Tag Archives: Middletown Lyric Theatre

SHIRLEY VALENTINE
Presented by Middletown Lyric Theatre
Nov. 1-10
Middletown

Local media coverage: Journal News article |

Directed by Garry Davidson

Cast: Christina Dye as Shirley Valentine

The heroine in this actor’s tour-de-force is an ordinary middle class English housewife. As she prepares chips and egg for dinner, she ruminates on her life and tells the wall about her husband, her children, her past, and an invitation from a girlfriend to join her on holiday in Greece to search for romance and adventure.

• Thu-Sat, Nov. 1-3 at 8pm
• Fri-Sat, Nov. 9-10 at 8pm

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CLOSER THAN EVER
Presented by Middletown Lyric Theatre
Sept. 13-22
Middletown

As with their earlier revue, each song in CLOSER THAN EVER is a story: an intimate, insightful tale about couples and unrequited love. Included are several songs that were cut from the acclaimed BABY. Love, security, happiness-and holding onto them in a world that pulls you in a hundred directions at once. Maltby and Shire bring their celebrated craft and contemporary sensibility to songs about aging, mid-life crisis, second marriages, and role reversals.

Directed by Charley Shafor
Musical Direction by Pam Steiniger

Cast: Robin Baker, Julia Abanto-Bethune, Brett Greenwood, Ryan Heinrich, Erin Schilling & Beth Vestring

• Thu-Sat, Sept. 13-15 at 8pm
• Fri-Sat, Sept. 21-22 at 8pm

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Local media coverage: Journal News article |

PIPPIN
Presented by Middletown Lyric Theatre
July 12-14
Middletown

Once upon a time, a young prince longed to discover the secret of true happiness and fulfillment. He sought it in the glories of the battlefield, the temptations of the flesh and the intrigues of political power (after disposing of his father King Charlemagne the Great). In the end, he found it in the simple pleasures of home and family.

Directed by Charley Shafor
Music directed by Brett Greenwood
Choreographed by Danita Scoggins

Cast: Ben Farmer as the Leading Players, Danny Omaits as Pippin, Cara Severson as Catherine/Player, Von Eric Huhn as Theo, Pam Steiniger as Berthe, Les Landen as Charlemange & Sara Cabaugh as Fastrada
Players:  Ryan Dilts, Destiny Hammitt, Austin Woodruff, Kelly Lumbert & Christyn New

• Thu-Fri, July 12-13 at 8pm
• Sat, July 14 at 2pm & 8pm

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