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When it comes to picking the first show for Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre’s season, Executive Artistic Director Chuck Ethridge admits he likes to stick to a winning formula: Give the people what they want.

In the weeks leading up to this year’s 3-on-3 basketball tournament, Spokane’s Blue Door Theatre has added a Hoopfest-themed improvisational show to their weekend lineup, which has resulted in a humorous and entertaining collaborative performance called “HoopProv.”

It’s the show where the points don’t matter, and it’s coming to local audiences. “Whose Live Anyway?” – the traveling comedic stage show – will bring “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” to Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox.

If my memory serves me right, “South Pacific” is the first production I’ve reviewed twice, the first being a production by Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre in 2017. I looked up my review to check the date, but I purposefully didn’t read it so I wouldn’t have any preconceived thoughts when attending opening night of Spokane Valley Summer Theatre’s production.

The Miss Washington and Miss Washington’s Teen competitions are rapidly approaching, and Julia Zimney, who was crowned Miss Spokane, and Samantha Kissee, who was crowned Miss Spokane’s Teen, are excitedly preparing to take the state stage.

Spokane Valley Summer Theatre is rehearsing their rendition of "South Pacific" 

If there’s any artform that teaches both performers and audience members about living in the moment, it’s improv comedy. Once the moment passes, or the scene ends, it’s gone for good, never to be repeated.

Lisa Ann Walter had trepidations about telling her mother that she got her role as teacher Melissa Schemmenti on “Abbott Elementary.”

Ellen DeGeneres will take the stage Sunday and Monday for two sold-out shows as part of her "Ellen's Last Stand... Up" tour. 

"The Outsiders," a muscular musical based on the classic young adult novel, was named best new musical at the Tony Awards on Sunday night, while "Stereophonic," a behind-the music play about a band making an album, was named best new play.

Chelsea DuVall was folding laundry on her bed listening to NPR, and she felt frustrated by what she heard – another broadcast reflecting on the college campus mass shootings that had happened in the years prior, like the shootings at Virginia Tech in 2007 and at Northern Illinois in 2008.

Longtime actor and comic Brian Posehn is poised to return to the Spokane Comedy Club for two nights.

Stand-up comedian John Crist is bringing his “Emotional Support Tour” to the Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox.

For the first time , Spokane is hosting the World Ballet Festival. This festival will bring in dancers from cities around the country, like New York, Los Angeles, Boston, San Francisco and internationally known dancers from around the world.

Religious trauma, neurodivergence, disability, asexuality, incredible sweaters. At Openly Mic, all this and more are fodder for jokes, with a tone that is laughing with, not at.

Dave Fulton is an internationally recognized comedian. He has performed in multiple countries, including Ireland, Great Britain, Australia, China, Japan, India and Kazakhstan. But before the motorcycle-riding, ice-climbing comedian – who has lived in London since 1997 – toured the world, he grew up in Coeur d’Alene.

Hailing from a family of academics, Matthew Broussard had followed in his parents’ footsteps for a time by studying engineering and mathematics, but strayed from that path when he decided to pursue a career as a comedian.

Five years after opening its doors, the Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center at Gonzaga University has continued to demonstrate how a facility dedicated to the performers of today and tomorrow can succeed under one roof.

When I spoke with director Jake Schaefer to preview Spokane Civic Theatre’s production of “Cats,” he said the musical is “a gigantic production.”