Theatre

War- what is it good for

Matt Desmond

Halloween night, 1938, Orson Welles adapted H.G. Wells' landmark alien-invasion thriller War of the Worlds

There will be blood

Allan Sanders

People have been dancing the “Time Warp” from day uno, and if it weren't for my bad back (and my fear of barfing during teleportation), I'd be right there with them. . .

Edgy politics

TCP Contributor

Throughout his storied career, American playwright and auteur David Mamet has always delved into politics.

Capitol punishment

Scott Recker

Back 31 years ago some staffers for Senator Charles Percy wanted to do a nativity play for a Capitol Hill Christmas party

Get out there and audition

Scott Recker

If you think you got the chops, auditions for I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change

Culture Shock

Allan Sanders

Well, here’s something unique, unusual and kind of fun — a new theatre group presenting a play which I haven’t heard of before. And yet the plays’ pedigree almost insists that we pay attention.

On the spot

Matt Desmond

How long does it take to make theater magic happen? Months? Years? A lifetime?

Bohemian rhapsody

Julian Garcia

The Toledo Opera opens it’s curtains on a new season with La Bohéme

Ahhh, fall . . . the leaves turn various shades of brown, orange and red; the end of summer, the beginning of the school year; blockbuster movies have cleared out of the cineplexes to make room for more serious Oscar contenders

Join the club

Matt Desmond

Give a hand to a hardworking local theater group and have a fun day at the links

Doing it their way

Matt Desmond

Grab a highball and savor some of that twentieth century style

The undiscovered country

Matt Desmond

A literature professor once told me that "everyone should spend fifteen minutes a day thinking about Hamlet."

Locally raised

TCP Contributor

A compilation of four different plays, Home Grown is the A2CT Studio Series season opener.

Three sheets to the wind

Allan Sanders

By the time Lou “Looney” Mannhauser and I got to T.G.I. Friday's on Airport, we were already three sheets to the wind, from celebrating the finalization of his divorce since around 10:30 that morning.

Opening act

Julian Garcia

There’s a new theatrical “un-company” in Toledo, the Catalyst Theatre Network, and they are set to explore the human condition outside the traditional isolated ensemble by collaborating more with the area’s already established theatre community.

Polishing a gem

TCP Contributor

The Collingwood Arts Center is revamping its look while helping conserve energy.

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