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WGO's 'Mikado' a true delight

By BOB CURTRIGHT, Eagle correspondent | Today at 12:07 a.m.

It's hard to think of Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado" as real opera because it's just so much fun. But the music is challenging for any singer, from soaring arias to the added difficulty of the occasional fast-paced, tongue- twisting patter song.

  • Pianist tips his cap to WSU's Bees

    By Chris Shull, Eagle correspondent | Nov. 8 at 12:07 a.m.

    Christopher Taylor, the piano soloist next weekend with the Wichita Symphony Orchestra, doesn't have direct connections to Wichita — he never lived here; he didn't study here.

  • Church a work of art

    By Joanna Ramondetta, Eagle correspondent | Nov. 6 at 12:07 a.m.

    Among the things a first-time visitor to St. Anthony's Catholic Church notices are the intricately designed stained glass windows.

  • Zero to witchy in less than half an hour

    BY JAIME GREEN, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 4 at 7:02 a.m.

    It takes just 25 minutes for Marcie Dodd to transform from a fresh-faced California native into Elphaba, the bright green Wicked Witch of the West.

  • A chance of byways

    By Lori Linenberger, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 30 at 1:08 a.m.

    Art enthusiasts will have a chance tonight to see all nine of the large-scale paintings done by noted Kansas artist Stan Herd as part of a state project to promote culture and tourism.

  • 'Wicked' a wonder of sight, sound

    By BOB CURTRIGHT, Eagle correspondent | Oct. 23 at 6:27 a.m.

    "Wicked" swept into Century II with all the force of a spangled and bejeweled tornado Wednesday, taking the audience on a musical ride through familiar territory to Kansans —"The Wizard of Oz" — but in a surprising, provocative way.

  • Crews work fast to make Century II 'Wicked'

    BY SUZANNE PEREZ TOBIAS, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 21 at 11:37 a.m.

    Before witches sing and monkeys fly, before Munchkins dance and wizards bellow, before the curtain rises tonight and Kansas gets its first look at the gravity-defying musical "Wicked," there's work to do.

  • Wichita connection helped get 'Wicked' here

    By Bob Curtright, Eagle correspondent | Oct. 18 at 12:06 a.m.

    Wichita would normally be considered too small of a market to host the full-blown tour of a major Broadway show like "Wicked."

  • Something 'Wicked' this way comes

    By BOB CURTRIGHT, Eagle correspondent | Oct. 19 at 3:12 p.m.

    Welcome to "Witchita" — for the next three weeks, anyway. The witches of Oz are invading Dorothy Gale's home territory as the blockbuster musical "Wicked" lands for the only Kansas stop on its national tour.

  • Mental-illness success stories focus of locally written play

    BY BOB curtright, Eagle Correspondent | Oct. 11 at 7:51 a.m.

    Wichita playwright and actor J.R. Hurst describes his new drama, "Echoes of Anguished Minds," as sort of "A Chorus Line" about mental illness.

  • Arts Partners integrates arts into the classroom

    BY JOANNA RAMONDETTA, Special to The Eagle | Oct. 11 at 7:47 a.m.

    As far as the group of Lawrence Elementary School kindergartners and first-graders were concerned, they were just clapping, counting, dancing and getting to know Mother Goose at an afternoon gathering last week.

  • Violin playing a family affair

    BY chris shull, Wichita Eagle Correspondent | Oct. 11 at 12:07 a.m.

    Ryu Goto carries an impeccable musical pedigree. His mother and father are violinists; his mother was his first teacher. His older sister is Midori, the famous violin virtuoso.

  • ArtAID fundraiser to have 'Heroes & Villians' theme

    BY Jason Dilts, Eagle Correspondent | Oct. 9 at 6:49 a.m.

    "Heroes & Villains" will abound in the Cotillion Saturday night for ArtAID 16.

  • Wichita Grand Opera opens with 'My Ukraine!'

    Oct. 9 at 6:31 a.m.

    The new season for Wichita Grand Opera opens Saturday with "My Ukraine!," an evening of colorful Cossack-style folk dance and music by the Ukrainian National Dance Company.

  • Symphony's opening a good start

    By David Baxter, Eagle correspondent | Oct. 5 at 12:06 a.m.

    Saturday evening's performance in Century II Concert Hall, opening this season's classical concert series by the Wichita Symphony Orchestra, contained all the ingredients of a blockbuster concert: A rousing overture, a picturesque symphony, and a powerful concerto performed by a seasoned orchestra and a soloist with world class credentials.

  • Fall Ballet: From basics to Balanchine

    By Chris Shull, Eagle correspondent | Oct. 5 at 12:38 p.m.

    Friends University Ballet will showcase the work that goes on behind the scenes during the school's Fall Ballet program next weekend.

  • Grand Opera starts 8th season

    By Chris Shull, Eagle correspondent | Oct. 4 at 12:06 a.m.

    Parvan Bakardiev thinks building seasons for Wichita Grand Opera is getting easier.

  • Center for the Arts auction, sale this weekend

    By Joanna Ramondetta, Eagle correspondent | Oct. 2 at 6:10 a.m.

    For supporters of the arts, the annual auction and sale at Wichita Center for the Arts is one of the most anticipated of the year.

  • Wichita Symphony preview

    By Chris Shull, Eagle correspondent | Oct. 2 at 10:42 a.m.

    When the Wichita Symphony launches into Rossini's overture to "The Barber of Seville" on Saturday, it will mark the 10th time Andrew Sewell has opened a classical concert season with the ensemble.

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