MANSFIELD — Director Frank Darabont doesn’t think people ever needed to have served time in prison in order to relate to his iconic “Shawshank Redemption” film. “The movie really does kind of play like a Rorschach test for people and they project their own life difficulties into that movie,” the 65-year-old director said Friday afternoon […]
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Renaissance announces auditions for 2024-25 season
MANSFIELD — The Renaissance Performing Arts Association is thrilled to announce virtual auditions for the remainder of the 2024-2025 season. Open to all non-union actors, these auditions offer an exciting opportunity to perform in a variety of productions. Most named roles are paid, with housing and travel provided.
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News Man Weekly: Roundabouts, ‘Beauty & the Beast’ and medical marijuana
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Former Mansfield police chief reflects on security challenges when U.S. president visits
MANSFIELD — Phil Messer knows what it’s like to try to protect the life of a U.S. president, helping to do just that when President George W. Bush came to Mansfield in 2004. Like millions of Americans, the retired Mansfield police chief watched television news on Saturday evening after a would-be assassin tried to kill […]
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Return to Shawshank: Clancy Brown to participate in 30th anniversary at OSR
MANSFIELD — Clancy Brown will have a chance to see three decades of improvement when he returns to Shawshank State Prison. The 65-year-old Ohio native, who portrayed Capt. Byron Hadley in the “Shawshank Redemption,” will return to the Ohio State Reformatory in August for the first time since the iconic movie was filmed here in […]
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Hope & redemption: The enduring 30-year bond between OSR and Shawshank
MANSFIELD — The former Ohio State Reformatory and the “Shawshank Redemption” movie have had a three-decade-long symbiotic relationship. One would not exist without the other.
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Never grow up: Mansfield Playhouse brings ‘Peter Pan Jr.’ to life on Friday
MANSFIELD — Peter Pan, born 120 years ago in the fertile mind of Scottish playwright Sir James Matthew Barrie, has never grown up. But Milo McDonald, who will be an eighth-grader at Ashland Middle School this fall, is already considering his own grown-up career options.
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Gallery: Miss Ohio Parade rolls through downtown Mansfield on Sunday afternoon
Miss Ohio Week 2024 is officially underway in Mansfield. More than 100 entries, including 27 contestants from around the state, moved Sunday afternoon down Park Avenue into the downtown in the Miss Ohio Parade. After the parade, contestants participated in a free autograph-signing event at Richland Carrousel Park. The parade’s grand marshal was Mackenzie Bart, Miss […]
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Richland County women prepare for Miss Ohio stage
Grace Riegel, Abigail Kern and Kendall Windsor will take their talents, community service and goals to become Miss Ohio and Miss Ohio’s Teen to the Renaissance Theatre stage.
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Renaissance Theatre announces free outdoor movie schedule
MANSFIELD — Join the Renaissance Theatre for the 2024 Pictures on the Plaza Series, featuring three classic family films: Space Jam, Jumanji, and Shrek. Movies will be shown in the Plaza between the Historic Renaissance Theatre and Theatre 166, the grassy area visible from Park Avenue West. Space Jam will be shown on Wednesday, June […]
