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When he was a director-in-training, Scott Doughty considered theater director Stephen Wadsworth a hero.

It’s safe to say Lily Johnson aced their assignment.

It was a strange year on Broadway, but then it’s been strange everywhere. Our world at times seems downright unrecognizable, with politicians acting like mob bosses, AI transforming not just the internet but potentially the entire economy, the cost of living leaving only the super rich able to keep up, and I won’t even mention the climate crisis, but the forecast calls for more doom and gloom.

Bess Wohl's "Liberation" has won the Tony Award for best new play — a validation not just of her work but of the discernment of Tony voters. A playful work of historical reclamation, it re-creates a women's consciousness-raising group at an Ohio recreation center in the 1970s. The play, which received the Pulitzer Prize this year, was hands down the best work I read or saw since last year's ...

When I learned a few hours before showtime that I’d be reviewing “Back to the Future: The Musical,” my first thoughts were: How will the DeLorean reach 88 mph on stage? How will they do the scene with the lightning?

After receiving backlash for how its production of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” was cast, Spokane Civic Theatre canceled the production and hit pause while they regrouped and worked toward a more inclusive future.

Actor Mike Bindeman has enjoyed the perks that come with touring a major Broadway production. He’s formed lasting friendships, basked in the thunderous applause of standing ovations and has been able to shave a few strokes off his golf game.

Like a princess and prince finding each other at the end of a fairytale, Marie Hunt directing Lake City Playhouse’s production of “Once Upon a Mattress” was meant to be.

When the devil on your shoulder becomes the devil on your hand, in the form of a crass puppet named Tyrone, how do you get out from under its influence?

The world needs more laughs. And comedian-magician Carisa Hendrix, as Lucy Darling, knows how to deliver them.

To make something accessible means to make it available for all. There are ramps and elevators for those with mobility aids, texts in Braille for those who are blind, accessible parking and restrooms.

“Shrek”-travaganza? “Shrek”-plosion? “Shrek”-apalooza?

Broadway Spokane recently announced its 2026-27 season, which will bring both classic musicals and newer favorites to the First Interstate Center for the Arts.

When comedian Shapel Lacey says goodbye to club owners after his shows, he often hears the same thing time and time again: “Your audience is so diverse. You get people that come from all walks of life to your show.”

He’s green. He’s grumpy. And he would love nothing more than to be left alone.

Playwright Bryan Harnetiaux wants to make it clear that “Squalor” is not about him.

Following the Spokane Valley City Council's decision declining to finance the Spokane Valley Performing Arts Center, the Spokane Valley Summer Theatre announced Friday that it would close down. 

Following backlash to the predominantly white casting of “Hunchback of Notre Dame,” Spokane Civic Theatre is replacing it with “Jagged Little Pill.”