Los Gatos Filled With Summer Entertainment
- June
- 9
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Whether you’re into chilling to the sounds of mellow jazz, chasing down gaggles of rubber duckies at Vasona Lake or enjoying live theater in the park, there’s a little something for everyone looking for old-fashioned family entertainment, silly fun or serious culture this summer in Los Gatos.
Along with the usual outdoor concerts and Shakespearean fare [...]
Csi Creator Anthony Zuiker Intrigued By Live Theaters Secret Weapon
- June
- 9
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He attends the International Mystery Writers’ Festival as winner of this year’s Ira Levin Award, an award given to someone who has “come from behind to become a success.” Before achieving success, Zuiker was a tram driver at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas.
During the festival, Zuiker will present the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Award to [...]
Live Theater Performed Among The Trees At Morton Arboretum
- June
- 1
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Anyone who thinks the Morton Arboretum is just a place to see plants can’t see the concerts and theater events for the trees. Look a little closer and you’ll find a full entertainment venue where families, friends and couples can enjoy outdoor concerts, embark on a scenic bike hike or gather for a musical evening [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Beidler Explains Cost Of Theater
- June
- 1
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If you missed the Harnett Regional Theatre production of Irvin Berlin’s “Annie Get Your Gun,” you missed a great evening of theater. Mellicent and I have enjoyed most of the big hits but had always passed this one by.
You would have been surprised. The stage setting was absolutely fabulous with brilliant lighting, and the sound [...]
Dunedin Plans Summer Downtown Theater Series
- May
- 19
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The city’s Community Redevelopment Agency and Dunedin Showcase Theater will put some magic in the air along Main Street with a downtown summer theater series.
The idea of presenting live summer theater came about after everyone saw the success of the city’s Films in Pioneer Park series, said Jan Sebald, who works on special projects in [...]
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 [...]
Backyardigans Engages Kids, Parents In Live Theater
- May
- 11
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Several years ago, Shawn Shafner co-directed a play about Jonah in which live beluga whales were used on stage. Yes, beluga whales. Thankfully in tanks.
Which were thankfully in the world’s largest aquarium in Georgia.
The show, alas, did tank, in the negative sense, due to technical difficulties beyond everyone’s control (don’t ask).
These days, Shafner is playing [...]
Local Theater Voices And Kids Make Pbas Garden Bloom
- May
- 11
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As a prelude, I’d better admit that I’ve always been partial to “The Secret Garden.” Of all the great English melodramatic stories of the triumph of youthful optimism and guilelessness over all that is negative and naughty, it’s one of my favorites.
So it’s bloomin’ nice to have mostly good things to say about the production [...]
