Tag archives: Lights Up

Boogie Down Broadway, and Down into Hell 
By Steven Libowitz   |   March 11, 2025

Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of The Temptations, which chronicles the Motown hitmakers’ journey from the streets of Detroit to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame through songs, played for nearly three years on Broadway and was nominated for 12 Tony Awards in 2019, winning for Best Choreography. A thrilling story […]

Lights Up! Goes Carnivore for Christmas 
By Steven Libowitz   |   December 10, 2024

The teen theatre company Lights Up! launches its seventh season with an unusual offering during the holiday season: the sci-fi horror romantic comedy/rock musical Little Shop of Horrors. An off-beat work from Howard Ashman and Alan Menken – better known for their Disney musicals The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin – Shop […]

Lighting Up ‘The Tempest’
By Steven Libowitz   |   December 19, 2023

There’s something quite magical and yet weighty in the way in which Lights Up! Theatre Company has taken a firm toehold in the Santa Barbara youth theater scene – one that has never been sorely lacking in the first place. Theater stage and screen veteran Amy Love has parlayed her professional and teaching background into […]