Catching some air

The Lied Center’s Performing Arts 3to5 program took preschool children to the stage again on Monday and Tuesday. The program introduces children to different art forms. This year’s program focused on dance, particularly the use of air in dance. The ...

• Mel Brooks defends his monstrous musical creation
  In the 2008 satirical revue “Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab,” a green-faced monster and a Mel Brooks-like narrator sing a dirty little song to the tune of “Puttin’ On the Ritz,” mocking audiences for, to paraphrase it delicately, puttin’ up with less-than-stellar material for lots of cash.
• Theater of the Absurd: Those People Improv take the art of being funny very seriously
  There’s always that risk of failure … That’s what makes improv more fun than something scripted, says Alex Nicols of Lawrence's Those People improv troupe....
• ‘Horrorshow IIID’ spins Halloween tales
  EMU Theatre is gearing up for its third annual Halloween show, “Horrorshow IIID.”
• A brave tale: Lawrence Community Theatre stages 'Cups,' where undergarments mark a woman's life story
  Joni Sheram never realized bras could evoke so many emotions. Three years ago, the Colorado playwright penned “Cups,” which tells a woman’s life story through the brassieres she has owned.

• West Junior High to stage 2 plays
• Sword play: Success of KU production of ‘Macbeth’ draws heavily on fight scenes
• ‘Club Morocco’ fuses fun with flair
• Beyond the Valley: Averill family resurrects melodramas from bygone Kansas playhouse
• Rekindling flames: Ottawa University provost resurrects acting career in theater’s big band tale of intrigue
• Lawrence Community Theatre may be among Bauer Farm tenants
• Ira Glass, ‘Cats’ join Lied Center lineup
• Young cast takes on mature-themed ‘Rent’
• Set to music: Range of young adults cast in local production of ‘Disney’s High School Musical’