Springfield Theatre Centre presents Annie, Dec. 6-8 and 13-15. The beloved musical set during the Depression follows an optimist orphan named Annie from her life in an orphanage to the home of New York millionaire Daddy Warbucks. Annie is played by Sydney Geyston and Daddy Warbucks is Jim Leach. Directed by Rich McCoy, the six productions will […]
Jim Leach
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Marvelously mischievous
Springfield Theatre Centre presents its rendition of M*A*S*H at the Hoogland Center for the Arts Nov. 9-11 and 16-18. Produced by Jim Leach and directed by Kelly E. Bassett, the crazy comedy brings you your favorite silly surgeons Hawkeye and Duke serving in South Korea. In this production, the pair wages a campaign to get […]
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Capital humor
Tara McClellan McAndrew’s The Lighter Side of Springfield History comes to the Hoogland Center for the Arts for two weekend performances in July. The multi-media comedy that uses quick vignettes, sketches and song parodies that chronicle the funnier parts of real central Illinois people and events in the 1800s stars a cast of eight including: […]
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Check mate
Laurie O’ Brien directs Springfield Theatre Center’s production of Chess, a musical with lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, formerly of ABBA. The story involves a romantic triangle between two top players, an American and a Russian, in a world chess championship, and a woman who manages one and falls […]
