Christmas infused in December shows
“The Four Days of xMas” gives one of the metro’s newest venues its holiday christening. A variety of Christmas-themed shows dominate the performance scene in our market this December. The [...]
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Posted December 04, 2019in Center Stage
Posted November 06, 2019in Center Stage
Youth and family shows are front and center
Two shows feature the talents of about 60 students. “Disney’s Little Mermaid Jr” and “Seussical Jr.” will be featured productions in the Greater Des Moines theater scene during November, thanks [...]
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Posted October 02, 2019in Center Stage
One mean musical
“Mean Girls” provides different twists to the familiar odd fish in an established hierarchal pool storyline. “Mean Girls” soon will spill onto the Des Moines Performing Arts stage like students [...]
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Posted September 04, 2019in Center Stage
From love to murder in musical comedy extravagance
September marks the start of Greater Des Moines’ 2019-2020 theater season. A promising array of musicals, comedies, family theater and drama await the cultural consumer. More than a dozen companies [...]
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Posted July 31, 2019in Center Stage
Cloris Awards celebrates its fifth anniversary
The evening will include musical theatre performances, fun and an energetic mix of central Iowa’s lovers of the stage. Late summer of 2014, right when the 2014-2015 local theatre season [...]
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Posted July 03, 2019in Center Stage
Young performers take center stage in July musicals
Newspaper tycoon Pulitzer versus paperboys in historically based musical The Des Moines Community Playhouse has developed a strong reputation for delivering lavish Broadway musicals. In this centennial year, it will [...]
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Posted June 04, 2019in Center Stage
A tribute to one of our community’s theatrical finest
Theater legend Jeanne Hopson takes her final bow. The adage goes that it’s the “-” connecting a person’s birth and death that counts. Jeanne Marie (Ferris) Hopson’s “dash” was a [...]
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Posted May 01, 2019in Center Stage
Theatre Midwest enters central Iowa theater scene
Iowa debut of poignant comedy begins this company’s journey. Written minutes from a women’s social club formed in rural South Dakota in 1934. A family connection to those notes. A [...]
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Posted April 03, 2019in Center Stage
‘Hello, Dolly!’
“Bridges” world premiere performer returns to Des Moines to star in multiple Tony Award-winning hit show. The shifting sands of a Broadway touring show will give Des Moines audiences the [...]
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Posted March 06, 2019in Center Stage
Pyramid Theatre Company expands, brings in star to headline summer production
A creative and cultural incubator for the region’s top theatrical talent. This columnist believes in the power of importing new ideas, inspiration and collaborators to better build a strong Greater [...]
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