Clear Creek/Amana High School presents the Iowa premiere of the new musical “Freaky Friday,” based on the popular Disney movies. Seniors Brie Bevans and Mikayla Tackaberry play the body-switching mother and daughter, and say playing different minds in different bodies creates a fun challenge. 7:00pm April 11, 12, 13, with a 2:00 matinee also on …
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Culture Crawl 438 “Dennis Knows Every Verse”
Miera Kim and Carey Bostian of Red Cedar Chamber Music welcome back the founders of Red Cedar, Jan Boland and John Dowdall for a series of concerts entitled (appropriately) “Founders Return.” The program will consist of some favorites from Jan and John’s years at Red Cedar, plus a few surprises, including a piece set to …
Culture Crawl 436 “It’s a Spectaculathon!”
“The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon” works all 209 Brothers Grimm fables into one 2-hour show, coming up at RHCR Theatre in Cedar Rapids as a part of their Youth Theatre series. The cast of 20 young people race through familiar tales like Cinderella and Snow White, to bizarre and obscure stories like The Girl Without Hands …
Culture Crawl 435 “World Premiere”
Riverside Theatre presents the world premiere of the brand-new play, “Apple Season.” It’s the story of a woman returning to her family’s land after many years, and what happens when an encounter with an old flame conjures memories she thought she had escaped. The production is a “rolling” premiere, because two other theatres are also …
Culture Crawl 433 “Motion and Stillness”
Jarrett Purdy is an Iowa City native, now finishing up his degree at the University of Iowa, who has been playing regularly in Eastern Iowa since high school. He teamed up with friends Nolan Schroeder, Jim Buennig, Joey Schnoebelen, Blake Shaw, and Christopher Jensen on his first CD “Motion and Stillness,” a disc of all-original …
Culture Crawl 432 “I Love It, It’s Perfect, Now It’s Been Changed”
Old Creamery Theatre presents “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change,” a hilarious musical that celebrates and pokes fun at relationships at every stage. But cast members Emily Seibert and Morgan McDowell say that while the musical has been around for a while, this version has brand new content, updated for how dating and relationships …
Culture Crawl 431 “Let’s Get Straight to the Jazz Hands”
The jazz hands come out 8 just seconds into the show as Alisabeth Von Presley and Jen Boettger describe Follies 2019, “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.” The Follies is the only show of its kind in the nation, with a multi-generational cast of over 100 singers, dancers, and actors, performing an original show that will feature …