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Theater and Arts Continued from page 16 California Theatre. The orchestra performs five regular concerts a year. Additionally, the orchestra plays for the Redlands Bowl Summer programs and the Inland Dance Company’s presentation of the Nutcracker Ballet, reaching an audience of 61,000. Each season the Symphony provides programs and events that attract families and those unfamiliar with symphonic music. The San Bernardino’s 2008-2009 season will be an 80th anniversary celebration. It begins with “Rhapsody in Revue,” an anniversary Gala extravaganza on Oct. 3, 8pm, at the NOS Events Center, featuring entertainment by Maestro Ponti and his wife Andrea and Barbra Streisand impersonator Rebecca Clark and a live auction of a Sam Maloof pedestal table. Sophia Loren is the Gala’s Honorary Chair. The season features: • Opening Night, Saturday, October 4, 8pm: “An Orchestral Tribute to Frank Plash,” features works by Mendelssohn (Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Violinist), Bruckner and von Weber. • Saturday, November 15, 8pm: “Romantic Escapades,” featuring internationally acclaimed pianist Janina Fialkowska performing Mozart’s Piano Concerto no.27 in B-Flat Major. The Carlo Ponti, Jr., with his mother Sofia Loren, who will act as the Honorary Chair at the San Bernardino Symphony’s Oct. 3 anniversary gala. program also includes Beethoven’s Leonore Overture and Schumann’s Symphony no.2 in C Major, op.61 • Sunday, January 18, 2009, 3pm: “Fanfare for the Family,” is a true family affair as Maestro Ponti and his piano professor, Nancy Bricard Woods, hit the keyboards in Saint-Saen’s Carnival of the Animals while Maestro Ponti’s brother Edoardo narrates this delightful piece. • Saturday, March 21, 2009, 8pm: “The Bold and the Beautiful,” featuring renowned pianist Norman Krieger and the works of Sibelius, Brahms and Stravinsky. • Seanson Finale,Saturday, May 9, 2009, 8: “Mahler’s Fifth” All performances are held at the California Theater and will be preceded by a free pre-concert lecture in the California Room of the Theater. For information and tickets call the Symphony Office at (909) 381-5388 or go online to www.sanbernardinosymphony.org. IER Sept. 5-21, 2008 Down on their luck, two English Shakespearean actors, touring in the Amish country of Pennsylvania, hear that an old lady in York, PA is about to die and leave her fortune to her two long-lost English nephews. They resolve to pass themselves off as her beloved relatives and get the cash. However, when they arrive in York they discover that the relatives are not nephews, but nieces! Romantic entanglements abound in Ken Ludwig’s newest farce. TICKET PRICE $15 Sorry, no children under 5 are admitted. Oct. 3-5, 2008 This is a delightful story of an inquisitive youth who wanders into a seemingly abandoned factory, owned by a Mr. Aesop. The youngster accidentally trips a lever, which activates the factory” machinery, “ an assembly line of fable-makers who create, then enact Aesop’s fabulous fables. TICKET PRICE $8 Sorry, no children under 5 are admitted. RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY PLAYERS (951) 686-4030 • 4026 14th St., Riverside • www.riversidecommunityplayers.com FREE RAFFLE! 24 September, 2008 INLAND ENTERTAINMENT REVIEW
Theater and Arts ‘Leading Ladies’ opens Players’ season with a laugh Patricia Scarborough The Riverside Community Players open their 84th season with a case of mistaken identity. Visit the Players’ theatre-in-the-round as they present Ken Ludwig’s hilarious farce Leading Ladies, playing for three weekends September 5 through 21. Embarking on their 84th consecutive season of live theatre in the inland valley, the popular playhouse chose a side-splitting comedy as the season opener to get theatergoers in an upbeat mood. The play centers on two down-on-theirluck Shakespearean actors, who, while touring the Amish country, hear that an old lady in York, Pennsylvania, is about to die and leave her fortune to her two long-lost English nephews. The actors resolve to pass themselves off as her beloved relatives and get the cash. However, when they arrive in York, they discover that the relatives are not nephews, but nieces! Romantic entanglements and mistaken identities abound as the English actors and the American family frantically scramble around the York estate. Playwright Ken Ludwig, whose previous comedic hits include Lend Me a Tenor and Moon over Buffalo, continues to prove that he is one of the best and most popular comedic writers of our time. “Ludwig’s shows are difficult to cast and produce because they are so fast-paced and intricate with people coming and going and with exquisite timing being crucial. We are lucky to have a professional theatre veteran like