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Cass and the Bailout Crew nominated for Central Pennsylvania Music Award

After an arduous past two years for live performing acts and musical groups, local band Cass and the Bailout Crew are starting off 2022 with a bang, recently being nominated for the “Best Rock Band” Central Pennsylvania Music award. “We’re honored that we’re being mentioned in this and we’re honored that we’re being nominated and we appreciate that greatly,” said Mike Steppe, guitarist, backup singer and primary songwriter for Cass and the Bailout Crew. “It’s always nice to get some type of recognition, to at least have our names mentioned on a little bit of a ...

Hypnotic improv act wants audience to suspend disbelief

What do you get when you cross a hypnotist and an improv star? Discover the punchline this Saturday at Hyprov at the Community Arts Center. Hypnotist Asad Mecci wanted to add some pizzazz to his show when he decided to randomly contact Colin Mochrie through his website about working together ...

‘Nothin’ but a good time’ at CAC for ’80s hair band tribute, fundraiser

The Uptown Music Collective, the area’s premier nonprofit school of music, returns to the Community Arts Center in Williamsport for a one-night-only, in-person fundraising event with a tribute to ’80s hard rock bands. The students of the UMC will present “Nothin’ but a Good Time: Revenge of the ‘80s Hair Bands” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29, at the CAC, 220 W. Fourth St. The students will pay tribute to some of the definitive “hair bands” of the 1980s by performing some of the greatest hits from Mötley Crüe, Van Halen, Def Leppard, Guns N’ Roses, Bon Jovi, ...

Top 10: Looking back at the year in theater

Even excluding all the shows produced by area high schools as part of the Ray of Light competition, my list of the most notable, nifty and nicely staged plays and musicals of the past year often totaled a dozen or sometimes even a Baker’s Dozen. But with a nod to COVID-19 which shut down professional, college, and community theatres for part of 2021, the number of productions staged was naturally reduced — and therefore so is my list. But my foggy crystal ball is still clear enough to list — in no particular order except for the first one — the 10 most notable, nifty, and ...

Downtown show looks for volunteers

Colin Mochrie, the star of the long-running “Whose Line Is It, Anyway?” joins forces with Master Hypnotist Asad Mecci, for the return of their hit show HYPROV: Improv Under Hypnosis. The live show, which according to a news release combines hypnosis and improv for a unique comedy experience, played 43 cities to multiple sold-out crowds throughout North America prior to being put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Tickets for the Jan. 22 show at the Community Arts Center are on sale now at CACLIVE.COM “When we tried this for the first time onstage, I was absolutely ...

Auditions planned for Wellsboro play

Hamilton-Gibson Productions will hold auditions for “Into The Breeches” at 6:30 p.m., Jan. 26; at 10:30 a.m., Jan. 29 and at 1 p.m., Jan. 30 at the Warehouse Theatre at 3 Central Ave., Wellsboro. No experience is necessary to audition. This comedy by George Brant explores how a community theatre grapples with the loss of its male artistic director and leading men, who are fighting across the sea in World War II. Determined to press on, the director’s wife sets out to produce an all-female version of Shakespeare’s “Henriad,” assembling an unexpected team united in ...