Christmas comes to area stages

12/02/10 By NANCIANN CHERRY BLADE STAFF WRITER Two holiday favorites on local stages lead off a long list of productions opening this weekend. The Toledo Repertoire Theatre presents its annual production of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol Saturday and Sunday in the Stranahan Theater. It's the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a curmudgeonly miser in Victorian England who, with the help of three ghosts ...

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Toledo Ballet to present its 70th annual 'Nutcracker'

12/09/10 BLADE STAFF This weekend brings the 70th annual Nutcracker performances by the Toledo Ballet at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday in the Stranahan Theater. Choreographed by Gen Horiuchi, staged by Lisa Mayer, head of the Toledo Ballet School, and accompanied by the Toledo Symphony and conductor Adron Ming, the holiday tradition promises a beguiling mix of old and new. This year, the ...

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Music calender: 4-14

04/13/11 Except where indicated, area codes are 419.Loretta Lynn: Stranahan Theater, 4645 Heatherdowns Blvd.; 381-8851; Thursday night, 7:30. Jimmy Cook Memorial Concert: Valentine Theatre, 400 N. Superior St.; 242-2787; Toledo Jazz Orchestra: Sat., 8.Hungarian musicians Bal?zs Nagy and Katalin Benno: Hungarian Club of Greater Toledo, 224 Paine Ave.; 508-7019; with Cleveland's Csard?s Dance Company: Sun ...

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