Auditions for a farce by George Herman, "A Company of Wayward Saints," a play about a commedia dell'arte troupe far from home and without the means to get there will be held at Stage West Community Playhouse starting at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22. ...more

November 20, 2009

Who can resist the allure of Cole Porter, one of Broadway's finest composers of all time? ...more

November 6, 2009

On Halloween night, l938, from the studio of the CBS radio network, was a broadcast that stunned everyone who listened in, and caused panic in the northeast. What was meant to be an episode of the America radio drama anthology series "Mercury Theater on the Air," directed and narrated by Orson Welles, of an adaptation of H. G. Wells' novel "The War of the Worlds," and a Halloween "boo" prank - became so much more. ...more

October 23, 2009

Stage West Community Theatre is presenting "Heaven Can Wait," a classic play which tells the story of Joe Pendleton, a professional boxer and pilot who, when a plane flight goes awry, has his soul pulled from his body before he has died. The production will run on the Main Stage, Sept. 18-20 and Sept. 25-27. Stage West is located at 8390 Forest Oaks Blvd. ...more

September 18, 2009

Because of an editor's error, a story in Friday's Out & About, "Get Ready to cough it up at the '09 Fur Ball," contained incorrect information. ...more

September 12, 2009

"If I were a rich kid..." Auditions for "Fiddler On The Roof Jr." will be held May 30 at 2 p.m. and May 31 at 2 p.m. at Stage West Community Theater, 8390 Forest Oaks Blvd., Spring Hill. This is a Children's Summer Musical and only those 6 to 18 years of age may apply. Jessica Nichol is the director. ...more

May 22, 2009

Auditions for the musical, "Meshuggah Nuns" will be held at Stage West Community Playhouse, 8390 Forest Oaks Blvd., Spring Hill, on Saturday, May 2 at 10 a.m., and Sunday, May 3 at 2 p.m. ...more

May 1, 2009

New York City's Hell's Kitchen never sleeps. John Masterson talked about walking around that gritty-turned-gentrified community on the west side of Manhattan in the wee hours of the morning and seeing dancers go through their routines and hearing piano players pound out music for them. ...more

March 13, 2009

Stage West's production of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's "King and I" is a captivating battle of the sexes. ...more

March 12, 2009

New York City's Hell's Kitchen never sleeps. John Masterson talked about walking around that gritty-turned-gentrified community on the west side of Manhattan in the wee hours of the morning and seeing dancers go through their routines and hearing piano players pound out music for them. "It's alive," he said. ...more

March 4, 2009