Article Category: Stage & Dance

The Children’s Hour

Written by Kevin Smith on March 16, 2017.

The Children’s Hour by Lillian Hellman is currently running at First Presbyterian Theater through March 25. This classic play, inspired by an...

One Foot in the Gravy

Written by Phillip H. Colglazier on March 16, 2017.

As the Fort Wayne Civic Theatre presents our 8th Annual Festival on Saturday, March 18, I reflect on why this event is important. Our playwrights –...

Ballet Tackles a Classic

Written by Michele DeVinney on March 9, 2017.

When planning for their current season, Fort Wayne Ballet wanted to present something very special to honor its 60-year history in our community. Each...

The Children’s Hour

Written by Thom Hofrichter on March 9, 2017.

What happens when lies are embraced as truth? When “fake news” is believed? And when actual facts are buried by falsehoods and equivocation?...

Getting Sara Married

Written by Kevin Knuth on March 9, 2017.

Sara Hastings is single and focused on her career as an attorney. Her crazy Aunt Martha (though she prefers the term “eccentric”) is concerned...

Arrivederci to Mamma!

Written by Michele DeVinney on March 2, 2017.

When it first opened on Broadway in 2001, Mamma Mia! seemed an unlikely addition to the musical theater canon. A sweet story based around the songs...

Back to Her First Love

Written by Jen Poiry Prough on March 2, 2017.

Theatre professionals and amateurs alike often find it hard to balance their lives and their passion. Kat Hickey has found a way to make it work. Hickey...