LABYRINTH | By Beth Steel | Directed by Spenser Davis | January 31 - February 29, 2020 at The Den Theatre | All Performances Pay-What-You-Can!

Walter Stearns, Executive Director of Mercury Theater Chicago, announced two new cast members to lead the production of Monty Python’s SPAMALOT, with Jeff Diebold as King Arthur, and Keely Vasquez as the Lady of the Lake. SPAMALOT opened on September 8 to rave reviews, with the original cast members, Jonah D. Winston and Meghan Murphy originally at the helm in the roles of King Arthur and the Lady of the Lake. Murphy and Winston played their final week of SPAMALOT November 10.  

Indiana Conservation Officers have identified the operator and passenger from the off-road vehicle accident that occurred early yesterday morning. 

This morning (11/30/2019) at approximately 1:15 a.m., Trooper Alaa Hamed was on patrol in Merrillville when he observed a white Nissan stopped at the stoplight of 61st and Broadway. 

**** Highly Recommended **** You can’t help but feel nostalgic when you see Theatre at the Center’s production of “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas”.  Just wait, the terrific cast will sing and dance themselves right into your hearts.  You’ll be humming along to Berlin’s wonderful melodies, too.  Unless you’re a curmudgeon, I guarantee you’ll be in the holiday mood when the fabulous cast sings the title song.  I give “White Christmas” 4 BIG Holiday Spotlights.       

**** Recommended**** Court Theatre’s production of “Oedipus Rex” is powerful, gripping and ultimately poignant.  I’m sure everyone is familiar with the word ‘Oedipus” but I wonder how many have actually read it.  Written by Sophocles, it was first performed in about 429 BC as part of a trilogy.  I must say, this most tragic of all the Greek tragedies, left me with tears in my eyes.  4 Spotlights 

***** Highly Recommended ***** I’m a Jane Austin fan.  I’ve read and reread all of her books, wry commentaries on the courtship rituals of the English gentry.  The Bennett family, described so well in “Pride and Prejudice”, is dear to me.  I loved Northlight Theatre’s 2016 production of “Miss Bennett: Christmas at Pemberley”, so I was happy to see that Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon had written a companion play set ’downstairs’ at Pemberley.  “The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley” is fresh and witty, fitting perfectly into Jane Austin’s world.  I loved it.  4 BIG Spotlights. 

***** Highly Recommended ***** I’m a Jane Austin fan.  I’ve read and reread all of her books, wry commentaries on the courtship rituals of the English gentry.  The Bennett family, described so well in “Pride and Prejudice”, is dear to me.  I loved Northlight Theatre’s 2016 production of “Miss Bennett: Christmas at Pemberley”, so I was happy to see that Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon had written a companion play set ’downstairs’ at Pemberley.  “The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley” is fresh and witty, fitting perfectly into Jane Austin’s world.  I loved it.  4 BIG Holiday Spotlights. 

Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating a Nov. 25 ATV accident that resulted in the death of a Spencer County man the next day.

With the busy Thanksgiving Day weekend upon us, the troopers at the Lowell Post are focusing on finding impaired drivers.