This weekend, see an original play based on the wedding of Mary Todd and Abraham Lincoln. On Nov. 7, 1842, Springfield’s elite gathered at the home of Ninian and Elizabeth Edwards to witness Elizabeth’s younger sister, Mary, give her hand in marriage to a young lawyer by the name of Abraham Lincoln. During the play, […]
Jane Hartman
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December doings
Lady Carole and Her Knights perform Sunday, 5 to 8 p.m., at Driftwood Cocktails and Eatery, Fifth and Adams. Here we are moving through December like a kid through presents on Christmas morning. Per usual, we have a diverse and dandy assortment of doings to share with you this week. Word on the street says […]
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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 […]
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Harlem swing
The Hoogland Center for the Arts and SIU Voice Clinic present the Fats Waller musical Ain’t Misbehavin’ for two weekends in the LRS Theatre. The outrageously prodigious comic and musical soul of 1930s Harlem lives on in this rollicking, swinging, finger-snapping revue that is still considered one of Broadway’s best. Cast includes Kevin Ford, Tosh […]
