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QuadCities.com Top Stories Of 2020: Part One, January And February

December 27th, 2020
QuadCities.com Top Stories Of 2020: Part One, January And February

It’s time for our look back at the year that was in arts and entertainment, 2020. Every day between now and New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31, we’ll be posting a story painting the big picture on the year. Some days will have multiple stories, some days there was so much going on in one month we just stuck to that one. We hope you enjoy the look back, and let’s all hope for a happy new year and a much, much, much, much better 2021! Here’s today’s installment, months January and February, the two most normal months of the year. During this time, coronavirus was just a news story for the... Read More

Thoughts On A Blacked-Out National Theatre Day

March 28th, 2020
Thoughts On A Blacked-Out National Theatre Day

On this day – National Theatre Day – I’m taking it back to September 11, 2001. I know, I know… but stay with me. I was involved with Tom and Shelley Walljasper’s studio and we were set to preview  a new musical version of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow on that fateful day and open the next day. I thought for sure we were going to close the show, or at the very least postpone the preview, but Tom made it very clear that what we are doing is an escape from what is happening outside. It was our job to do the show as planned, and let the 30, 40 people that were there get away from... Read More

Circa’s ‘Kinky Boots’ A Fabulous Early Contender For Show Of The Year

January 17th, 2020
Circa’s ‘Kinky Boots’ A Fabulous Early Contender For Show Of The Year

Kinky Boots Through March 14 Circa ’21 Dinner Playhouse, 1726 3rd Ave., Rock Island (309) 786-7733, ext. 2 www.circa21.com   We’re barely past two weeks into 2020 and already we’ve got a strong contender for best show of the year. Circa ‘21’s “Kinky Boots” is indeed that good, a fantastic staging of a fabulous show, featuring a number of touching, buoyant moments, wonderful performances and terrific material. It’s such a magical, uplifting evening of entertainment, one of pure joy and spirit, with a positive message that doesn’t feel preachy, but rather, common sense. Wonderfully... Read More

Kinky Boots Steps Into Circa ‘21

January 12th, 2020
Kinky Boots Steps Into Circa ‘21

The moment we’ve all been waiting for has almost arrived! That’s right, Kinky Boots is back in the Quad Cities! Preview Performances of six-time Tony Award Winner, Kinky Boots, will take place Wednesday Jan 15 and Thursday Jan 16 at Circa ’21 Dinner Playhouse (1828 3rd Avenue Rock Island. The show will then continue through Saturday Mar 14. With songs by Grammy® and Tony® winning pop icon Cyndi Lauper, this joyous musical celebration is about the friendships we discover, and the belief that you can change the world when you change your mind. Inspired by true events, KINKY BOOTS takes you... Read More

Circa Brings The ‘Fever,’ ‘Kinky,’ ‘Beauty’ And More In New Season

June 26th, 2019
Circa Brings The 'Fever,' 'Kinky,' 'Beauty' And More In New Season

Located in downtown Rock Island, the Circa ’21 Dinner Playhouse has been treating audiences to the finest in dining and professional stage entertainment for the past 42 years. For the venue’s sure-to-be-spectacular 43rd season, beginning this November, the venue is proud to announce a lineup boasting six sensational productions – among them a legendary musical-comedy classic, a returning Christmastime favorite, a winner of six Tony Awards including Best Musical, and the Circa ’21 debut of a Tony-winning Broadway and Disney smash! Circa ’21 productions are performed on... Read More

Kinky Boots Makes Highly Anticipated Stop in the Quad Cities!

June 15th, 2019
Kinky Boots Makes Highly Anticipated Stop in the Quad Cities!

Rescheduled from Wednesday Jan 30, Kinky Boots will officially make a stop in the Quad Cities this week! You can witness Broadway’s huge-hearted, high-heeled hit Kinky Boots at the Adler Theatre (136 E 3rd St. Davenport) on Wednesday Jun 19 at 7:30 p.m. With songs by Grammy® and Tony® winning pop icon Cyndi Lauper, this joyous musical celebration is about the friendships we discover, and the belief that you can change the world when you change your mind. Inspired by true events, KINKY BOOTS takes you from a gentlemen’s shoe factory in Northampton to the glamorous catwalks of Milan. Charlie... Read More

Kinky Boots Stomps Its Way Into the Quad Cities

January 26th, 2019
Kinky Boots Stomps Its Way Into the Quad Cities

Kinky Boots is now on tour and making a stop in the Quad Cities! You can witness Broadway’s huge-hearted, high-heeled hit Kinky Boots at the Adler Theatre (136 E 3rd St. Davenport) on Wednesday Jan 30 at 7:30 p.m. With songs by Grammy® and Tony® winning pop icon Cyndi Lauper, this joyous musical celebration is about the friendships we discover, and the belief that you can change the world when you change your mind. Inspired by true events, KINKY BOOTS takes you from a gentlemen’s shoe factory in Northampton to the glamorous catwalks of Milan. Charlie Price is struggling to live up to his... Read More

Broadway Balcony Club Back At The Adler

October 13th, 2018
Broadway Balcony Club Back At The Adler

Broadway Balcony Club is back at the Adler Theater, 136 E. 3rd St., Davenport! You can get tickets to three shows for $89 —  Kinky Boots (January 30), Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I (April 7) and Chicago The Musical (May 13). Broadway Balcony Club tickets are located in price level three seating areas.Your subscription also includes three drink tickets good for your choice of domestic beer, house wine or soda. To purchase a Broadway Balcony Club subscription, click here, visit the Adler Theatre Box Office (136 E. 3rd St.) or call 563-326-8522.  Read More