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Playwright Cynda Weitz didn’t always have plans to write a play inspired by the adventures of Winnie the Pooh and his friends, but that changed in 2022.

Dancers can, of course, dance without choreography, allowing the music or their own intuition to guide their moves. And choreographers can, of course, choreograph without a group of dancers, planning elaborate routines in their heads.

From staff reports

“Though in full disclosure / It’s a show about death”

While some performers work for years to make it to Broadway, Sarah Litzsinger didn’t have to wait too long to arrive on the Great White Way.

To say Jinkx Monsoon and BenDeLaCreme are busy bees may be an understatement.

With two police officer parents and an adolescent in athletics, performer Jaylon C. Crump was reluctant to tell their parents they were interested in auditioning for “A Midsummer’s Night Dream” as a high school freshman.

Troy Nickerson and Chris Jensen first met more than 20 years ago when Jensen wrote theater reviews for Spokane’s short-lived, now-defunct progressive newspaper, “The Local Planet.” But the pair truly bonded years later, in 2015, when Nickerson directed Jensen in the controversial play “Equus” at Stage Left Theater.

Steve Rannazzisi of FX’s “The League” will be at the Spokane Comedy Club this weekend.

Grand Kyiv Ballet founder and artistic director Oleksandr Stoianov’s path into ballet started, surprisingly, with kickboxing.

Spokane playwright Pam Kingsley had a very good reason for not picking up her fellow book club member’s chosen book.

In many ways, Joe Gatto is a comedy veteran.

Every holiday season, performer Callahan Gillispie, who grew up near Sumner and Bonney Lake, would leave carrots in her yard for Santa’s reindeer.

Comedian and actor David Cross doesn’t need much convincing to take on a project.

The Spokane Symphony is bringing a timeless ballet to life with the State Street Ballet.

Just like seeing “A Christmas Carol” is a holiday tradition for many, producing the Charles Dickens novella in some form has become a holiday tradition for Spokane Civic Theatre.

The Herdman children are those kids your parents warned you about. The ones they see as a bad influence, who always seem to be up to no good.

Jenny Shotwell first joined forces with Ellen Travolta in 2021 as a pianist. Now, it's an all-Shotwell family affair for "The Sound of Christmas" at the Coeur d'Alene Resort, with Travolta as producer. Shotwell has extensive musical experience, but her costars have stage merits, including husband Dalton and children Clark, 9 and Skye, 6. They'll do nostalgic songs and touch on Coeur d'Alene's holiday history.

“Thank you for being a friend / Traveled down a road and back again / Your heart is true, you’re a pal and a confidant.”