It was extremely gratifying to see a nearly sold-out crowd Saturday, Jan. 31 in the 60-seat Black Box Theatre in downtown Moline for an exciting event – the world premiere of “What Might Have Been,” a trio of brand-new, emotional, engrossing one-act plays by prolific local playwright Alexander Richardson. These heart-wrenching stories explore the roads […]
Richmond Hill Players conclude their 2025 season with “A Sherlock Carol,” a holiday comedy by Mark Shanahan. The show will be presented Thursdays through Sundays, Nov. 13-23 at the Barn Theatre in Geneseo. The play (directed by Joe DePauw, Geneseo) is described in a press release as “a festive literary mash-up with surprises around every corner.” Moriarity […]
A young Davenport singer-songwriter has already pursued her dreams in Los Angeles and Nashville, and she hasn’t even finished high school yet. Cameryn Danielle Bergthold is a 17-year-old actress, singer, and songwriter (who performs as Cameryn Danielle). She began performing at the age of five in a production of “Annie Jr.” at Center for Living […]
If there was ever a time for a feel-good, warm-hearted musical in today’s deeply polarized, violent society, today would seem to be the time. As the classic 1965 Burt Bacharach-Hal David song dreams, “What The World Needs Now Is Love.” And that’s what the new show at Circa ’21 Dinner Playhouse, 2017’s “Come From Away,” […]
Richmond Hill Players’ next production is billed as a hilarious tribute to the English farces of the 1930s and ’40s. Ken Ludwig’s “A Fox on the Fairway” (which premiered in 2010 and was done at Moline’s Playcrafters in 2013) takes audiences on a riotous ride that recalls the classics of the Marx Brothers, according to […]
Addie Jorgensen is just 20, but the two lead roles she’s already had in musicals both concern high school girls who have a challenging time at their prom. The bubbly 2023 Geneseo High grad played the title character in the iconic horror story “Carrie,” in Double Threat Studios’ summer 2022 production, and now Jorgensen is […]
Elvis Presley has been dead now longer than he was alive, which is hard to believe. Nearly 48 years after the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s passing at 42, his revolutionary career has again been brought to blazing, passionate life in the area debut of the tribute jukebox musical, “Heartbreak Hotel” at Rock Island’s Circa […]
A new show is hitting the stage at Blackbox Theatre in Moline this weekend! “Songs for a New World” comes alive at The Black Box July 11! “Songs for a New World” weaves together a collection of diverse songs, each telling a unique story. The show doesn’t follow a traditional narrative but explores a range […]
I’ve always had kind of a mixed relationship with the music of Jimmy Buffett. I’ve seen him in concert a couple of times because I have friends who are Parrotheads and absolutely love him, and after seeing him once, I found his show really entertaining so I’ve gone along with them subsequent times to gigs […]
Davenport Junior Theatre completes its 71st season with MARVEL Spotlight: Squirrel Girll Goes to College written by Karen Zacarias, based on the Marvel Comics by Will Murray & Steve Ditko. The show involves 37 students from all over the Quad Cities. The kids, who range in age from 10-18, are the actors, crew members, tech […]
