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.

Mi Casa es Su Casa at the Publick Playhouse, Oct 19

Mi Casa es Su Casa at the Publick Playhouse, Oct 19

Prince George’s Publick Playhouse

Midweek Matinee
Monday, October 19, 2015, 10:15 am & 12 noon

Mi Casa es Su Casa

This entertaining program of live music and puppets brings to life the culture of Latin America and introduces some Spanish words and phrases.

Recommended for grades K-5. Curriculum connections: Historical, Cultural and Social Context; World Languages.

Tickets: $8/person $6/groups of 20 or more

Bob Brown Puppets: Panda-monium at the Publick Playhouse, Oct 15

Bob Brown Puppets: Panda-monium at the Publick Playhouse, Oct 15

Prince George’s Publick Playhouse

Tiny Tots Thursday
Thursday, October 15, 2015 at 9:30 am & 11:15 am

Bob Brown Puppets: Panda-monium

Master Puppeteer Bob Brown’s enchanting new production presents a delightful cast of adorable, multi-talented pandas and other Chinese circus performers in a 45-minute extravaganza of skill and daring.

Recommended for Pre-K – 1

Tickets: $5/person

The Mystery Plays by the Hard Bargain Players, Oct 9-24

The Mystery Plays by the Hard Bargain Players, Oct 9-24

The Mystery Plays
By Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Directed by April Dawn Weimer
October 9-24, 2015

Location: Hard Bargain Players

Performances: Fridays and Saturdays, October 9, 10, 16, 17, 23 and 24 at 8:00 PM

Synopsis: THE MYSTERY PLAYS is two interrelated one acts, loosely based on the tradition of the medieval mystery plays. In the first play, THE FILMMAKER’S MYSTERY, Joe Manning, a director of horror films, survives a terrible train wreck—only to be haunted by the ghost of Nathan West, one of the passengers who didn’t survive. As the police investigate Joe, he investigates Nathan, desperate to understand why he survived and what Nathan’s specter could possible want. In the second play, GHOST CHILDREN, Joe’s attorney and friend, Abby Gilly, travels to a small town in rural Oregon to make peace with the man who brutally murdered her parents and younger sister sixteen years earlier. The man—the murderer—is her older brother. Like the original medieval mystery plays, THE MYSTERY PLAYS wrestles with the most profound of human ideas: the mysteries of death, the afterlife, religion, faith, and forgiveness—in a uniquely American way.

Tickets for HBP performances are $10 for adults, $8 for students, seniors and members of the Alice Ferguson Foundation.

Intimate Apparel at Clarice Smith, Oct 9-17

Intimate Apparel at Clarice Smith, Oct 9-17

Intimate Apparel
By Lynn Nottage

Fri, Oct 9, 2015. 7:30PM
Sat, Oct 10, 2015. 7:30PM
Sun, Oct 11, 2015. 2:00PM
Wed, Oct 14, 2015. 7:30PM
Thu, Oct 15, 2015. 7:30PM
Fri, Oct 16, 2015. 7:30PM
Sat, Oct 17, 2015. 2:00PM
Sat, Oct 17, 2015. 7:30PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Kay Theatre, Reserved Seating.

Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage explores the strength of the human spirit through the story of Esther, an African American seamstress in New York in 1905 when social and class lines were clearly drawn and seemingly impassible. Directed by Helen Hayes Award nominee Jennifer Nelson.

General Public: Regular: $25, Student/Youth: $10, NextLEVEL (Limit 2 per show): Regular: $20. Tickets.