The CSUSB Theatre Arts department will continue to present its 2017-18 play lineup themed Power & Control with its upcoming production of "Frankenstein." Opening at the Barnes Theatre stage on March 9 and continuing its run on March 10, 15, 16, and 17 at 8 p.m. and March 11 and 18 at 2 p.m., this adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic gothic tale will be directed by professor Tom Provenzano. Having directed twenty plays over the course of his 24 years teaching at CSUSB, Provenzano has been wanting to direct this particular play for quite some time. Due to difficulties with obtaining the rights to the script of a pre-existing London production of Frankenstein, he decided he would write … [Read more...] about “Frankenstein” to premiere in March
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Theater arts department set to light stage with “Cabaret”
By Princess Russell |Staff Writer| CSUSB’s Theatre Arts Department is set to present their adaptation of the world-famous Broadway musical "Cabaret" this June. The transcendental production of the critically acclaimed musical is about the lives of an array of characters within the overtly sexual taboo Kit Kat Club. The Broadway production "Cabaret" is the Tony Award-winner for Best Musical and Best Revival of a Musical. "Cabaret" details the story of the seedy Kit Kat Club and its denizens as they live their lives under the growing influence of the Nazi Party during the final gasps of the Weimar Republic. Productions of "Cabaret" have been entertaining and historical; however, … [Read more...] about Theater arts department set to light stage with “Cabaret”