Extended Runs

A lavish production full of glitz, glamour and breathtaking performances!
The Granada 2008-2009 Broadway Series
SIMPLY BALLROOM
STARRING DEBBIE REYNOLDS
through Oct 2
$25-$55
The Granada
1214 State Street, 899-2222
www.granadasb.org

PCPA Theaterfest
THE WEIR
by Conor McPherson
A bewitching combination of comedic Irish storytelling and rich dramatic tension
through Oct 5
$16.25–$26.00
Severson Theatre, 922-8313
www.pcpa.org

2003 Tony Award for Best Play
Ensemble Theatre Company
TAKE ME OUT
through Oct 19
Tues–Sat 8 pm, Sun 7 pm
$29–$46
Alhecama Theatre
914 Santa Barbara Street, 965-5400
www.ensembletheatre.com

I.V. LIVE & I.V. ARTS
improvability.
UCSB’s premiere comedy troupe
Oct 3, 10, 17, 24
$3 Students, $5 General
Embarcadero Hall
935 Embarcadero del Norte, 893-7464
islavista-arts.org

LIT MOON WORLD SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
WORLD PREMIERE
Lit Moon World Shakespeare Festival presents
BULGARIAN/U.S. PRODUCTION OF
“OTHELLO”/“MEASURE FOR MEASURE”
All-male staging from notorious Bulgarian director Lilia Abadjieva. In English.
Oct 16, 7 pm
Oct 19, 2 pm
Oct 23, 9 pm
Oct 25, 7 pm
$25 Adults, $19 Students
Center Stage Theater, 963-0761
www.litmoon.com

“...ready to carry the torch for Los Angeles's Chicano community.”—Los Lobos
UCSB Arts & Lectures “!Viva el Arte de Santa Bárbara!” presents
QUETZAL
Oct 17–19, 7 pm
Free!
Marjorie Luke Theatre, 343-2939
www.myspace.com/vivaelartedesantabarbara

Lit Moon World Shakespeare Festival presents
UCSB THEATER IN “THE WINTER’S TALE”
Shakespeare’s words shine in new production by UCSB Department of Theater and Dance.
In English.
Oct 17, 7 pm
Oct 18, 9 pm
Oct 20, 7 pm
Oct 25, 2 pm
$16 Adults, $10 Students
Center Stage Theater, 963-0761
www.litmoon.com

WORLD PREMIERE
Lit Moon World Shakespeare Festival presents
MACEDONIAN/U.S. PRODUCTION OF  “JULIUS CAESAR”
All-woman cast in sizzling staging by John Blondell.
In English & Macedonian with English supertitles.
Oct 18, 7 pm
Oct 19, 4 pm
Oct 23, 7 pm
Oct 25, 9 pm
$25 Adults, $19 Students
Center Stage Theater, 963-0761
www.litmoon.com

SBCC Theatre Group presents
THE WORLD GOES ‘ROUND
A stunning revue of the songs of Kander and Ebb
Oct 22–Nov 8, Thu–Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm
Previews Oct 22 & 23, 8 pm
$14–$21, discounts for students, seniors and groups
Garvin Theatre, 965-5935
sbcctg.sbcc.edu

“A gloriously lurid noir thriller! Gets under your skin and stays there!”—Time Out NY
Genesis West presents
BUG
by Tracy Letts
A wild psychological comedic thriller
Oct 31–Nov 15
$22.50–$27.50
Center Stage Theater, 963-0408
www.centerstagetheater.org

Single Performances and Short Runs

UCSB Music
KRISTI BECKER, PIANIST
in a concert of Clarence Barlow’s works
Oct 2, 7 pm
Free admission
Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall
www.music.ucsb.edu

UCSB Arts & Lectures
LOUDON WAINWRIGHT & LEO KOTTKE
IN CONCERT
Oct 2, 8 pm
$40 General, $15 UCSB Students
UCSB Campbell Hall, 893-3535
www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu

“One of the most influential songwriters on the planet is in top form.”—Rolling Stone
Lobero Live presents
JACKSON BROWNE
Performing songs from his new CD, plus older favorites.
Oct 3, 8 pm
$45.50, $55.50, $70.50
Arlington Theatre, 963-4408
www.ticketmaster.com

UCSB Arts & Lectures
DAVID BYRNE
Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno
Oct 4, 8 pm
$35–$65 General, $20 UCSB Students
Arlington Theatre, 893-3535
www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu

Westmont Music presents
FACULTY RECITAL
From jazz to contemporary chamber music
Oct 5, 3 pm
Free admission
Deane Chapel, Westmont campus, 565-6040
www.westmont.edu

“You don’t have to be a believer to be inspired.”—Sunday Herald, Scotland
UCSB Arts & Lectures
SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR
Grammy-winning South African choir
Oct 5, 7 pm
$42 General, $19 UCSB Students
UCSB Campbell Hall, 893-3535
www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu

