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When director Jamie Nebeker was asked to consider mounting Afflicted: Daughters of Salem at the Danny Peterson Theater in the Morrison Center of Boise State, she was struck by how a story rooted in the Salem Witch trials of the 17th century had such contemporary relevance.
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To kick off its 25th season, Bose Contemporary Theater will showcase a production that has been years in the making. It’s also quite personal.
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When the pandemic sidelined the Sun Valley Shakespeare in the Park troupe, the creative force behind the annual event were afraid that it might “fizzle out.”
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What’s the most unique take on the Faustian legend? How about an all-singing, all-dancing musical featuring a man-eating plant? When the soon-to-be-legendary team of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken (they would go on to pen Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, and other Oscar winners), chose a little-known 1960 black-and-white film as the basis of a musical, they would set a new standard for tongue-in-cheek theater.
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For the company of Much Ado About Nothing, the 2022 summer season opener at Idaho Shakespeare and the festival's first full season in three years, returning to the Boise amphitheater is much more than a homecoming.
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Theater kids rejoice: there’s a new program in Idaho that could send you to Broadway.
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Alley Repertory Theater’s artistic director Buffie Main knew that reemerging from 20 months of going dark due to the pandemic, she had to do something special.
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Boise Music Week showcases a music journey that includes jazz, songs of praise, a wide variety of international dance, and a taste of Broadway’s best. And this year’s program, which stretches from May 2-15 will be virtual.
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After a cancelled 2020 season due to COVID-19, the Idaho Shakespeare Festival has a plan to bring the bard back to the outdoor stage this summer. Idaho Matters checks-in with the Boise arts nonprofit to learn more.
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In 2020, just as the Idaho Shakespeare Festival was coming to a halt, the company’s producing artistic director, Charlie Fee, said on Morning Edition, “Think about this … this may be the only time in all of history that every theater in the world is shut.” But now, the Festival is prepping for its 2021 season – a reset unlike any other.