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• Review: ‘War Horse’ artfully staged, performed

  March 7, 2013 in City, Features on Page A6 At its core, “War Horse” is a simple story about a boy and his horse.

• Huckleberries: ‘Crucible’ boasts political players; ‘Sweeney’ superb

  March 3, 2013 in City, Idaho on Page B3 Ron Lahr, president of Kootenai County’s Reagan Republicans, tells Huckleberries that he speaks four words in “The Crucible.” Which is the intense play about the 1692-’93 Salem witch trials in …

• Spotlight: Prism Quartet sets tone for area calendar

  March 3, 2013 in Features on Page D7 OK, kiddos. Buckle in. We’re in for a fun week. The award-winning saxophone ensemble Prism Quartet will land in Moscow, Idaho, for a performance Tuesday that concludes the University of …

• EV drama presents ‘I Hate Shakespeare’

  March 2, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page V2 East Valley High School’s drama department presents “I Hate Shakespeare,” a parody introduction to William Shakespeare, opening Wednesday and continuing through March 9. The play, directed by drama instructor Nicole …

• Interplayers’ latest play loosely tied to Jim West scandal

  February 28, 2013 in Features on Page C1 The fictional script of Interplayers’ production “Speech & Debate” starts with an epigraph drawn from Spokane’s recent real-life history: an excerpt from a 2004 online chat between a student who …

• Education Notes: Mt. Spokane dance team advances to districts

  February 28, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page S7 The Mt. Spokane High School Dance Team placed third in the pom Division at the Shadle Park Dance Invitational on Feb. 23-24. Team member Corri Budge won third place in …

• 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 …

• Education Notebook: LC drama will present ‘In the Heights’

  February 21, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page S6 Lewis and Clark High School Tiger Drama is staging “In the Heights” beginning next Thursday in LC’s auditorium. Shows continue March 1-2 and March 7-9. All performances are at 7 …

• 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 …

• ‘Musketeers’ hits stage at children’s theater

  February 14, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page V1 It was a mad dash for young actors and actresses to jump into character for the first dress rehearsal of “The Three Musketeers.” The show opens Friday at Theater Arts …

• Couple share their love of theater

  February 7, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page S1 The day Joan Becker decided she had to hire a caterer was the day she was getting dinner ready for 20 people, playing the piano and acting in a dinner … 1

• 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: Despite flaws, ‘boom’ deliverseview: ‘Escanaba in Love’ both funny, warm

  January 27, 2013 in City, Features on Page B10 The absurdity of the play “boom” by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb might not be for everyone, but Interplayers Theatre’s production is certainly funny. In this contemporary comedy directed by Dawn Taylor …

• Spotlight: Oates joins 2013 lineup for Get Lit!

  January 27, 2013 in Features on Page D7 I think it’s fair to say that Joyce Carol Oates is the headliner of the headliners at this year’s Get Lit! Oates, author of “We Were the Mulvaneys” and dozens …

• Interplayers’ play pokes fun at world’s heaviest concept: its ending

  January 24, 2013 in Features on Page C1 Peter Sinn Nachtrieb’s 2008 play “boom” is billed as a comedy – a dark, surreal comedy about the end of the world – yet a comedy nonetheless. Dawn Taylor Reinhardt, … 1

• Spotlight: Banff Film Festival visits North Idaho

  January 20, 2013 in Features on Page D7 If you missed the Banff Mountain Film Festival in Spokane in November, you have a couple of chances to catch it in the Idaho Panhandle. The festival will be screened …

• 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: ‘K2’ is gripping, intimate, emotional

  January 6, 2013 in City, Features on Page B2 When two men are stranded on a ledge on the second-tallest mountain in the world with only one rope, you know their prospects are grim. In addition, one climber is …

• Sit in 1970 NASA control room, help direct Apollo 13 flight

  January 6, 2013 in City on Page B1 “Apollo 13: Mission Control” launches in Spokane on Wednesday. A portion of the Spokane Convention Center will be transformed into a replica of NASA’s 1970 mission control room in an … 2

• Playhouse production of ‘K2’ focuses on climbers at 27,000 feet

  January 3, 2013 in Features on Page C1 K2 is a mountain, second tallest in the world, that lies on the border between China and Pakistan. “K2” is also a play, written by Patrick Meyers, that will open …

• Spotlight: ‘McManus in Love’ heading to EWU

  December 30, 2012 in Features on Page D6 Tim Behrens will bring his McManus act to Cheney in February for a performance to benefit students at Eastern Washington University. “McManus in Love ,” a one-man show based on …

• Auto Vue drive-in closing next year

  December 26, 2012 in City on Page A5 Eastern Washington’s last remaining drive-in movie theater will close next year. The owner of the Auto Vue Drive-In Theatre in Colville, Steve Wisner, recently announced the theater will show its … 7

• Spotlight: ‘Cool Yule’ changes tune for New Year’s

  December 23, 2012 in Features on Page D5 “Cool Yule,” Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre’s holiday cabaret show, will take on a new spin after Christmas. “So if you enjoyed it before Christmas, come back because it’s been changed …

• Spotlight: Hay, Junkies set local shows

  December 16, 2012 in Features on Page D5 So far, 2013 is shaping up to be a good concert season, especially for music fans of the Gen X persuasion. Too Far North productions has booked former Men at …

• Invalid visa detains Interplayers’ artistic director in Canada

  December 13, 2012 in City on Page A5 For Interplayers Theatre, the show must go on – even when its artistic director has been detained in Canada. Reed McColm, a Canadian citizen, traveled to his hometown of Edmonton, … 16

• Spotlight: Bailey eager for ’14 Bach Festival

  December 9, 2012 in Features on Page D6 Acclaimed cellist Zuill Bailey was in Spokane last week, meeting with supporters of the Northwest Bach Festival and laying the groundwork for the 2014 event, which will mark his debut …

• Spotlight: Come March, lend Tyson your ears

  December 2, 2012 in Features on Page D6 Iron Mike is coming to Spokane. Mike Tyson, former heavyweight champ – he of the “Hangover” cameo, facial tattoos, a prison record, and the ear incident – has performed a …

• Interplayers turns classic in to 1940s-style radio play

  November 29, 2012 in Features on Page C1 The actors in this holiday classic will deliver famous lines like, “Zuzu’s petals,” and “Every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings.” But they also have a few … 1

• ‘Star Trek’ legend talks acting, writing in fundraisers for Interplayers

  November 22, 2012 in Features on Page C1 Interplayers’ Reed McColm sees John de Lancie as a bit of a Renaissance man. Veteran actor de Lancie had done a lot of everything. His film credits include “The Onion …

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