Saturday, May 16th, 7:30 PM, McLeod Theater.............................Tickets $40
The 4th installment of this hilarious pro-am event will again partner community personalities with professional area talent performing musical theater selections. Food will again be provided by Hunan Restaurant, along with beer, wine and soda. Vote early-Vote often! Past winners Harvey Welch, Mary Jane Moore and Dr. Marsha Ryan will be our commentators.
Imagine 20th century greats Pablo Picasso and Albert Einstein meeting at Cheers, with Woody, Coach and the rest, arguing over the merits of art and science! This long running Off-Broadway absurdist comedy places Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso in a Parisian cafe in 1904, just before the renowned scientist transformed physics with his theory of relativity and the celebrated painter set the art world afire with cubism. In his first comedy for the stage, the popular actor and screenwriter plays fast and loose with fact, fame and fortune as these two geniuses muse on the century's achievements and prospects as well as other fanciful topics with infectious dizziness.
Directed by Fulton Burns
Three men and three women make up the cast of this wacky musical that takes a comic look at the “age old” conditions and situations faced in MID-LIFE! From reading glasses and mammograms to weekend warriors and proctology exams - all are lampooned with a Saturday Night Live non-sensibility. Everyone will relate to this hilarious, and at times, touching musical about the curiosities and inevitabilities of middle-age. If you bought some Gingko-Biloba, but can’t remember where you put it - then you’re ready for MID-LIFE!
Directed and Choreographed by Rachel Rockwell
Heartbreak Hotel...Hound Dog...Love Me Tender...Don’t Be Cruel...Can’t Help Falling In Love...Burning Love are all to be found in this Elvis Presley inspired juke box musical. Joe DiPietro (I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change) crafted a story of love in the 1950's stealing ideas from the king himself--SHAKESPEARE. The musical opened on Broadway in 2005 and has been hugely popular summer theater fare across the country ever since.
Directed and Choreographed by J.Thomas Kidd
Cinderella, Little Red Ridinghood, Jack and the Beanstock, Rapunzel and the rest collide in this fractured fairy tale. When a Baker and his Wife learn they've been cursed with childlessness by the Witch next door, they embark on a quest for the special objects required to break the spell, swindling, lying to and stealing from Cinderella, Little Red, Rapunzel and Jack. Everyone's wish is granted at the end of Act One, but the consequences of their actions return to haunt them later, with disastrous results. What begins a lively irreverent fantasy in the style of “The Princess Bride” becomes a moving lesson about community responsibility and the stories we tell our children.
Directed and Choreographed by Courtney Self
