KINKY BOOTS
Victoria Theatre Association
May 23-28
Schuster Center [Dayton]
Charlie Price is struggling to live up to his father’s expectations and continue the family business of Price & Son. With the factory’s future hanging in the balance, help arrives in the unlikely but spectacular form of Lola, a fabulous performer in need of some sturdy new stilettos.
Filed under On Stage
MOVING SPIRITS
Sinclair Community College Theatre
May 19-20
Blair Hall Theatre [Dayton]
Directed by Rodney Veal
The beauty of dance begins within the soul and movement becomes an extension of the dancer’s body, mind and spirit. This is storytelling at its finest; incorporating various genres of dance as the catalyst to exploring that moving spirit.
Filed under On Stage
GUYS AND DOLLS
Dare to Defy Productions
May 19-20
Victoria Theatre [Dayton]
Set in Damon Runyon’s mythical New York City, GUYS AND DOLLS is an oddball romantic comedy. Gambler Nathan Detroit tries to find the cash to set up the biggest craps game in town while the authorities breathe down his neck; meanwhile, his girlfriend, nightclub performer Adelaide, laments that they’ve been engaged for 14 years. Nathan turns to fellow gambler Sky Masterson for the dough, but Sky ends up chasing the straight-laced missionary Sarah Brown. GUYS AND DOLLS takes us from the heart of Times Square to the cafes of Havana, Cuba, and even into the sewers of New York City, but eventually everyone ends up right where they belong.
Filed under On Stage
PROOF
Bare Boards Theatre Company
May 18-21
Kava House [Wilmington]
Directed by Bryan Wallingford
Cast: Keni Brown as Catherine, Abby Smith as Claire, Kevin Wall as Hal & Matt Purkey as Robert
The script primarily focuses on Catherine, a troubled young woman who has spent years caring for her brilliant but unstable father Robert, a famous mathematician. Following his death, she is confronted all at once with her own volatile emotions; the arrival of her estranged sister, Claire; and the attentions of Hal, her father’s former student, who hopes to find something of value in the work Robert left behind. All this, added to the discovery of a mysterious notebook, compels Catherine to consider exactly which of her father’s traits she’s inherited.
Filed under On Stage
THE EVER AFTER – A Musical
Rivertown Players Jr.
May 13-14
Greendale Middle School [Lawrenceburg, Ind.]
What if “Happily Ever After” isn’t everything you thought it would be? Talk show host Sally Lizzie Jesse Donatello-Griffin takes you through the ever afters of your favorite fairy tale characters on her daytime talk show. See a sibling reunion, friendships shattered, a magic spell reversed, hilarious song and dance, and much more on this episode of “Totally Live With Sal!”
Filed under Family-Friendly, On Stage
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