Arts
McKayla K. Roberts reports for duty
McKayla K. Roberts has joined the United States Army under the Delayed Enlistment Program. The program allows new recruits to delay reporting for basic military training for up to 270 days while they finish their educations and prepare for their military careers. As...
GCT schedules ‘Cinderella’ auditions
Garland Civic Theatre has scheduled auditions for “Cinderella,” a new musical take on the traditional tale has a bookish and nearsighted heroine who finds and captures the heart of a studious prince. The show is filled with wit, warmth and charm. The auditions will be...
GSO opens 2016-17 season
Garland Symphony Orchestra will open its 2016-2017 season, “Symphony Goes Wild!” Oct. 14. Composers have always taken inspiration from nature, so it is no surprise that many have picked up their pens to give us musical depictions of the fascinating creatures with whom...
GCT’s ‘Legends’ is fun-filled hilarity
The Garland Civic Theatre's current production, "Legends" is about a producer named Martin Klemmer who has found a new script called "Star Wars the Musical," but he needs a commitment from big name actresses to get money to do the show. The biggest problem is that the...
‘Legends’ opens at Granville Arts Center
Wheeler-dealer producer Martin Klemmer has uncovered a terrific new script for the Broadway stage, “Star Wars The Musical!” But his calls are not being returned by any of the powerful Broadway magnates. Martin needs names - big names like film legends Sylvia Glenn...
GCT schedules ‘Tenderly’ auditions
Garland Civic Theatre has scheduled auditions for Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Musical, a musical based on the life of Rosemary Clooney. The show is written by Janet Yates Vogt and Mark Friedman. Tenderly focuses on Rosemary Clooney in 1968 at age 40, as she is...
GCT opens season with ‘Ravenscroft’
Audiences are racking their brains to solve the murder mystery in Don Nigro’s ‘Ravenscroft,’ the opening play of the Garland Civic Theatre’s 49th season. The plot begins on a snowy night as Inspector Ruffing investigates the mysterious death of Patrick Roarke, a young...
Don’t miss ‘Nice Work If You Can Get It’
The dazzling lights of Broadway seem a little closer to home as the Garland Summer Musicals continues its 2016 season with Tony nominated “Nice Work If You Can Get It.” With music and lyrics written by George and Ira Gershwin and a book by Joe DiPietro, this musical...
NFHS alumni graduates West Point
Cadet Cody Guerry, son of Tony and Kay Guerry of Garland and brother of Rachel, graduated from the U.S. Military Academy May 21. Guerry graduated from Naaman Forest High School in 2011 in the top 10 percent of his class. While at West Point, he concentrated his...
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