Arts News
Friday, 10-11 a.m.
Every Friday morning, Randy Stewart talks with artists, performers, directors and administrators from the area visual and performing arts scene, and presents a comprehensive calendar of arts events.
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The Gillioz Theatre showed movies from 1926 until 1980. Last season, they re-introduced movie showings to their annual schedule of live performances.
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The Missouri Philharmonic Orchestra is a civic orchestra with professional, amateur and student musicians serving the community with free classical music concerts.
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Hedda longs to be free, but her desires clash with ingrained gender norms and society's institutions.
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Operatic singing, dancing, comedy, romance — Jules Massenet’s 1899 version of the Cinderella story, “Cendrillon,” has it all.
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Messiah Project is a Christian performing arts company based in Springfield since 1991. This spring, they're forming a women's vocal ensemble to put on a pair of special concerts.
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Ozarks Lyric Opera's Artistic Director Michael Spyres talks up their new "Don Giovanni" production, his upcoming Metropolitan Opera broadcast, his new album — and what it means to be a "hillbilly knight."
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It's live theatre, so things sometimes go wrong for real — with hilarious results, says director Beth Domann.
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A talk with Dr. Kyle A. Thomas, director of one of the two dramas playing the next several days in repertory in Craig Hall Balcony Theatre.
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Southwest Missouri's premier "civic orchestra" charges no admission fees for their concerts. Just in time for Valentine's Day, they'll play three classic works starting with the “Tuscaloosa Tango” by Daniel Léo Simpson followed by music from renowned composers Weber and Tchaikovsky.
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It's believed to be the largest production featuring a Black cast in Springfield history: Beginning February 10, Mosaic Arts Collective and Springfield Contemporary Theatre are staging a musical version of “The Color Purple."