Lillian King

4 days ago | toledoblade.com | Lillian King

“I gotta show you something,” says Bob Cairl. “We got it at our last dig at Pompeii.”“Oh, Bob,” cries his wife, Jane, as Bob charts a course through the meticulously arranged Toledo Architectural Artifacts, a welcome contrast to the cramped antique stores so frequently squeezed into dusty city corners. “When you see it, you’ll think that’s what it is,” he promises before revealing a tile mosaic, bearing — in his defense — a marked similarity to the classic Roman style of antiquity.

6 days ago | toledoblade.com | Lillian King

She has a hard time believing it, but 13abc anchor Kristian Brown has been on air with WTVG since 2002. “I was just 24 years old when I got here and walked into the station here, and still learning, still finding my voice,” Brown said. “The community embraced me as a hometown girl from the very start.”Brown, 47, always knew she wanted to come back home.

1 week ago | toledoblade.com | Lillian King

Was it Mrs. Peacock in the study with the candlestick? Not this time. This time, it was the American Theatre Guild in Toledo at the Stranahan Theater. They’re responsible for bringing Clue to this season’s Broadway in Toledo series — but ATGuild’s only crime is making people laugh. Clue – A New Comedy joins animated kids shows (The SpongeBob Musical), the wives of Henry XVIII (SIX), and Bill Murray comedies (Groundhog Day) in unlikely adaptations of popular properties.

2 weeks ago | toledoblade.com | Lillian King

In the coziest space of any local theater, the Black Swamp Players consistently puts on the most interesting plays I’ve seen. This time it’s The Language Archive, a comedic drama about a dumbstruck linguist who collects dying languages but can’t find the right words to say to his wife. George’s marital woes become a distraction when he and his lovestruck assistant Emma must help the last two speakers of a language translate their own emotional gap.

3 weeks ago | toledoblade.com | Lillian King

Whenever Amy Spaulding-Heuring is asked if there’s anything else about a show she thinks is important to mention, her crew springs to mind. For Oregon Community Theatre’s upcoming production of Into the Woods, she thanks her husband, Paul Heuring, for building the show’s set in such a short span; her longtime collaborator, stage manager, and jack-of-all trades Ann Sommers; Erin Hagedorn, for her hard work as assistant director. Her gratitude is a two-way street.