, “Geography of a Horse Dreamer.” There’s also a lot that is downright bewildering. As staged by Santa Cruz’s Jewel...
Tuesday, February 19th, 2013
Congratulations to the Artist of the Year, Susana Arias, the 27th honoree to receive this award in our county. The Sentinel will be profiling Arias, a sculptor and painter, in an upcoming issue. Meanwhile, we wanted to...
Thursday, January 17th, 2013
By J.M. Brown Only three weeks remain before the raucous Broadway revival of Cole Porter’s nearly 80-year-old musical “Anything Goes” sets sail from San Francisco, taking with it the masterful lyricist’s magical melodies and a revamped, Tony...
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