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GOT SOUL? The cast of High Fidelity takes over Warbler Records & Goods for a photo shoot.
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hen it comes to staging contempo- had plenty of girlfriends—and such a flop, as rary musicals, there’s no one in Santa these relationships never last. Barbara like Samantha Eve. Born and Turning to his most trusted devices for educated in our city, she understanding the world, attended New York Unithe Top Five list and the versity, where she acted, mixtape, Rob sets out on sang, danced, and develwhat Eve describes as “a real oped a major obsession hero’s journey.”“It’s all from with the present and future Rob’s point of view,” she told of musical theater. In less me,“and he’s determined to than a decade, she and her discover ways to become theater company, Out of more of a whole person.”As the Box, have been responbefits a story about a record store owner who’s an oversible for bringing no fewer the-top music nut, each of than 15 of the most exciting by Charles Donelan new musicals to the stage, the songs in High Fidelity beginning in 2010 with pays painstaking tribute to Reefer Madness and including Bloody Bloody a specific artist and genre. Composer Tom Andrew Jackson, Spring Awakening Awakening, Heathers, Kitt (Next to Normal, American Idiot) and and, most recently, the amazing grrl-powered lyricist Amanda Green collaborated on these punk musical Lizzie. Throughout the ups and original tunes that echo everyone from the downs of doing everything necessary to keep Beastie Boys to the Indigo Girls. Out of the Box going, Eve has maintained With David Lindsay-Abaire (Rabbit Hole, a true fan’s wild enthusiasm for her chosen Good People) onboard to write the book, genre, avidly devouring every new Original there’s no shortage of talent in the original Soundtrack recording and traveling to New creative team. Having seen a recent pop-up York, San Francisco, and Chicago regularly production in a Chicago record store, Eve in search of the next great show. put it this way,“This is a good show, but it can Beginning on Wednesday, April 26, Out be outstanding.” From the light in her eyes of the Box will present High Fidelity, a rock as she said this, one can tell that the fire of musical based on the Nick Hornby novel and directorial motivation has been lit, and with the 2000 John Cusack film of the same name. a large cast (it’s the biggest Out of the Box High Fidelity depicts the life and loves of Rob show since Heathers) and a series of cameos Gordon, an independent record store owner by some familiar Santa Barbara figures, the in his thirties who wanders through the last show promises to be great fun for fans of indie days of vinyl in a quiet-storm slow jam of self- music and musicals alike. In keeping with doubt. Trapped in an ever-escalating battle the theme, DJ Darla Bea will spin short sets of rock snobbery with his own employees, before selected performances. In the interest including the irreverent Barry (played by Jack of full disclosure, this writer will appear on Black in the film), he begins to ponder what Friday, April 28, as “Middle Aged Man.” And has made his love life such a success— he’s my agent told me I was reading for the lead!
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Sun, Apr 30 / UCSB Campbell Hall 11:00 AM (recommended for ages 4 – 6)
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HigH FideliTy: A Rock MusicAl Comes to Center stage
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High Fidelity runs Wednesday-Saturday, April 26- 29, 8 p.m., and Sunday, April 30, 2 p.m., at Center Stage Theater (751 Paseo Nuevo). For tickets and information, visit centerstagetheater.org or call the box office at 963-0408. independent.com
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