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Cardinal Stage Company
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Have a Beer and Watch Cardinal’s Sultry Musical ‘Murder Ballad’
BY CAROLYN CROWCROFT Cardinal Stage Company will close out its 2015–16 season with Murder Ballad, an electric musical that Artistic Director Randy White says…
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“Elephant & Piggie’s ‘We Are in a Play!’”: A Buddy Musical for Kids Ages 3–7
BY STEPHANIE VON HIRSCHBERG Mo Willems’ Elephant & Piggie picture books have enchanted children ever since they began appearing in 2007. The stories star…
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Artistic Jigsaw Puzzles Catching On In Bloomington and Across the State
BY PAUL BICKLEY “Puzzles are all about the images,” says Marc Tschida, who launched Press Puzzles in 2013. Most of his hand-cut, wooden jigsaw…
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Mike Price Takes Jack Nicholson Role In ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’
BY BARB BERGGOETZ Nothing makes actor Mike Price more nervous than being in a play that was a famous movie. One Flew Over the…
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Cardinal Stage to Feature IU Student as Mary Poppins
BY BARB BERGGOETZ As a young girl growing up in Crystal Lake, Illinois, Elaine Cotter put on shows for her family. She performed in…
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Cardinal to Debut Kids’ Play About the Science of Peeing
BY JEREMY SHERE From October 17 to 25, Cardinal Stage Company will debut Peabody, the Science Fair Affair. Cardinal commissioned award-winning playwright Glen Berger…
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Cardinal Stage to Create Its Own Educational Musical Plays for Kids
BY ROSIE PIGA PIZZO Cardinal Stage Company, which has exposed thousands of school children to live theater through its IU Credit Union Education Initiative,…
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Retirees in Bloomington: What Brings Them to Our Fair City
BY JEREMY SHERE Over the past several years, Bloomington, like many college towns, has become a hot spot for retiring baby boomers. In 2012,…
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‘The Birthday Feast’: An Original B-town Musical for Kids and Their Parents
BY ELISABETH ANDREWS “Mama says to me, ‘My dear daughter, your body is made out of food and water.’” Eleven-year-old Maddie sings this line…