Entertainment

ELLY GRIMM

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Those looking to make the weekend of Valentine’s Day a getaway will have just that opportunity thanks to Broadway in Wichita.

The Tony Award-winning show “The Book of Mormon” will be making its way to Wichita's Century II. Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, and 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16, with all performances at Century II Concert Hall in Wichita. The show follows two missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as they attempt to preach the faith to the inhabitants of a remote Ugandan village and face multiple challenges along the way. 

ELLY GRIMM

   • Leader & Times

Those looking for some entertainment and a bit of a history lesson will soon have just that chance thanks to the Liberal High School Drama Department.

The LHS Drama Department will be performing the play “Radium Girls” by D.W. Gregory at 7 p.m. Feb. 14 and 15, and at 2 p.m. Feb. 16. All performances will be in James W. Maskus Auditorium at Liberal High School, and tickets are $5 each for both students and adults.

ELLY GRIMM

   • Leader & Times

The movie industry saw multiple ups and downs throughout 2024, and as Mitchell Theatres owner Brian Mitchell tells it, Liberal’s Southgate Cinema 6 was not completely immune from those.

ELLY GRIMM

   • Leader & Times

For almost a decade, Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larraín has been focusing films on important women of the 20th century, with subjects including former U.S. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and the late Diana, Princess of Wales.

His most recent subject is one for the musical world with the late opera diva Maria Callas with his film “Maria,” which focuses on Callas’ last week of life while living in Paris.