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Rust Belt offers ‘Witherspoon’
By MILAN PAURICH entertainment@vindy.com Rust Belt Theater Company’s “Durang-ed Summer” — a
Area stage veteran’s play to premiere
By MILAN PAURICH entertainment@vindy.com One of the busiest men on the community theater scene,
Looking forward to the 2011-12 theater season
By MILAN PAURICH entertainment@vindy.com The 2011-12 community- theater season is about to
Playhouse’s ‘Biloxi Blues’ shows enduring appeal
By MILAN PAURICH entertainment@vindy.com NEW CASTLE Winner of the 1985 Tony Award for Best
Shakespeare in park setting: a streamlined ‘As You Like It’
By MILAN PAURICH entertainment@vindy.com What better setting for “As You Like It,” one of
‘The Goat’ Playhouse production will push buttons
By MILAN PAURICH entertainment@vindy.com John Pecano is one of those multi-hyphenate talents
‘Durang-ed’: Rust Belt tackles playwright’s works
By MILAN PAURICH entertainment@vindy.com Summer may traditionally be a slow period for community
Youngstown Playhouse closes out season with ‘Dixie Swim Club’
By MILAN PAURICH entertainment@vindy.com The Youngstown Playhouse closes out the 2010-11 season
Commanding performance lifts ‘Rose Tattoo’
By MILAN PAURICH entertainment@vindy.com NEW CASTLE, Pa. Director Lester Malizia always seems
Candidates to compete for Tracy role in ‘Hairspray’
Top Hat Productions wants to make the casting of the lead in their upcoming production of the 2002 Tony-winning musical “Hairspray” a more democratic process than usual.
Actor embraces offbeat ‘Dead Man’s Cell Phone’
Former WHOT-FM radio personality Brandy Johanntges has been making quite a name for herself on the community-theater scene in recent years.
Victorian struggles to bring ‘Madwoman’ to life
Jean Giraudoux’s 1945 play “The Madwoman of Chaillot” has always suffered from a case of the cutes, and the current Victorian Players production does little to temper the work’s essential unctuousness.
Go to New Castle, see ‘Oklahoma!’ with razzmatazz
“Oklahoma!” has been kicking around for 68 years, but the current Brent Rodgers’-directed New Castle Playhouse production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s bucolic perennial just occasionally shows its age.
‘Oliver’ opens to SRO crowd at Playhouse
The Youngstown Playhouse production of “Oliver!” that opened to an SRO crowd Friday night adds precious little to the Dickens versus Bart discourse.
Fearless portrayal propels ‘Fat Pig’
By MILAN PAURICH entertainment@vindy.com If beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder, then why
‘Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me’ is compelling theater
There’s real magic afoot at the Calvin Center for the Arts these days.
The Youngstown Playhouse presents ‘oliver!’
Dave and Donny Wolford may be the only father and son acting team on the Youngstown community theater circuit.
‘someone who’ll watch over me’ Stripped-down drama puts the focus on performance
Frank McGuinness’ 1993 hostage drama “Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me” might seem like an unexpected choice for the director.
The Oakland’s ‘Fat Pig’ examines relationships
Christopher Fidram (“Dinner With Friends,” “Rabbit Hole”) is finally stepping back into the director’s chair with the upcoming Oakland Center for the Arts production of Neil LaBute’s controversial “Fat Pig.”
Pretentious, dated script dooms ‘Agnes of God’
Any community theater director will tell you that casting is 90 percent of the job.
Top Hat’s ‘Boys Next Door’ rises above material
By MILAN PAURICH entertainment@vindy.com For a theater company that made its name and reputation
Issues remain timely in ‘Championship Season’
By MILAN PAURICH entertainment@vindy.com When Jason Miller’s “That Championship Season” opened
Oakland to stage ‘I Am My Own Wife’
By MILAN PAURICH entertainment@vindy.com Winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for
‘The Crucible’ is beautifully designed production at YSU
By MILAN PAURICH entertainment@vindy.com youngstown Director W. Rick Schilling serves up one
Playhouse will pay homage to Steinbeck with ‘Mice and Men’
The ultimate “bromance,” John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men” is better known as a novella and movie than as a stage play.