“Evora really only sings two ways: well or magnificently.”—Rolling Stone
UCSB Arts & Lectures
CESARIA EVORA
Grammy-winning Cape Verdean songstress
Oct 7, 8 pm
$40 General, $18 UCSB Students
UCSB Campbell Hall, 893-3535
www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu

Jazz at the Lobero presents
AHMAD JAMAL TRIO
Legendary jazz pianist, famed for hit “Poinciana”
Oct 9, 8 pm
Lobero Theatre, 963-0761
www.lobero.com

We dance all night!
Santa Barbara Dance Alliance
THE DANCERS’ BALL
Oct 10, 8 pm
$50 General, $65 after Sept 20, $400 premium table for 4
Montecito Country Club, 966-6950
www.sbdancealliance.org

Special Production for Children and Families!
Opera Santa Barbara presents
THE MAGIC FLUTE
Family friendly adaptation of Mozart’s joyful opera, sung in English, features storyteller Michael Katz.
Oct 11, 2 & 4 pm
Kids 12 and under FREE, adults $13
Marjorie Luke Theater
Santa Barbara Junior High, 721 East Cota Street
Tickets: 899-2222, Info: 898-3890
www.operasb.com

“It was Opera Enormous...I was right there on the stage.”—Ann Patchett, Wall Street Journal
Music Academy of the West
The Met: Live in HD
Richard Strauss SALOME
Starring soprano Karita Mattila
Oct 11, 10 am
Encore Screening Oct 12, 2 pm
$22
Hahn Hall
1070 Fairway Road, 969-8787
www.musicacademy.org

State Street Ballet
Season Premiere
SWAN LAKE
Oct 11, 8 pm & Oct 12, 2 pm
$25–$50 General, $20–$45 Students & Seniors
The Granada, 899-2222
www.granadasb.org

CAMA’s Masterseries presents
2002 Gilmore Artist Award-winner
PIOTR ANDERSZEWSKI Piano
Works by Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven’s Sonata No. 31, Op. 110
Oct 16, 8 pm
$35, $45
Lobero Theatre, 963-0761
www.lobero.com or www.camasb.org

“First class entertainment!”—Der Tagesspiegel, Germany
UCSB Arts & Lectures
MAX RAABE & PALAST ORCHESTER
Berlin’s superbly suave singer and 12-piece orchestra
Oct 17, 8 pm
$36 General, $16 UCSB Students
The Marjorie Luke Theatre, 893-3535
www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu

“Anyone that likes anything remotely Irish or Celtic will love (them).”—Smother Magazine
Lobero Live presents
GAELIC STORM
Traditional Gaelic tunes and original works with the rowdy feel of an Irish pub
Oct 17, 8 pm
$30, $40
Lobero Theatre, 963-0761
www.lobero.com

UCSB Music
FLUTIST CHRISTINA JENNINGS & PIANIST MARGARET MCDONALD
Performing works by Poulenc, Schoenfield, Gieseking, and Mower
Oct 17, 8 pm
Free
Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall
www.music.ucsb.edu

UCSB Music
MASTER CLASS WITH FLUTIST CHRISTINA JENNINGS
Oct 18, 2 pm
$15 at the door
UCSB Karl Geiringer Hall (Music 1250)
www.music.ucsb.edu

“the Music Club offers a publicly accessible ‘open source’ policy which has a civilizing effect on the musical landscape.”—Josef Woodard, The Independent
Opening Concert of the Season
MUSIC CLUB MATINÉE CONCERT
Oct 18, 3 pm
Free admission
Faulkner Gallery, SB Public Library
www.musicclub.org

UCSB Music
MARGO HALSTED, CARILLONIST
Oct 19, 3 pm
Free admission
Storke Carillon, UC Santa Barbara
www.music.ucsb.edu

Lit Moon World Shakespeare Festival presents
MEET THE ARTISTS
Welcome Festival guests from Bulgaria, Finland, the Republic of Georgia, and Macedonia.
Followed by “Julius Caesar”
Oct 19, 3 pm
Free admission
Center Stage Theater, 963-0761
www.litmoon.com

“One of the most venerated songwriters of his generation.”—USA Today
Lobero Live presents
RANDY NEWMAN
Solo piano performance with multifaceted, wildly original, Oscar-winning songwriter.
Oct. 19, 7 pm
$53, $63
Lobero Theatre, 963-0761
www.lobero.com

Lit Moon World Shakespeare Festival presents
BIG WORLD SHAKESPEARE JAM & CABARET
World music, past and present featuring Marjanishvili State Drama Theatre, Firebird Quartet, Drama Theatre of Skopje, Gove County String Quartet and the Lit Moon.
Oct 19, 7 pm
$16 Adults, $10 Students
Center Stage Theater, 963-0761
www.litmoon.com

