ALASKA'S NEWSPAPER

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'New Dances' mixes thoughtful works with lesser ones

Dancers click with singers in intriguing program

Anchorage Opera scores a musical hit

'Macbeth' at Anchorage Opera was a gripping success

'Blue Bear' puts emotional edge on literary meditation

Review: Beauty and the Beast

Smartly written 'Pinkalicious' works for kids of all ages

'Trails' explores the epiphany of a city dweller in Alaska wilds

ACT's 'Inspecting Carol' is a hilarious spoof

'Radio' rendition of 'Wonderful Life' a theatrical success

Charlie Daniels puts on energetic show

'Spelling Bee' buzzes with tween humor and neuroses

Revived 'Whale Fat' mixes old follies with new

Latest 'Tuna' satire corny as ever, fun too

A moribund 'Resurrection' and some lively dance

'South Pacific' offers grand musical

Crowd ecstatic over concerto for string trio

'Mass' premiere a difficult but rewarding show

'La Boheme' gets a modern look

Styles clash in Alaska take on 'Swan Lake'

'Avenue Q' is funny, feel-good entertainment -- for adults

Symphony presents concert of soothing, pastoral music

Under 30

Enthusiasm sells sweet Valley 'King Island Christmas'

'Assimilation' goes way beyond spoof

'Singin' ' puddle-splashing fun

Grace absent in 'Story Time' concert

UAA dance program explores chaos and calm of humanity

Wild truck-driving guru highlights 'Fourplay'

'Mamma Mia!' at PAC is simply good, unsophisticated fun

Civic orchestra debuts Munger's powerful new symphony

Intimate 'Secret Garden' winds up VPA season

ACT pulls off comic acrobatics of 'Underpants'

Complex 'Caroline' gets a stirring performance at Cyrano's

Dancers debut powerful new work

'Oz' best when it steps out of movie's shadow

Artist installs one show while curating another

Witty 'Headless Horseman' highlights concert

Play reveals Shakespeare's life through his wife's eyes

Music, not drama, drives UAA's 'Kismet'

Variety among the strengths of UAA's edgy 'New Dances' show

Program of opera war horses pleases crowd

Three works receive Anchorage debut at symphony concert

Korn's high-energy performance delights crowd

Soprano Drebert wins local voice competition

REVIEW

Puppet-filled fantasy wraps up Lautenberger's UAA tenure

Scott Heverling plays Bob, a fox, and Daniel Alvarez-Lamp plays a troll named Xavier in Fran Lautenberger's Bring Back the Sunshine at UAA.

"Bring Back the Sunshine" is Fran Lautenberger's swan song -- though swans are about the only animal not included in the show. Lautenberger is closing out her 26-year career at the University of Alaska Anchorage Department of Theatre and Dance with a delightful fantasy written by herself with Jon Minton and brimming with the wild costumes and puppet forms that have fascinated her through the years.

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