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Monday June 8, 2009
Posted by: Stephanie De Pasquale at 12:43PM CST on June 8, 2009
So, I’m set to go up on the high wires at Circa ‘21 during the theater’s media day for its upcoming musical “Peter Pan.”
I did really well last week at sticking to a low-calorie diet, but then I went to a bridal shower over the weekend that my aunt threw for me. My aunt is a master baker and she filled her dining room table with tasty baked treats that definitely were not low-fat but were oh-so-delicious. I at least managed to maintain my weight over the weekend, but still have one pound left to lose in order to make the weight requirement for the high wires. My plan is to drink less water today and exercise in heavy sweats tonight so I can sweat out as much water weight as possible and hopefully lose the last pound that way. I do promise to rehydrate as soon as the flight is over. But look for some hilarious video on http://www.qctimes.tv/ on Tuesday night. We’re planning to have a Stephanie-cam and a David-cam. (David Burke, the Quad-City Times entertainment editor, will be filming the hilarity from the ground.) Wednesday May 20, 2009
Posted by: Stephanie De Pasquale at 1:59PM CST on May 20, 2009
Tuesday May 5, 2009
Posted by: Stephanie De Pasquale at 12:50PM CST on May 5, 2009
Beginning Monday, the Clinton Area Showboat Theatre box office will be open from 5 to 7 p.m. until May 14. Then hours will be extended again from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and noon to 2 p.m. Sunday.
For more information visit clintonshowboat.org on the Web or call (563) 242-6760. Monday March 16, 2009
Posted by: Stephanie De Pasquale at 10:51AM CST on March 16, 2009
 A couple weeks ago my fiance asked what was playing at Circa. Surprised that he was interested, I said they had show about Johnny Cash. He surprised me even more by saying it might be fun to go see it. He had a rare Friday and Saturday night off last weekend, so I surprised him with two tickets to "Ring of Fire." After initially saying I should talked with him before spending so much, we got dressed up and headed down to the show. Neither of us had ever been to Circa before and we were both very impressed with the quality of the performance. Everything was wonderful - the singing, dancing, musicians and even the food and performing wait staff or Bootleggers. We sat at a table for six, and while the people we sat with were very nice, we agreed we'd get a private table if we go again. It felt a little odd having a dinner conversation between the two of us with strangers there. We also would order dessert. We didn't realize it was served during the intermission, giving our stomachs had enough time to digest dinner. I also will probably order a glass of wine instead of the mud slide I got with dinner. The drink was very strong and while many people may like it that way, I'm a one and done kind of girl. So it's never a good thing when the one drink is strong enough to almost put me under the table. I had to nurse the drink for the entire four hours I was there. "Ring of Fire" plays through Saturday, March 21, at Circa 21 Dinner Playhouse. Tuesday March 3, 2009
Posted by: Stephanie De Pasquale at 2:53PM CST on March 3, 2009
 I had the pleasure Saturday night to attend a production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” at the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire, Ill. The suburban theater is close enough to Chicago that it often draws actors who are good enough to work in the city but aren’t involved in a show at that particular moment, so the acting and singing is always superb. But what impresses me even more than the acting there is the use of the stage space. The stage is a square slab surrounded on all four sides by the audience. Actors use the entire theater during performances, entering and exiting on the same aisles the audience uses to reach its seats. There usually are no set pieces because they would obstruct the audience’s view, save for a few items that are lowered from the ceiling to indicate where the show is at that moment as well as a few platforms that rise in the center and on the sides of the stage to help keep the lead actors in the audience’s sights. But even with so little in the way of set design, the producers created a jail cell through dark lighting and simple poles held up temporarily by actors in the four aisles leading to the stage, Pharaoh’s palace through the intricate costumes of his attendants and, at the end, a technicolor finale with each cast member dressed in a different color of the rainbow while multicolored lights shone down on the performance of one final dance number. Quad-City region high school, college and community theaters with limited budgets should take a trip to the Marriott to get some ideas on how to bring an audience into their world without spending a bundle on an intricate set. |
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