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Everybody’s weird at The Rocky Horror ShowCat in the Hat takes the cakeDinner with the MafiaCollege sowing seeds for a local slam poetry movementMuni’s Fiddler another solid productionSpotlight on IceA spectacle of Chinese history and cultureHoogland Center’s second actFor mature audiences onlyOliver! overcomes slow start
Performing Art | Thursday, October 2,2003
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A fall feast: Jack Benny, dueling Shakespeare, prestigious workshops, and the National Theatre of the Deaf
Springfield Theatre Centre's 56th season began last week with Neil Simon's latest Broadway comedy, The Dinner Party. The production winds up this weekend, with performances October 3 through 5. Set in
Performing Art | Thursday, August 21,2003
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“Oliver!” at New Salem, the 1800s in Lincoln, and plays for the short attention span. Plus, a confession . . .
OK, I admit it: I saw Muni Opera's The Wizard of Oz three times. It was just one of those special productions in which the audience and the actors each contribute to making an uncommon theatrical even
Performing Art | Thursday, August 7,2003
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Another “Oz” opens at the Muni, “Distant Thunder” closes at New Salem, and poets return to the parlor of the Vachel Lindsay Home
Some shows keep coming back every few summers--Grease, Fiddler on the Roof, Peter Pan. This summer it's The Wizard of Oz at the Springfield Muni, opening this weekend and running through August 17.
Performing Art | Thursday, July 17,2003
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“Abraham!” returns to New Salem, “My Fair Lady” at the Muni, and something in the water at Rushville
This week marks the return of the Ken Bradbury and Robert Crowe musical Abraham!, playing July 18 through 27 in the outdoor amphitheater at Lincoln's New Salem. Now in its seventh year, Abraham! follo
Performing Art | Thursday, June 26,2003
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“Big” doings at the Muni—plus three fresh shows at New Salem
Summer has started on a high note, with some memorable performances so far:
Cynda Wrightsman's "Lizzie Curry" in New Salem's 110 in the Shade was
heartbreaking and moving; and Titanic at the Mu
Performing Art | Thursday, June 26,2003
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Last week the new theater season took off with Rich McCoy's production of The Hobbit at the Springfield Theatre Centre. The show has three more performances this weekend, January 17-19.
Jason Goodre
Performing Art | Thursday, June 5,2003
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Theater in and around Springfield
The Springfield Muni Opera opens this weekend with the Broadway show Titanic: the Musical (June 6-8 and 11-15). With a score by Maury Yeston (Phantom), Titanic won five Tony Awards six years ago, incl
Performing Art | Thursday, May 29,2003
Summer onstage 2003
Summer theater has experienced a bit of a boom in central Illinois over the past few years, with more eclectic choices offering something for everyone.
Springfield's Muni Opera breaks new ground wit
Performing Art | Thursday, May 15,2003
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Theater has always held a mirror up to society, and the view is often unflattering. The old Shubert Theatre in Chicago usually hosts traveling musicals, but this weekend wraps up The Exonerated, a pow
Performing Art | Tuesday, May 13,2003
Anatomy of a Playwright
How Eve Ensler’s body stories became an international phenomenon
Eve Ensler, the 49-year-old author and sometime performer of The Vagina Monologues, is on a pay phone at the Denver International Airport. She's about to board a transpacific flight bound for Melbourn
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