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Behind the Scenes by John Miller – June 2024 A large placard bearing the words LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS hangs suspended in dark fog. (SMOKE MACHINE) WINO #1 sleeps peacefully on the far left edge of the forestage. (MUSIC CUE 1) A VOICE NOT UNLIKE GOD’S thunders in serious, prophetic tones: VOICE: On the twenty-first…
The world of theater has its own language and logic that often baffles the uninitiated.
Behind the Scenes by John Miller – April 2025 A warm welcome at the door, a friendly smile at the Lakewood Café, and a pleasant usher to help you find your seat; priceless amenities when you visit the Reif Center! We are lucky to have a fabulous facility, but our volunteers make it more than…
Behind the Scenes by John Miller – January 2025 “Did I tell you what happened at the play? We were at the back of the theater, standing there in the dark, all of a sudden I feel one of ’em tug my sleeve, whispers, “Trudy, look.” I said, “Yeah, goose bumps. You definitely got goose…
Bigger than a Minnesota blizzard in January, Frozen exploded onto our movie screens in 2013.
Behind the Scenes by John Miller – March 2025 Sometimes it’s all about timing. In 2002, the movie musical Chicago was released, winning six Academy Awards including Best Picture. The success of Chicago paved the way for a new generation of successful live-action musicals, most recently the critically acclaimed and popular movie Wicked. However there exists a vast wasteland between…
Behind the Scenes by John Miller – February 2024 Dancers live in light as fish live in water. The stage space in which they move is their aquarium, their portion of the sea. Within translucent walls and above the stage floor, the lighting supports their flashing buoyance or their arrested sculptural bodies. The dance is…