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When “Guys and Dolls” first premiered on Broadway in 1950, it introduced audiences to a vibrant New York world of gamblers, missionaries, romance and redemption. More than seven decades later, Theatre Cedar Rapids is celebrating that legacy — and its own — with a production that looks both back in time and toward the future.

Discover comedy, sports and recreation, and theater events in the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Corridor this week.

Katie Hallman, who has led Theatre Cedar Rapids for the last eight years, shepherding it through the pandemic and embarking on a major renovation -- has left her role as the executive director at the 100-year-old theater.

Production after production, the show has gone on for a full century for Theatre Cedar Rapids, and the trajectory has been nothing short of amazing.

Holiday performances, light displays are good bets for winter entertainment in Iowa City and Cedar Rapids

Disney’s “Frozen” is set for its regional premiere Nov. 14 and will bring a particularly magical touch to TCR’s 100th anniversary season.

In December 1954, The Footlighters opened a production of “Gigi” in Cedar Rapids.

The community is invited to two improv shows July 23 and July 25 at Whipple Auditorium in the Cedar Rapids Public Library.

“Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed,“ originally a children’s book by former “Sesame Street” writer Mo Willems, features a naked mole rat, Wilbur, who decides to wear clothes. That creates an uproar in the mole rat community.

The last time Theatre Cedar Rapids presented "Little Shop of Horrors" was in 1998.

The Tony Award-winning play, “Amadeus,” which will run from May 29 to June 22 at Theatre Cedar Rapids, is dense, complex and thoroughly entertaining, which is very challenging to deliver.

Wan plays Seaweed J. Stubbs in Theatre Cedar Rapids’ production of “Hairspray”

Jefferson High School alum Matt Curtis brings this cult film and hit Broadway play to a local stage.