Performing Art | Thursday, July 21,2005

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Eric Thibodeaux-Thompson moved to Springfield three years ago to help build a theater program at University of Illinois-Springfield with his wife, Missy Thibodeaux-Thompson,

Performing Art | Thursday, July 14,2005

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By Phil Funkenbusch

So much theater is being performed in the region right now, it’s impossible to see it all. Fortunately, I was able to enjoy three excellent productions last week that

Performing Art | Thursday, June 30,2005

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By Phil Funkenbusch

The show of the summer is Ragtime. The musical opened last Friday at the Springfield Muni Opera and runs through this Sunday, July 3. There is not one weak performance in t

Performing Art | Thursday, June 16,2005

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By Phil Funkenbusch

Great things are happening on summer stages. I just saw 42nd Street in Sullivan at the Little Theatre on the Square. Having seen back in 1980 the original Broadway production, which began with

Performing Art | Thursday, May 26,2005

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By Phil Funkenbusch

I’m playing town crier this week for the comedy Rounding Third, which finishes a two-weekend run at the Hoogland Center for the Arts this Friday and Saturday, May 27 and 28. It’s

Performing Art | Thursday, May 12,2005

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By Phil Funkenbusch

Springfield gets its first look next week at Rounding Third, a new comedy by Richard Dresser that played off-Broadway and has been a hit in theaters around the country. Jason

Performing Art | Thursday, April 28,2005

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By Phil Funkenbusch

Springfield Theatre Centre had a big hit last year with its production of Annie. The same STC directing team (Julie Davis, Doug Hahn, Gary Shull) is back with this week’s opening of By

Performing Art | Thursday, April 14,2005

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By Phil Funkenbusch

Many of this weekend’s theatrical offerings are focused on the celebration of the official opening of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum. A big downtown block

Performing Art | Thursday, March 31,2005

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By Phil Funkenbusch

Missouri-born, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lanford Wilson has been writing plays since the off-off-Broadway movement began in New York in the 1960s. His first plays were produced at

Performing Art | Thursday, March 17,2005

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By Phil Funkenbusch

So many companies in the region have scheduled productions of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast during the next few months (including the Springfield Muni, St. Louis’ Muny Opera