February 2026

More Than Entertainment: Stage Door’s Next to Normal Connects and Confronts

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By Val O’Bryan With Next to Normal, Stage Door has done something rare and deeply admirable for a community theater: they have chosen courage over comfort. As the first company in the area to take on this emotionally demanding musical, Stage Door delivers a production that is musically strong, expertly acted, and overflowing with heart. […]

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A Front-Row Seat to Rock and Roll History: Tuacahn’s Million Dollar Quartet

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There is something quietly thrilling about watching history before it knows it is history. Million Dollar Quartet invites audiences into that rare in-between moment, when four young musicians—Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins—shared a cramped recording studio and unknowingly reshaped American music. Rather than imposing a traditional narrative, the show trusts

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