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• Theater review: Civic’s ‘Grease’ familiar but always entertaining

  May 19, 2013 in City, Features on Page B7 In 1978, film producer Alan Carr took “Grease,” a gritty, vulgar musical about a group of streetwise teenagers in the late 1950s, and sanitized it into a shiny, bouncy, PG-rated …

• Civic Theatre brings popular musical to the stage

  May 16, 2013 in Features on Page C1 “Grease,” as they say, is the word. And the word will be heard starting this weekend at Spokane Civic Theatre. “Grease,” the 1971 musical that spawned a hit 1978 movie …

• 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 …

• Review: Civic Theatre’s ’Treasure Island’ offers energetic family fun

  April 7, 2013 in City on Page B2 It’s safe to say that “Treasure Island” is one of the most influential pieces of genre literature ever produced. Since its publication in 1883, elements of Robert Louis Stevenson’s swashbuckling …

• Theater review: Strong cast finds ‘Pond’s’ essence

  March 24, 2013 in City, Features on Page B2 Norman and Ethel Thayer have been visiting their Maine vacation cottage on a lake called Golden Pond every summer for nearly 50 years. Their marriage remains steadfast, but Norman, now … 3

• Theater review: ‘Drowsy Chaperone’ not a play to sleep on

  February 24, 2013 in City, Features on Page B9 “The Drowsy Chaperone,” which opened Friday at Spokane’s Civic Theatre, is a trifle, an entertainment, one that lets its audience in on the joke, is free with the winks and …

• Spotlight: String Quartet tackles ‘Black Angels’

  February 17, 2013 in Features on Page D7 The Spokane String Quartet is planning something unusual for today’s concert. The group will be tackling George Crumb’s avant garde 1971 piece “Black Angels,” which incorporates sounds created by crystal …

• Theater review: ‘Normal’ looks at tough subject with grit, songs

  February 3, 2013 in City, Features on Page B10 “Next to Normal” comes to the Civic Theatre with quite a pedigree: The drama by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey won three Tony Awards during its original 2009 Broadway run, … 1

• Theater review: ‘Escanaba in Love’ both funny, warm

  January 13, 2013 in City, Features on Page B9 There aren’t any strict rules at the Soady Deer Camp, save for one that the Soady clan follows without any exception: Absolutely no women allowed. The camp is a safe …

• Local performing arts scene just heating up

  January 6, 2013 in Features on Page D1 The winter-spring performing arts season in Spokane is jammed full of familiar names: • Comedian and motormouth Robin Williams. 1

• Theater review: ‘White Christmas’ sets holiday tone

  November 18, 2012 in City, Features on Page B7 Just in time for a gray Thanksgiving, Spokane Civic Theatre is giving fans a “White Christmas.” The company has revived its sold-out production of the holiday chestnut from two years … 1

• ‘Closer Walk’ more musical tribute than play

  October 26, 2012 in City on Page A6 Dean Regan’s “A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline” offers an intimate, nostalgic stroll through much of Cline’s music but keeps the audience at an arm’s length in revealing the inspiration …

• Alyssa Day set to go ‘Crazy’ in Civic’s ‘Patsy Cline’ production

  October 18, 2012 in Features on Page C1 When you’re looking for a Patsy Cline, you need a certain age – the singer’s career spanned just 15 years – and a certain look. Most of all, when it …

• Spotlight: Renowned composer to offer class for Civic

  September 30, 2012 in Features on Page D7 Tony-winning composer Jason Robert Brown will be in Spokane next month to give a master class in conjunction with a local production of his musical, “Songs for a New World.” …

• Review: ‘The Producers’ finds comedy in taboo places

  September 23, 2012 in City, Features on Page B9 Leave it to comedy legend Mel Brooks to conceive a musical with material so offensive it becomes downright hysterical. Thus, the major ingredient in Brooks’ multi-Tony Award-winning musical, “The Producers.” …

