PUFFS Two Act Young Wizard’s Edition
Cooper Drama Club
Nov. 16-18
Cooper High School [Union, Ky.]
Puffs takes you on an adventure! You know the guy who had a scar on his forehead and found out he was a wizard? Well, this is the story about the OTHER people in that school – the ones who might have been forgotten.
This play goes through all seven books in about 2 hours.
Filed under Events, High School Theatre, On Stage
NEWPORT, KY — There’s trouble in River City when a silver-tongued salesman comes to town and gets his heart stolen by the town librarian as The Footlighters, Inc., presents the second show of its 60th anniversary season, Meredith Willson’s The Music Man.
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 that he vows to organize—despite the fact that he doesn’t know a trombone from a treble clef. Will his plan to skip town with the cash be foiled when he falls for Marian, the town’s librarian? By turns wicked, funny, warm, romantic, and touching, and with its nostalgic score of rousing marches, barbershop quartets, and sentimental ballads, The Music Man is family entertainment at its best.
Not only is The Music Man family friendly, Footlighters’ production is definitely a “family affair” with a cast full of family members sharing the stage with one another. Tabitha Blanton takesthe stage for the first time with her husband, Evan Blanton, in her Footlighters debut. Board president Jen Day gets to act alongside daughter Hannah Richardson and great nieces Ava and Cora Hall, while her sister Greta Manolis helps backstage with costumes. Husband and wife Matt and Julia Hasl Miller return to the Footlighters’ stage for the first time since 1997’s Pirates of Penzance, and lastly, although he’s not onstage, Douglas Berlon gets to direct wife Debbi Berlon in what is undoubtedly a role reversal of their home life!
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Tickets: $25 each and available online at footlighters.org/tickets or by contacting the box office via text at (859) 652-3849 or FootlightersTickets@gmail.com.
The Footlighters, Inc., has been producing quality community theater shows in Greater Cincinnati for 60 years. The group was established in 1963 by a small group of community theater volunteers who wanted to bring theater opportunities to the west side of Cincinnati.
In 1987, the group bought the Salem United Methodist Church in Newport and transformed it into The Stained Glass Theatre. The theater is on the National Register of Historic Places and is designated a Kentucky landmark. In September of 2021, Footlighters completed the third and final phase of their accessibility project by adding ADA-compliant seating in their theater to complement the ADA ramp and elevator installed in 2017 and 2018, allowing access for all patrons with limited mobility.
For more information, please visit footlighters.org or like The Footlighters, Inc., on Facebook.
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A CINCINNATI CHRISTMAS – Sharing the Light
Southern Gateway Chorus
Dec. 9-10
Landmark Church [Evendale]
The Southern Gateway Chorus presents is annual Christmas performance, with this year’s production of A Cincinnati Christmas, followed by Sharing the Light. The first half features people, places and traditions that have made Cincinnati a major impact on people’s Christmas celebrations around the world. The show includes emcee Nancy James providing her experiences with Ruth Lyons and sharing some memorable songs. Ms. James will then narrate Sharing the Light featuring many beautiful hymns of Christmas and Hanakkah.
Tickets: $25, $20 and $15 for students
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THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA
CCM Opera
Nov. 16-19
Patricia Corbett Theatre [University Heights]
Student directed by Darya Zholnerova
Conducted by William Langley
Virtue is threatened by corruption in this haunting chamber opera. In ancient times, the city of Rome has fallen into depravity and it seems the only honorable woman who remains is Lucretia. The king’s son seethes with jealousy, determined to test Lucretia’s chastity. The events that ensue become a symbol of the regime’s oppression, sparking an uprising among the people. Featuring some of Britten’s most beautiful music, the opera conveys with intense passion the struggle between evil and redemption. Sung in English with supertitles. For mature audiences, contains scenes of self-harm and sexual violence.
LUCKY STIFF
Wilmington College Theatre
Nov. 16-18
Heiland Theatre [Wilmington]
This murder mystery farce of mistaken identities, millions in diamonds and a traveling corpse will leave you dying of laughter.
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