A few weekend theatre notes for you, gentle reader:
- The Huntington Symphony and Marshall University's Theatre Department are teaming up for a special Valentine's show tonight at 8:00 p.m. at the Keith-Albee Performing Arts Center. The performance is called "Will and Romance," and the theme is the marriage of music and Shakespearean drama. Sounds like a great show - you can read more about it right here.
- The last performance of Seussical Jr. in Ashland runs tonight at 8:00 p.m. at the Ashland Community and Technical College. It's a terrific show for all ages - don't miss it! (By the way, an interesting discussion was sparked in this post about "School Edition" and "Junior" versions of popular shows.)
- And Sunday at 3:00 p.m. the Paramount Arts Center will host "Ring Of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash." Ticket prices range from $10 to $45. The touring production is an homage to the "Man in Black" and features nearly 40 songs from the legendary musician. You can read more about it, as always, right here.
So get out there and have fun this weekend!
4 comments:
Jean and I are looking forward to attending the Huntington Symphony Orchestra concert tonight. I ran into some of my former "HAIR" castmates at "The Producers" the other night, who will be performing some monologues and scenes from Shakespearian plays, and I'm looking forward to hearing Laura Evans perform! Should be a great night!
-Ryan
Ryan, I'd love to see the show, too - but I can't be there. Be sure to let us know how it went!
Tonight was indeed a great evening of Shakespeare and Symphony! The musical selections (inspired by the Bard's greatest hits) were peppered with monologues and scenes performed by current and former MU Theatre students Mike Murdock, Chris Ferris, Mike Naglee, Kristen McCabe, Leah Turley and Mary Williams, fully decked out in Elizabethian couture by Joan St. Germain and directed by Jack Cirillo.
I won't launch into a full review here, but it was an inspiring evening, complete with a beautiful vocal performance by Laura Evans. When we spoke during intermission, she said that she had the flu, but onstage there was no evidence of that. She sang like a nightingale.
I love it when actors are able to interpret Shakespeare and deliver the language in a way that sounds completely natural, accessible and "non-actorish". MU Department of Theatre did not disappoint, and also delivered more than a few funny moments. Bravo!
The orchestra was in top form and capped off the performance with a stirring medley from "West Side Story", the Bernstein and Sondheim adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet".
I had to fight the urge to launch into "America" on the way out. An urge I was able to suppress until we got into the car.
-Ryan
Ryan, thanks for the recap - excellent job! How I wish I could have seen it! How does Jack Cirillo do it - he directed this, he's doing "The Seagull" and "Children of Eden" - all at once! He makes the rest of us look like slackers!
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