BY SANDY STAGGS DRAMA CRITIC Part-fairy tale and part-surreal, Once on This Island is making waves at the Peace Center all week long. This national tour of the 2018 Tiny winner for Best Revival is one mesmerizing show with a...
BY SANDY STAGGSARTS WRITER The Peace Center will be transformed into a tropical paradise this week with audience members traipsing and frolicking on the sandy beach stage for a fairy tale retelling with some powerful statements about class relations. The...
BY DR. KATE ROARKDRAMA CRITIC Have you ever lied to a grieving person to make them feel better? The Tony-winnning Broadway musical, Dear Evan Hansen follows the titular high school boy’s well-intentioned lies as they snowball out of control. Without...
BY SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC Channing. Streisand. Midler. And now Buckley. These are the icons we associate with that indelible, vivacious matriarch and matchmaker Dolly Gallagher Levi over the decades since Thornton Wilder’s farce was turned into a musical play that...
An Emotional Triumph of the Human Spirit! BY SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC Every American distinctly remembers where they were and what they were doing on the morning of September 11, 2001. The emotional wallop of a musical “Come From Away” now...
The 2019-2020 Broadway season at the Peace Center is the biggest yet, with a record 11 shows, including the 2018 Tony Award® winners for Best Musical (The Band’s Visit) and Best Revival of a Musical (Once on This Island). The season offers journeys of hope and wonder, characters who...
