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The Altoona Symphony Orchestra presents “ASO Goes Broadway” on May 11 at the Mishler Theatre, 1208 12th Ave., as it concludes its 95th season. Led by music director and conductor Maestro Nick Palmer, the concert will showcase a diverse array of show-stopping selections, including Leonard Bernstein’s electrifying arrangements from “West Side Story,” Stephen Sondheim’s haunting […]
Things Unseen Theatre Company is under new co-artistic directors as co-founder and co-artistic director Valerie Stratton and co-artistic director Tom Liszka retire in May. Active in the local theater community for more than 25 years, Stratton, 78, founded Things Unseen Theatre with the late Jody Hesley and recently directed her last production the company’s […]
Altoona native Tom Sweitzer brings his one-man, biographical play “20 Seconds” to the Mishler Theatre on March 2 for two performances about the triumph of love and forgiveness. Fresh from a six-week off-Broadway engagement this fall, Sweitzer’s play tells the story of how his turbulent and often abusive childhood in Altoona transformed after being exposed […]
Altoona natives, about to arrive in the downtown after a long absence, usually cannot help harboring certain expectations about what they will see, even if they haven’t kept in touch with their roots for years or even decades. Most returnees, while reflecting on their Altoona past as they anticipate the downtown of today, recall the […]