‘Much Ado’ debuts at Liberty High School
November 18, 2008
Liberty High School’s Patriot Players present Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” Nov. 20-22.
Come be enchanted by ‘Beauty and the Beast’
November 18, 2008
It doesn’t matter if you love the story from your childhood, barely remember it or only recall the 1980s’
The Beast, Eric Polani Jensen, laments that he will not get Belle or anyone else to fall in love with him before a magic spell condemns him to remaining a beast forever. By Jay Koh/Village Theatre
television series (starring Ron Perlman and Linda Hamilton), you shouldn’t miss Village Theatre’s latest creation, “Beauty and the Beast.”
‘Saint Heaven’ is an innovative, inspiring musical
September 23, 2008
Allan Snyder (left) stars as Thom Rivers and Tanesha Ross portrays Eshie Willington.
Village Theatre’s “Saint Heaven” goes to the past and comes up with a soul-stirring new musical that will leave you wanting to hear more.
Set in the fictional, rundown mining town of Saint Heaven, Ky., during the 1950s, the musical tests its characters’ strength of faith as they sit on the cusp of drastic changes relating to medicine, religion and interracial relationships in American society.
Its main character, Thomas Rivers, played by Allan Snyder, returns to what he perceives as his backward hometown after his father, Thomas Rivers Sr., the town’s doctor, dies unexpectedly.
Rivers returns to shut down his father’s practice and leave. But his childhood friends and a passionate young woman, Eshie Willington, played by Tanesha Ross, have more in store for him.
Willington’s passion and misunderstood “gift,” which is actually epilepsy, is the driving force prolonging Rivers’ stay.
Snyder excels in his role as both a hero and villain as he confronts his jaded memory of his father and the demons he thought he Read more
