Theater

“Nobody can work a vocal break like Patsy Cline. That vocal break will break your heart. It's really incredible.”

“Every good story has an internal, mysterious problem and an outside problem that the characters are dealing with. And that’s where we begin.”

Intimate Apparel, penned by Lynn Nottage, the first and only woman to have won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama twice, has been a critical and audience favorite in productions around the United States.

It's been more than 80 years since Hattie McDaniel made history as the first black actor to win an Oscar, accepting the award for her role as Mammy in "Gone with the Wind." Now the story of that night is being reimagined in the play "Boulevard of Bold Dreams."

Boise Contemporary Theater is bringing Lynn Nottage's play, "Clyde's" to the stage this weekend. Nottage is the only woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for drama twice.

Variety calls it "a flavor-bomb of a comedy."

Each year families look forward to seeing their kids in holiday pageants and plays, but kids with special needs and abilities don't always get the chance to participate in these activities. However, one woman has been working to change that, putting together a “Special Stars” performance of the Little Drummer Boy, calling it a chance to let “disabilities shine on stage," celebrating each child’s unique talents.

The reason the 40th anniversary is celebrated with a ruby, according to withclarity.com, is that by 40 years, a relationship has “overcome many challenges and their love has become even deeper and more enduring.”

How do you bring Amelia Earhart and a haunted radio to kids in all parts of Idaho? Plus teach them about trust and taking chances, with a little bit of history thrown in? Theater for Youth is doing exactly that, with a traveling production for 100,000 K-5 students, including refugees from Africa, Mexico, and Columbia - many of whom are watching their very first theater production.

There’s so much that is new this year at Silver Sage Elementary School in the West Ada School District.