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Features | Southeast

Rivertown’s ‘A Christmas Story, the Musical’ is superb holiday fare
December 13, 2023

By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out“) Since its release in 1982, New Orleans native Bob Clark’s “A Christmas Story” has been part of the holiday landscape, helped along by its cult status promoted in marathon showings over the TNT and TBS cable systems since the 1990s. If you’re unfamiliar with the Jean Shepard…

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JPAS reanimates ‘Young Frankenstein’ at JPAC
November 2, 2023November 2, 2023

By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out“) Following the record setting production of The Producers, Mel Brooks set his sight on bringing another of his film classics from the silver screen to the stage. That film was “Young Frankenstein,” co-written with Brooks and his star Gene Wilder, who first proposed the idea to Brooks….

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