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Newsies Coming Friday

2/26/2019

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Extra! Extra! Blue Light Players Production of NEWSIES Opens on Friday, March 1st!

The Blue Light Players are the first mid-Michigan community theatre to present Newsies the Musical, a high-energy celebration of the triumph of “the little man,” on stage the first two weekends in March at East Lansing’s Hannah Community Center. 

Based on the real-life Newsboys Strike of 1899 in New York City, this Disney musical tells the story of Jack Kelly (Adam Woolsey), a charismatic and rebellious newsboy who dreams of a life as an artist away from the big city. After publishing giant Joseph Pulitzer (Bill Henson) raises newspaper prices at the newsboys’ expense, Kelly and his fellow “newsies,” including sweet cripple Crutchie (Jake Hall), serious Davey (Alex Quinlan), and his exuberant little brother Les (Reann Thelen/Jocelyn Snitgen) take action. With help from determined reporter Katherine Plumber (Kathryn Mulcahy), all of New York City soon recognizes that strength in numbers can topple even the most powerful tycoon.
Director Helen Hart has assembled a vibrant cast of 28 singing, dancing, leaping performers who represent several mid-Michigan communities, including Dewitt, Delta Township/Waverly, Grand Ledge, Holt, Haslett, East Lansing, Lansing, and St. Johns.  John Dale Smith leads the production’s pit band (a first for Blue Light Players), working with music director Kait Wilson. The dance numbers choreographed by Kathryn Mulcahy are sure to bring audiences to their feet as the cast cavorts up, down, and around the custom-designed and fabricated steel set. 

Performances are at 7 pm on Friday and Saturday, March 1 and 2, and March 8 and 9, and at 4 pm on Sunday, March 3 and 10, at the Albert A. White Auditorium, Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Rd., in East Lansing. Tickets are $20; $15 for seniors (55+) and students; all seats are reserved. 

Proceeds from Blue Light Players’ productions support the families of fallen and critically-injured law enforcement officers. Since its inception, the theatre troupe has donated more than $32,000 to this cause. 

For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit http://www.bluelightplayers.com


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42nd Street coming to Lansing Catholic

2/23/2019

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Justin Banks reports:

3/8-9 - Just passing on info about "42nd Street", the song and dance extravaganza coming to Lansing Catholic High School.  Performances are March 8-9, 15 & 16, 2019, all at 7 p.m.  (I'm biased but my daughter Emmagrace is playing Maggie Jones).  This may fill up, so reservations are recommended.  One may order tickets at www.ticketor.com/lchsdrama.  

The kids have been working hard on their tap dance routines so it should be good show.  If you haven't been to Lansing Catholic's recently renovated auditorium  - 501 Marshall Street -  it's worth a look.  Tickets are $10.  
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Til Beth Do Us Part

2/23/2019

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‘Til Beth Do Us Part (A Marital Confection) plays for just one weekend at the Wilson Center Auditorium, 101 W. Cass St., St. Johns. 
The script boasts a “...wildly funny climax in which things go uproariously awry just as Suzannah's boss arrives for that all-important dinner. Whether you're married, single, rethinking your divorce or currently being controlled by someone up to no good, you're sure to enjoy this family-friendly, laugh-out-loud Jones/Hope/Wooten comedy!”

Homegrown Productions stages this comedy, starring Bob Murrell, Jan Ross, Susan DeRosa, Beth Webb, Darryl Schmitz, and Marci Balogh, and directed by Tom Webb. 
Showtime February 22 and 23 at 7:30; Sunday Feb. 24 matinee at 2:00. Tickets ($10) are available at the door. 
https://www.facebook.com/Homegrown-Productions-135897359920727/


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GLUT Calendar March 2019

2/20/2019

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2/22-24 & 3/ 1-3 - 8 pm Fri/Sat; 3 pm Sat/Sun,Disney’s Tarzan- OCP 

3/1-3 & 8-10 - 7 pm Fri/Sat; 4 pm Sun - Newsies, the musical,at Hannah Community Center - BLP


3/5 & 6 - 6:30 pm - AUDITIONS FOR “Little Women”Windwalker Underground Galleries, 125 S. Cochran, Charlotte, MI 48813 - info@AndromedaPlayers.orgor 269-262-1943- AND 


3/5/19 - 7pm - Constellationsby Nick Payne; free staged reading, directed by Jordan Climie - PCTC


3/12-17 - 7:30 pm Tue/Wed/Thur; 8 pm Fri; 2 pm & 8 pm Sat; 1 pm & 6:30 pm Sun 1- Miss Saigon- WTN 


3/14-17 & 21-24 - 7 pm Thur; 8 pm Fri/Sat; 2 pm Sun -The Elephant Man,Drama by Bernard Pomerance, directed by Amy Rickett - RWT


3/15&16 - AACTFest Owosso has seven teams competing with some intriguing titles. Check it out here https://owossoplayers.com/aactfest-2019/

3/15-24 - Fri 3/15-8 pm; Sat 3/16-8 pm; Sun 3/17-2 pm; Tues 3/19-7:30 pm; Wed 3/20-7:30 pm; Thur 3/21-7:30 pm; Fri 3/22-8 pm; Sat 3/23-2 pm & 8 pm; Sun 3/24-2 pm - A Wrinkle in Timeby Madeleine L’Engle, Adapted by Tracy Young, directed by Ryan Welsh - Arena Theatre - MSU


3/16-17 & 23-24 - 8 pm Sat; 2 pm Sun -Fight Girl Battle Worldby Qui Nguyen, directed by Jeff Croff - IX


3/17 & 18 - 7 pm - AUDITIONS for Hairspray, musical comedy directed by Sarah Hayner - RWT


