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“The Company” of the Idyllwild Arts Theatre Department opened and closed its Musical Theatre Fall Cabaret with a hearty rendition of “Another Op’nin’, Another Show” and in between students performed 16 songs to a standing-room-only audience at Rush Hall on Sunday, Oct. 16. Performing “I’m Not” from the Broadway musical “Little By Little” is Idyllwild Arts student Paulina Kurtz. Photo by Cid Castillo

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