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The performance from Emmy Award winning Manual Cinema includes Northrop’s historic pipe organ played by Aaron David Miller.

Goodman Theatres 30th anniversary production of "The Whos Tommy" dominated the 55th annual Joseph Jefferson Awards along with Teatro Vistas premiere of "The Dream King" by Highland Parks Marvin Quijada.

Innovative Manual Cinema builds a monster of various media to bring its Frankenstein to life in Santa Fe.

Goodman Theatre dominated nominations for the 55th annual equity Joseph Jefferson Awards recognizing excellence in Chicago-area theater. Auroras Paramount Theatre picked up 18 nominations, while Marriott and Drury Lane theaters each received 13 nods.

Goodman Theatre dominated nominations for the 55th annual equity Joseph Jefferson Awards recognizing excellence in Chicago-area theater. Auroras Paramount Theatre picked up 18 nominations, while Marriott and Drury Lane theaters each received 13 nods.

Says founder Blair Thomas, “We live in such a media saturated world that it is important to be able to present something that is authentic."

Seeing the multimedia artists work their magic enhances first live staging of the troupe’s streaming hit.

"Manual Cinemas Christmas Carol" is a version of Charles Dickens tale unlike any youve experienced. Performed by two actors, four puppeteers and a musical trio, this eloquently simple piece of theater is so truthful, so resonant, I had to remove my mask to wipe away tears. Twice.

Like all Manual Cinema work, “Christmas Carol” is grounded in moving images rendered cinematic via old-school, overhead projectors.

Manual Cinema’s stage version of Leonardo the Terrible Monster is heading for the Edinburgh fringe – and its adaptors hope it inspires audiences to create their own creatures