There will be six performances of La Cage aux Folles at the Hoogland Center for the Arts May 23-25, 30-31 and June 1. The hilarious Tony Award-winning Broadway musical is about flamboyant couple Albin (aka ZaZa on stage) and Georges, a French Riviera drag nightclub manager, who finds out his son, Jean-Michel, is marrying the […]
Damien Kaplan
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Entertaining info
The venue has changed, but all the spectacular, inspiring and fun knowledge that spills from the minds of Springfield folk at this event remains the same. PechaKucha comes to the Hoogland Center for the Arts on Aug. 1. Corral your friends for an evening of drinks and entertainment. Ten individuals will share their powerpoint presentations […]
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Chiming in
Join the 31st Annual Caroling around the Carillon at Washington Park this Sunday, Dec. 14, starting at 4:30 p.m. The Park District’s new carillonneur, Robin Austin, will be playing the carillon, Damien Kaplan and members of the Springfield High School Choir will be singing holiday carols, and hot cocoa and cookies will be served around […]
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Wedded bliss
Gus Gordon and Cynda Wrightsman play Michael and Agnes in the musical comedy, I Do! I Do! The story of a couple’s 50-year marriage runs for six performances at the Hoogland Center for the Arts over two weekends. Written by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones, who also wrote The Fantasticks, the local production includes the […]
