items tagged with Sweet and Hot the Songs of Harold Arlen
Written By: Mike Schulz
Section: Theatre
Category: Feature Stories
2006-12-20 09:18:49
There seems to be a pretty safe rule of thumb regarding the productions at Quad City Music Guild and the Richmond Hill and Playcrafters Barn theatres: When the actors appear to believe in their material (whether that material is strong or weak), the shows are terrific, and when they don't, they're not.
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Written By: Mike Schulz
Section: Theatre
Category: Feature Stories
2006-12-20 08:31:16
Of course, the people who are most essential to the success of area theatre are the ones ponying up the dough to get it produced (and this includes you, my ticket-buying friends). But it's hard to imagine the theatre year being as enjoyable as it was without the contributions of the following 12 individuals, each of whom added considerable flair to several area productions - oftentimes at several area venues - in 2006.
Read More About Theatre Essentials 2006: A Dozen Names To Remember...
Written By: Mike Schulz
Section: Theatre
Category: Reviews
2006-05-17 07:39:18
About four months ago, my schedule forced me to catch the first dress rehearsal of Playcrafters’ Over the River & through the Woods as opposed to a paid performance, and so I took some personal responsibility for my dissatisfaction with the show; a lot of what seemed to be lacking, I thought, could easily have improved by opening night. It seemed a little unfair to be critiquing a rehearsal. (What better place to err than rehearsal?)
Well, circumstances dictated that I again catch a Playcrafters production before its official opening – I saw the Barn Theatre’s Sweet & Hot: The Songs of Harold Arlen at a preview on Monday, May 8 – for which I apologize. But I don’t apologize much, because this revue already has the right spirit and a host of good feelings (and good performances) exuding from it. This didn’t feel like a rehearsal; it felt like a performance, and a delightful one.
Read More About Not Exactly Hot, But Awfully Sweet: "Sweet & Hot: The Songs Of Harold Arlen" At Playcrafters...
Written By: Mike Schulz
Section: Theatre
Category: Feature Stories
2006-05-10 08:36:35
Over the past 10 months, the stage space at the Playcrafters Barn Theatre in Moline has been transformed into a ballpark (for the venue’s production of Rounding Third), an Italian villa (for Enchanted April), and the entire town of Bedford Falls (for It’s a Wonderful Life).
But these days, after climbing the stairs to the second level of the Barn, the first thing you notice about the set for Sweet & Hot: The Songs of Harold Arlen (running through May 21) is something more unexpected than anything found on those previous sets: a piano.
Read More About That Old Barn Magic: Moline’S Barn Theatre Presents Its First Musical In Nearly A Decade...
Written By: Mike Schulz
Section: Theatre
Category: Feature Stories
2005-12-14 00:00:00
How wonderful and humbling the last eight months have been.
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