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Blues the Chicago Way
Toronzo Cannon sounds like the name of some kind of space weapon. It isn’t. Toronzo Cannon is the name of a powerful force, however. In this case, that force takes […]
The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid is the third Disney princess musical I have directed in the past 18 months. And while I generally prefer to do a variety of musical styles, I […]
The Taming of the Shrew
One of the things I love about doing old plays (and since Shrew has been around 425 years, I’d call it an old play) is looking at the way societies […]
Oenological Friendships
Nichole Thomas, Cristal Reader and Lisa Beber are three wine-loving friends who are willing to travel to indulge their passion for the fermented grape. Every summer, they attend the Vintage […]
The Wayback Show
The continued popularity of classic pop and rock songs from the 1960s, 70s and 80s can’t be simply explained away as mere nostalgia. It’s true that the generations who came […]
Glad to Be Where He Is
When country music legend Vince Gill was first starting out, his ambitions were fixated on musicianship, not stardom. “As a young musician, I don’t remember setting goals,” Gill told the […]
Beware of the Darkness
When Chelsea Clinton mentioned the classic novel A Wrinkle in Time at last summer’s Democratic National Convention, the beloved book, first published in 1963, saw a resurgence in sales which […]
Great Lake Swimmers
The Tony Dekker-helmed Canadian folk trio Great Lake Swimmers are known for their love of the outdoors. For their sixth album, A Forest of Arms, which dropped two springs ago, […]
RaeLynn
Fans of the NBC show The Voice have known of RaeLynn since 2012 when, during the program’s second season, she made headlines not only for her performances of hits like […]
Todd Barry
Five years before he tried his first stand-up gig, Todd Barry appeared on Late Night with David Letterman. He was the focal point of a viewer mail segment in which […]