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University of Toledo Takes on Broadway Musical

Lila Waterfield

Spelling bees have been a battleground over the decades, full of anxiety over the spelling of words, and subdued laughter when incorrect spellings were declared with confidence. The...

Toledo Rep presents Tale of Two “Towns”

Laurie Bertke

The Toledo Rep and Actors Collaborative Toledo (ACT) are joining together this spring to stage Our Town by Thorton Wilder and Middletown by Will Eno. From...

Toledo Opera’s “Blue”

Elizabeth Inman

The Toledo Opera has launched the public programming series for their upcoming opera Blue. Blue follows an African American couple in 21st century Harlem, as...

Student direction for musical

Mallory Arnold

Toledo’s Children’s Theatre Workshop (CTW) presents a student-directed show, The Last Five Years, February 4-6. The musical explores a five-year relationship between a novelist...

CURTAIN CALL: ACT’s Alabaster coincidence

Mallory Arnold

Resolutions to start the new year are varied — to read more, to eat better, to exercise daily. To start the year with culture,...

The Nutcracker Returns to the Stranahan

Julie Pompa

By Julie Pompa For most Toledo-area families, attending (or participating in) “The Nutcracker” has been an annual holiday tradition. The toy soldiers, Sugar Plum...

A Toledo Tradition

Mallory Arnold

Toledo is full of holiday traditions including the Toledo Repertoire Theatre’s long-standing annual production of A Christmas Carol. For 36 years, the tale of...

Theater Notes – October 2021

Jeff McGinnis

See Elves on Shelves Themselves The Elf on the Shelf craze may not be quite as wild as it was a few years ago, but...

Halloween Thrills at the Theatre: Village Players’ “Nightfall”

Julie Pompa

Which is your favorite – and what is the scariest - tale written by Edgar Allan Poe? You can see four of the legendary...

Toledo Rep presents Something Rotten

Julie Pompa

UPDATE 9/7: Due to members of the Toledo Rep testing positive for COVID-19, the opening weekend performances of Something Rotten! on September 10 and 11...

Village Players return with Sunshine Boys

Jon Ruggiero

Like various other venues, the Village Players Theater on Upton Ave. shut down productions and figured out how to survive over quarantine. The past...

Theater Notes – September 2021

Jeff McGinnis

Let the Sunshine in! The Village Players are back! The popular community theater group returns to the stage this month with a production of Neil...

Escape artists at Trapped Toledo welcome players again

Andrew Kersten

Over the past year, you may have felt trapped at home. You weren’t the only one. Trapped Toledo, an interactive theater specializing in Escape...

Film Notes July

Digital Media

Rent a screen for yourself at Maumee Indoor Theatre If you’re still feeling a little uncertain about seeing a movie in a crowd, the Maumee...

Theater Notes July 2021

TCP Staff

Disenchanted and Dreamcoat to be presented outdoors Croswell Opera House in Adrian, MI will give theatre goers a special treat with outdoor productions of two...

Hail to the King! Toledo Rep looking for teens to get “All Shook Up” this August

Jeff McGinnis

The Toledo Repertoire Theatre will be holding auditions for a Teen Rep production the School Edition of the jukebox musical “All Shook Up.”

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