THEATER | Joseph’s dreamcoat The Springfield Theatre Center is giving theater lovers what they have been
asking for with a production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. According to Bill Bauser, director of the musical, it is the most requested
show at the Springfield Theatre Center. The story follows Joseph, who wears a
multi-colored coat, a symbol of his father’s preference for him. As in most stories in which parents play favorites, it
leads to disaster and Joseph is sold into slavery by his brothers. What comes
next is a lesson about being punished for honesty and using your gifts to
overcome adversity. Though the story is a classic, Bauser decided to update the
production. The setting is a playground, the Pharaoh resembles Donald Trump and
twists have been added to the jokes and songs. Bauser calls Dreamcoat a “feel-good show” with a variety of music that leaves the audience humming the tunes.
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Fri.-Sun. Jan. 9-18
Hoogland Center for the Arts
420 S. Sixth St.
217-523-2787
www.scfta.org
$13 adults,
$12 Children and Seniors
Fri.-Sat. 8pm, Sun 2pm
LOCAL | Book sale This Saturday Friends of the Lincoln Library will be holding the semiannual
Paperback and Children’s Book Sale. The Friends of Lincoln Library is a nonprofit organization
dedicated to supporting Lincoln Library through fundraising. The Paperback Book
Sale is one of the biggest fundraisers held at Lincoln Library, with the last
book sale bringing in more than $18,000. Ashley Blake, marketing director, said
people come in droves and are waiting before 9 a.m. to put a ton of books in
their bags. Volunteers spend their time stacking books and setting up for the
big event. The books included in the sale have been donated or taken out of
circulation by the library. All books are $.50 and Blake said many of them are
new. The money from the sale is used to purchase books and additional materials
for Lincoln Library.
Friends of Lincoln Library Paperback Book Sale
Jan 10, Saturday
Lincoln Library
326 S. Seventh St.
217-753-4900
9 a.m. -2p.m.
Free. All Books $.50
SPORTS | Spinning globes
The Harlem Globetrotters have entertained audiences with their slick moves and
pretty dunks since 1926. For 82 years the team, also known as “The Ambassadors of Goodwill,” has boasted a number of basketball legends. Wilt Chamberlain, Reese Tatum and
Robert “Showboat” Hall have donned the red, white and blue jersey, making it the uniform of
greats. This Saturday they are gracing the basketball court of the Prairie
Capital Convention Center to prove they still have game. Stars like Special K
and Scooter display their talent with tricks and moves like spinning the ball
on their heads and half-court shots. This new generation of Globetrotters has
talent, and they’re as much fun as ever.
Harlem Globetrotters
Jan 13, Tuesday
Prairie Capital
Convention Center
217-788-8800
www.harlemglobetrotters.com
7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
$20, $28, $42, $78
BAND SPOTLIGHT | Estrus Fans of metal music on the edge should saunter down to the Moose Lodge in
Litchfield on Friday to check out Estrus for a CD release show. The band, based
in the Montgomery and Macoupin counties area, is far into the metalcore side of
things and posts on their MySpace page peg the new CD as “brutal.” Recorded in St. Louis and Chicago, The Defining Moments is state of the art, metal music, with million-miles-an-hour drums, shredding
guitars and throat-splitting vocals, plus lyric material most worthy of the
genre. The band, according to their MySpace designations, consists of Dustin T.
on vocals/media, Brandon on guitars/vox, Erik on bass/keyboards, and Dustin K.
on drums. They’ve performed with some hard-hitting names in the progressive metal canon,
including Carnifex, 3, Kill Whitney Dead and Salt the Wound. This band is not
kidding around.
Estrus with
the Dread Corsair,
Ghost of Verdon,
Eyes of the Enemy,
Renae, and Avex,
plus lots of surprises
Friday Jan. 9
Moose Lodge
221 N. Madison, Litchfiled
7:30pm
www.myspace.com/estrus
This article appears in Jan 1-7, 2009.
