By Julia Rapp Published: 5:15 am EST December 14, 2023Published: December 14, 2023Updated: 5:33 pm EST December 13, 2023 Image via Uptown. The Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center is set to host a unique ballet experience, Cocktail Hour: The Show by “Ballets with a Twist.” On Friday, December 29th, 2023, at 7:30 PM, the Uptown! Knauer…

Playing roles from an evil king to a steadfast stage manager, here are the 2023 Orlando Sentinel honorees for best featured actor in a comedy, as selected by theater critic Matthew J. Palm. Although it’s impossible for one person to see every local production, as the Orlando Sentinel’s theater critic, each year I see a…

Skylark Opera Theatre performs “The Gift of the Magi” this weekend, and members of the Armstrong High School Opera Club from Robbinsdale will be in attendance. Opera Club adviser Mark Mertens and student officer Grace Pawlak recommended this show for Art Hounds.   They appreciate Skylark Opera Theatre for its short, accessible operas, typically sung in…

For playwright Elizabeth Coplan of Bainbridge Island it’s better late than never. Coplan, 69, a founding member of the BI Museum of Art, has written a play called ‘Til Death that is appearing Off-Broadway in New York through Dec. 23. The play is a dark comedy about death and choices and stars two-time Tony Award…

Meetinghouse Arts is an art gallery and performance venue within the First Parish Church Congregational on Main Street in Freeport. Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographer Freeport First Parish Church Congreational was once an underutilized space, rarely opening its doors on Main Street in Freeport except for services on Sunday mornings. Some enterprising advocates for the visual and…

From the totally-quirky to the traditional, Scottsdale Arts continues a bustling lineup of holiday shows this week. • “Assisted Living The Musical: The Home for the Holidays” plays Thursday, Dec. 14, through Sunday, Dec. 17, at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. This sequel to the hit “Assisted Living: The Musical” promises more fun at…

PROVIDENCE — “Moulin Rouge! The Musical,” based on Baz Luhrmann’s iconic film about a nightclub in turn-of-the-century Paris, arrives at the Providence Performing Arts Center next week. The show marks the first North American tour of the play that opened to critical acclaim at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre in the Summer of 2019 then reopened in…

“All Bark, No Bite,” by Kara Emily Krantz, is the first play to be mounted in the new Wiliamstown Performing Arts Center. Described as a modern romantic drawing room comedy, the play features five principal actors and two understudies. Eugene will be played by Maddox Jacobs; Bella will be played by Emily Utley and understudied…

Fans of Monty Python, Mr. Bean, and Dr. Seuss: grab your teacups! Reminiscent of classic British pantos, and blending physical comedy, quick-witted wordplay, and cleverly crafted interactive elements, O Christmas Tea: A British Comedy brings to life a holiday production that ignites the imagination and uplifts audiences. For over a decade British Comedy legends James…