Over the course of two weeks, more than 100,000 of you came to our Facebook page and voted for your favorite people, places and things in this city. And now that winners have been officially announced via our latest print edition (you can pick up a copy at any of the 500 locations listed here), we will be rolling out all 30 winners online–one a day for the next month.
Best Performing Arts Group
Garage Theatre
How does a theatre with about 30 seats win popularity contests like this time after time, beating out far more moneyed and patronized institutions like Musical Theatre West, ICT, and Long Beach Opera? The answer might be in a Beatles song: “And in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make.” The Garage peeps love their audience. Inspired by how Phish forged their own scene and a special connection to their fans, the folks of the Garage Theatre (who partnered up with Alive Theatre this year) go beyond their mission to produce affordable, independent, non-commercial theatre and throws their share of free events (such as a screening of LCD Soundsystem’s farewell concert, with dancing encouraged), just because they can. There’s a decent amount of good art happening in Long Beach, but none in a more welcoming atmosphere.
The Garage Theatre is located at 251 E. 7th St. For more information on shows and ticket sales, visit http://thegaragetheatre.org
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