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• Civic stages ‘Dixie Swim Club’

  May 3, 2013 in Features on Page W12 What: ‘The Dixie Swim Club’ chronicles five lifelong friends as they return to their favorite beach cottage on the Outer Banks of North Carolina to chat about their pasts, speculate …

• Taking time out for fun at East Central

  March 15, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S1 Parents of young children often feel there simply aren’t enough hours in the day. The demands of work and home can squeeze out time for fun. But a new program … 1

• CdA Theatre’s ‘Oz’ is true to the fun

  June 11, 2011 in City on Page B2 Witches soar across the stage on bicycles. Flashpots spew flame in front of the eerie green visage of the great and powerful Oz. Flying monkeys do aerial acrobatics. The Coeur …

• Civic Theatre breaks out ‘The Full Monty’

  May 19, 2011 in Features on Page C1 Yes, we know the question on everybody’s mind. Here’s the only way to answer it:

• Patty Duke directs the show that made her famous

  May 1, 2011 in Features on Page D1 The 14-year-old Patty Duke was inconsolable on the day in 1961 when she filmed the final scene of “The Miracle Worker.” “I was heartbroken, absolutely heartbroken,” says Duke, 50 years …

• Civic brings back the hilarious ‘Nunsense’

  February 17, 2011 in Features on Page C1 Way back in March 1990, a wimple-wearing Mother Superior Mary Regina walked out on the Spokane Civic Theatre stage and gave the audience a crabby tongue-lashing for arriving late and … 1

• ‘Red Tape’ melds visual, theater arts

  January 10, 2010 in Idaho Voices on Page I4 Sandpoint has long been recognized as an artists’ community. But just when you think the creative level could not be more intriguing for a small town such as this, a …

• CdA Summer Theatre to stage record-breaking musical

  July 2, 2009 in Features on Page C1 After 12 Tony Awards and two movie versions (37 years apart), most of us know that “The Producers” is rude, hilarious and filled with raucous Mel Brooks humor. This musical, …

• Broadway smash hardly an instant success

  May 14, 2009 in Features on Page C1 Frank Rich, the former theater critic of The New York Times, was a teenager in 1962 when he bought a ticket to the Washington, D.C., tryout of a new comedy …

• A sweet, simple look at small-town love

  May 10, 2009 in City on Page B2 Norm Foster’s “The Affections of May” is a simple, predictable, warm-hearted and reasonably funny romantic comedy on the general theme of “Smart Women, Foolish Choices.” Or, to pick another apropos …

• A warm but predictable ‘May’

  May 9, 2009 in News Norm Foster’s “The Affections of May” is a simple, predictable, warm-hearted and reasonably funny romantic comedy on the general theme of “Smart Women, Foolish Choices.” 1

• 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.” …

• ‘Midsummer’ mayhem

  April 3, 2009 in Features on Page C1 Playwright Ken Ludwig is best known for madcap American farces such as “Lend Me a Tenor” and “Moon Over Buffalo.” So what possessed him to pitch an idea several years …

• Civic Theatre stages ‘Godspell’ on a New York City subway

  March 19, 2009 in Features on Page C1 Plenty of people have seen “Godspell” since it premiered in 1970 – but never like this. Director Troy Nickerson is setting the Spokane Civic Theatre’s new production in a New …

• Interplayers’ ‘Cowgirls’ mixes honky-tonk and Beethoven

  January 29, 2009 in Features on Page C1 The concept of “Cowgirls” is almost classical (so to speak) in its simplicity. A classical music group called the Coghill Trio has been booked to play a concert in Hiram …

• Interplayers serves up witty look at America

  September 26, 2008 in City on Page B5 A.R. Gurney has always been one of Interplayers’ (and Spokane’s) favorite playwrights. This production of 1982’s “The Dining Room” shows us why. Gurney is funny, he’s creative, and he has …

• ARt’s got ‘Pete ‘n’ Keely,’ babe

  April 3, 2008 in Features on Page D1 For the names “Pete ‘n’ Keely,” feel free to substitute Steve ‘n’ Eydie. The 2000 off-Broadway hit “Pete ‘n’ Keely” is a musical sendup of married ‘60s lounge acts such …

• Musical is low-rent good fun

  January 12, 2008 in City on Page B3 “The Great American Trailer Park Musical” isn’t exactly a great American musical – but at least it’s a semi-great trailer park musical. This national touring company delivers what the title …

• ‘Rabbit’ punch

  January 10, 2008 in Features on Page D1 The journey of “Rabbit Hole” to Spokane was surprisingly swift: from Broadway in 2006, to the Pulitzer Prize in 2007, to the Actor’s Repertory Theatre beginning this weekend. ARt pounced …

• ‘Schooner’ sets sail

  November 16, 2007 in Features on Page D1 Finding a new Christmas show with just the right mix of music, history, sentiment, plot and tradition is no easy task. Maria Caprile, director of “The Christmas Schooner,” which opens …

• Infectious Fun Civic Theatre Successfully Delivers Musical “Kiss Me Kate” With All The Humor And Spice It Demands

  May 23, 1995 in Features on Page D3 From left to right, Patrick Treadway, Scarlett Hepworth, Laura Seable and Cheyenne Jackson perform in Civic Theatre’s production of “Kiss Me Kate.” Photo by Dan McComb/The Spokesman-Review