11 Sep 2001

Modern Love Stories Sure to Entertain: "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change" at Riverside Theatre

By Joy Thompson
Riverside Theatre in Iowa City is one of only a handful of regional theatres fortunate enough to gain the rights to present I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change so early in its history. The musical comedy - dubbed "Seinfeld set to music" - is still running in New York at the WestSide Theatre and is also in Boston, and it hasn't begun to tour nationally. But it's at the Riverside Theatre through September 30.
12 Jun 2001

Shakespeare Gets a 21st Century Treatment: "As You Like It," at Riverside Theatre

By Joy Thompson
Where can audiences see the World Wrestling Federation on stage in a Shakespeare comedy? And where can young lovers be serenaded by frogs as dusk settles over the park? The answer is Lower City Park in Iowa City, where Riverside Theatre presents a very modern interpretation of Shakespeare's As You Like It. Directed with wit and high energy by Mark Hunter, the comedy about love and family and all the complications one can imagine is distinguished by a rollicking soundtrack, youthful, exuberant performers, and hip-hop choreography.
10 Apr 2001

"Superstar" Brings All the Elements Together: "Jesus Christ Superstar," at the Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse

By Paula Jolly
The years have turned it into a classic of musical theatre, but when it first appeared on stage, Andrew Lloyd Webber's and Tim Rice's Jesus Christ Superstar met with criticism as well as critical acclaim. And even though it's no longer controversial, Jesus Christ Superstar still has all of its power and theatrical brilliance.
06 Feb 2001

Riverside Theatre's "Wit" Triumphs over Cancer

By Joy Thompson
Riverside Theatre in Iowa City continues its 20th anniversary season with another outstanding Pulitzer Prize-winning drama produced rarely outside urban centers. "Big drama in small places" accurately describes Wit, written by first-time playwright Margaret Edson and originally produced at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut, one of the nation's leading producers of contemporary drama.
16 Jan 2001

Audience Gets a Chance to Discover Elvis: "Discovering Elvis" at the Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse

By Paula Jolly
Why does Elvis Presley captivate us as strongly today as he did the first time he strutted his stuff on Ed Sullivan's stage? Is it his music? Was it the life he lived behind the gates of Graceland that ended so tragically? Many insist Elvis is still alive, swearing they've seen him in every corner of the world.
21 Nov 2000

A "Wonderland" of Christmas through the Ages: "Winter Wonderland" at the Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse

By Paula Jolly
It might be the season for holiday chestnuts, but Circa's current production of Winter Wonderland, written by Brad Hauskins and arranged by Linda Brinkerhoff, gives a refreshing twist to many holiday favorites as a family searches for an old-fashioned Christmas experience.
14 Nov 2000

Holiday Farce Keeps Audience Warm with Laughter: "Dickens' Christmas Carol: A Traveling Travesty in Two Tumultuous Acts" at the Playcrafters Barn Theatre

By Administrator
The theatre of American politics has been on a 24-hour-a-day run for a week now, and the situation playing out in Florida has a host of entertaining elements; comedy, drama, mystery, and suspense have taken us on a roller-coaster ride of emotional highs and lows. And the players ... oh how the players have stolen the show.
07 Nov 2000

Ghostlight Theatre Pulls Off Musical of Biblical Proportions in "Children of Eden"

By Paula Jolly

The Creation story has been spun into a multitude of tales that have captivated audiences for centuries, but few are as entertaining as Ghostlight Theatre's current production of Stephen Schwartz's Children of Eden.

28 Sep 2000

Song Ignites Circa '21's "Smoke on the Mountain"

By Paula Jolly
You know what they say about smoke and fire, and you'll find a blaze in Circa 21's production of Connie Ray's Smoke on the Mountain. The kindling is Pastor Mervin Oglethorpe's rather lethargic congregation. The match is the Sanders family, a traveling evangelical musical group. Put the two together and a foot-tapping, spirit-lifting evening of song erupts.
13 Sep 2000

Richmond Hill Barn Theatre Play Is No "Plastic" Production: "The Man with the Plastic Sandwich"

By Paula Jolly
It's impossible to guess the content of Roger Karshner's The Man with the Plastic Sandwich by its title. Is the setting a cooking show? Is the "man" a toy-maker creating plastic food for those miniature ovens lining the aisles of local toy stores? One certainly won't expect the play to be about a man suffering through a midlife crisis brought on by being fired from his job after 20 years of loyal service.

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