(First published in the May 30, 2019 issue of City Pages) Welcome to the cabaret. How the Grand Theater’s 10×10 shows became sell-out events The idea was to provide an inexpensive concert experience at the Grand Theater, a way to expose new people to venue. It was viewed as an important, inclusive community agenda. After […]
(First published in the January 31, 2019 issue of City Pages) Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn FRI.–SAT. 2/1–2 AND THURS.–SUN. 2/7–10 | WAUSAU EAST THEATER A recent rehearsal of CWETA’s production of Big River Mark Twain’s 1884 classic tale is brought to the stage and set to music in this Broadway smash, performed by
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(First published in the November 21, 2018 issue of City Pages) A new performance troupe debuts in Wausau: Out of the Woods Theatre Nicole Stephens, manager of the new Out of the Woods Theatre troupe Not many theater groups can boast they have fully reserved shows for their very first production. The newly formed Out
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UWMC Theatre: Tartuffe FRI.-SUN. 11/10-12 | UW-MARATHON CO. VENINGA THEATRE Famous French playwright and satirist Moliere’s most well-known comedy follows an outrageous, scheming imposter passing himself off as a deeply pious and spiritual man. This religious(ish) conman infiltrates the household of Orgon, a gullible man and his exasperated family. This play has been translated and
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A movie theater is likely for the empty Sears building after a Wausau city committee gave the proposal a tentative green light. City staff will now work on final negotiations with Eau Claire-based Micon Cinemas, which had been in talks with city and mall officials for more than a year. The decision came after both
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A young woman from a prominent family in my hometown of Laramie, Wyo., seemed to have a fairytale wedding. Sadly, not long after the honeymoon, her husband shot her, paralyzing her from the neck down. I was a teenager then, and later that year around Christmastime, my sister and I crossed paths with this young
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