The Civic's Annmarie Miller and Jane Schuster outline the ways their partnership with The Penguin Project led to a show that stars kids who contend with a variety of challenges.
Opening Jan 21 at the Kalamazoo Civic Theatre , Dames At Sea (1966) is an affectionate homage to 1930s Warner Bros musicals featuring period-style songs
WMUK s Gordon Bolar reviews the Kalamazoo Civic Theatre s production of Almost Maine
There’s something truly magical overhead in John Cariani’s romantic comedy, set on a cold evening in and around “Almost Maine.
Is it the Northern Lights, a shooting star, or a shoe falling to earth out of the night sky that causes the couples who populate this small mythical village to behave the way they do? Or is it simply the eccentricities associated with the human need for love and companionship that generate the comic coincidences, mistakes, capricious choices and bold declarations of affection pervading this charming collection of ten loosely related scenes?
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Director Tony Humrichouser’s production succeeds on several levels in bringing Shakespeare’s work to online audiences. This hour-long, abridged adaptation of “The Tempest” is a good fit for Zoom. The characters who inhabit or land in this magical island realm, ruled by the sorcerer Prospero, must “melt into thin air” or disappear from the stage, in this case the screen, by his command.
Under his command is Ariel, the mischievous “brave spirit” and servant of Prospero, played by Ishwari Bhatt, who bedevils an assortment of fools and political enemies. Bhatt is fun to watch as she casts spells on the shipwrecked crew and foils plots against Prospero. Intentional audio distortion of Bhatt’s voice adds to the confusion she visits on those she would mislead.