Live theater comes to Elgin
- August
- 20
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The Elgin Cultural Arts Commission served up a smorgasbord of the live theater that the city has to offer Saturday - and made plenty of folks hungry for more.
The first day of “Walkabout: Theatre On Your Feet,” was a hit Saturday, with organizers selling out all five tours.
Sean Hargadon, producing director of the Elgin-based Janus [...]
Schoolhouse Rock alive and well at Columbus theater
- August
- 16
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The Columbus Children’s Theatre is bringing the popular educational cartoon “Schoolhouse Rock” to life.
The program is part of its summer youth conservatory, putting on “Schoolhouse Rock Live Jr.” through Aug. 24.
Twenty-nine actors ages 10 to 16, who auditioned for the summer Youth Performance Company in April, will take the stage, imitating the Emmy Award-winning series [...]
Mount Carmel School Theater Club Prepares For Caesar
- June
- 1
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AFTER five months of location scouting, costume design, filming, and various technical, managerial, and artistic duties, the Mount Carmel School theater club is set to release its most anticipated production of the year – Caesar.
The Mount Carmel theater club, better known for live theater performances, decided this year to produce a film. Though the club [...]
Load Up On Live Action
- June
- 1
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We’re not talking about such action movies as “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull †— with its endless trek through the desert and over treacherous mountains.
We’re talking about live action. And this live action showcases the talents of local community theaters with their vast selection of staged productions and seasoned actors [...]
Not So Entertaining These Days
- June
- 1
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As our daughter rose in the musical ranks, my husband and I attended every performance that we could. We rearranged work schedules to hear her play for two minutes. She would roll her eyes in humiliation as her parents sat beaming in the front row, trying desperately not to shout, “Encore, Encore” after her rousing [...]
Fears Of Radiation Leak Grip Region
- May
- 27
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Panic gripped many in the city Wednesday after rumors spread that a serious accident had happened at the Leningrad Nuclear Power Station (LAES) in Sosnovy Bor, a town 70 kilometers west of St. Petersburg.
The power station operates four Chernobyl-type reactors and has a history of minor accidents.
Hundreds of people stormed local pharmacies, emptying stocks of [...]
Its Live Theater Not Pajama Party
- May
- 19
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I went to a show the other night and stood in the will-call line for my tickets. In front of me was a woman, who I remember nothing about, other than the fact she was wearing pajama bottoms — to the theater!
My heart sank. Have we really come to this? I felt like that when [...]
Broadway Actor Breaks Wrists Before “Mermaid†Show
- May
- 11
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A Broadway actor in Disney’s hit musical “The Little Mermaid†fell through a trap door on the deck of a suspended boat, just before the Saturday morning performance, said a spokesman for the production company, according to the New York Times.
Adrian Bailey, 51, was walking across the deck of the boat to get to his [...]
Ejiofor Stays On Bridge tween Stage Screen
- May
- 11
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Not really a vanity searcher, he says. If he were, he’d find that fans of the stage and movies meet online to herald him as one of the most versatile actors of his time. And for a 33-year-old actor who’s just starting to break out and take commanding, leading roles, that’s some pretty high praise.
Ejiofor, [...]
Few belly laughs in Baby
- April
- 27
With everyone from the TV-awards circuit to Entertainment Weekly declaring Tina Fey the new queen of comedy, the producers of Baby Mama (including Saturday Night Live’s Lorne Michaels) have treated her first star vehicle as a coronation. I love Tina Fey (who doesn’t?), but you can start the crowning without me.
Playing a variation on [...]