• ‘The Producers’ starts Friday at Civic Theatre

  September 20, 2012 in Features on Page C1 What: Tony-winning stage adaptation of the Mel Brooks movie comedy Where: Spokane Civic Theatre

• Spotlight: Spokane doctor named to state arts commission

  September 16, 2012 in Features on Page D6 Spokane physician Bassem Bejjani has been appointed to the Washington State Arts Commission. He joins two other Eastern Washington appointees on the 23-member panel – Mark Anderson of Walla Walla …

• Spotlight: Politics dominate Bing’s fall film series

  September 2, 2012 in Features on Page D6 The Advocates for the Bing Crosby Theater is getting into the spirit of the season with is fall film series. “Best of Politicial Movie Classics” kicks off Sept. 19 with …

• Spotlight: New theater group plans its first play

  August 26, 2012 in Features on Page D6 There’s a new theater company in the Idaho Panhandle. The JACC Theater Troupe was formed this spring by the Jacklin Arts and Cultural Center in Post Falls and will be …

• ‘Happy Days’ at Civic

  August 10, 2012 in Features on Page C1 You know the theme song. “Sunday, Monday, Happy Days. Tuesday, Wednesday, Happy Days.”

• String Quartet unveils 2012-’13 lineup

  July 22, 2012 in Features on Page D6 The Spokane String Quartet has announced its 2012-’13 season, with works by Ludwig von Beethoven, Joseph Haydn, Johannes Brahms, Dmitri Shostakovich, Antonin Dvorak and Franz Schubert among the pieces to …

• Spotlight: ‘Greater Tuna’ reunites Weaver, Treadway

  July 1, 2012 in Features on Page D6 Michael Weaver and Patrick Treadway are headed back to Tuna, Texas. Interplayers Professional Resident Theater is opening “Greater Tuna” on Thursday to replace “Ruthless! The Musical,” which was canceled after …

• Pearl Jam to play Missoula on Sept. 30

  June 17, 2012 in Features on Page D7 Pearl Jam is only playing a few festivals in the U.S. this year. But if you’re dying to see the band play live in 2012, a three-hour road trip to …

• Gigler, local actor, dies while rehearsing musical

  June 17, 2012 in City on Page B3 Local actor David Gigler died Saturday where countless Inland Northwest residents had come to know him: on stage. Gigler, 47, collapsed from what appeared to be a heart attack during … 6

• Set designer Peter Hardie has earned farewell bow

  June 3, 2012 in Features on Page D1 At the curtain call, the actors are always the ones soaking up the applause. Yet sometimes the people behind the scenes – the ones who build the scenes – should … 1

• Spotlight: Huey Lewis, Styx set to play Spokane fair

  May 27, 2012 in Features on Page D6 Huey Lewis and the News and Styx are among the rock acts heading to the Spokane County Interstate Fair this summer. Kicking off the fair’s Grandstand entertainment this year is …

• ‘Annie’ characters shine again at Civic

  May 23, 2012 in City on Page A9 After a 28-year hiatus from the Spokane Civic Theatre stage, “Annie” returns with a glorious bang. Directed by Yvonne A.K. Johnson, the show exudes the uplifting and heartfelt spirit of …

• ‘Annie’ comes out tomorrow

  May 17, 2012 in Features on Page C1 The sun will come out tomorrow. It’s a sentiment that’s been with us a long time, thanks to “Annie,” the classic Broadway musical about a little red-headed orphan girl, her …

• By end of ‘Annie,’ theater hopes to find rescued dog a home

  May 13, 2012 in Features on Page D1 There are two stars in the Spokane Civic Theatre’s upcoming production of “Annie.” Both are cute, both have adorable curls, both are talented vocalizers – but only one was rescued …

• Civic Theatre crew succeeds despite ‘Premiere’ script’s flaws

  May 9, 2012 in City on Page A9 Spokane Civic Theatre’s director Wes Deitrick, cast and crew try their best to add sparkle to Dale Wasserman’s lackluster satirical comedy “Premiere.” This is not to say Wasserman wasn’t a …

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