Archive for February 3rd, 2010

WMU Dance Department’s ‘Winter Gala’ this weekend (Western Herald)

By Katie White Western Herald There is one dance concert that Western Michigan University’s Department of Dance works toward all school year and it is upon us.

Recent podcasts of theater interviews (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

The newest theater podcast interview is with Kyle Beltran, a recent graduate of CMU (2009!) who’s already playing the lead, Usnavi, in the national tour of the Tony-winning musical, ‘In the Heights.’

Recent podcasts of theater interviews (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

The newest theater podcast interview is with Kyle Beltran, a recent graduate of CMU (2009!) who’s already playing the lead, Usnavi, in the national tour of the Tony-winning musical, ‘In the Heights.’

The Rep’s ‘Buried Child’ brings stark family drama into the light (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

The Rep, Point Park University’s professional theater company, begins performances of the 1979 Pulitzer Prize-winning play Thursday in the Studio Theatre of the Pittsburgh Playhouse.

Head north this winter for Michigan comedy fest (AP via Yahoo! News)

Here’s a prescription for curing those midwinter blues: Forget jetting off to Florida or the Caribbean. Instead, spend a long weekend in snowbound, frostbitten northern Michigan.

The play’s the thing for St. Charles executive (The Courier News)

This year has started well for Neill Shanahan of St. Charles.While he lost his job in human resources in late 2009, this month, with more than 30 years experience to offer, he landed a new one.

Aaron Ruben, TV Producer, Dies at 95 (New York Times)

Mr. Ruben was a producer, writer and director for some of the most popular television comedies of the 1960s and ’70s, notably “The Andy Griffith Show” and “Sanford and Son.”