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As a regular panelist on NPR’s “Wait, Wait… Don’t Tell Me!,” comedian Paula Poundstone is used to answering question after question about events from that week’s news.

I have watched “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” (the claymation classic film) a lot. I was most looking forward to seeing my favorite character, the Abominable Snowman, on stage, and I was going to be disappointed if I didn’t see it.

When a classic Christmas claymation film is remade into a stage musical, audience members probably expect to have a good time. But this audience member didn’t expect to feel a pang of nostalgia and emotion at the sight of one little puppet.

It has been a busy year for the Shotwell family.

Ebenezer Scrooge isn’t the typical holiday character. For one, he, like the Grinch, hates Christmas. He’s grumpy, uncaring and a general thorn in everyone’s side.

In years past, winter has brought many holiday stories to Spokane Civic Theatre’s stage. From classics like “White Christmas” and “A Christmas Carol” to more modern favorites like “A Christmas Story” and “A Sherlock Carol,” many have made seeing Civic’s winter show part of their holiday traditions.

“No matter your sin, no matter your desire, you are welcome here ... Moulin Rouge is a state of mind, where all your dreams come true.”

When actress Barbara Eden comes on the line from her home in Beverly Hills, she says she’s expecting her friend and fellow actor Hal Linden to come over to rehearse later.

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When “Moulin Rouge!” rolls into town, Andrew Brewer will get to do something many performers dream of after months on the road: sleep in his own bed.

Lucas Zelnick grew up when Will Ferrell, Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson were constantly topping box offices, a “golden age for comedy movies” like “Zoolander,” “Dodgeball,” “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby,” “Step Brothers” and “Old School.”

There was little doubt Nefabit Rakassah would follow in her mother’s bellydancing footsteps.

If you have ever tried, and failed, to stifle a laugh in church, comedian Kristin Key understands the struggle.

Disney on Ice is returning to the Spokane Arena with a new show that brings the magic to new heights while focusing on audience experience.

For how far women have come over the course of history, fighting to be included, to have their voices be heard, there are still barriers being broken.

In some way, shape or form, Jamie Sciarrio has been involved in CDA ACT since the very beginning.

When Jeff Foxworthy began performing stand up, he thought he’d last two years before returning to his job at IBM with his hat in his hands, telling them he had made a mistake by leaving to pursue comedy.

When it comes to Spokane Playwrights Laboratory, the name really says it all.