Roseanne Cash, Temptations headline PCPA’s 25th season

For its 25th anniversary season, the Poway Center for the Performing Arts Foundation will feature a season of stellar performances including Roseanne Cash and The Temptations, among others.

Cash and The Temptations will be joined by a wide variety of singers, dancers, theater shows and comedy acts to make up this season for the center’s Professional Performance series.

Some of these acts include the San Diego Symphony, Blue Sky Riders featuring Kenny Loggins, The Smithereens, Steve Poltz, a performance of “Dracula” and much more.

The foundation, which is responsible for the PCPA’s Professional Performance series, as well as its Arts in Education initiative, has previously been known as the POW! Foundation and the Poway Center for the Performing Arts Foundation.

Now it will be known as Poway OnStage, to help set it and its show lineups from the other acts that rent the center for temporary use.

The official unveiling of the new name and logo will be on June 20 at the foundation’s annual fundraiser, Taste of Our Towne.

The season will begin with Blue Sky Riders, which features Kenny Loggins, Georgia Middleman and Gary Burr on Sept. 20.

Blue Sky Riders is the latest project from Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Loggins and will feature country, folk and acoustic music.

Coming in right at the end of Poway Days will be “Hank and My Honky Tonk Heroes,” featuring Jason Petty, on Oct. 3.

Petty will play tribute to not only Hank Williams himself, but singers that were inspired by Williams, including Jimmie Rodgers, Roy Acuff, Ernest Tubb, The Carter Family, George Jones, Alan Jackson and more, making this show a must-see for all country music fans.

LA TheatreWorks, who previously brought their adaptation of “The Graduate” to the PCPA, is bringing “Dracula” to life on stage on Oct. 25, just in time for Halloween.

This spooky classic will be a full theater production with a special twist: live sound effects on stage to give it the feel of an old radio play.

The PCPA will play host to a local musician on Nov. 21 when San Diego-based musician Steve Poltz takes the stage along with Cody Lovaas, a young musician from Carlsbad.

Poltz, who is well known in the San Diego music scene both for his solo work and for being a part of the legendary Rugburns group, will be joined by the newcomer Lovaas for a night of music, humor and more.

Spend Christmas in Motown with “The Temptations: A Christmas Concert,” on Dec. 5.

Featuring Temptations founder Otis Williams and his longtime touring group, enjoy the holidays with musicians known for their hits “My Girl,” “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg” and “I Can’t Get Next to You.”

The season continues into 2016, with the San Diego Symphony’s Upright and Grand Piano Festival on Jan. 15, with pianist Jeremy Denk and conductor Cristian Macelaru.

Part of a three-day piano festival around San Diego, this event will feature the San Diego Symphony performing with guest pianist Denk, who will perform Beethoven’s Fifth and several more pieces.

Like classic rock? The Smithereens will be performing The Who’s “Tommy” on Jan. 23, along with several of their own hit songs, including “Girl Like You,” “Blood and Roses” and “Only a Memory.”

Act one of the concert will feature highlights from “Tommy” as well as other select hits from The Who’s discography. Act two of the concert will feature The Smithereens’s original music.

Take a trip back to the Roaring ‘20s with The Hot Sardines performing jazz, boogie-woogie and more on Feb. 19.

Inspired by Fats Waller, Jelly Roll Morton, Ray Charles and Prince, this concert will combine the era of the ‘20s with a modern feel.

Poway OnStage will be finishing out February with “Dancing With the Movies” on Feb. 27.

Featuring professionals from “Dancing with the Stars,” along with finalists from “So You Think You Can Dance,” “American Idol” and “The Voice,” “Dancing with the Movies” will feature the cast from last year’s hit PCPA show “Ballroom with a Twist” recreating iconic characters and memorable moments from movies like “West Side Story,” “Grease,” “Chicago,” “Hairspray” and more.

The PCPA will play host to another legendary singer and songwriter when Roseanne Cash takes the stage on March 11.

The eldest daughter of Johnny Cash and the stepdaughter of June Carter Cash, Roseanne Cash is a four-time Grammy Award-winning artist whose musical genre includes country, rock, roots and pop.

The Missoula Children’s Theater returns on March 26 with “Pinocchio.”

Part of Poway OnStage’s Arts in Education initiative, this annual youth theater camp will take more than 60 local children from auditions to rehearsals to the stage in one week. Auditions for the show will be held on March 21.

Finishing up the 25th anniversary season will be the Reduced Shakespeare Company with “The Complete History of Comedy (Abridged)” on May 14.

Having tackled history, the Bible and the famed playwright himself, the Reduced Shakespeare Company will now cover comedy through the ages, from Aristophanes to the Daily Show and (almost) everything in between.

Also in honor of the 25th anniversary season, Poway OnStage will be offering a 25 percent discount to subscribers who purchase tickets to five or more shows in the season.

Tickets will go on sale on June 12. Those who subscribe to Poway OnStage’s e-Club email newsletter will be able to purchase tickets one week in advance.

To join the e-Club or for more information on any of these upcoming shows, visit www.powayarts.org.