“Dynamic and emotional.”—The Georgian Republic
Co-presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures as part of the Lit Moon World Shakespeare Festival
Marjanishvili State Drama Theatre, Republic of Georgia
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
Oct 21 & 22, 7 pm
$28 General, $22 Students
Lobero Theatre, 893-3535
www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu

Lit Moon World Shakespeare Festival and
UCSB Arts & Lectures present
GEORGIAN STATE THEATRE IN “A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM”
First-ever U.S. performances by celebrated company.
In Georgian, with English subtitles.
Oct 21 & 22, 7 pm
$25 Adults, $19 Students
Lobero Theatre, 963-0761
www.litmoon.com

Lit Moon World Shakespeare Festival and
UCSB Arts & Lectures present
THEATRE IN THE REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA
John Blondell in conversation with Georgian State Theatre Artistic Director Levan Tsuladze.
English translation provided.
Oct 22, 2 pm
Free admission
Hatlen Theatre, UCSB
www.litmoon.com

Lit Moon World Shakespeare Festival presents
THE THEATRE OF LILIA ABADJIEVA
John Blondell in discussion with one of Eastern Europe’s most provocative theatre artists. Video clips. In English.
Oct 23, 4 pm
Free admission
Center Stage Theater
www.litmoon.com

UCSB Music
GUEST ARTISTS duo pantoMorf
featuring Palle Dahlstedt & Per Anders Nilsson (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Oct 23, 7 pm
Free admission
Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall
www.music.ucsb.edu

Music Academy of the West
PERLMAN SCHMIDT BAILEY TRIO
Navah Perlman, piano
Giora Schmidt, violin
Zuill Bailey, cello
Oct 23, 7:30 pm
Hahn Hall
1070 Fairway Road, 969-8787
www.musicacademy.org

“Stunningly inventive... mesmerizing... passionate... this is what dance is really about.”—The New York Times
UCSB Arts & Lectures
LAR LUBOVITCH DANCE COMPANY
The company's 40th anniversary season!
Oct 23, 8 pm
$40 General, $20 UCSB Students
UCSB Campbell Hall, 893-3535
www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu

Lit Moon World Shakespeare Festival presents
THEATRE IN MACEDONIA
Artists from Skopje’s Young Open Theatre Festival & Drama Theatre, and Bitola National Theatre.
English translation provided.
Oct 24, 4:30 pm
Free admission
Porter Theatre, Westmont College
www.litmoon.com

Lit Moon World Shakespeare Festival presents
LIT MOON IN “BLUE TEMPEST”
New staging by Lit Moon inspired by the color blue.
Directed by John Blondell. In English.
Oct 24, 7 pm
Oct 26, 4 pm
$25 Adults, $19 Students
Porter Theater, Westmont College, 963-0761
www.litmoon.com

Lit Moon World Shakespeare Festival presents
FINLAND’S NINA SALLINEN IN “POOR, POOR LEAR”
Tour de force one-woman show as aging Finish actress in farewell “King Lear”
In English.
Oct 24, 9 pm
Oct 26, 2 pm
$25 Adults, $19 Students
Porter Theater, Westmont College, 963-0761
www.litmoon.com

Santa Barbara Symphony
THE GRANDEST OPENING
Beethoven’s Triple Concerto in C & Mahler’s Symphony No. 1, “Titan”
Oct 25, 8 pm
Oct 26, 3 pm
The Granada, 899-2222
www.thesymphony.org

The Granada presents
Grammy Award Winning Country Superstar
WYNONNA
She touches the heart and souls with her powerful, soulful voice and presence
Oct 27, 8 pm
$45–$95
The Granada, 899-2222
www.granadasb.org

“Fiery, intensely musical and impassioned playing.”—New York Times
Chamber Orchestra’s Opening Night!
SANTA BARBARA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
with violin soloist, Joan Kwuon
Oct 28, 7:30 pm
$42 & $47
Lobero Theater, 963-0761
www.sbco.org

“The hottest artist on the classical music planet.”—The New York Times
UCSB Arts & Lectures
LANG LANG, PIANO
The exceptional Chinese pianist in recital
Oct 28, 8 pm
$43–$63 General, $17 UCSB Students
The Granada, 893-3535
www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu

“Robert McDuffie is a musician of probing intelligence, a violinist of authority, and a force of great vitality.”—San Francisco Chronicle
CAMA presents
International Series at The Granada
JERUSALEM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Israel’s national radio orchestra
Oct 29, 8 pm
$30–$65
The Granada, 899-2222
www.granadasb.org

“...a singer profoundly attuned to the natural world...”—The New York Times
UCSB Arts & Lectures
MILTON NASCIMENTO & THE JOBIM TRIO
Celebrating 50 years of bossa nova!
Oct 30, 8 pm
$40 General, $19 UCSB Students
UCSB Campbell Hall, 893-3535
www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu

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