Category archives for: Theatre

Pink Box Burlesque opens season at Green Bar

The performers of Tuscaloosa’s Pink Box Burlesque are bringing their own brand of comedy and merriment to Green Bar Saturday for the premier of its fifth season. Pink Box Burlesque offers a show with performances that include live music, singing, dancing, skits and a message of empowerment. The troupe will perform a review, a collection [...]

APO performs first musical

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Alpha Psi Omega, the theatre department’s fraternity and honor society, puts on a show once each semester, and this week on Dec. 8and 9 they are running the show “See Rock City & Other Destinations,” book and lyrics by Adam Mathias and music by Brad Alexander. Director Barrett Guyton, a senior majoring in theatre and [...]

A different kind of spelling bee at Theatre Tuscaloosa

Singing and dancing probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when one thinks of a spelling bee, but beginning Thursday, Nov. 10, Theatre Tuscaloosa will put on the Tony Award-winning musical comedy, “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.” The play, featuring many student actors from the University, has been famous since its stint [...]

Why is no one laughing?

With UA’s new musical “City of Angels,” I had a mystery on my hands. Sure, its 1940s Noir parody had a convoluted detective story, but this mystery didn’t involve a millionaire’s missing daughter or blackmailing mobsters – it was the case of who killed the audience. Don’t get me wrong, “Angels,” the department’s second musical [...]

City of Angels hits the stage

Two musicals in one, a Hollywood comedy and detective drama, come to the stage of the Allen Bales Theatre tonight in “City of Angels.” This suspenseful musical with a twist is filled with a flare of contemporary jazz styles, energy and comedy. The Tony Award winning musical “City of Angels” was set in 1940s Hollywood [...]

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