ERHS Drama present the 2014 Fall Musical:
Hairspray
music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman and Shaiman
book by Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan
based on the 1988 John Waters film Hairspray
Location: Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt.
Friday, November 14, 2014 at 7pm
Saturday, November 15, 2014 at 7pm
Friday, November 21, 2014 at 7pm
Saturday, November 22, 2014 at 7pm
Tickets: $6 in advance, $9 at the door.
Seussical! Bowie High School Musical
Presented by: Bowie High School
Location: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts
Friday October 31 @ 7:30 pm
Saturday November 1 @ 7:30 pm
Sunday, November 2 @ 2:30 pm
Friday November 7 @ 7:30 pm
Saturday, November 8 @ 7:30pm
Sunday, November 9 @ 2:30 pm
SPECIAL FOR HALLOWEEN ONLY: This is also opening night, so children 12 & under in costume will be admitted free with paying adult!
General Admission Tickets: $10 adults or $7 seniors, students and children. Cash. Ticket sales at the Bowie CPA box office Monday-Thursday 4PM-7PM starting October 27 and 1 hour before shows.
Directed by Ms. Heather Harris, choreographer for last year’s Beauty and the Beast, and with musical direction by BHS music teacher, Dr. Janna Ryan, this year’s cast features students from grades nine through twelve.
Seussical! is based on the Dr. Seuss books: Horton Hears a Who!, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Lorax, Green Eggs and Ham, Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories, Horton Hatches the Egg, I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew, McElligot’s Pool, Hunches in Bunches, If I Ran the Circus, The Butter Battle Book, Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!, The Cat in the Hat, The Sneetches and Other Stories, Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish. Story: The Cat in the Hat tells the story of Horton, an elephant who discovers a speck of dust containing Whos, including Jojo, a Who child sent off to a butter battling military school for thinking too many “thinks.” Horton’s attention to the speck of dust and his “loitering” care of Mayzie LaBird’s egg has elicited taunting and accusations from the rest of the animal kingdom, except for Gertrude McFuzz, who longs for his attention, and JoJo, whose “thinks” save them all in the end.
Presented by NASA – Goddard Space Flight Center’s Music and Drama Club at the Charis Center in Bowie.
Goddard’s Music and Drama Club (MAD Productions) presents:
Fanny
Book by S. N. Behrman and Joshua Logan
Music and Lyrics by Harold Rome
Based on Marcel Pagnol’s trilogy
Directed by Richard Richardson
Produced by Kathy Fontaine
October 24 to November 22, 2014
Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm
Sundays at 3pm
Description: The story of “Fanny” follows Marius and Fanny, who are deeply in love but torn apart by the temptation and excitement of the sea. Years later the star-crossed lovers are reunited but everything has changed! Join us at the Charis Center for the Arts from October 24 to November 22 to see how our young couple navigates the tribulations of adolescence!
Tickets: $20 plus $1 service charge.
To purchase tickets, click here.
For more information, call: (240) 475-8800.
Friday October 10, 2014 through Sunday October 19, 2014
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf
by Ntozake Shange
Directed by Michael V. Hartsfield
Produced by Maureen Rogers
Location: Laurel Mill Playhouse
Sunday matinee performances will be held at 2:00 PM on October 12 and October 19.
This groundbreaking “choreopoem” is a spellbinding collection of vivid prose and free verse narratives about and performed by Black women. Capturing the brutal, tender and dramatic lives of contemporary Black women, For Colored Girls… offers a transformative, riveting evening of provocative dance, music and poetry.
“A triumphant event, filled with humor. Pure theatre.” – New York Daily News “A poignant, gripping, angry and beautiful work.” – Time
Performances run weekends from Friday October 10, 2014 through Sunday October 19, 2014 with Friday and Saturday evening performances at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 for general admission. Admission for students (12 and under), active duty military and seniors (65 and over) is $15. 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.
The Me Nobody Knows
Based on the book The Me Nobody Knows
Music by Gary William Friedman
Lyrics by Will Holt
October 10-17, 2014
Adapted Robert Livingston and Patrik Widrig
Additional lyrics Herb Schapiro
Arrangements and orchestration Gary William Friedman
Co-directors Alvin Mayes and Scot Reese
Musical director L. Richmond Sparks
Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.
Fri, Oct 10, 2014 . 7:30PM
Sat, Oct 11, 2014 . 2:00PM
Sat, Oct 11, 2014 . 7:30PM
Sun, Oct 12, 2014 . 2:00PM
Tue, Oct 14, 2014 . 7:30PM
Wed, Oct 15, 2014 . 7:30PM
Thu, Oct 16, 2014 . 7:30PM
Fri, Oct 17, 2014 . 7:30PM
Tickets: Regular: $25, Student: $10. Kay Theatre, Reserved Seating.
Description: Portrayed within the span of a single day, The Me Nobody Knows poetically examines the aspirations and fears of a multi-racial cast of young people.
Inspired by actual writings of students, their stories are universal. In these students’ struggles lies their hope, and ours. They are the voices of change. The musical score combines rock music, classical fugues, rap and jazz that inspire passion and transformation.
The Me Nobody Knows is Tony-nominated and OBIE Award-winning. The Me Nobody Knows is presented through special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.
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