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• Education Notes: Ferris to perform ‘Taming of the Shrew’

  May 3, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S4 Ferris High School drama students will perform the William Shakespeare comedy “The Taming of the Shrew” in the school’s auditorium today, Friday and May 11-12 at 7 p.m. The show …

• West Valley students to do ‘Nothing’

  May 3, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page V4 The West Valley High School drama department is presenting “Much Ado About Nothing,” by William Shakespeare today, tomorrow and Saturday. The play is at 6 p.m. Tickets are $5 in …

• ‘Alice in Wonderland’ opens at CV tonight

  May 3, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page V1 The drama department at Central Valley High School, 821 S. Sullivan Road, will present “Alice in Wonderland,” based on the classic novel by Lewis Carroll, today through Saturday and Monday …

• G-Prep brings ‘Les Mis’ to stage

  May 3, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S4 Drama students at Gonzaga Prep will bring the Broadway favorite, “Les Miserables” to the stage in the Kubiak Theater, 1224 E. Euclid Ave., beginning Friday at 7 p.m. Based on …

• LC presents ‘Zombie Prom’

  April 19, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S11 Teenage love will never die in the Lewis and Clark Tiger Drama spring performance of “Zombie Prom” beginning at 7 p.m. April 26 in the LC auditorium. The comedic musical …

• Civic Theatre stages Mitch Albom comedy

  April 5, 2012 in Features on Page C1 “Duck Hunter Shoots Angel” has an impressive pedigree. Namely: Mitch Albom. It’s the first play the newspaper columnist and bestselling author (“Tuesdays With Morrie”) wrote that wasn’t based on a … 1

• Interplayers’ ‘Infinite Ache’ tells story of love, time passing

  March 29, 2012 in Features on Page C1 Boy meets girl. Boy and girl go out on a ho-hum first date. Slightly inebriated girl goes back to boy’s apartment, falls asleep, then wakes up and realizes 50 years …

• ‘Go’: Lessons abound when Children’s Theatre stages classic

  March 15, 2012 in Features on Page C1 Not much of importance seems to happen in the children’s book, “Go, Dog. Go!” Or in the play of the same name, which will be presented by the Spokane Children’s …

• School Notes: ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ at St. George’s

  January 19, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S2 The eighth-graders at St. George’s School will perform William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Jan. 26 in St. George’s Founders Theater, at 7 p.m.

• Education Notebook: Rogers students present ‘Curious Savage’

  November 17, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page S13 Rogers High School drama students will show audiences that money doesn’t bring happiness, even when you’re left $10 million by your deceased husband – but, friends in the nut house …

• CV to stage ‘Narnia’

  May 7, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V4 The drama department at Central Valley High School is offering “Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” for its final production of the school year. The story is set …

• U-Hi drama department stages Stephen Sondheim’s ‘Assassins’

  April 9, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V1 The University High School drama department is on a roll with its production of musicals. Last year, the group performed “Sweeney Todd” and won three Seattle 5th Avenue Theatre Awards. …

• Civic’s musical ‘Grill’ carries substance if not a lot of sizzle

  March 19, 2010 in Features on Page C1 ‘The Spitfire Grill” is a musical – and a beloved one at that – but it’s hardly of the Lloyd Webber blockbuster mega-musical variety. It’s based on the kind of …

• CV play simply laughable

  October 24, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V4 The comedy “Laughing Stock” is this year’s fall play at Central Valley High School. The play highlights a group of summer actors who try to put on three plays simultaneously: …

• Stage listings

  August 6, 2009 in Features on Page C5 Music Rockin’ B Ranch - Cowboy supper shows today, Friday and Saturday, 5:30 p.m.; $29/adults, $10/children age 10 and younger, includes dinner and show (beer and wine available for purchase …

• Stage Listings

  July 9, 2009 in Features on Page C5 Events of special interest are marked with a . For complete listings, see www.spokane7.com.

• Stage listings

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• Stage Listings

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• Stage Listings

  May 21, 2009 in Features on Page C5 Music Watoto Children’s Choir - From Uganda, presenting inspirational songs and compelling stories. Saturday, 7 p.m., Faith Bible Church, 600 W. Cora Ave. Donation. (509) 326-9455, Ext. 216

• U-Hi staging classic musical

  May 16, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V3 University High School drama students will be taking audiences out to the ball game during performances of their spring musical, “Damn Yankees.” The story is set in the 1950s and …

• Stage listings

  April 30, 2009 in Features on Page C3 Music “A Passion for Peace” - Rusty and Nancy Nelson retirement benefit with music by Celtic Nots, Laddie Ray Melvin and Blue Ribbon Tea Co. Today, 7 p.m., Bing Crosby …

• Broadway series includes legendary Topol in ‘Fiddler’

  April 26, 2009 in Features on Page D5 The recently announced 2009-’10 Best of Broadway series has four shows, all with uncommonly strong “hooks.” Here are the details:

• Mrs. Robinson, Benjamin to take the stage at Interplayers

  April 23, 2009 in Features on Page C1 Mrs. Robinson was voted the “hottest cougar of all time” in a recent poll. Now, she’ll be live and onstage at Interplayers Theatre in a stage adaptation of “The Graduate.” …

• Stage Listings

  April 16, 2009 in Features on Page C5 Music The Devil Wears Prada - Metalcore. Today, 7 p.m., Knitting Factory, 919 W. Sprague Ave. $16. (509) 325-SEAT.

• Stage Listings

  April 9, 2009 in Features on Page C5 Music North American Saxophone Alliance - Dick Oatts, saxophone, with UI Jazz Band I. Today, 7:30 p.m., University of Idaho, Lionel Hampton School of Music Recital Hall, 1010 Blake Ave., …

• A haunting look at coping with grief

  February 1, 2009 in City on Page B7 “The Women of Lockerbie” takes a poetic and at times surreal approach to unspeakable tragedy – the explosion of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988. Playwright Deborah …

• ‘Lockerbie’ examines grief, love

  January 30, 2009 in Features on Page C1 The place name – Lockerbie, Scotland – conjures up horrific images of wreckage falling from the sky. Lockerbie was, of course, the site of 1988’s Pan Am 103 tragedy.

• ‘Cuckoo’ at Civic

  January 8, 2009 in Features on Page D1 Most people have wondered, at one time or another, whether the “crazy” people are more sane than “normal” people. Few works of fiction have explored this idea more successfully than …

• Review: Spartan ‘Todd’ incisive

  December 16, 2008 in City on Page A7 The actors all play their own instruments in the national tour of this acclaimed 2005 Broadway and London production of “Sweeney Todd” – yet that turns out to be the …

• Staging Success Area Theater Critics Pick Their Favorites Of The Season

  June 11, 1995 in Features on Page E3 1. Tony Mason and Jennifer True in a scene from “Blithe Spirit.” The play was Jim Kershner’s favorite of the year and Chris Toft chose Mason as his favorite actor. …