Jerry Herman's Broadway Songs Highlighted in SCT's Production of "Jerry's Girls"
Even the flops and failures of a fine musical-theatre composer will contain gems that deserve to take on a life of their own, alongside the big hits from the composer's catalog. The musical revue...
View ArticlePhoto Artist Eli Vega Brings His Concept of "Right Brain Photography" to...
The artist community in Eureka Springs, Arkansas has a new inhabitant. Born to poor migrant parents of Mexican/Spanish descent in a railroad boxcar in Wyoming, Eli Vega grew up in West Texas,...
View ArticleSpringfield Dance Alliance's 2016 Fundraiser, "Springfield Dance Artists"
Springfield Dance Alliance, a non-profit organization founded in 2012, is a collective of movement artists in the Springfield area dedicated to creating a dynamic dance community, with performance and...
View ArticleSpringfield Native's Book on the Lives of Homeless Youth Featured in Dramatic...
Moon City Press, a non-profit publisher based in the English Department of Missouri State University, invites the public to a dramatic reading from a new book they’ve published, Throwaway Youth:...
View ArticleSondheim's Unconventional "Assassins" Starts a Four-Week Run at SCT Center Stage
Who but Stephen Sondheim would conceive of a Broadway musical introducing the audience to nine of the most famous presidential assassins and would-be assassins in American history? Sondheim’s musical...
View ArticleMSU Media, Journalism & Film Again Hosts the Manhattan Short Film Festival
The Missouri State University Department of Media, Journalism and Film will once again be the ONLY venue in the state of Missouri for the 19th annual Manhattan Short Film Festival, Saturday Sept.24 at...
View ArticleMSU Theatre and Dance Stages an "Appalachian Love Story"
The Missouri State University Theatre and Dance Department opens the 2016-17 school year with Jenny Laird's Ballad Hunter, directed by Melanie Dreyer-Lude and performed in the Craig Hall Balcony...
View ArticleFun with the Director and Cast Members of Little Theatre's "Peter Pan"
We had a fun time in the KSMU studio this morning attempting to keep control of a live interview with the director and two (adult) actors from Springfield Little Theatre’s season-opening production of...
View ArticleSRO Guild's 2016 Hat Luncheon at the Tower Club
Springfield Regional Opera Guild’s 18th Annual Hat Luncheon, a fundraiser for Springfield Regional Opera, will take place Saturday Sept.24 from 11:30am to 1:00pm in the Sunset Room at the Tower Club,...
View ArticleThe Art of Engineering and Manufacturing With GO CAPS
The Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce GO CAPS program hosts area high school juniors and seniors on-site at various local businesses, including the eFactory and the classroom facility at Cox...
View ArticleGO CAPS: Area Art Teachers Learn How Art and Manufacturing Intersect
In addition to actually hosting high school juniors and seniors on-site, area businesses can get involved in GO CAPS in various ways. One of them is to host not high school students, but teachers. One...
View ArticleSouthwest Missouri Art and Craft Guild Holds Their 22nd "Art in the Park"...
The Southwest Missouri Art and Craft Guild produces Art in the Park, a fine art and contemporary craft show and sale, the second weekend in October each year. Celebrating its 22nd year, this year’s...
View ArticleKatori Hall's Award-Winning "The Mountaintop" Comes to Springfield...
Springfield Contemporary Theatre's SCT Center Stage in Wilhoit Plaza will present the drama "The Mountaintop" by Katori Hall, directed by Rick Dines, October 14-30. This Olivier Award-winning drama...
View ArticleMessiah Project Presents Their Annual "Heritage of Hymns" Concert
Messiah Project presents its 9th annual "Heritage of Hymns" concert featuring a community choir, community orchestra and the Springfield Boy Choir Saturday Oct. 15 at 7:00pm in the Evangel University...
View ArticleWaverly House "Palette to Palate" Fundraiser for A Sporting Chance
Waverly House Gifts and Gallery, 2031 S. Waverly, has been in operation for 29 years, and for 20 of those years has hosted annual events to raise funds for area charities. Waverly House will host their...
View ArticleMissouri Music Teachers Association Competitions at Evangel Include Three...
One of Missouri Music Teachers Association’s goals is to create the musicians and audiences of the future. Competitions and auditions can play an important role in this process, helping to bring out...
View ArticleBogota-Based String Quartet to Play Free Concert at Hammons Hall
There's a strong connection between the two interviews that we conducted this morning on KSMU's Arts News, according to MSU music professor Dr. Amy Muchnick. One of her student string quartets almost...
View ArticleRodgers and Hammerstein's "Cinderella" Comes to Life Onstage at...
It started as a musical written especially for television, premiering in March 1957 on CBS-TV in a production telecast live and in color from New York and featuring a young Julie Andrews in the lead...
View ArticleTony Kushner's Powerful "Angels in America" Produced by MSU Theatre & Dance
The Missouri State University Theatre and Dance Department presents Tony Kushner's controversial-- and critically acclaimed--Angels in America, Part 1: The Millennium Approaches, directed by Sarah...
View ArticleJ. R. Stuart Kicks off SCT's 2016 Solo Play Festival with "The Gospel...
Springfield Contemporary Theatre at SCT Center Stage in Wilhoit Plaza revives their "Solo Play Festival" this year with one-person plays depicting three great American humorists....
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