Prairie Fire Theater

Three of Bloomington-Normal's theatre companies have announced their seasons of plays and musicals. Here's a rundown.

Guest conductor Alastair Willis returns to lead the Illinois Symphony, nine years after his departure as music director.

Treble Trouble is a hero's tale of how Princess Poco saved the land of Melodia from perpetual silence — and teaching a few lessons along the way.

The musical “Bright Star” centers on a haunting moment: someone putting an unwanted newborn baby into a small suitcase and tossing it into a river. Prairie Fire Theatre stages a production next week at Illinois Wesleyan’s Westbrook Auditorium in Bloomington.

Musical theater fans are no doubt eager for the return of live performances. In the meantime, Prairie Fire Theatre Artistic Director Bob Mangialardi suggests Bloomington-Normal residents give opera a try.

Everything’s coming up roses at Prairie Fire Theatre with the staging of “Gypsy,” the classic musical which is based on the memoirs of famous strip tease…

What if the things we’re teased about are actually the very things we need to make us strong?Nancy Steele Brokaw asked herself that question, and it led…

Prairie Fire Theatre goes gothic this year with an erie production of "The Secret Garden," based on the 1911 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett.With…