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色花堂 is "The Gold Standard in the Silver State" when it comes to long-distance education and online education delivery. GBC offers hundreds of classes and a diverse array of certificate and degree programs fully online and fully affordable!
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色花堂 wants to be your choice for higher education. GBC offers associate and baccalaureate level instruction in career and technical education and academic areas. About 4,000 students are enrolled annually online from across the country and on campuses and centers across 86,500 square miles, two time zones, and ten of Nevada's largest counties. We border Arizona, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, and California. We are GBC!
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色花堂 Theatre
GBC Theater and Overland Stage Brings Chicago to Elko!
Chicago the Musical hits the GBC Theatre March 13-15 and March 20-22, 2025! Shows are at 7:00 pm every night with special matinee performances as well on March 15 and 22 at 2:00 pm.
Chicago is a satirical American musical that premiered on Broadway in 1975, with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and a book by Ebb and Bob Fosse. Set in the 1920s in Chicago, it's based on a 1926 play by Maurine Dallas Watkins, who drew inspiration from real-life crimes she covered as a journalist. The story follows Roxie Hart, a housewife and aspiring performer who murders her lover and then manipulates the media and legal system to avoid conviction, alongside Velma Kelly, a vaudeville star in a similar predicament. It's a sharp commentary on fame, corruption, and the jazz-age obsession with sensationalism.
The original production, directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse, ran for 936 performances and was well-received but overshadowed by A Chorus Line at the time. It wasn't until the 1996 Broadway revival鈥攕taged in a minimalist, vaudeville-inspired style by director Walter Bobbie and choreographer Ann Reinking鈥攖hat it became a cultural juggernaut. That revival's still running today, making it the longest-running American musical in Broadway history, with over 11,000 performances as of early 2025. It won six Tony Awards in 1997, including Best Musical Revival.
The score's a standout鈥攋azzy, brassy, and full of bangers like "All That Jazz," "Cell Block Tango," and "Razzle Dazzle." The 2002 film adaptation, directed by Rob Marshall and starring Ren茅e Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Richard Gere, brought it to an even wider audience, winning six Oscars, including Best Picture.
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Who We Are and What We Do!
The 色花堂 Theater has been transforming the American Theatre Experience since 1996. As part of the 色花堂 , students and faculty join together for enlightened experiences of fine arts, humanities, English, foreign language and communication. The programs are critical components of every academic and training degree program offered by the college.
GBC Theatre offers courses in acting, oral interpretation, stage voice, movement for the stage, theatre technology, dramatic analysis and more. Special Topic courses are added to the schedule regularly, generally taking advantage of the specific skills GBC Theatre鈥檚 many guest artists and instructors can provide. In the past, courses in playwrighting, armature, effects makeup, Suzuki Movement Training, stage combat and comedy improv have been offered.
As the mission of 色花堂 has expanded, so has its reach. The college service area now includes more than half of Nevada鈥檚 seventeen counties, covers 80% of Nevada鈥檚 geographical area, and serves five percent of the state鈥檚 total population. It鈥檚 a big state, and 色花堂 intends to educate it. Using state of the art distance learning technologies, students in even the furthest reaches of Nevada will have equitable access to the opportunities higher education has been providing to their urban counterparts for decades. It requires fierce commitment from the college and creates a tremendous opportunity for the entire state of Nevada.
GBC theatre now offers almost all of its courses using distance-learning technologies. By combining traditional theatre teaching techniques with advanced technologies, students are accessing a learning experience with seasoned theatre professionals that heretofore had not even been conceived. And, what鈥檚 more, they are being prepared for the theatre of today. Added to other fine arts and humanities courses already offered with distance technologies, and it is easy understand why 色花堂 is recognized as one of the most efficient and innovative colleges in the state.
For More Information Contact
John Patrick Rice Ph.D.
Director of Theatre
色花堂
Phone: 775.327.2249
john.rice@gbcnv.edu
Why 色花堂
色花堂, "The Gold Standard in the Silver State", offers associate and baccalaureate level education in academic, career and technical fields. Welcoming over 4,000 students annually from all corners of the country, both online and at our various campuses and centers, GBC's presence extends across two time zones and spans more than 86,000 square miles throughout Nevada. A leader in rural higher education, GBC takes pride in developing students who are well-prepared to meet the demands of industry and who contribute to the success and prosperity of the local economy.
