November 12th, 2024
Arts & Entertainment News
Delivering what the Denver Post called “a sleighful of gifts” including “a minuet of the familiar and the special” and a “gentle, genial advocacy of the impossible,” Rock Island’s Circa ’21 Dinner Playhouse presents the long-awaited return of a seasonal favorite in MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET: THE MUSICAL. Running through December 29, this delightful adaptation […]
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August 2nd, 2024
Arts & Entertainment News
The Bikinis is running through Aug. 24 at Circa ’21 Dinner Playhouse, Rock Island. For showtimes, tickets and more info, call (309) 786-7733, ext. 2 or see www.circa21.com Coming on the heels of “Jersey Boys,” Rock Island’s Circa ’21 Dinner Playhouse has unfolded the beach towel for another fun bit of nostalgia, this time featuring […]
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January 19th, 2024
Theatre
Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, but by the morning, it is one passenger fewer. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed eight times, his door locked from the inside. Isolated and with a killer […]
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November 22nd, 2023
Arts & Entertainment News
With the show nominated for three Tony Awards including Best Musical and described by Broadway World as “a twinkling Christmas delight,” Circa ’21 Dinner Playhouse will bring loads of holiday cheer to area audiences in the yuletide treat A CHRISTMAS STORY: THE MUSICAL. Running through December 30, this sensational opener to the dinner theatre’s 2023-24 […]
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August 8th, 2023
Arts & Entertainment News
Rock Island’s Circa ’21 Dinner Playhouse is thrilled to be producing A Christmas Story – The Musical. This is scheduled on the 10th anniversary of when the Tony-nominated Best Musical was first produced at the Rock Island theater in 2013. Producer, Denny Hitchcock enthusiastically stated, “We are so happy to be producing this endearing, old […]
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July 19th, 2023
Arts & Entertainment News
KAREN HESTER, first place winner of Jimmy Fallon’s CLASH OF THE COVER BANDS, is the #1 Dolly Parton tribute artist in America! She has been the opening act for recording artists Trace Adkins and Ricky Van Shelton, and currently performs in LEGENDS LIVE in both Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and Las Vegas, Nevada paying tribute […]
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June 15th, 2023
Arts & Entertainment News
Circa ’21’s signature event, MUSIC ON THE MARQUEE returns June 15! We’re thrilled to present this unique and popular concert experience atop our iconic marquee! Bring a lawn chair and join the Circa ’21 Bootleggers, the cast of MAMMA MIA and a few special guests as they entertain you in this special live concert, held […]
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June 9th, 2023
Arts & Entertainment News
Circa ’21 Dinner Playhouse’s latest production is a massive hit musical that’s currently the ninth-longest-running Broadway musical of all time, a five-time Tony Award nominee and internationally beloved! Enjoying a Quad Cities run through July 8, Mamma Mia’s collection of timeless ABBA tunes inspired the New York Post to call the experience “one of those […]
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May 7th, 2023
Arts & Entertainment News
ABBA-SOLUTELY FABULOUS!! Over 54 million people all around the world have fallen in in love with the characters, the story and the music that make “Mamma Mia!”the ultimate feel-good show! A mother. A daughter. Three possible dads. And a trip down the aisle you’ll never forget! Writer, Catherine Johnson’s, sunny and funny tale unfolds on […]
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April 1st, 2023
Arts & Entertainment News
Described by the New York Times as “effervescent and entertaining,” and by Online America as an all-ages show that delivers “fresh bursts of energy,” JUNIE B.’S ESSENTIAL SURVIVAL GUIDE TO SCHOOL opens the 2023 season of high-spirited family musicals at Rock Island’s Circa ’21 Dinner Playhouse. Running through April 22, this energetic delight is adapted […]
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