Eric Shephard News Today

Waco Civic Theatre’s upcoming 2024-25 season will feature a Broadway musical, a Disney musical, Shakespeare, familiar titles — and a new director for the community theater.

One Waco community theater celebrates its long history while a second adds to its short history in performances this weekend.

Waco Civic Theatre board members are looking for a new executive director after firing Eric Shephard from the position earlier this week.

The Waco Civic Theatre shifts from musicals to mystery this week with a stage adaptation of the best-selling thriller "The Girl on the Train."

Choice in performances. Shorter seasons. Art events outside of usual venues or exhibits. Wacos arts groups are changing their offerings—and how supporters can pay for it—in light of declining memberships.

Just blocks from the $213 million basketball arena Baylor University is building on the Brazos River, plans are quietly proceeding for another major project to bookend the downtown riverfront.

Just blocks from the $213 million basketball arena Baylor University is building on the Brazos River, plans are quietly proceeding for another major project to bookend the downtown riverfront.

Local stages will ring with music this month as Waco Civic and Baylor theaters open their fall seasons with familiar musicals in “Oklahoma!” and “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.”

Fans of "Oliver!" have largely cheery memories of the beloved musical. But underneath, the "dark, tragic story" shows a cruel world of uncaring orphanages, child labor and violent, criminal streets.

The Care Quality Commission carried out an urgent inspection of Warren Court in Abbots Langley, after reports of safety concerns