The Repertory East Playhouse will continue its 2010 Season with the touching love story On Golden Pond by Ernest Thompson and sponsored by Geotechnologies Inc. “This is wonderful and touching story that truly transcends all generations. I am very excited to finally have a love story on our stage.”, says Artistic Director Ovington Michael Owston.
On Golden Pond opens on Friday, March 12th, with an Opening Night Gala wine and cheese reception at 7:00pm and curtain at 8:00pm. Opening Night Gala is sponsored by Forester Landscaping with wine and food sponsored by Engelmann Cellars Wine and RSVP Catering.
Friday, Feb. 19th at 7 pm
Sat. Feb. 20th at 2:00 and 7:00 pm,
Sun. Feb. 21st at 2:00 pm
Enjoy over 220 talented youth and teens in this fun, foot-stompin’ show!
Call 661-299-5264 for tickets, or visit their website for more info a www.escapetheatre.org
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Disney’s smash hit musical will come to life on the CTG stage in February! All of your favorite characters are back as the kids at East High get ready for summer and their first summer jobs! It’s an action-packed, fun-filled, song and dance –filled experience for the whole family. This popular sequel is even more fun than the first High School Musical and the high-energy cast brings it all to life at the Canyon Theatre Guild. High School Musical 2 runs from February 6 through March 6, with performances every Saturday at 8:00pm, Sundays at 2:00pm and Saturday matinees on February 27 & March 6 and one Friday evening show on March 5. Ticket prices are $12-$15 for Juniors/Seniors and $15-$17 for Adults. Reservations through box office
Jonathan Larson’s ground-breaking musical opens March 6 at the Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center at College of the Canyons for a limited run. Winner of a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award for Best Musical, Rent is largely responsible for helping to increase the popularity of musical theatre among the younger generation.The Broadway production closed in 2008, after a 12-year run and 5,124 performances, making it the seventh longest-running Broadway show, eight years behind The Phantom of the Opera. The success of the show led to several national tours and numerous foreign productions, and in 2005, it was also adapted into a motion picture that features most of the original cast.
“Rent” is a very adult show and is not recommended for children as it contains overt sexual situations, adult language, and provocative choreography. There will be only six performances at the Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center at College of the Canyons on March 6, 7, 13, 14, 19, and 20, 2010. Ticket prices are from $12 to $29 and may be obtained by calling the box office at (661) 799-2702.
Now Playing at the Canyon Theatre Guild is a show that makes all the kids scream. And some grown-ups, too. Disney’s popular “High School Musical” movie has found it’s way to the stage in Downtown Newhall’s Arts and Theatre District in the making, and the guild has shared some great photos of the production. Click through to enjoy a few stills by Neil Harris. Read the rest of this entry »
That was really very confusing. I’m talking about the Santa Clarita City Council meeting tonight, not the headline of this post which is also somewhat confusing if you haven’t been paying attention to what has been going on between the City and Colllege of the Canyons regarding the Performing Arts Center Memorandum of Understanding. What the dickens went wrong? The City Manager and the folks at COC had a little talk a while back, and even though Ken Pulskamp had already basically changed the city’s relationship status to ’single,’ apparently the COC Board of Trustees does not feel like breaking up just yet. So for now, lets just say ‘it’s complicated.’
The City Council decided to delay the decision to end the MOU so that the City Manager and COC can resume negotiations and come to an agreement. Stay tuned.
On the agenda for Tuesday’s City Council meeting is an item that is worrying many of the performing arts groups in the valley. The council will consider ending the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that the City of Santa Clarita (COSC) has with College of the Canyons (COC) regarding the Performing Arts Center (PAC). The current MOU guarantees the City and community arts groups 32% of weekend days, which is great for local performing artists who pay a lower use rate, but does not allow the college to book as many acts at the higher market rate. COC would naturally like to be able to earn more money to support the facility, and is having trouble under the current arrangement. The City spent 2.4 million in the year 2000 to bring the number of seats in the space from 450 to 950, and while the current percentage of community use is laid out in the MOU, there is nothing to legally bind COC to those terms. The question is – would the community benefit more from continued exposure to local performing arts groups, or from exposure to small outside acts like those in the PAC’s current lineup. If you have something to say about the issue, show up on Tuesday and speak your mind. You can find the agenda item here, along with the MOU.
661Arts Special Contributor Denise Gonzales has passed along an excellent collection of photos she made of the Valencia High School Theatre Department’s production of “The Pajama Game.”
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