Broadway By the Bay a.k.a. Peninsula Civic Light Opera is a not-for-profit corporation for the public benefit which provides full scale musical theatre productions of professional quality at family prices. The company continues to grow in professionalism, attendance and stature. The three or four show season opens with the first production in May, the second in late July and early August, the third in September and the fourth in October. Most productions are appropriate family entertainment. Each show normally has nine performances at the San Mateo Performing Arts Center (SAMPAC) which seats 1600 people.