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Tara Olivero

Tara Olivero

Tara Olivero is a freelance writer and theater aficionado from Fort Wayne, with a passion for promoting the arts in northern Indiana. She's previously written for BookRiot, Pique Fort Wayne, and Women Write About Comics. Contact her on twitter @taraolivero.






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Feature: THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE at Summit City Music Theatre
Feature: THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE at Summit City Music Theatre
July 27, 2022

If you're looking for something fun to do this weekend, be sure to make your way over to Summit City Music Theatre's premiere of THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE. Directed by Gavin Thomas Drew, this show will be sure to leave you roaring with laughter.

Review: HAIRSPRAY at Fort Wayne Summer Music Theatre is a toe-tapping good time
Review: HAIRSPRAY at Fort Wayne Summer Music Theatre is a toe-tapping good time
July 11, 2022

What did our critic think of HAIRSPRAY at Fort Wayne Summer Music Theatre? The Indiana Music Theatre Foundation is back again with a toe-tapping, fun-filled production of HAIRSPRAY, performed by the Fort Wayne Summer Music Theatre as part of this year's Three Rivers Festival. After last summer's stunning production of LES MISERABLES, I had high expectations for HAIRSPRAY, and I'm happy to report that it did not disappoint.

BWW Review: THE UNSEEN at Playground630
BWW Review: THE UNSEEN at Playground630
June 6, 2022

Playground630's thought-provoking production THE UNSEEN runs for one more weekend at PFW's Studio Theatre

BWW Interview:  Director Shelby Lewis Of THE WOLVES at First Presbyterian Theatre
BWW Interview: Director Shelby Lewis Of THE WOLVES at First Presbyterian Theatre
September 17, 2021

An interview with director Shelby Lewis of Fort Wayne's premier of THE WOLVES, open now through September 26th.

BWW Review: EVERY BRILLIANT THING at Fort Wayne Civic Theatre
BWW Review: EVERY BRILLIANT THING at Fort Wayne Civic Theatre
September 13, 2021

You have just one more weekend to catch this short run of EVERY BRILLIANT THING, a one-man play by Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe, at the Fort Wayne Civic Theatre. The Civic's fare is usually large-ensemble musicals, so it was a rare treat to see a play- and one with such a small cast- take the stage for the opening of their 2021-2022 season.

BWW Review: LITTLE WOMEN at Round Barn Theatre
BWW Review: LITTLE WOMEN at Round Barn Theatre
September 13, 2021

A sweet show for the whole family, LITTLE WOMEN runs at the Round Barn Theatre in Nappanee through October 23rd.

BWW Review: YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN at Round Barn Theatre
BWW Review: YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN at Round Barn Theatre
August 2, 2021

Be sure to catch the charming and clever YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN at the historic Round Barn Theatre in Nappanee.

BWW Review: Don't miss LES MISERABLES at Fort Wayne Summer Music Theatre
BWW Review: Don't miss LES MISERABLES at Fort Wayne Summer Music Theatre
July 27, 2021

LES MISERABLES at Fort Wayne Summer Music Theatre is not to be missed this summer.

BROADWAY AT THE EMBASSY Announces 2021/2022 Season
BROADWAY AT THE EMBASSY Announces 2021/2022 Season
July 26, 2021

Broadway at the Embassy announces updates to their 2021-2022 season!

LES MISERABLES STUDENT EDITION coming soon to Fort Wayne Summer Music Theatre!
LES MISERABLES STUDENT EDITION coming soon to Fort Wayne Summer Music Theatre!
July 1, 2021

LES MISERABLES STUDENT EDITION coming soon to Fort Wayne Summer Music Theatre, featuring 65 students from across 23 area schools.

BWW Review: WHEN CALLS THE HEART THE MUSICAL Shines At Round Barn Theatre
BWW Review: WHEN CALLS THE HEART THE MUSICAL Shines At Round Barn Theatre
June 25, 2021

World Premiere of WHEN CALLS THE HEART THE MUSICAL on stage at the Round Barn Theatre through July 17-- you won't want to miss this show.

BWW Review: MATILDA at Fort Wayne Civic Theatre
BWW Review: MATILDA at Fort Wayne Civic Theatre
February 17, 2020

Matilda opened with a bang at the Fort Wayne Civic Theatre this weekend, with plenty of chances left to see this whimsical musical. Christopher J. Murphy directs the production in collaboration with the Fort Wayne Youtheatre (with music direction by Eunice Wadewitz and choreography by the Fort Wayne Dance Collective's Mandie Kolkman).

BWW Review: Genesis Outreach's CHOIR BOY
BWW Review: Genesis Outreach's CHOIR BOY
October 31, 2019

Attention, Fort Wayne: you have one more weekend to see CHOIR BOY at the Parkview Physicians Group ArtsLab, as part of Genesis Outreach, Inc.'s 2019 Gala. There are two reasons why you should make time to see this play. Number one: all proceeds go directly towards Genesis Outreach and assisting homeless and in-need individuals in our community. And number two: this is one heck of a show. So much so, in fact, that I'm still thinking about it almost a week later.

BWW Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at Summit City Music Theatre
Don't Miss CHOIR BOY at Parkview Physicians Group ArtsLab
Upcoming: ART at First Presbyterian Theater
BWW Previews: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at Summit City Music Theatre
BWW Review: SWEENEY TODD at Fort Wayne Civic Theatre
BWW Review: SWEENEY TODD at Fort Wayne Civic Theatre
September 19, 2019

If you're smart, you'll grab your tickets for the Fort Wayne Civic Theatre's SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET while they're still available, because by all rights, they should sell out faster than Mrs. Lovett's meat pies (once she adds their secret ingredient, that is). SWEENEY TODD, the well-loved and appropriately-macabre Sondheim musical about a barber who embarks on a murderous rampage in order to get revenge for the mistreatment of his wife and daughter, has one more weekend in Fort Wayne under the direction of Leslie Beauchamp with music direction by Ben Wedler and assistant direction by Christopher J. Murphy.

BWW Review: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST at First Presbyterian Theater
BWW Interview: Leslie Beauchamp of SWEENEY TODD at Fort Wayne Civic Theatre


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