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The Wooden Birds on WNRN

The Wooden Birds

The Wooden Birds were Anne Williams’ guest at The Sound Studios on Saturday afternoon before their show at The Southern. They played several tunes from their album “Magnolia” and chatted with Anne about their tour and the development of their band. Videos from this in-studio are up at  youtube.com/wnrnradio. To [...]

 
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Danny Schmidt at WNRN

Danny Schmidt

This morning on Acoustic Sunrise, Danny Schmidt was Anne Williams’ guest. He is celebrating the release of his new album, “Instead the Forest Rose to Sing” with two shows tonight. The shows have been moved from Gravity Lounge to Live Arts. Youtube.com/WNRNradio will have videos from this interview.

 
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Live Arts presents The Matchmaker

Live Arts is bringing a Thornton Wilder classic to their Downstage. I had the oppurtunity this past weekend to talk with the director, Mendy St. Ours; the acting couch/assistant director, Carol Pederson; the set designer, Mary Butcher; and 5 of the actors (of a cast of 18), Chris Patrick, Casey Wagner, Ronda Hewitt, [...]

 
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Live Arts Presents Sweeney Todd

Ray Nedzel climbed into the balcony of Live Arts to hear some wonderful singing in the production of Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd. Then he had conversions with Lydia Horan, who plays Mrs. Lovett; John Gibson, the director; Ken Ferguson, who is in the ensemble; and Doug Schneider, who plays Sweeney. But [...]

 
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Live Arts Presents Flyin West

Live Arts opens its Upstage with Pearl Cleage’s Flyin’ West. Flyin’ West tells the story 4 African American Women Pioneers just after slavery was abolished and they flew west for a live and home of their [...]

 
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Live Arts presents Doubt

Live Arts opens it’s 2008/09 season with John Patrick Shanley’s Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning play DOUBT: A [...]

 
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Live Arts presents Disney’s High School Musical

Live Arts is on the cutting edge again… just ask any ‘tween.

In the great tradition of American Musical Comedy Love Stories, Live Arts is presenting Disney’s High School Musical this summer from July 11 to August 2, on the main stage, with all local talent.

As the actors warmed up for their final [...]

 
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Live Arts Season Announcement 2008-2009

We had a conversation with John Gibson, Artistic Director or Live Arts, the day after he announced Live Art’s next season schedule to a packed house. [...]

 
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Live Arts presents Mother Courage

Mother Courage and Her Children opens March 28th at Live Arts, downstage, the big stage, with Fran Smith [a Live Arts founder] playing the title character. Mother Courage was written in 1939 by the German dramatist and poet Bertolt Brecht — one of the heroes of modern theatre. This play is [...]

 
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Live Arts presents In The Blood

An interview with the director and lead actress in Live Arts’ In the [...]

 
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LIVE ARTS PRESENTS Sondheim’s A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC

Live Arts proudly presents Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s A Little Night Music, directed by John Owen, musical direction by Greg Harris. A Little Night Music will run in our DownStage Theater December 07, 2007 through December 22, 2007.

Set in Sweden at the turn-of-the century, A Little Night Music tells the story of [...]

 
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LIVE ARTS PRESENTS American Buffalo, by David Mamet

Set in a junkshop and occurring over the course of one very bad day, American Buffalo tells the story of three blue-collar men — Don Dubrow, Walter “Teach” Cole, and Bob — as they scheme and dream of better lives. After realizing he’s sold a rare Buffalo nickel for a fraction of its [...]

 
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