YOUNGSTOWN — Director Joe Asente referred to the live orchestra for Millennial Theatre Company’s production of “Come From Away” as “the 13th scripted character” in the preview story for the musical. Even to someone who frequently champions live music in stage productions, it ...
NILES — It can be hard to spoof something as ridiculous as contemporary politics, especially after the barrage of truly insane commercials that voters have endured the last several months, but Trumbull New Theatre’s production of “The Outsider” wrings plenty of laughs out of it. Paul ...
Millennial Theatre Company Director Joe Asente didn’t have much interest in “Come From Away” when he first heard about it. “I was a little skeptical when I heard that there was a 9/11 musical, and I avoided it for years,” he said. But when he was looking for something to watch on ...
Like most people, Brett Bunker is exhausted by the endless barrage of political commercials everyone has endured for months. “I was just thinking about this the other day, about how many political commercials we've seen over the last several weeks, and I haven't seen one issue talked about ...
Assorted ramblings from the world of entertainment: • Etruscan Press, Lit Youngstown, The Youngstown Press Club and The Public Library of Youngstown & Mahoning County are launching a Community Read next spring. The event is similar to the Trumbull County Reads events that encourage area residents to all read the same book and participate in discussions and special programming; however, there is one notable difference. Through a donation from Etruscan Press, 500 copies of the selected book — “American Mother” by Colum McCann and Diane Foley — are available for free at ...
Art ASHTABULA ARTS CENTER, 2928 W. 13th St., Ashtabula: “Hope in Artistry: Suicide Awareness & Prevention,” through Nov. 21. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. ashtabulaartscenter.org and 440-964-3396. BUTLER ...
