St. Vincent Pallotti High School presents
The Lightning Thief – the Percy Jackson Musical
April 21 – 23, 2023
Friday, April 21 at 7:00pm
Saturday, April 22 at 7:00pm
Sunday, April 23 at 2:00pm
Location: St. Vincent Pallotti High School in Laurel.
Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 Senior Citizens, $8 for students and children
For more information contact:
Renee Lorenz
rlorenz@pallottihs.org
2023 Greenbelt Youth Musical
The Joy Gods Return
by Chris Cherry
Saturday, March 4, 7 pm
Sunday, March 5, 3 pm
Saturday, March 11, 2 pm and 7 pm
Location: Greenbelt Community Center Gymnasium 15 Crescent Rd.
A year after 9/11, actress Felicity Knox makes a surprise appearance as Iris, the messenger goddess of joy, on the Channel Four morning news. The stunt is meant to publicize the Broadway premiere of her late husband’s retro-musical, The Joy Gods Return, but it blossoms into a campaign of joy that lifts the spirits of the entire city. New York falls in love with Iris, and so does jaded newscaster Brian Banning, whose quest for an exposé
nearly wrecks everything. The Joy Gods Return celebrates the resurgence of joy after isolation and grief. It’s about the return of laughter, music, color, glamour, life – and love. After the hiatus of the pandemic, it’s exactly the show we need.
Tickets: $5; advance sales at (301) 397-2208
Crowns
by Regina Taylor
Director & Choreographer: Rikki Howie Lacewell
Music Director: LeVar Betts
Producer: Cheramie Jackson
February 10 – 25, 2023
Fridays through Sundays. *Closing Saturday performance is a matinee.
2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse
A moving and celebratory musical play in which hats become a springboard for an exploration of Black history and identity as seen through the eyes of a young Black woman who has come down South to stay with her aunt after her brother is killed in Brooklyn. Hats are everywhere, in exquisite variety, and the characters use the hats to tell tales concerning everything from the etiquette of hats to their historical and contemporary social functioning. There is a hat for every occasion, from flirting to churchgoing to funerals to baptisms, and the tradition of hats is traced back to African rituals and slavery and forward to the New Testament and current fashion. The conclusion finds the standoffish young woman, whose cultural identity as a young black Brooklyn woman has been so at odds with the more traditional and older Southern blacks, embracing hats and their cultural significance as a part of her own fiercely independent identity.
Tickets for shows at Bowie Playhouse are $25.00 for General Admission, $22.00 for seniors (60 and over), military and full time students, and $15 for Children 11 and under. Buy tickets here.
Prince George’s Publick Playhouse presents:
Black History In Motion
Friday, February 10, 2023, 10:30am
Prince George’s Publick Playhouse.
Celebrate Black History Month with seniors from throughout Prince George’s county and beyond with a historical journey highlighting the contributions of African Americans through musical performance at The Publick Playhouse.
$7. Click here.
Kofi’s Village
Sunday, January 22nd @ 2 PM
Location: Joe’s Movement Emporium.
Take a magical trip to the continent of Africa to visit Kofi’s village! This exciting adventure dances and sings its way through instruments, harvesting a treasure map, and more! Ages 2+
Tickets: $5. Click here.
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