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There’s something special about seeing a play or musical in its infancy, perhaps at the workshop stage or shortly after its premiere. There’s something extra special then about seeing the world premiere of a piece.

Marissa Chaffee starts her shift by housing a Five Guys burger with pickles, mustard and ketchup. It’s 6:15 p.m. on a chilly March evening, and she’s perched in the seats of a tiny downtown Washington theater. There’s a side of fries, but she’s saving some of them to dunk into the witches’ brew: a concoction consisting of a High Noon (“Surprise me on the flavor,” she tells her stage manager), Snoop-Dogg-branded rosé and sour gummy worms.

Beth Taylor’s name has been tied to music and theatrical productions across the Inland Northwest for more than 20 years.

George Clooney‘s big Broadway debut in “Good Night, and Good Luck,” which opened April 3, has broken the weekly record for the highest-grossing play in history. 

Walking into the First Interstate Center for the Arts on Wednesday night, waiting for “Hamilton” to begin, it felt like I was the last person on Earth who hadn’t already seen the show live. After all, I had plenty of opportunities.

For comedian JB Smoove, stand-up comedy is the vehicle he uses to bounce from one creative outlet to another.

This weekend, Spokane Civic Theatre is offering a double dose of Shakespeare, kind of.

The last time performer Simon Longnight was on stage at the Hult Center for the Performing Arts in Eugene, he was walking at his high school graduation.

One of the oldest touring Shakespeare theater companies in the world is coming to Gonzaga University.

While watching “The Price Is Right” with my grandmother in the late 1970s, I’d often yodel along to that catchy Cliff Hangers tune and laugh as the little guy with a pickax tumbled to his demise. Captivated by dollar bidders and fabulous showcases for decades, back in 2021, I attended “The Price is Right Live” at Northern Quest Resort and Casino. I wasn’t called to the stage, but tucked away my iconic name badge as a souvenir from the event.

In 2024, Noah Johnson, founder of Coeur d’Alene’s Levity Theatre, was itching to attend an improv festival, but with a baby on the way, he knew traveling to one was out of the question.

Though they produced a staged reading of William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” during the 2017-18 season, the last mainstage production of the play at Spokane Civic Theatre was during the 1996-97 season.

It all started with a talking cat named Luna and a magical brooch. With that, Sailor Moon, the character and the international phenomenon, was born.

Comedian Gianmarco Soresi is well aware that 4 p.m. is an odd time for a comedy show, but in his opinion, those shows are, usually, surprisingly great.

Playwright Sarah Delappe’s 2016 debut, “The Wolves,” is an emotionally moving, award-winning story about a girl’s indoor soccer team that navigates issues of friendship, loss and growing up. Spokane Civic Theatre’s production opened March 7 and runs until March 30.

In 2005, “Dancing with the Stars,” the American version of the hit British competition show “Strictly Come Dancing,” premiered.

Pavel Friedmann’s poem “The Butterfly” begins with a description of the “dazzlingly yellow” wings of a butterfly he watched fly away.

Comedy has been a profession and a lifestyle for Sal Vulcano for more than a decade, but for the first time he’s giving a glimpse into his personal life and fatherhood on the “Everything’s Fine Tour.”

When comedian Sheng Wang called for his interview with The Spokesman-Review, he was excited to share that he was cooking beans. Not just any beans though: Rancho Gordo beans. These heirloom beans have garnered quite a following over the years and can be considered a bit of a splurge at around $7 a pound.