We often don’t recognize our influences until much later. It’s the things we’re closest to that we have the most trouble seeing clearly.

“Newsies” is the rare family-friendly musical that also serves as thematically appropriate Labor Day viewing.

Gaston is troubling because he is the Disney villain who resonates most with reality: It’s unlikely that we’ll encounter an Ursula or a Jafar, but we all know a Gaston.

Torn between religious devotion and his own children, Tevye struggles to hold onto his faith in a new and uncertain world.

In “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg,” the ordinary becomes operatic and the everyday becomes extraordinary.

“Singin’ in the Rain” inspires us to meet pivotal moments with creativity, cooperation and a desire to achieve the greatest possible good.