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Both of the times I’ve seen “Hello Dolly!,” I left the theater feeling so curious about who Dolly was before the curtains opened.

Patrick Warbuton has an indistinguishable voice.

The same way “Hello, Dolly!” has been a staple in the theater world, with several Broadway and West End revivals since its debuts in, respectively, 1964 and 1965, the musical about a meddling matchmaker has been a staple at Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre.

“The Pirates of Penzance,” produced by Spokane Valley Summer Theatre, is a good lesson in reading the fine print.

Edward Price wouldn’t be mistaken for a Broadway junkie. A straight guy in his 40s, Price splits his time between New York City and the Hudson Valley and rarely shells out money to see shows.

Comedian Ryan McComb has been surrounded by comedy his whole life. In the truest sense of the phrase.

When producing “The Pirates of Penzance,” you need a pirate ship on stage, one large enough for a merry band of pirates.

How many times can I use the word “delightful” in one article before my editor gets upset?

Since 1982, Bryan Harnetiaux’s name has been connected to Spokane Civic Theatre as the playwright in residence.

“Mamma Mia!” covers a lot of ground in its two-and-a-half hour runtime.

Can a name decide your fate? Does birth order play a role in where you end up in life?

In all my time writing about theater, I don’t know if there’s been a show that made me laugh as much, or say “Oh my God” as much, as “The Book of Mormon.”

Performer Diego Enrico couldn’t have asked for a better graduation present upon finishing the CAP 21 Musical Theatre Conservatory at Molloy University in New York.

Director AJ Sommerville had a few reasons for wanting to direct Christian Youth Theater – Spokane’s production of “The Little Mermaid.”

It’s not often you see a chimney sweep company, Evergreen Chimney Sweep, to be exact, sponsor a theatrical production, but when the show is “Mary Poppins,” it just makes sense.

In the same way children in Canada seem to be born with ice skates on their feet, it would seem as if many children in Ireland are put into Irish dance classes as soon as they can stand up.

The last time Champions of Magic was in Spokane, smoke from an act’s pyrotechnics set off the fire alarms at the First Interstate Center for the Arts, forcing the magicians and the audience to evacuate midshow.

Spokane Civic Theatre’s production of “Waitress” is likely the first production in the theater’s history that necessitates having three refrigerators backstage.