- Strong performances, direction make “Menagerie” worth looking into
- November 17, 2009
- Maybe it was easy. After all, the work of Tennessee Williams is compelling, and “The Glass Menagerie” is a beautiful play. But regardless of how easy or difficult it is to bring Williams’ classic to life, the creative team at University Theatre pulls it off brilliantly…
- Class acts: Free State junior shares work behind ‘Pippin’
- November 16, 2009
- With a cast and a tech crew of more than 60 talented members, we truly are presenting our own piece of magic at Free State High School; and just as our first chorus of the musical states, “It’s all for you.”
- ‘Glass Menagerie’ to open at KU
- November 8, 2009
- Tennessee Williams’ classic drama “The Glass Menagerie” comes to the University Theatre stage starting Saturday.
- Arts Notes: Tap Dogs blends dance, theater, music
- November 8, 2009
- Dance, theater and rock music come together Wednesday as Tap Dogs comes to the Lied Center.
- Catching some air
- November 4, 2009
- The Lied Center’s Performing Arts 3to5 program took preschool children to the stage again on Monday and Tuesday.
- Mel Brooks defends his monstrous musical creation
- November 1, 2009
- In the 2008 satirical revue “Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab,” a green-faced monster and a Mel Brooks-like narrator sing a dirty little song to the tune of “Puttin’ On the Ritz,” mocking audiences for, to paraphrase it delicately, puttin’ up with less-than-stellar material for lots of cash.
- Theater of the Absurd: Those People Improv take the art of being funny very seriously
- Those People Improv take the art of being funny very seriously
- October 22, 2009
- There’s always that risk of failure … That’s what makes improv more fun than something scripted, says Alex Nicols of Lawrence’s Those People improv troupe….
- ‘Horrorshow IIID’ spins Halloween tales
- October 18, 2009
- EMU Theatre is gearing up for its third annual Halloween show, “Horrorshow IIID.”
- A brave tale: Lawrence Community Theatre stages ‘Cups,’ where undergarments mark a woman’s life story
- October 13, 2009
- Joni Sheram never realized bras could evoke so many emotions. Three years ago, the Colorado playwright penned “Cups,” which tells a woman’s life story through the brassieres she has owned.
- $2.5 million Lied Center expansion planned
- 09:17 a.m., October 6, 2009 Updated 04:46 p.m.
- Gift to fund construction of an education pavilion, expanded lobby and installation of displays about the building’s namesake, Ernst F. Lied.
- West Junior High to stage 2 plays
- October 6, 2009
- The West Junior High Players’ fall production of two one-act plays will be staged Friday and Saturday.
- Sword play: Success of KU production of ‘Macbeth’ draws heavily on fight scenes
- October 4, 2009
- Alex Salamat plops down on a seat in the Crafton-Preyer Theatre, sweat beading on his bald head.
- ‘Club Morocco’ fuses fun with flair
- September 20, 2009
- Lawrence Community Theatre opens its new season with the swingin’ hot “Club Morocco,” which uses the hits of great big-band leaders such as Glen Miller, Cab Calloway, Artie Shaw and Tommy Dorsey to narrate a 1940s-era, film-noir spoof.
- Beyond the Valley: Averill family resurrects melodramas from bygone Kansas playhouse
- September 18, 2009
- It’s been more than a decade since Lawrence audiences spent their summer weekends cheering for heroes, jeering at villains and pounding down fried chicken dinners.
- Rekindling flames: Ottawa University provost resurrects acting career in theater’s big band tale of intrigue
- September 15, 2009
- For nearly 30 years, Dennis Tyner kept a secret.
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