The popular musical, Josepeh and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, opens a summer season of theater at The Muni. Set to an engaging cornucopia of musical styles, from country western and calypso, to bubble-gum pop and rock ’n’ roll, this production of the Biblical saga of Joseph and his coat of many colors, will deliver you […]
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Reduce, recycle, reuse
Before kids get back to the three Rs – reading, writing and arithmetic – take them back and revisit the other three Rs – reduce, reuse, recycle. Aug. 13 at the Illinois State Museum, families with kids ages 4-8 can create a stained glass gift for a teacher using recycled crayons, make a pocket notebook […]
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Big and beautiful
Set in the 1960s, the funny and upbeat musical Hairspray is the next Muni production in the outdoor amphitheater. With big hair, a big body and a large personality, teen Tracy Turnblad lands a spot as a dancer on her favorite television show by the graces of great dancing. She rises to stardom, tackles racially […]
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Odd couples
The Muni kicks off their second production with multiple performances of the funny dance musical Guys and Dolls. Set in the Broadway theater district, the story is about the odd romance between habitual gambler, Sky Masterson, and straitlaced missionary girl, Sarah Brown, who are together after a bet by fellow gambler Nathan Detroit that Sky […]
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Stream of consciousness
Directed by Steve Kaplan, a cast of local actors brings the first Muni production to the shores of Springfield for eight nights in The Muni’s open-air theater. The bluegrass and country-scored musical follows Huckleberry Finn and Jim on their adventure rafting down the mighty Mississippi. Big River won the 1985 Tony awards for Best Musical, […]
