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I guess it’s only natural that the Paramount would want to stage a pre-Broadway show since its crosstown rival, Fifth Avenue, did so well with the show “Hairspray” a few years back. In fact, “Hairspray” not only went on to the Great White Way, receiving a few statues along the
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Last "Beauty" It\'s the last weekend for South Sound audiences to see “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast" at Tacoma Musical Playhouse. The show runs 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday; Narrows Theatre, 7116 Sixth Ave., Tacoma; $16-$23; 253-565-6867, www.tmp.org. "Twelfth Night" Works by William Shakespeare are in full steam these
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Last "Beauty" It\'s the last weekend for South Sound audiences to see “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast" at Tacoma Musical Playhouse. The show runs 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday; Narrows Theatre, 7116 Sixth Ave., Tacoma; $16-$23; 253-565-6867, www.tmp.org. "Twelfth Night" Works by William Shakespeare are in full steam these
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This is were all of my journalistic integrity goes out the window and is replaced by a father\\\'s pride. My daughter is making her theater debut this week. It\\\'s a bit part with no lines of her own, but she has a lot of background stage time so that makes excited.
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This is were all of my journalistic integrity goes out the window and is replaced by a father\\\'s pride. My daughter is making her theater debut this week. It\\\'s a bit part with no lines of her own, but she has a lot of background stage time so that makes excited.
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I have written a lot over the years about how staging good shows is only a fraction of what goes into the operation of a theatrical venue. Some would argue it probably isn’t even the most important. I know of at least a handful of theaters that have staged strong
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I have written a lot over the years about how staging good shows is only a fraction of what goes into the operation of a theatrical venue. Some would argue it probably isn’t even the most important. I know of at least a handful of theaters that have staged strong
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“dream” over Gig Harbor’s Encore! theater is ending its run this weekend of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at its outdoor theater. The spin-off of William Shakespeare’s comedy ends Sunday. [Impact Church International, 7 p.m. Friday-Sunday, $6-$15, 3819 Hunt St., Gig Harbor, 253.858. 2282, www.encoretheater.org] ah, youth Creative Theatre Experience Youth Theatre’s summer offering is
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“dream” over Gig Harbor’s Encore! theater is ending its run this weekend of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at its outdoor theater. The spin-off of William Shakespeare’s comedy ends Sunday. [Impact Church International, 7 p.m. Friday-Sunday, $6-$15, 3819 Hunt St., Gig Harbor, 253.858. 2282, www.encoretheater.org] ah, youth Creative Theatre Experience Youth Theatre’s summer offering is
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Beauty! Some of the most sought after tickets of the year are now on sale. Tacoma Musical Playhouse is producing a stage version of the Academy Award-winning feature film “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast.” The trademarked and copyrighted stage version tells the classic story of a lovely bookworm who finds herself
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Beauty! Some of the most sought after tickets of the year are now on sale. Tacoma Musical Playhouse is producing a stage version of the Academy Award-winning feature film “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast.” The trademarked and copyrighted stage version tells the classic story of a lovely bookworm who finds herself
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William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is likely one of the most adaptable of all of his works since it is set in a dream world from the start. Since dreams can involve everything so too can a play based on that dream world. That means the play could involve donkeys
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William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is likely one of the most adaptable of all of his works since it is set in a dream world from the start. Since dreams can involve everything so too can a play based on that dream world. That means the play could involve donkeys
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George Washington had focus. Martin Luther King Jr. had vision. John Lennon could imagine. Bilbo Baggins knew what he wanted and grasped for that gold ring. None of them had the drive to achieve their goals the way Kevin Cross is focused on reaching the task at hand. He is stepping
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George Washington had focus. Martin Luther King Jr. had vision. John Lennon could imagine. Bilbo Baggins knew what he wanted and grasped for that gold ring. None of them had the drive to achieve their goals the way Kevin Cross is focused on reaching the task at hand. He is stepping
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Yellow brick fun Capital Playhouse’s Kids at Play musical offering these days is “The Wizard of Oz” — lions and tigers and bears and such. [Capital Playhouse, 7 p.m. July 12-15, $19-$25, 612 Fourth Ave. E., Olympia, 360.943.2744, www.capital playhouse.com] “Princess Ida” A fun show that is well worth the trip to the Emerald
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Yellow brick fun Capital Playhouse’s Kids at Play musical offering these days is “The Wizard of Oz” — lions and tigers and bears and such. [Capital Playhouse, 7 p.m. July 12-15, $19-$25, 612 Fourth Ave. E., Olympia, 360.943.2744, www.capital playhouse.com] “Princess Ida” A fun show that is well worth the trip to the Emerald
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Tacoma Musical Playhouse is staging one of the most expensive gambles in the theater’s history. Everything about producing Disney’s stage version of “Beauty and the Beast” comes at a price. The royalties are costly. The costumes are pricey. The staging requirements are substantial. But any theater willing to stage the show
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Tacoma Musical Playhouse is staging one of the most expensive gambles in the theater’s history. Everything about producing Disney’s stage version of “Beauty and the Beast” comes at a price. The royalties are costly. The costumes are pricey. The staging requirements are substantial. But any theater willing to stage the show
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Theater Artists Olympia takes pride in being the quirky theater that even the liberal, artsy folks of the state capital would consider a bit out there. It can talk the talk because it certainly walks the walk, staging shows — and its own revisions of works — that carry TAO’s