‘Don’t Drink Water’: outdated but effective
Woody Allen’s “Don’t Drink the Water” probably seemed dated when it first opened on Broadway in November 1966.
Oakland offers a trio of ‘Death Defying Acts’
By MILAN PAURICH entertainment@vindy.com “Death Defying Acts,” a collection of three one-act
COMMUNITY THEATER: From ‘Medea’ to ‘Chicago,’ it was a memorable year
As the curtain closes on yet another calendar year, it’s time to look back at some of the more memorable community-theater moments of 2010.
Playhouse production piles on theater humor
Tom O’Donnell and Molly Galano are part of the cast of the Youngstown Playhouse production
‘Spirit of Christmas’ finds new home
By MILAN PAURICH entertainment@vindy.com A co-production of Sam Luptak Jr.‘s Centaur Stage
Playhouse will put the horror on stage
By MILAN PAURICH entertainment@vindy.com Multihyphenate Michael Dempsey continues to seek out
‘Antigone’ star gets a rush from theater’s summer pace
By MILAN PAURICH entertainment@vindy.com “Antigone,” the third and final chapter in Robert
Trilogy of Greek tragedies continues with ‘Medea’
By MILAN PAURICH entertainment@vindy.com “Medea,” the second in Robert Dennick Joki’s trilogy of
‘Back of the Throat’ takes a look at racial profiling
By MILAN PAURICH entertainment@vindy.com Plays don’t get any more topical — or contentious —
Drag show tries on a new location
By MILAN PAURICH entertainment@vindy.com Taking a break from tradition, the seventh annual
The Soul of ‘Wit’
Director Robert Dennick Joki steps out of his comfort zone By MILAN PAURICH
‘Inherit the Wind’ Playhouse tackles courtroom drama
By MILAN PAURICH entertainment@vindy.com Considering the fact that nearly half of the 2008
Will Columbus’ latest kick off franchise?
Hollywood adage goes, “You’re only as good as your last movie.” Forget loyalty or how much money
‘Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein’ had Oakland audience laughing all night
The weather outside was frightful, but not even the biggest snowstorm in years could deter
Oakland Center brings ‘Shel Silverstein’ to stage
Cartoonist, writer of short stories, plays, children’s books and poetry, and even an acclaimed
Stitching together ‘The Fabric of a Man’
The Youngstown Playhouse production opens Friday. Despite being nominated for 13 NAACP awards
YSU cast deftly handles provocative ‘Shape of Things’
YOUNGSTOWN — A scathing, remorseless examination of sexual gamesmanship at its cruelest and most
2009 TOP 10 in LOCAL THEATER
As the curtain draws to a close on yet another calendar year, it’s time to take a look back at the
Despite seeing a ton of films, finding top 10 was tough
What can you say about a movie year in which the top-grosser (“Transformers: Revenge of the
Believe in a holiday classic
‘miracle on 34th street’ The Youngstown Playhouse production opens for two weekends starting
Oakland’s ‘Drag Queen’ provides plenty of irreverent holiday comedy
Does the idea of seeing ubiquitous chat-show guest Sarah Palin reduced to living in a cardboard box
Oakland’s annual holiday fundraiser is a real drag
YOUNGSTOWN — For some area theater fans, the holiday season means only one thing: a return visit to
Musical is a ‘Wicked’ly good time
CLEVELAND — “Wicked” is wonderful. For anyone who thought that composer Stephen Schwartz peaked with
Joki’s ‘Rocky Horror Show’ proves absolutely fabulous
When the Narrator (a wonderfully imperious Nicole Zayas) cautions the audience at the start of “The
Playhouse puts comic spin on ‘Dracula’ vampire story
You can’t blame “Dracula” for beginning to show his age. The stage adaptation of Bram Stoker’s
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