Apr. 20, 2023: Best of Broadway, Get Lit!, Pie & Whiskey

By E.J. Iannelli

Published April 20, 2023 at 12:01 PM PDT

1 of 6 — Six

The North American Tour Boleyn Company of "SIX," which runs at Spokane's First Interstate Center from January 23–28, 2024 as part of the Best of Broadway series

Joan Marcus / Best of Broadway

2 of 6 — TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL

Naomi Rodgers performing 'What's Love Got to Do With It" as ‘Tina Turner in the North American touring production of TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL

Matthew Murphy for MurphyMade / Best of Broadway

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Richard Thomas plays Atticus Finch in the touring production of “To Kill a Mockingbird”

Julieta Cervantes / Best of Broadway

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Author Sharma Shields

Rajah Bose

5 of 6 — Ada Limón

Ada Limón, 24th Poet Laureate of the United States and one of the headline speakers at the 2023 Get Lit! festival

Lucas Marquardt / Ada Limón

6 of 6 — Sam Ligon, Kate Lebo 2017

Writers and Pie & Whiskey co-founders Sam Ligon and Kate Lebo (L–R) presenting two of the reading's three key ingredients

Pie & Whiskey

Who's on TA(P)? Peter Rossing plus writers Sharma Shields, Sam Ligon and Kate Lebo

This week's episode of the Thursday Arts (P)review — where the "p" is parenthetical because we look both forward and back — features the following:

Peter Rossing, director of marketing for WestCoast Entertainment. He previews the recently announced 2023–24 season for the Best of Broadway series. The season includes a Tina Turner musical, the tongue-in-cheek SIX and the non-musical stage adaptation ofTo Kill a Mockingbird.
Author Sharma Shields, who is moderating two events at this year's Get Lit! festival. She shares an Ada Limón poem and talks about the writers she's particularly excited to see at the festival's 25th anniversary. Get Lit! kicked off this morning and runs until April 23.
Samuel Ligon and Kate Lebo, writers and co-founders of the popular Pie & Whiskey readings. They offer a brief history of Pie & Whiskey before highlighting some of the authors and poets who will participating in tonight's (Apr. 20) event at the Montvale Event Center in downtown Spokane.

The Thursday Arts (P)review airs every Thursday at 12pm on KPBX with a roundup of arts-related news and information from across the Inland Northwest.