Arts Briefs
April 3, 2023
Christie mystery on stage after three-year delay Three years later … Theatre 121’s “Murder on the Orient Express” is scheduled for seven performances this month at the Woodstock Opera House. […]
Christie mystery on stage after three-year delay Three years later … Theatre 121’s “Murder on the Orient Express” is scheduled for seven performances this month at the Woodstock Opera House. […]
By Lydia LaGue news@thewoodstockindependent.com A new year means new initiatives, and the Woodstock Arts Commission is already at work on them. One of the major projects is a Public Arts […]
WHS, WNHS will perform ‘Mamma Mia’ in six shows Six presentations of “Mamma Mia” are planned as the spring musical of Woodstock North High School Theatre and Woodstock High School […]
Folk Festival spring concert set for April 16 at Stage Left Woodstock Folk Festival has scheduled its first in-person spring concert since 2019 for 2 p.m. Sunday, April 16, at […]
Marian students to stage musical this weekend “The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical” will be performed this weekend at Marian Central Catholic High School. The musical retelling of Greek mythology […]
By Eileen Millard news@thewoodstockindependent.com Broadway musicals, according to Michael Weber, are a fusion of “opera … operetta … [and] the world of American vaudeville.” Weber, artistic director of Chicago’s Porchlight […]
Introduction to community theater at Opera House for D-200 students All third-grade students in Woodstock School District 200 have been invited to the first “Let’s Put On A Show!” program […]
By Ruth Raubertas news@thewoodstockindependent.com Imagine being in the spotlight, maybe in front of an audience, with hardly any idea of what you are going to say next. That sounds scary […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com Woodstock North High School senior Amy Cerritos was named winner of the Superintendent’s Award in the Winter Art Show of School District 200. Her work, chosen by […]
Varsity choir members from Woodstock High School were chosen to sing for music teachers attending the Illinois Music Education Conference in Peoria. “I sent in an application with recent recordings […]
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