DES MOINES THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 20

Summer is almost here! The Des Moines Community Playhouse is offering students from kindergarten through ninth grade seven different classes plus private coaching, all online, to fill the long summer days and keep minds active.

The Des Moines Community Playhouse has added 15 Live Theatre Drive-In performances.

This weekend, over 50 artists from four local theatre companies will come together for a second, brand-new 'Virtual Cabaret' fundraising performance.

The Des Moines Playhouse is keeping theatre LIVE in Des Moines with a unique new initiative: Live Theatre Drive-in.

If you have been joining us on Broadwayworld the last few weeks, we have been highlighting artists in different productions that have been postponed or cancelled.

Bell Tower Theater is presenting a virtual play, Pets in Quarantine, on its Facebook page!

Due to the current health crisis, Harlan Community Theatre's production of Beauty and the Beast has been postponed until next summer.

One of the first productions we heard was being delayed was Iowa Stage's production of 'The Cake.

Des Moines Metro Opera has announced the cancellation of its 2020 festival season.

We continue our artist spotlight series with Abena Imhotep from Des Moines Young Artists' Theatres' production of 'The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe,' which was to open on April 10 and had performances continue through today, April 26.

KTIV has reported that Sioux City Community Theatre started a silent auction on social media to help raise money for their facility.

Sioux City Symphony Orchestra will host a percussion excerpts class on Facebook live!

We continue our artist spotlight series with Kyle Bochart from Des Moines Playhouse's production of 'Singin' in the Rain,' which opened on March 13 and had performances suspended after their performance on March 14.

We continue our artist spotlight series with Allison Bollinger from Tallgrass Theatre Company's production of 'Wonder of the World' by David Lindsay-Abaire, which was getting ready to open on March 27.

Theatres across the United States have closed their doors due to the arrival of COVID-19.

Riverside Theater has launched 30 Days of Shakespeare!  Riverside artists will be performing monologues from the collected works in honor of Shakespeare's 456th birthday, and in anticipation of Free Shakespeare on the Festival Stage in Lower City Park.

Friday, April 3, at 7:30 pm, a virtual cabaret Songs to Make You SMILE will be held benefitting five area theatres: Coralville Center for the Performing Arts, Old Creamery Theatre, Riverside Theatre, SPT Theatre, and Theatre Cedar Rapids.

With a large amount of postponement and delays, Broadwayworld Des Moines is making a list of each theatre in Des Moines and the surrounding area.

As we head out of the winter season and into spring, there is one thing we know is coming, rain.

The Des Moines Playhouse will be closing its doors starting Saturday, Mar.

Iowa Stage Theatre Company (ISTC), central Iowa's home for award-winning theater that inspires, enlightens and entertains, is announcing upcoming changes in its annual Shakespeare production.

Loss.

The Des Moines Community Playhouse's latest Teen Theatre Workshop, Audition Techniques with Erin Horst, will be held  Saturday, Mar.

Iowa Stage Theatre Company, central Iowa's home for award-winning theater that inspires, enlightens and entertains, presents the Iowa premiere of Bekah Brunstetter's The Cake.

Have you ever found yourself wrapped up in a rumor, and in the end, wasn't sure what was real or not? Or have you wanted something to happen so badly it feels as though it becomes a reality? This week Des Moines Performing Arts opened 'Anastasia' as part of the 2019-2020 Willis Broadway Series.