There’s a reason why Hot August Nights registrations sell out each year and remakes of classic TV shows and movies keep rolling out. Nostalgia is a cozy, warm blanket, a balm for…
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Don’t freak out: Brüka’s ‘Side Show: The Musical’ tells a sad tale with heart and humor
It’s a sad fact of human history that the strange and the bizarre have always been sources of entertainment. Though the days of selling tickets to see circus freaks may be gone,…
New beginnings: Reno duo CHRRY is conquering musical heartbreak by heading in a new direction
CHRRY (pronounced “cherry”) is a band in flux. Just a few weeks ago, frontwoman and vocalist Victoria “V” Brown posted on the band’s Instagram page that the Reno rock group would be…
Happy tears: The musical version of ‘The Color Purple’ may be even better than Spielberg’s version
In 1985, Whoopi Goldberg starred in Steven Spielberg’s The Color Purple, taking on the role of Celie Johnson in the adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Now we have a second…