The final season for Huntington Outdoor Theatre got off to a soggy start last weekend as rain canceled Saturday's performance of the musical comedy Hairspray - and it delayed Sunday's show - but the forecast is looking much better for this weekend!
The show's been getting rave reviews, and today's Herald-Dispatch included an excellent story by my pal Dave Lavender. You can read it here - and here's an excerpt:
If there two things that don't go together it's raindrops and hairspray.
And so it's with fingers crossed and bribes made to area meteorologists for something like the sun as Huntington Outdoor Theatre heads into its second weekend of the rollicking dance-fevered musical, Hairspray at the Ritter Park Amphitheater.
Hairspray will light up the park at 8:30 p.m. Friday through Sunday, July 12-14, July 19-21, July 26-28.
Gates open at 6:30 p.m. for picnicking and the children's pre-show, "Disney Extravaganza!" and community pre-show begin at 7 p.m. Bring lawn chairs or blankets, cooler, etc.
Admission is $15, $13 for both seniors (65+) and kids (5-12) while kids ages 5 and under get in for free. Groups of 20 tickets or more are $12 per ticket.
Advance tickets can be bought at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena box office and tickets can be bought at the gate.
H.O.T. founder and director Helen Freeman, who announced earlier this year that this is the last season for H.O.T., which is in its 20th year, said last weekend's soggy opening weekend was only bested in misery by last year's opening weekend marred by blazing record heat then followed by the derecho wind blasts that did some Oz-like set destruction.
"It was the worst weekend of our lives but not as bad as last year," Freeman said of last weekend when incessant rain canceled Saturday and had bookend shows Friday and Sunday with thin crowds.
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