Springfield Theatre Center opens its new season with the hilarious Spamalot at the Hoogland Center for the Arts, weekends, Oct. 18-27. Yes, this musical was birthed from the classic Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie, one of the funniest films of all time. Yes, this production includes knights; and fake swords, probably; and showgirls, […]
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Girl power
Springfield Municipal Opera (The Muni) and Illini Bank will present the musical masterpiece Dreamgirls, July 12-14, 17-21 at its outdoor amphitheater. The storyline follows a 1960s girl singing group that comes into fame and fortune. The musical was inspired by the Motown girl group, The Supremes. Nominated for 13 Tony awards and winning six, folks […]
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Breakout musical
The musical Spring Awakening breaks out on the stage at The Legacy Theatre this weekend and next, Sept. 7-9 and 13-16. Winner of eight Tony Awards, Spring Awakening is full of pent up passions and rebellious sensibilities of a group of late nineteenth-century students trekking their way from adolescence to adulthood. And all that fervor […]
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Broadway dynamo
Jennifer Holliday, the Tony Award-winning actress, original dynamo and stellar sensation from the musical Dreamgirls takes to The Legacy Theatre stage in Springfield on July 1 at 7 p.m. Best known for her Grammy Award-winning song “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going,” Holliday made a new generation of fans when she appeared this […]
