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Tanesha Ross on ‘The Exotic Dance’

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on June 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

For many of us, the ‘Exotic Dance’ number in AIDA is a favorite moment. Below, Tanesha Ross gives us a little history into how the dance came to be and her experience throughout the process.
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Ladies, if you are going to be in a situation such as this, there are no better three men to have [...]

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The Heavenly Sounds of Saint Heaven

Posted in Saint Heaven on June 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The 2008-2009 Season is packed with a variety of fresh sounds and stories. Opening this one-of-a-kind season is the soulful new musical, Saint Heaven. For all of you who didn’t see this show in last year’s Festival of New Musicals, we have posted some of our favorite songs from the show to get you all [...]

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AIDA Cast Poses for the Camera

Posted in AIDA, Mainstage, tagged , , , , , , , on June 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Enjoy some candid shots of our AIDA cast and crew!

Michael Murnoch (Radames in AIDA), Steve Tomkins (Co-Director), Marliss Amiea (Aida)

Bob De Dea (Zoser) and Bobbi Kotula

Ryah Nixon (Amneris), Marliss Amiea, Michael Murnoch

Jimmy Scheider (Egyptian Ensemble) and Don Littrell (Sound Designer)

Jeremy Devond Ellis (Nubian Ensemble) and Michael Murnoch
All photos by Ekello Harrid Jr.

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Introducing Ryah Nicole Nixon

Posted in AIDA, Mainstage, tagged on June 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Ryah Nicole Nixon is currently playing the role of Amneris in Village Theatre’s production of Elton John and Tim Rice’s AIDA. She has graciously written a little something special for the blog, please read on below.
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Hello beautiful bloggers! My name is Ryah Nixon, and I’m currently playing the role of Princess Amneris in AIDA here [...]

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Iron Curtain Takes to the Stage

Posted in Village Originals, tagged on June 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Making its second appearance within the Village Theatre Village Originals program, the side-splitting new musical Iron Curtain is back and ready to take on a workshop. Book writer Susan DiLallo and composer Stephen Weiner, authors of the 2006-2007 Mainstage original Once Upon a Time in New Jersey, have teamed up with lyricist Peter Mills (Taxi [...]

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AIDA: Trent Saunders Interview

Posted in AIDA, Mainstage, tagged on June 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

There is a lovely interview with Trent Saunders – currently playing Mereb in AIDA – on Broadway2Seattle.com. Check it out here.

Left to Right: Marliss Amiea (Aida), Michael Murnoch (Radames), Trent Saunders (Mereb),
Stephen Franklin Fogg (Egyptian Ensemble). Photo by Jay Koh.

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Million Dollar Quartet to rock Chicago

Posted in Mainstage, Million Dollar Quartet on June 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

BroadwayWorld.com has just announced that Million Dollar Quartet will make its Midwest debut at the Owen Theatre at Goodman Theatre in Chicago. Million Dollar Quartet had its world premiere at Florida’s Seaside Music Theatre, and was later staged at the Village Theatre, where it broke box office records. The cast has yet to be determined. [...]

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AIDA: Opera to Musical

Posted in AIDA, Mainstage on June 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

With a grand opening at the Khedivial Opera House in Cairo, Egypt in 1871, composer Guiseppe Verdi’s highly-praised opera AIDA had a future that would span lifetimes. This tale of forbidden love has been a standard piece of operatic repertoire since its creation and has since been transformed into a pop-rock musical spectacle by present-day [...]

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