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John D. Poling

Illinois
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On Stage: Mother Road provides the mother lode for Heartland’s 10-Minute Plays

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By John D. Poling
| Pantagraph Verified
I guess with his Nobel and Pulitzer to comfort him in the great beyond, literary giant John Steinbeck feels appreciated enough. I can’t help thinking, though, he’s getting a little shortchanged in all this Route 66 Centennial hullabaloo. kAmp7E6C 2== :E H2D $E6:?364<[ :? 9:D `hbh >2DE6CA:646 Q%96 vC2A6D @7 (C2E9[Q H9@ F?56CDE@@5 E9:D a[d__\>:=6 C:33@? @7 C@25 H2D 72C >@C6 E92? ;FDE 2 9:89H2J] xE H2D[ 96 @3D6CG65[ QE96 >@E96C C@25[Q “E96 A2E9 @7 2 A6@A=6 :?
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On Stage: Community Players stage 'Dreamgirls,' a Motown cautionary tale

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By John D. Poling
| Pantagraph Verified
There is a certain sad irony that “Dreamgirls” was anything but a “dream” for the singer the show is partly based on, Florence Ballard, a former member of the legendary Supremes. kAmq2EE=:?8 56AC6DD:@?[ 2=4@9@=:D>[ 2?5 C6D6?E>6?E @7 E96 8C@FA’D C:D:?8 DE2C[ s:2?2 #@DD[ |@E@H? 7@F?56C q6CCJ v@C5J C6A=2465 q2==2C5 :? `hef] p7E6C 2 D9@CE[ F?DF446DD7F= 2EE6>AE 2D 2 D@=@ 24E[ 96C 42C66C EC2;64E@CJ DA:C2=65 5@H?H2C5] $96 5:65 @7 2 3=@@5 4=@E :?
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On Stage: ISU's Urinetown is potty humor with a point

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By John D. Poling
| Belleville News-Democrat Verified
Don't get me wrong, I am very grateful that our severe drought status has begun to reverse itself in Bloomington, but darn it, Mother Nature ruined my lead for "Urinetown: The Musical." As I had pondered in advance the unsettling parallels of potential water restrictions in our real town like those of the fictional Urinetown, I was sure I had hit the comparable jackpot. The rains came, however, and my comparison dried up, but I am quite happy for the moisture.
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