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Anthony Gadson

Anthony Gadson

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Alvvays will headline this year's Middle Waves Music Festival at Parkview Field on June 15.

Alvvays to headline Middle Waves

After acquiring Middle Waves last year, Embassy Theatre presented a toned-down Ripple at Parkview Field. With time to adjust, The Embassy has announced the music festival returns to Parkview Field […]
This year’s cast of Flanagan’s Wake includes, standing from left, David Hill, Colton Easterday, Shawn McCarthy, Scott McMeen, Ruth Fearnow, Teresa Rust, and Chuck Fenwick, seated. Not pictured: Peter Klopfenstein.

‘Flanagan’s Wake’ is not your usual production

It’s the time of year when winter gives way to spring, college basketball takes center stage, and everything turns a bit green for St. Patrick’s Day. As the Guinness and green […]
Robert Suraci has released his solo debut.

Robert Suraci: ‘It’s About Time’

It’s been a long time coming, but Fort Wayne musician Robert Suraci has released his solo material. With a background in sound engineering, the other half of The Flying Suraci, […]
Dakota Norman, left, and Gavin Thomas Drew conceived the one-man show "Equals."

One-man show analyzes time between tragedy, comedy

It’s been a couple of years, but when Gavin Thomas Drew returns to the stage, it will be all his. The artistic director for Summit City Music Theatre will be […]
The funk/soul/R&B group Tower of Power will be at The Clyde Theatre on Thursday, Feb. 29, with The Sweetwater All Stars opening.

Tower of Power will show you what’s hip

Tower of Power have been showing the strength of a dynamic horn section more than 50 years. Breaking out of the Bay Area scene with 1970’s East Bay Grease, the […]
Portraying Broadway actors in the upcoming show The Prom, a collaboration between Fort Wayne Youtheatre and First Presbyterian Theater, will be, from left, Amy Ross, Chris Rasor, Heather Closson, and Todd Frymier.

First Pres, Youtheatre are going to ‘The Prom’

Fort Wayne Youtheatre and First Presbyterian Theater are getting their dancing shoes on. Working in collaboration for the first time, the theater companies will put on the musical The Prom […]
Indiana Musical Theatre Foundation’s third annual Black History Month Concert Series will feature The Songs of Stevie Wonder at RKF Studios, Feb. 23-24.

IMTF plans wonderful Black History Month show

When Indiana Musical Theatre Foundation got their own space, Alex Leavell’s dream to highlight Black voices came true. In 2022, the IMTF program and marketing director began his Black History […]
Ukrainian emergency employees and police officers evacuate injured pregnant woman Iryna Kalinina, 32, from a maternity hospital that was damaged by a Russian airstrike in Mariupol, Ukraine, March 9, 2022. The image was part of a series of images by Associated Press photographers that was awarded the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography.

Director discusses ’20 Days in Mariupol’

We live in a world of conflict. While many choose to ignore it, Mstyslav Chernov is shining a light on it. The Ukrainian Pulitzer Prize-winning video journalist has risked his […]
Timya Townsend, left, and Tamia Beverly star in the Fort Wayne Civic Theatre’s upcoming production of The Color Purple.

Love, faith central to ‘The Color Purple’

It’s been told in a number of ways, but northeast Indiana will get its own version when Fort Wayne Civic Theatre presents The Color Purple. The story of a Black woman […]