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Historic Theatre Archives - Lobero Theatre

1947: Onstage on this Date

By Cecilia Martini-MuthIntermission
By Brett Hodges On New Year’s Eve 1947 the comic whirlwind that was Lucille Ball took to the Lobero stage in the ambitious comedy-fantasy Dream Girl. Lucille Ball had begun...
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January 1, 2021
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1883: Onstage on this Date

By Cecilia Martini-MuthIntermission
By Brett Hodges It was the holiday season in Santa Barbara in 1883, and the town was in the throes of roller-skating mania. The Lobero Opera House was skating-central, with...
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December 22, 2020
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1952: Onstage on this Date

By Cecilia Martini-MuthIntermission
1952 was the year America fell in love with José Greco and classical flamenco dance. That was the year Greco - almost single-handedly - revived the art of flamenco and...
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December 3, 2020
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1892: Onstage on this Date

By Cecilia Martini-MuthIntermission
Browsing the calendar of events at American theaters and opera houses in the late 1800’s can be an uncomfortable experience for the modern sensibility. It was a time when stage...
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October 19, 2020
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1938: Onstage on this Date

By Cecilia Martini-MuthIntermission
On a wintery evening in February 1938, American singer Marian Anderson enthralled a Lobero audience with her extraordinary contralto voice. Known for her warm and modest personality, few audience members...
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October 19, 2020
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1896: Onstage on this Date

By Cecilia Martini-MuthIntermission
On Saturday, October 17, 1896, the Lobero Opera House’s 1300 seats were filled - and hundreds were turned away at the door - when women’s rights activist Susan B. Anthony...
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October 17, 2020
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1977: Onstage on this Date

By Cecilia Martini-MuthIntermission
Jazz pianist McCoy Tyner and the Lobero Theatre had a relationship that spanned 34 years and helped establish the Lobero as one of the premier live jazz venues in the...
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October 7, 2020
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The Researching Might Behind Intermission: Brett Hodges

By Cecilia Martini-MuthIntermission
By Lobero Theatre Director of Development, Brandon Mowery Over the past few COVID influenced months, the Lobero has worked hard to keep the theater relevant, and one avenue we’ve managed...
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October 5, 2020
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1977: Onstage on this Date

By Cecilia Martini-MuthIntermission
On the evening of October 4, 1977, a petite woman with a Swiss-German accent held a standing-room-only Lobero audience spellbound as she spoke about what she called the greatest mystery...
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October 4, 2020
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1988: Onstage on this Date

By Cecilia Martini-MuthIntermission
On September 15, 1988, Burl Ives, a 79-year-old, white-bearded icon of music and film took to the Lobero stage in a one-man show about another American legend, poet, and essayist...
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September 15, 2020
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              Little Women

              Friday, January 15, 7:30 PM
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            • Classic RockRockStorytelling

              John Kay

              Sunday, January 31, 8 PM
            • Lobero LivePopPop-Rock

              A virtual evening featuring KT Tunstall

              Monday, February 1, 12
            • Classic RockLobero LivePop-Rock

              A Very Special Evening with Karla Bonoff

              Saturday, February 6, 8 PM

          • Series
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