Theater

‘Driving Miss Daisy’ opens Saturday at CTG 

News release  Canyon Theatre Guild opens “Driving Miss Daisy,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, on Saturday. The opening performance will feature a free wine and champagne reception for ticket holders one hour before curtain.  “Driving Miss Daisy” explores the unlikely friendship between a rich, sharp-tongued Jewish widow of 72 (Daisy) and her African American chauffeur (Hoke) in

The "SpongeBob" cast at the Canyon Theatre Guild. Courtesy photo.

‘SpongeBob’ brings Bikini Bottom to CTG 

News release  Canyon Theatre Guild is performing the hit Broadway play, “The SpongeBob Musical” through June 27.   “Plunge into this stunning all-singing, all-dancing, dynamic stage show,” said a news release from the CTG. “When the citizens of Bikini Bottom discover that a volcano will soon erupt and destroy their humble home, SpongeBob

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One night only: Leapfrog Improv at Canyon Theatre Guild 

News release   Improv is back at the Canyon Theatre Guild: Leapfrog Improv plays one night only on Friday at 8 p.m.  Leapfrog Improv is an improvisational comedy group in which a troupe of talented improv comedians take suggestions from the audience and create comedy sketches and narratives right on the spot, said a news release from the nonprofit CTG.  

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‘This Is Our Youth’ coming to Olive Branch 

News release  In a first-time co-production, Dig Deep Theatre and Theatre Extempore are teaming up to bring Academy Award winner Kenneth Lonergan’s breakthrough coming-of-age dramedy “This Is Our Youth” to

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West Ranch Theatre to present ‘Mean Girls’ 

News release  West Ranch Theatre is scheduled May 7-9 to present “Mean Girls High School Edition,” the musical version of the hit 2004 movie that portrayed the wild and vicious nature of the suburban high

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‘Magic Academy’ plays Friday at CTG 

News release  For one night only and for the first time ever, the doors to Magic Academy are opening to the public at the Canyon Theatre Guild.   Guests are invited Friday to join “students” Kasmira and Viktor as they try their hand at tricks and tips learned at

Canyon Theatre Guild is performing the French farce, Marc Camoletti’s “Boeing Boeing,” weekends through April 26. Courtesy photo.

Canyon Theatre Guild opens comedy, ‘Boeing Boeing’ 

News release  Canyon Theatre Guild is performing the comedy, Marc Camoletti’s “Boeing Boeing,” weekends through April 26.   This 1960s French farce debuted in London in 1962 and earned a Tony Award on Broadway for best revival in 2008. The adaptation for

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Mission Opera to present Carlisle Floyd double bill 

News release  Mission Opera, a Santa Clarita-based professional opera company, is scheduled to present a double bill of one-act operas by Carlisle Floyd — “Slow Dusk” and “The Sojourner and “Mollie Sinclair” — on April 10, 11 and 12 at the Canyon High School

Canyon Theatre Guild is scheduled this weekend to open “Wait Until Dark,” a psychological thriller written by Frederick Knott and adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher. Courtesy photo.

Canyon Theatre Guild opens psychological thriller this weekend 

News release  Canyon Theatre Guild is scheduled this weekend to open “Wait Until Dark,” a psychological thriller written by Frederick Knott and adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher.   The opening performance will feature a free wine and champagne reception

"Sweeney Todd" at Canyon High School

Canyon High School drama to present ‘Sweeney Todd’ 

News release  Canyon High School Drama invites the community to experience a bold and chilling production of “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” running March 26-28 at 7 p.m. in the Canyon High Performing

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Olive Branch to present ‘We Will Rock You’ 

News release  The smash-hit musical “We Will Rock You,” featuring the iconic music of Queen and book by Ben Elton, is coming to Santa Clarita, “promising a fun and campy, high-energy spectacle,” Olive

"Frozen" at Saugus High School.

‘Frozen’ the musical is coming to Saugus High School 

Saugus High School’s theater group is scheduled to perform its spring musical “Frozen” on March 26-28 and April 2-4.  Doors open each night at 6:30 p.m. and the show starts at 7 p.m. at The Forum, on the Saugus High campus, 21900 Centurion Way.  Gina

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Eco-Film Festival set for March 7 at COC 

News release  The Eco-Film Festival returns to College at the Canyons from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 7.  This year’s free festival will offer seven different environmentally focused films.   “You may be moved by the fires, floods and excess heat in

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Olive Branch premieres original production, ‘Rosalinda, CA’ 

News release  Olive Branch Theatricals announces its upcoming original production, “Rosalinda, CA,” written by Carlos Adolfo Jr., opening Saturday and running through Feb. 22 at The Olive Branch performance space in the Valencia Town Center.  Set in a fictional

"South Pacific" at the Canyon Theatre Guild.

Canyon Theatre Guild performing ‘South Pacific’ 

News release  The Canyon Theatre Guild is performing the classic Broadway musical, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “South Pacific,” weekends through Feb. 21 in Old Town Newhall.  Set on a tropical island during World War II, this Pulitzer and Tony award winning musical is