Patty leading this production,” Jennifer Lawson, RCP Board Member, said The “Patty,” to whom Lawson refers, is local favorite and award-winning actress and director Patricia Scarborough. A long-time Riverside resident who is well known for her many leading roles at the Mission Inn Dinner Theatre and the Riverside Civic Light Opera, which later evolved into Performance Riverside, Scarborough is a modern-day Renaissance woman. “If the task is theatrical, Patty can do it,” Lawson said. “She is a glorious actress and singer who can also direct, teach, design and paint sets, design and construct costumes, and even be a foley artist (creating sound effects) for radio programming.” To help Ms. Scarborough realize her vision of the show, Riverside Community Players put together a top-notch production team. Rick and Donna Sisk of Riverside once again do a beautiful job with the lights, sound and set. Long-time RCP members Ted and Rory Dyer are the costumers, with Sue Ann Dearing of Riverside serving as wardrobe mistress. Tony Harris is the assistant to the director for the production. Talented members of the cast hail from all over the Inland Empire and include Kristen Aoun of Corona, Kathy Scileppi and Henry Nickel of Riverside, Kyle Anders of Beaumont, Ralph Griffey of Redlands and Melisa Morrow of Rancho Cucamonga. The new season opens September 5, and Leading Ladies will take its final bow on the 21st. For ticket reservations and season ticket information, call the Riverside Community Players’ box office at (951) 686-4030. The box office also will be open for walk-up business starting on September 1, and will be open Monday-Saturday 6pm-8pm and Sunday 12pm-2pm throughout the run of the show. Tickets are $15. There will be no late seating, and no children under 5 years of age will be admitted. The Riverside Community Playhouse is at 4026 14th Street in Riverside, between Magnolia and Brockton. On the day of the show, the hour prior to curtain time is reserved for business pertaining to that performance only. You may visit the RCP website at www.riversidecommunityplayers.com. IER Continued from page 22 Voodoo Daddy, Oct. 4, 8pm. Tickets $51.50. • Capitol Steps, Oct. 5, 2pm. Tickets: general $31.50, senior $29.50, youth $25.50. • 12505 Cultural Center Dr., Rancho Cucamonga. lewisfamilyplayhouse.com. (909) 477-2752. OLD TOWN TEMECULA COMMUNITY THEATER: • Jazz at the Merc, Thursdays at 7:30pm, $15. A different jazz group each time, at the Mercantilee, 42051 Main St. • Live at the Merc, Fridays, 7:30pm, $15. • Damn Yankees, Sept. 5, 8pm, Sept. 6, 2pm and 8pm, Sept. 7, 2pm. Tickets: $20. • The Taming of the Shrew, Sept. 12-21. Tickets: adults $20, seniors $15. • 42051 Main St., in Temecula. www.temeculatheater.org. (866) 653-8696. Continued on page 35 The Victoria Gardens Cultural Center a shining spotlight in the Inland Empire Located at the shopping mecca of Victoria Gardens in Rancho Cucamonga, the Victoria Gardens Cultural Center, home to the Paul A. Biane Library and the Lewis Family Playhouse, has fast become a place for people of all ages to embrace literature and performing arts. In addition to the wonderful selection of professional performers that grace the stage of the Lewis Family Playhouse – this season includes performers such as Pat Benatar, Art Garfunkle and the Village People as well as MainStreet Theatre Productions of James and the Giant Peach, A Year with Frog and Toad and Ferdinand the Bull, plus many other performances - acting enthusiasts of all ages and talent ranges can pursue their dreams of being in the spotlight. The City of Rancho Cucamonga Community Services Departments Theatre Arts Academy provides a slew of class and workshop offerings starting with classes at age five years old with many teen and adult class offerings – Broadway Babies, Singing for a Lifetime, Adult Choral Troupe, Adult Improv and Movie Monologues to name just a few. The Rancho Cucamonga Community Theatre program offers opportunities for those with the acting bug to keep their day jobs but fulfill the passion of their acting dreams. The Community Theatre program is so well respected, many professional actors audition to hone their skills while waiting for their “big break.” In addition to the multitude of literary opportunities the Paul A. Biane Library offers the community at large through virtual resources and in-house programs – the Library and Community Services team partner several times a year to host free cultural events and programs in the Bank of America Imagination Courtyard. Visit www.vgculturalcenter.com for information on classes, Community Theatre Auditions, events and programs offered at the Victoria Gardens Cultural Center. September, 2008 INLAND ENTERTAINMENT REVIEW 25
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