Shows for March 2010

There are some awesome shows you’ll want to see coming up this month. Here’s the rundown:

- Annie - Paramount Arts Center - the Broadway touring show visits Ashland tomorrow, March 2 at 7 p.m.

- Peanutsapalooza - Presented by First Stage Theatre Company, it teams up the two classic musicals based on the Peanuts comic strip - You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown and Snoopy! The Musical. The shows will be presented on alternate nights at the Huntington City Hall Auditorium. You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown: March 18, 20, 26 and 28, and Snoopy! The Musical on March 19, 21, 25 and 27.

- Connecticut Yankee, The Musical - Presented by the Children’s Theatre of Charleston, the play is based on the Mark Twain classic. It takes the audience on a tuneful journey to Camelot. Experience the thrilling days of King Arthur, and the Knights and Ladies of the Round Table with Hank Morgan, a modern-day teenager from Hartford, Connecticut who is knocked out where working on his school’s stage crew. Finding himself in Camelot, England, he is quickly hailed as a great wizard. The show will be presented at the Charleston Civic Center - Little Theatre March 12 and 13 at 7 p.m. and March 13 and 14 at 2 p.m.

- Mozart's Don Giovanni - Marshall Artist Series presents one of the greatest of all operas. Don Giovanni is based on the true-life escapades of Don Juan of Seville, an aristocratic Lothario who lived during the 1600s. The full-scale production features beautiful sets and costumes and a cast of soloists who are excellent actors as well as first class singers. The opera will be presented March 15 at 8 p.m. at the Keith-Albee Performing Arts Center.

As always, gentle readers, if I've overlooked a show, please let me know. You can send in a comment by clicking on the link below, or you can send us an email at TheMinskers@aol.com.