On Stage in April

   Not as many shows as March, but lots of great shows coming up this month. Here’s the rundown:

- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - Marshall Theatre Alliance presents the classic musical comedy April 24 - 27 at 8 p.m. and April 28 at 2 p.m. at the Joan C. Edwards Playhouse. The musical takes comedy back to its roots, combining situations from the time-tested, 2000 year old comedies of Roman playwright Plautus with the infectious energy of vaudeville in its prime. The result is a non-stop laugh-fest in which a crafty slave struggles to win the hand of a beautiful but slow-witted courtesan for his young master, in exchange for his freedom.

- The Addams Family - The Marshall Artists Series presents the touring version of the hit Broadway musical on April 28 at 7 p.m. at the Keith-Albee Performing Arts Center.

- 50th Anniversary Golden Celebration - Musical Arts Guild will hold a concert April 13 at 6:30 p.m. at the Guyan Country Club. Tickets include dinner, drinks and entertainment!

- Cinderella ... Ever After - The LimeLight Theatre Company presents this production with an original take on the classic story on April 26 and 27 at 7 p.m. and April 28 at 2 p.m. and May 3 and 4 at 7 p.m. and May 4 and 5 at 2 p.m. at the Capitol Theater 123 Summers St. Charleston, WV

- A Delicate Balance - The Alban Arts Center presents the play that revolves around the household of an old couple and the cohabiting Claire, who never passes up an opportunity to drink or to make a good joke at someone's expense (including her own). Their uneasy peace is disrupted first by the unexpected arrival of two old friends - fellow empty-nesters with free-floating anxiety who ask to stay with them to escape an unnamed terror - and then by the arrival of their daughter Julia, whose fourth marriage has collapsed. The show will be presented April 26 and 27 at 8 p.m. and April 28 at 2 p.m. at the Alban Arts Center at 65 Olde Main, St. Albans, W.Va.

- Sugar Bean Sisters - The Kanawha Players presents the play about the Nettle Sisters. Stuck in a Florida swamp near Disney World, the sisters are determined to escape spinsterhood by hopping the next spaceship out of town, and they’re not going to let the arrival of a snake charmer, a handsome Mormon Bishop and a mysterious bird woman stand in their way. Shows will be presented April 19, 20, 26 and 27 at 8p.m. and April 21 at 2p.m.

- Love, Loss and What I Wore - Charleston Stage Company presents the play written by Nora and Delia Ephron based on the 1995 book of the same name by Ilene Beckerman. It is organized as a series of monologues and uses a rotating cast of five principal women. The subject matter of the monologues includes women’s relationships and wardrobes and at times the interaction of the two, using the female wardrobe as a time capsule of a woman’s life. It will be staged April 4-6 and April 11-13 at 7:30 p.m. at the WVSU Capitol Center Theatre at 123 Summers Street in Charleston.

- The Secret Life of Girls - Jenny Wiley Theatre presents the play that presents an honest and unflinching dramatization of teen-girl angst, as a window is opened into the tumultuous and destructive world of girls' bullying. The play will be presented April 25, 26, 27, May 3, 4  at 7:30 p.m. at the Jenny Wiley Theatre Pikeville Location at 218 Second Street, Pikeville, Ky.