The weekend is at hand, so get out there, brave the weather and enjoy one of five (count 'em, five!) shows taking the stage this weekend.
Here's the lineup:
- I Love You... You're Perfect... Now Change - ARTS presents this musical comedy in the Renaissance Ballroom (Old Huntington High School). Shows will be presented Feb. 5-7. Dinner is at 6:30 p.m. and the show begins at 8:00. Tickets for the show and dinner is $25.00 per person and $10.00 for show only. A group rate is available for groups of 10 or more. The story is based around four couples who take the audience through the whole journey of love, dating, and relationships and pokes fun at the process we go through in search of a mate.
- The Pirates of Penzance - the Charleston Light Opera Guild presents the Gilbert & Sullivan’s musical comedy on Feb. 5 and 6 at 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 7 at 3 p.m. All shows are at the Light Opera Guild Theater on the corner of Tennessee Avenue and Roane Street in West Charleston. Tickets are $15 and it is festival seating. The box office number is 304-342-9312 - for more info go to www.charlestonlightoperaguild.org.
- Galileo - The Contemporary Youth Arts Company will present Bertolt Brecht’s classic drama Galileo at 8 p.m. Feb. 5-6 at the historic WVSU Capitol Center Theater, 123 Summers Street, Charleston W.Va. Tickets are $9.50 for adults and $5.50 for students and seniors.
- The Memory House - A two-person play by Kathleen Tolan will be performed at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday nights at Marshall's Francis Booth Experimental Theatre inside the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center. The play is free and open to the public.
- 12 Angry Men - The Kanawha Players presents this classic drama Feb. 5 - 7 and 12 - 13 at 8 p.m. and Feb. 7 at 2 p.m. at the Kanawha Players Theatre, 309 Beauregard Street in Charleston. Tickets are $16 for general admission and $10 for students. For more info, go to www.kanawhaplayers.org. (As my pal Mel points out in the comments, I missed this one in the original post - mea culpa!)
5 comments:
Hey Chuck--you forgot Kanawha Players' production of "12 Angry Men" which opens tonight (2/5/10) at 8:00. Let me know if you'd like to have a link to an online review of it as well.
Hmm - their website said the show started Feb. 12. Sorry about that! Please send any info you have, Mel - thanks!
Mel, you were right - I had seen info about a special dinner they're offering as part of "12 Angry Men," and had missed the correct show dates. Duly corrected - thanks for the catch!
After the annual winter drought of shows, I was able to see two this weekend. Taking a break from rehearsals at Bitsy and Boots, I saw ARTS I Love You, Your Perfect, Now Change and CLOG's Pirates of Penzance.
ARTS show was set up as a dinner theatre and there were probably around 100 people in the house. They are using their ballroom as the staging area for these shows. The show was a great selection for this type of theatre. It was funny and entertaining. The cast of 9 kept the show moving along and the tunes were all very catchy.
CLOG's show was performed at the smaller Tennessee Ave location which is a converted church building. I would say it probably holds about 200 people, and there isn't a bad seat in the house. I know its been discussed before but it would be a great find if a local company could find such a location. From what I understand, CLOG actually uses this location for their workshops and even for rehearsals before they move to bigger venues like the Civic Center or the Clay Center. The show itself was great. I'm becoming a huge fan of Gilbert and Sullivan and this was a great follow up to their production of HMS Pinafore last year. The jokes are classic and the music stands up over the years. (I've heard street talk that a local company may be tackling a G&S in the next year or so. Fingers crossed.)
As for Bitsy and Boots, we are having a blast in rehearsal, I hope to send you some pictures this week. Jon Joy has written another hilarious script, and it's been fun just to be a part of the production.
Stephen, thanks for the comments about this weekend's shows. I was hoping to see both the shows you mentioned, but got tied up by other commitments and couldn't make it.
I hope you're right about the Gilbert & Sullivan show - I'd love to see more such local productions!
Looking forward to "Bitsy & Boots and Friends" - which reminds me, I need to call in my reservation!
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