September 14, 2013
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Focus Buddy Focusing lighting instruments can be a long and tedious task for a small group, but especially cumbersome if you have to accomplish the task alone. So when this idea of a “Focus Buddy” dawned on me last year, it drastically sped up the time I had to spend focusing lights when I had
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May 3, 2013
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MASS This production of MASS was submitted to us by Katelyn Baron at Oklahoma City University. Leonard Bernstein‘s, MASS is “A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players, and Dancers.” that explores a crisis of faith. Bernstein was in the midst of writing his final movement of Kaddish upon hearing the news of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination and was later approached by Jacqueline
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May 1, 2013
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The Tony Awards In case you’ve been living under a rock and haven’t heard, the 2013 TONY award nominations came out yesterday! The announcement of the TONY nominations is always a fun time for me as it brings back memories of the three times I’ve been lucky enough to be in attendance, the last time
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April 26, 2013
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The Drowsy Chaperone This production of The Drowsy Chaperone was submitted by the Lee’s Summit High School Theatre Department, in honor of their friend, Nick Wilson. Guided by the Man In Chair, the audience is taken on a nostalgic walk through a fun little musical, The Drowsy Chaperone. Stopping often to highlight his favorite parts
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April 22, 2013
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Obviously, you’ve found us here at Theatre Ideas, and we hope that you like what you’ve found! If you do, you’ll want to be sure and jump over to Facebook to “Like” us and then on to Twitter to “follow” us! While you’re at it, do you have an idea of something you’d like to
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