Hannah Croft hannahcroft.md@gmail.com Childhood friends Frog and Toad are getting ready to emerge from hibernation, with the help of Cal Poly Theatre and Dance Department. For the next two weeks, Alex and Faye Spanos Theatre will turn forested for Tony…
Welcome to the ’70s: ‘Watergate and Other Solid Gold Hits’
Mustang Daily Staff Report arts@mustangdaily.net As soon as the red, orange and blue circles of light illuminate the stage and the drum set starts tapping a beat, the audience of SLO Little Theatre’s latest production, “Watergate and Other Solid Gold Hits,”…
Fremont Theatre to close down
Fremont Theatre on Monterey Street will close after tonight’s 7:30 p.m. showing of “The Impossible.” Photo by David Liebig. Mustang Daily Staff Report arts@mustangdaily.net Fremont Theatre‘s 7:30 p.m. showing of “The Impossible” on Thursday might be the 70-year-old cinema’s…
Winter quarter to offer array of events
Kelly Trom kellytrom.md@gmail.com New year, new quarter, new events to mark on the calendar. Cal Poly’s campus has a lot to offer this quarter, whether it’s a performance in the Christopher Cohan Performing Arts Center (PAC), an Associated Students, Inc.…
Big musical comes to Little Theatre
Legendary Broadway musical “Oklahoma!” is returning to the San Luis Obispo Little Theatre for a 50th anniversary recreation of its previous performance at the venue. Last produced by the Little Theatre in 1961, “Oklahoma!,” a romantic musical based on Lynn…
Huck Finn goes clean in new publication
A revised edition of the class American novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, is set to be published mid-February that is intended to be less offensive and “cleaner” for the classroom.
José Rivera’s dark play ‘Marisol’ comes to Spanos for six shows
Cal Poly’s theatre and dance department will be presenting an original stage production of acclaimed Latino dramatist José Rivera’s dark and surreal play “Marisol.”
Minervana performers speak, sing, dance for empowerment
Minervana, a Students Stage event for Women’s HERstory Week, brought70 students to Chumash yesterday from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Upcoming show brings Jackie Robinson’s story to Cohan center stage
A play about one of the most influential people in major league baseball and the civil rights movement, Jackie Robinson, is coming to Cal Poly this Friday. The play chronicles his life while playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Professor’s original play to debut on Spanos stage
“Zero to Infinity,” playing on Nov. 12 in Spanos, promises a circus extravaganza of satirical political events.
Poly to participate in historic theater event tonight
Cal Poly, and more than 100 other schools nationwide, will participate in a historic event tonight to commemorate the life of a young college student, Matthew Shepard, the victim of a hate crime.