MANSFIELD — Frank Boyd Jr. has had the blues since he was 2 years old. “The blues touches my soul, man. My dad was a blues guitar player. I grew up listening to him play. “My mom said I ought to love it because when I was 2 years old, he had me on his […]
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He’s back: Ryan Kiley returns to Mansfield Playhouse stage for ‘Who’s on First?’
MANSFIELD — Ryan Kiley spent a quarter of a century making audiences howl with laughter at the Mansfield Playhouse. And then, five years ago, like a wind whipping down the plain, the powerful comedic actor from Mansfield just stopped after a hilarious turn in “Leading Ladies.” That show staged in February 2020 — the final […]
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Mansfield Playhouse launches $7.5 million drive for new community theater
MANSFIELD — Chriss Harris agreed only to meet and talk with Doug Wertz about a potential capital campaign to build a new Mansfield Playhouse. But the area’s fundraising guru wasn’t convinced about the idea — until she sat down and spoke to Wertz, a former teen actor who has now been associated with the East […]
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It’s a farce: Mistaken identities, hilarious plot twists roll quickly in new Mansfield Playhouse show
MANSFIELD — Suzanne Allen and Lynne Rouzer are community theater veterans, as comfortable on stage as in their real lives. But they had never met one another until a cold January evening during Mansfield Playhouse auditions for the comedic farce, “Said the Spider to the Spy.” However, it didn’t take long for the duo to […]
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Go down the rabbit hole with ‘Alice in Wonderland’ at the Mansfield Playhouse
MANSFIELD — Morgyn Beasley isn’t really the kind of person who is often late. But you would never know it watching the 15-year-old rush around the Mansfield Playhouse stage as the White Rabbit in Disney’s “Alice in Wonderland Jr.” “Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late!” the White Rabbit exclaims early in the […]
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‘Wonderland Wives’ challenges fairy tale princess norms at Mansfield Playhouse
MANSFIELD — What if the princesses didn’t live “happily ever after” in the ways made famous by the Brothers Grimm in their 19th-century fairy tales? Find out this weekend and next at the Mansfield Playhouse with the Second Stage, for-adults-only production of “Wonderland Wives.” It’s Disney royalty gone bad. Really badly. Cinderella has dropped her […]
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From bombing to brilliance: Comedian brings 20 years of laughs to Mansfield
MANSFIELD — Adam Minnick was not an overnight success as a stand-up comic. In fact, his first “open mic” effort at the Funny Bone in Cincinnati ended badly. “I did horribly. I hated myself. I was sitting in the back with my head on a table and the guy who books open mics came up […]
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Twists and turns: ‘Deathtrap’ opens Friday at Mansfield Playhouse
A classic comedic thriller, performances of Ira Levin’s “Deathtrap” begin Friday at 8 p.m. at the Mansfield Playhouse.
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NAMI graduates 33rd class of crisis intervention trained officers
MANSFIELD — David is usually harmless. Sometimes, he falls into a manic state, sure that he’s on the brink of a creative masterpiece. He hasn’t eaten or taken his medication in a few days and his family hasn’t heard from him. Police officers respond to a call to David’s home with the radio blaring and […]
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Donations only: Mansfield Playhouse offering new dresses for Homecoming
MANSFIELD — Tammy Wertz thought it would be a good little fundraising effort for the Mansfield Playhouse — which could also help parents find affordable Homecoming Dance dresses for their daughters. Social media agreed with the idea — and then local residents quickly amplified it. “We put out a post on Facebook thinking it might […]