Welcome to Theatrical Arts International's Myspace page. Here you will find the most current information on the happinings at our two venues the historic California Theatre in San Bernardino, and the Pechanga Resort & Casino broadway series. Feel free to look around and view the available previews of each show.
CATS IS COMING TO SAN BERNARDINO!
There's no better way to introduce your family to the wonders of live theater than with the magic, the mystery, the memory of CATS. What began as a musical about cats after Andrew Lloyd Webber picked up a book of poems in an airport bookshop has become one of the longest running show in Broadway's history. Winner of seven Tony Awards® including Best Musical, CATS features 20 of Andrew Lloyd Webber's timeless melodies, including the hit song, "Memory." APRIL 4-5, 2008
The New Mambo Kings"The New Mambo Kings " is a series of performances that represent Latin and American cultures through song and dances such as the boleros, salsa, cha cha, merengue, cumbia, samba, tango and of course the
mambo.
The bilingual cast features Colombians Carlos Mendoza
as tenor. His twin brother Mauricio is a baritone
best known for his three year stint in the hit
Showtime series "Resurrection Blvd." and his huge
success in Spanish telenovellas. There are also five
dancers representing Mexico and Cuba; a salsa couple,
a ballroom couple, a jazz dancer and impressive music.
The New Mambo Kings -California Theatre October 16-19, 2008
Vox Lumier's Hunchback of Notre Dame
Vox Lumier's Hunchback of Notre DameVox Lumiere is "rock concert meets silent film" in a radically unique live performance that combines music, theatre and silent film to create a completely new entertainment experience. Eight singers, and five-piece band join forces with a state-of-the-art multi-media and light show in a radical retelling of timeless movie masterpieces.
"... absolutely riveting..."
-The Los Angeles Times
"Vox Lumiere joins Cirque du Soleil, and Stomp as a one-of-a-kind theatrical experience audiences crave!"
-The Daily Breeze.
"Vox Lumiere is a multidimensional high-decibal blast of visual and auditory splendor"
- The Dallas Morning News
Vox Lumiere's Hunchback of Notre Dame March 5-8, 2009
Dirty Rotten ScoundrelsBased on the popular 1988 film, DIRTY ROTTEN
SCOUNDRELS centers on two con men living on the French
Riviera. Suave and sophisticated Lawrence Jameson
makes a lavish living swindling the rich. Small-time
crook Freddy Benson, swindles women by awakening their
compassion.
After meeting, they unsuccessfully attempt to work
together only to find that the town isn't big enough
for both of them. They agree on a settlement: the
first one to extract $50,000 from a young female
target, heiress Christine Colgate, wins and the other
must leave town. A hilarious battle of cons ensues,
that will keep audiences laughing, humming and
guessing to the end!
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels -California Theatre April 16-19, 2009
Menopause The MusicalMenopause The Musical® has entertained and inspired
women from coast-to-coast and internationally.
Menopause The Musical® is a hilarious production
which includes 25 re-lyricized tunes from the '60s and
'70s and culminates with a salute to women who are
experiencing “The Change”. Set in a department store,
where four women with seemingly nothing in common but
a black lace bra meet by chance, the musical pokes fun
at things such as hot flashes, memory loss, mood
swings, wrinkles, night sweats and eating binges.
Menopause The Musical -California Theatre May 14-17, 2009
The Music ManThe Music Man is the endearing story of traveling salesman, Harold Hill, and his visit to a small Iowa town in 1912 where he meets and falls in love with the willful, spinster librarian, Marian Paroo. With his fast-talking style, "Professor" Harold Hill convinces the town that unless they adopt his revolutionary music program, "The Think System", the morale of the youngsters of River City will be forever doomed. This all-American family musical is guaranteed to entertain, featuring an entire score of classic hit songs including "Till There was You", "Gary, Indiana", "Lida Rose" and of course, "Seventy-six Trombones". On Broadway it ran for 1,375 performances, starring Barbara Cook and made a star of Robert Preston, THE MUSIC MAN was embraced by theatre audiences of all ages.
The Music Man -California Theatre April 24-27, 2008 The Music Man -Pechanga Resort May 1-4, 2008
Pirates Of Penzance On a rocky seashore on the coast of Cornwall the pirates of Penzance are holding a sherry party to celebrate the apprentice Frederic's promotion to the status of full-blown pirate on the expiry of his indentures. For today is the 29th of February, 1897, and it is his twenty-first birthday. His health is duly drunk, and in a speech of thanks Frederic startles the pirates by telling them of his intention to leave them for good. It seems that he was apprenticed to them in error. Ruth, the pirates' maid-of-all-work, takes up the tale. She tells how, when she was formerly Frederic's nursery-maid, his parents instructed her to have the boy apprenticed to a pilot. Being hard of hearing she misheard, and in error Frederic was apprenticed to a pirate.
The Pirates of Penzance - California Theatre Mar 27-30, 2008 The Pirates of Penzance - Pechanga Resort April 3-6, 2008
The California Theatre is located at 562 W. 4th Street in downtown San Bernardino
Pechanga Resort & Casino is located at 45000 Pechanga Parkway in Temecula
A.R. Gurney's Love Letters tells the story of Andy and Melissa, who are sitting at their desks reading letters each has written to the other. What they write span over 40 years and reveal a remarkably complex relationship between the two. The play is, in turn, sweet, charming, thoughtful, funny and devastating.
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