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Elizabeth, Noah and mom Betsy Carras are performing together in LSC’s MAMMA MIA.

Loveland Stage Company’s MAMMA MIA opens August 15 and runs through the 25^th.  The musical revolves around the  popular music of ABBA but the heart of the story line is about family.  And family ties are found throughout the talented cast.

Ava Swearingen plays the role of Sophie, desperately trying to find her “real” father.  Ava’s mother, Bobbie Jo is in the ensemble.

Betsy Carras, an English teacher in Mason City schools, is joined in the cast by her two children Elizabeth and Noah.

Lee Vest, cast as Pepper, is joined by his dad Dave who is working on set construction

Artistic Director and set Designer Deirdre Dyson is joined by her husband Dick, who is the light designer.

Steve and Theresa Kovacs are the co-producers of this production.

The production opens August 15 and will continue through August 25.  Showtimes  are August 15, 16, 17, 23 and 24 at 730 p.m. and 3 p.m. on August 18, 24 (with an ASL presentation) and  25.

All tickets are $20 and can be purchased at  http://lovelandstagecompany.org  or by calling 513.443.4572.  The theatre is located at 11 S. 2^nd St. 9Rt. 48), Loveland OH 45140.

The Loveland Stage Company has begun production of its summer children’s musical BUGSY MALONE JR which opens on July 12 and continues for two weekends.   Director Pia Rider is using her experience to skillfully unify a young (ages 8 to 18 years) and talented cast which is delightfully frolicking through this hilarious musical. In addition to coaching the young performers, award-winning members of the Loveland Stage Company are teaching children hands on technical skills in producing and presenting a stage show. Bugsy Malone is a musical for kids by kids to be enjoyed by kids at heart!

BUGSY MALONE JR is based on the hit 1976 movie film, starring Scott Baio and Jodi Foster, and featuring a catchy, swinging score by Paul Williams, the composer of The Muppet Movie.  Our story, written by Alan Parker, is about the rivalry of two gangs in a fictitious New York borough in the 1920’s gangster era.

As the curtain raises, our hero, Bugsy Malone (played by Rowan Nelson) walks to center stage and comments on the scene in the voiceover style of the 1940’s noir films. The Hoods gang, who work for Dandy Dan (played by Seth Patterson), is hunting down members of rival mobster Fat Sam’s gang (Fat Sam is played by Brandon Ressler). The Hoods splurge Roxy the Weasel (played by Marco Cramer) who works for Fat Sam with a mysterious new device that fires a lethal dose of silly string! After Roxy is splurged and carted off stage, Bugsy tells the audience that “something fishy in going on” but assures the audience that “by the final curtain I’m thinking everything will turn out A-OK”.

The Chorus Girls introduce Bugsy to the audience with the tune “Bugsy Malone”, and he invites the audience into Fat Sam’s speakeasy, The Grand Slam. Bugsy is immediately smitten with Blousey Brown (played by Nicole Stocks), a new girl auditioning to be a singer at the club. The Hoods break into The Grand Slam and pandemonium resumes. Bugsy, hiding under a table, talks Blousey into a dinner date. Bugsy continues to woo her and to avoid the gangland wars in the fallowing scenes. In the following scenes, Blousey auditions at the Bijoux Theatre competing with headliner Lena Marelli (played by Grace Guthrie) and back at The Grand Slam competing with Fat Sam’s girlfriend, Tallulah (Carissa Palazzolo). Bugsy tells Blousey that she is a sensational singer and “New York is all washed up. Hollywood is where you should be.”

Fat Sam meets with his gang and explains that they need to get their hands on a splurge to defeat their rivals and leaves his gang to figure out how to get a splurger. Just then, Dandy Dan’s gang enters and wipes out the rival gang with silly string. In desperation Fat Sam hires Bugsy to find a new gang. Bugsy succeeds in recruiting men from the docks and arming them with highjacked splurgers.   The gangs face each other, and a standoff occurs but Bugsy convinces the two gangs that they’re more powerful as friends than enemies with the song “You Give a Little Love.” Bugsy presents Blousey with the tickets to Hollywood, the two embraces and everything turns out A-OK as the curtain falls.

The award-winning members of the Loveland Stage Company that are teaching and coaching the actors and technical crew include Producers Jonathan Eckman, Jill Gornet and Charlie Rader along with Musical Director Stephanie Mackris and Choreographers Marjory Clegg and Alex Rader.

Don’t miss enjoying this hilarious comical musical. Don’t even be late because the laughter begins when the curtain rises on BUGSY MALONE JR. Tickets are on sale for evening performances at 7:30 pm on July 12, 13, 19, 20 or matinee performances at 3:00 pm on July 14 and 21.

To order tickets please visit our website at www.lovelandstagecompany.org or call 513-443-4LSC (4572).  All performances are held at the Loveland Stage Company Theatre, 111 Second Street, Loveland, Ohio 45140.

The Loveland Stage Company is dedicated to bringing quality theater to the Loveland community. We select plays and musicals which are both instructive to our members and entertaining to our audiences. With on-stage quality as a goal, we strive to keep a friendly, healthy atmosphere in our productions. Our members, volunteers all, are then afforded the best opportunities to exercise their interests and talents, while our club provides the best amateur theater our community can produce.