Stage & Dance
Annie
Production gets a twist worthy of a pandemic performance
Fort Wayne Civic Theatre’s production of Annie needed a second chance when COVID-19 drove the musical out of its established home at the A...
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Stage & Dance
Legally Blonde the musical
Live theater used to be big part of Foellinger
As the Civic Theatre’s 2020-2021 season approached, the Civic Theatre staff and board of directors had a big decision to make.
Across the country,...
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News & Venues
News and Venues
The annual Anthony Awards are presented by the Fort Wayne Civic Theatre to honor the best performances of their previous season. But this year, it was...
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Stage & Dance
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Some people are resistant to Sondheim’s musical about a vengeful barber because of its subject matter.
Serial murder and cannibalism can come as qui...
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Stage & Dance
Sweeney Todd
The opening words, “Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd…,” began a love affair I have had with Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street since ...
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Stage & Dance
Director's Notes
Originally a children’s book written by Ian Fleming in 1964, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was made into a British-American movie in 1968.
It is a fantas...
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Stage & Dance
Mamma Mia!
To love a jukebox musical, you have to love what’s on that particular jukebox. In the case of Mamma Mia, currently being presented at the Civic Thea...
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Stage & Dance
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Christopher Durang’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike was last presented here in 2015 at Arena Dinner Theatre. In that excellent production, Nanc...
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Stage & Dance
Curtain Call
In 2013, local playwright Nancy Carlson Dodd won the Northeast Indiana Playwright Festival with a music-free version of The Wedding Gift, a theatrical...
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Stage & Dance
Elf the Musical
When the Will Ferrell film Elf hit movie screens in 2003, it became an immediate hit and a new traditional film for a younger generation of holiday fi...
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Stage & Dance
Fort Wayne Civic Theatre's Rock of Ages
In recent years, the “jukebox musical” has taken the world by storm. While there’s no dearth of popular originals — hello, Hamilton! — and c...
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