Karen Andrew News

What did our critic think of Calendar Girls at Des Monies Playhouse? The people in our lives have a significant impact on us, and sometimes we don’t know their impact on us until they are gone. How we reflect on them can sometimes lead us to do extraordinary things. “Calendar Girls,” which opened on June 3 at Des Moines Playhouse, asks us to reflect on how we remember the people in our lives and what we do to commemorate their memory.

CTM Classics is welcoming the Jasper String Quartet to its artist roster for North American representation. Jasper Chamber Concerts is dedicated to encouraging curiosity, community, and inclusivity through world-class chamber music performances.

Nineteen-time Grammy Award-winning performer Tony Bennett, along with Tony Award-winning star of theater, film and television James Naughton, will join the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) at its Annual Fall Gala today, October 28, 2017 in Old Greenwich, Connecticut.

Nineteen-time Grammy Award-winning performer Tony Bennett, along with Tony Award-winning star of theater, film and television James Naughton, will join the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) at its Annual Fall Gala on Saturday, October 28, 2017 in Old Greenwich, Connecticut.

Celebrated New York stage actor and stand-up comedian Mario Cantone will perform at the 14th annual Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) 2016 Laugh for Life fundraiser.

Playwright Donald Margulies has been quoted as calling his Pulitzer Prize-winning play DINNER WITH FRIENDS "a rueful comedy". The story is not just a thoughtful study on divorce, but a turbulent meditation on the minefield of middle age. Happily married Gabe and Karen have been friends with Tom and Beth for many years. While having dinner with Gabe and Karen, Beth tearfully reveals that she is getting a divorce. Over the course of the play, we witness the effects of Tom and Beth's breakup on Gabe and Karen, who first feel compelled to choose sides, and then begin to question the strength of their own seemingly tranquil marriage. The play exposes the same, universal insecurities that people face every time there are shattering changes in their lives. Margulies' characters are normal and real, they are our family, friends, and the people next door.