Category Archives: Musical

Sweeney Todd at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Oct 23-Nov 15

Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Oct 23-Nov 15

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Book by: Hugh Wheeler
Directed by TJ Lukacsina
Produced by Maureen Rogers
Words and Music by Stephen Sondheim
Musical Director: Bill Georg

Location: Laurel Mill Playhouse

Friday October 23, 2015 through Sunday November 15, 2015

An infamous tale, Sweeney Todd, an unjustly exiled barber, returns to 19th century London seeking vengeance against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife. The road to revenge leads Todd to Mrs. Lovett, a resourceful proprietress of a failing pie shop, above which he opens a new barber practice. Mrs. Lovett’s luck sharply shifts when Todd’s thirst for blood inspires the integration of an ingredient into her meat pies that has the people of London lining up, and the carnage has only just begun!

Produced by special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). Performances run weekends from Friday October 23, 2015 through Sunday November 15, 2015 with Friday and Saturday evening performances at 8 p.m. Tickets are $23 for general admission. Admission for students (12 and under), active duty military and seniors (65 and over) is $18. For reservations, please call 301-617-9906 and press 2. For further information visit the web site at http://www.laurelmillplayhouse.org or contact Maureen Rogers at maureencrogers@gmail.com or 301-452-2557.

MAD presents Urinetown, Oct 23-Nov 14

MAD presents Urinetown, Oct 23-Nov 14

Presented by NASA – Goddard Space Flight Center’s Music and Drama Club.

Goddard’s Music and Drama Club (MAD Productions) presents:

Urinetown
Music and lyrics by Mark Hollman, book and lyrics by Greg Kotis

Produced by Eliot Malumuth
Directed by Katrina Jackson

In the world of Urinetown, there has been a severe drought for decades, so private toilets are banned and everyone must pay a fee to use regulated public toilets, owned by the Urine Good Company.

Oct. 23, 24, 25, 29, 30, 31, Nov. 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, and 14, 2015
All Sunday performances and Halloween are Matinees
Evenings: Doors open 7:30 PM – Curtain up 8:00 PM
Matinees: Doors open 2:00 PM – Curtain up 2:30 PM
Special Post-Show Discussions ABOUT WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND NASA’S ROLE IN STUDYING DROUGHTS November 1 & 8

Tickets: $20 + $1 service fee.

Buy tickets here.

The Music Man by 2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse, Oct 16-Nov 14

The Music Man by 2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse, Oct 16-Nov 14

“The Music Man”
October 16 – November 14, 2015
Book, Music & Lyrics by Meredith Willson
Directed by Jane B. Wingard
Music Direction by Joe Biddle

2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse

October 16 through November 14, 2015
Fri and Sat at 8 PM, Sun at 3 PM
Closing performance Saturday, November 14 at 3 PM

The Music Man follows fast-talking traveling salesman Harold Hill as he cons the people of River City, Iowa into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys’ band he vows to organize – this despite the fact he doesn’t know a trombone from a treble clef. His plans to skip town with the cash are foiled when he falls for Marian the librarian, who transforms him into a respectable citizen by curtain’s fall. By turns wicked, funny, warm, romantic and touching, The Music Man is family entertainment at its best. Meredith Wilson’s six-time, TONY Award winning musical comedy has been entertaining audiences since 1957 and is a family-friendly story to be shared with every generation!!

General Admission – $22
Seniors (60+) and Full Time Students – $19
Children age 11 and under – $12
Discount available for prepaid groups and Season Ticket holders.
For tickets, click here to order online or reservations may be made on a Visa or MasterCard by calling (410) 757-5700 or (301) 832-4819.

Company by Tantallon at Harmony Hall, Oct 2-11

Company by Tantallon at Harmony Hall, Oct 2-11

Company
by Stephen Sondheim

Location: Tantallon Community Players at Harmony Hall Regional Center in Fort Washington, Maryland.

October 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 2015
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00
Sundays at 3:00

This Tony-winning Sondheim musical explores the ups and downs of married life, from newlyweds to those who’ve “done it three or four times”, as the central unmarried character struggles to decide whether it’s really all worth it as he turns 35.

Once Upon a Mattress by Prince George’s Little Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse, Sep 11-26

Once Upon a Mattress by Prince George’s Little Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse, Sept 11-26

Once Upon a Mattress
Music by Mary Rodger; Lyrics by Marshall Barer; Book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller and Marshall Barer
Directed by Frank Pasqualino
Produced by Jenna Jones Paradis

September 11 – 26, 2015

Prince George’s Little Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse

There are eight performances over three weekends, September 11 – September 26, 2015

Synopsis: Once Upon A Time – a long, long time ago, there lived the mute King Sextimus, his wife, Queen Aggravain and their son, Prince Dauntless the Drab. Their kingdom suffers a curse – Sextimus shall remain mute until “the mouse has devoured the hawk.” To make matters worse, the Queen has decreed that no one may marry until a suitable Princess has been found for her darling son, which is a big problem for Sir Harry and Lady Larken, who must get married soon as they are expecting a baby.

Since all females in the kingdom are declared unsuitable by the Queen, Sir Harry leaves the kingdom on a quest to find Dauntless a bride. He finally arrives with Princess Winnifred or “Fred” who hails from the swamps and swims the moat to meet the Prince. While she enchants Dauntless, the Queen finds Fred totally unacceptable as a daughter-in-law. With the help of her confidante, the Wizard, she sets up a seemingly impossible test; Fred must sleep on twenty mattresses under which a single pea is placed. If she is truly a Princess, her sensitivity will not allow her rest. Will Fred pass the test? Will Larken and Harry finally be allowed to marry? Find out in this funny fractured fairy tale where you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover…. Or mattresses by them either!