On Stage This Weekend

   It's a busy weekend for community theatre groups, with five terrrific shows to see.

   Evita has to go at the top of the list - the Light Opera Guild always does top-notch work, and this is one of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's most beloved musicals. Add in an amazingly talented cast and it's a lock. Don't miss it!

   A Delicate Balance is a great one for the grown-ups out there. Written by Edward Albee, it's a serious play (with some funny moments) about a dysfunctional family. The new theatre company in St. Albans is doing great work - highly recommended!

   Cinderella ... Ever After is an original take on a classic story by the newest theatre group around. A great show for kids and fans of stories that end with "happily ever after!"

   Anything Goes is another classic musical and I've been hearing lots of raves about this production - Captial High School always does terrific work.

   The Secret Life of Girls wraps up this weekend at Jenny Wiley. I haven't seen that one, either, but WIley has a great reputation and it always worth the drive.

   Here's the complete list of shows for this weekend:

- Evita - The Charleston Light Opera Guild presents the hit rock opera 
with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. It will be 
presented at the Charleston Civic Center Little Theatre  May 3-4, 10-11
and 17-18 at 7:30 p.m., with one matinee on May 12 at 3 p.m.

 

- 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 at 8 p.m. May 3-4 and 2 p.m. May 5 at the Alban Arts Center at 65 Olde Main, St. Albans, W.Va. 

- Cinderella ... Ever After - The LimeLight Theatre Company presents this production with an original take on the classic story on 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.

- Anything Goes - Capital High School Performing Arts Department presents the musical at Capital High School on May 2-4 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are purchased at the door: $8 for students and $10 for adults.

- 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 May 3, 4  at 7:30 p.m. at the Jenny Wiley Theatre Pikeville location at 218 Second Street, Pikeville, Ky.