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Musical revue promises theatre’s great songs

Curtain Call Performing Arts Company’s newest Passion Project is its upcoming Musical Concert at Gasworks featuring seven performers. For one weekend only, Curtain Call Performing Arts Company will bring together seven performers to celebrate “beloved musical theatre classics and contemporary showstoppers,” from Wicked, Dear Evan Hansen, Beetlejuice, Jesus…
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A place for weird dreams

The Staircase Theatre and Café has been both a critical indie arts venue and a home for artists across Hamilton for 28 years. It’s a place where creatives of all kinds can take risks. “There’s a weirdness here.” I’m nestled inside the brownstone interior of Hamilton’s Staircase…
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Young performers showcased in two very different local productions

Theatre Ancaster’s Spring Awakening is a bold rock musical that may cause some discomfort, while The Lightning Thief: A Percy Jackson Musical from Curtain Call Performing Arts Company is a whimsical, all-ages fantasy. Although many theatre companies will launch their seasons next month, two area organizations…
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The Dawning of a New Age

 With Theatre Aquarius set to celebrate 50 years of bringing world-class professional theatre to Hamilton, we look back at how, and where, it all began. Artistic director Mary Francis Moore, left, and executive director Kelly Straughan are shepherding a new chapter for Hamilton's Theatre Aquarius, which celebrates its 50th anniversary…