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In 2024, Noah Johnson, founder of Coeur d’Alene’s Levity Theatre, was itching to attend an improv festival, but with a baby on the way, he knew traveling to one was out of the question.

Though they produced a staged reading of William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” during the 2017-18 season, the last mainstage production of the play at Spokane Civic Theatre was during the 1996-97 season.

It all started with a talking cat named Luna and a magical brooch. With that, Sailor Moon, the character and the international phenomenon, was born.

Comedian Gianmarco Soresi is well aware that 4 p.m. is an odd time for a comedy show, but in his opinion, those shows are, usually, surprisingly great.

Playwright Sarah Delappe’s 2016 debut, “The Wolves,” is an emotionally moving, award-winning story about a girl’s indoor soccer team that navigates issues of friendship, loss and growing up. Spokane Civic Theatre’s production opened March 7 and runs until March 30.

In 2005, “Dancing with the Stars,” the American version of the hit British competition show “Strictly Come Dancing,” premiered.

Pavel Friedmann’s poem “The Butterfly” begins with a description of the “dazzlingly yellow” wings of a butterfly he watched fly away.

Comedy has been a profession and a lifestyle for Sal Vulcano for more than a decade, but for the first time he’s giving a glimpse into his personal life and fatherhood on the “Everything’s Fine Tour.”

When comedian Sheng Wang called for his interview with The Spokesman-Review, he was excited to share that he was cooking beans. Not just any beans though: Rancho Gordo beans. These heirloom beans have garnered quite a following over the years and can be considered a bit of a splurge at around $7 a pound.

At first glance it may seem like Spokane Civic Theatre and ONE Spokane Stadium, home of the Spokane Zephyr and Spokane Velocity soccer teams, share only a parking lot in common, but dig a little deeper and you’ll see the two entities are more connected than you might think.

To hear Cristina Raè talk about her earliest stage experience, it really is a wonder her career has gone from TV screens to Broadway to a national tour.

By From staff reports

Social media has a way of making things that could be considered old, or at least older, new again. Songs, for example, can re-enter the charts after someone choreographs a popular dance to them. Or fashion trends that were once considered outdated, like low-rise jeans, can become popular again after others see photos the clothing styled in a new way.

The glass slipper, the evil stepmother, the happily ever after – we’re all familiar with the story of Cinderella.

Singer and actor Stefanie Londino’s first time performing in a full musical was a production of “Gypsy” at a local high school. Eight years old at the time, Londino and other elementary school students had been brought in to play newsboys.

To say that playwright Sarah Mantell is no fan of “The Merchant of Venice” would be several thousand ducats’ worth of understatement.

As the saying goes “You only have one chance to make a first impression.”

The Great Outdoors Comedy Festival last year brought Spokane comedy greats like Kevin Hart, Tom Segura, Shane Gillis and Spokane’s own Kelsey Cook, but this year’s lineup – announced Tuesday – aims to stack the laughs, too.

The team at Theatre Arts Center at the Lake has deemed its 2024-25 season the “Season of Imagination.” The season began with Roald Dahl’s “Willy Wonka” and was followed by “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever,” based on the novel by Barbara Robinson.