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'Gold Rush Girls' melodramatic but it also is fun

Three things immediately came to mind at the first ever performance of "Gold Rush Girls" at Cyrano's on July 27.

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Puppet-filled fantasy wraps up Lautenberger's UAA tenure

"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...
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'New Dances' mixes thoughtful works with lesser ones

The UAA Dance Ensemble mixed things up in its "New Dances 2012" concert. The college-aged performers have been known over the years for their contemporary, even post-modern, take on this art. Symbolism -- verbal and kinetic -- runs through much of their past works.
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Dancers click with singers in intriguing program

Alaska Dance Theatre's initiative to bring in gifted young dancers from major markets for extended residencies here -- basically laying the groundwork for a full-time professional dance company in Anchorage -- paid off in a big way last month with an impressive new "Othello."
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Anchorage Opera scores a musical hit

Anchorage Opera wraps up its 50th anniversary season this weekend with an elegant production of "The Sound of Music."
ARTS AND CULTURE

'Macbeth' at Anchorage Opera was a gripping success

With a shoestring budget, Anchorage Opera has managed to present a gripping "Macbeth" that doesn't readily reveal its shortcuts. Verdi's grand opera take on Shakespeare's story received a compelling production to a sold out opening night house on Saturday, and there's no shortage of parties ...
LIVING

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

In every restless heart, there is a Walden Pond, an idyllic cabin in a remote setting where he/she can spend his/her time living an ideal life. And in every middle-aged seeker there is the rising fear that he/she will run out of time and never find that perfect life. Combine the two and you ...
REVIEWS

Smartly written 'Pinkalicious' works for kids of all ages

One of parenthood's great sacrifices is sitting through some pretty dismal entertainment: saccharine films, moralistic "children's theater," anything that features a singing dinosaur.
ARTS AND CULTURE

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

"It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play" is a novel and entirely entertaining way to look at the classic film that's become a holiday tradition.
ARTS AND CULTURE

ACT's 'Inspecting Carol' is a hilarious spoof

Don't bring the kiddies to "Inspecting Carol," the current production at Anchorage Community Theatre. Yes, this sharp-eyed satire of theater and art has the Dickens tale as its underpinnings. But "Inspecting Carol" is about Scrooge and Tiny Tim about as much as "Blazing Saddles" is about the...
ALASKA STATE FAIR

Charlie Daniels puts on energetic show

After 53 years of performing and recording, this wasn't Charlie Daniels' first rodeo, nor was this even his first Alaska State Fair. The Charlie Daniels Band graced the Borealis stage in 2007, and Tuesday evening the audience was once again packed with a crowd of long-haired countryboy sympathizers...