3/20, 3/22-24 - Wed, Fri, Sat at 7 pm, Sun at 3 pm,La Scala di Seta, Gianni Schicchi, by Gioacchino Rossini & Giacomo Puccini, Conductor: Steven Mosteller, Director: Melanie Helton - Fairchild Theatre - MSUO


3/21-4/20 - 8 pm Thur/Fri, 3 pm & 8 pm Sat, 2pm Sun – The Gin Gameby D.L. Coburn, directed by John Lepard - WT


3/22, 8 pm & 3/24, 1 pm - I and YOU, a Wharton Center Production - Pasant Theatre - WTN


3/27 - 7:30 pm Wednesday - The Other Mozart,the forgotten story of Amadeus’ sister - Pasant - WTN


3/28-31 & 4/4-7- 7 pm Thur; 8 pm Fri/Sat; 2 pm Sun -A Behanding In Spokane, Drama by Martin McDonagh, directed by Heath Sartorius - RWT


3/29-30 & 4/5-7 -8 pm Fri/Sat; 2 pm Sun, Pageant Playby Matthew Wilkas and Mark Setlock, directed by Paige Tufford, Black Box 1422 Gannon Bldg. - LCC

3/30 -1-3 pmAUDITIONS for Hopeat Capitol Area District Library - 401 s. Capital - IX



Greater Lansing Ubiquitous Theatres
*AAF - Audio Air Force - live “radio shows” - www.audioairforce.com- Dave Downing - 517-881-9746 


**AECT - All-of-us Express Children’s Theatre - 
www.cityofeastlansing.com/allofus- 517-319-6957 - ecooke@cityofeastlansing.com


AND - Andromeda Community Theatre, Charlotte, MI - www.andromedaplayers.org- info@andromedaplayers.org- 517-303-4576

**BLP - Blue Light Players - www.bluelightplayers.com, bluelightplayers@gmail.com, 517-490-4567 / 282-4699 
DE - The Downeaster Theatre -1120 N. Pennsylvania Ave. - Lansing 48906; www.thedowneastertheatre.com; 517-763-8045 - downeasteroffice@gmail.com


**ELCT - East Lansing Community Theatre performing Shakespeare - see Facebook; mktip119@comcast.net


GEN - Generations Community Theatre - www.generationstheater.com


HGP - Homegrown Productions, St. Johns (989) 224-8982, “Homegrown Productions St. Johns” Facebook


HPA - Homeschool Performaing Arts - hpami.org- www.facebook.com/Homeschool.Performing.Arts/


*IX - Ixion - ixiontheatre.com, ixionensemble@gmail.com, 517-775-4246
LCC - Lansing Community College Communication, Media & the Arts - www.lcc.edu/showinfo- 
517-483-1488 / 517-483-1122 

**MTC - Midway Theater Company - midwaytheatercompany.org- 517-316-5272


MMFT - Mid Michigan Family Theatre - 517-339-2145 - www.freewebs.com/midmichfamilytheatre


MSU - Michigan State University Department of Theatre - www.theatre.msu.edu- 517-432-2000


MSUO - MSU Opera Theatre, www.music.msu.edu/areas-studios/vocal-arts/msu-opera-theatre- 517-353-5340


OTL - Over the Ledge Theatre Company - Fitzgerald Park, Grand Ledge, www.overtheledge.org- 517-318-0579


OCP - Owosso Community Players -www.owossoplayers.com- 989-723-4003


PCTC - Peppermint Creek Theatre Company - www.peppermintcreek.org- 517-927-3016

RWT - Community Circle Players at Riverwalk Theatre, www.RiverwalkTheatre.com, 517-482-5700


STL - Starlight Dinner Theatre - 517-243-6040 - www.starlightdinnertheatre.com


WC - Wilson Center Productions - Wilson Center, St. Johns https://wilsoncenterauditorium.org


WT - Williamston Theatre - 517-655-SHOW (7469) www.williamstontheatre.org


WTN - Wharton Center for Performing Arts at MSU - 517-432-2000 or 1-800-Wharton or www.whartoncenter.com


*     performs at Robin Theatre, 1105 S. Washington, 48910
**     performs at Hannah Center, 819 Abbot Rd., E. Lansing
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Don't Miss These

2/19/2019

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REMINDER #1

2/21-23 THIS Thur-Fri-Sat - Actor/Scenographer/Wtiter/Comedian/Pantomimist/Prop & Puppet Maker Bruce Bennettreports: 

Jeff Garrity and I have started this semi-monthly satirical review thing. We call it The Academy of Applied Absurdityand we have our first show,"The Playing Politics Revue" scheduled for Feb. 21, 22 and 23.That's a Thursday performance at 7:30, and Friday and Saturday at 8:00at The Fledge.

The Fledge is a wonderful community startup incubator type of thing, and it's housed in a former church right at that weird double curve - not an actual intersection - thing at Eureka Street and Holmes Street right near Sparrow Hospital, off Michigan Avenue. 

I have a map on the website, which is at: http://www.aaabsurd.com



REMINDER #2

 2/27 - Next Wednesday - one show only! THEATER OF WAR PRODUCTIONS PROMETHEA IN PRISON 

The hugely inventive theatre piece, Promethea in Prison, will be at Wharton Center February 27. Sonja Sohn, who played Detective Kima Greggs on The Wire, and Deirdre Lovejoy, also of The Wire and much more, will both star in this theatrical experience. 
 
Specially-priced student and youth tickets are available. More information can be found below. I hope you can take advantage of having this incredibly unique theatre work in our area.
 
Theatre of War: Promethea in Prison
Wednesday, February 27, 7:30 pm
Pasant Theatre, Wharton Center for Performing Arts
More information: https://www.whartoncenter.com/events/detail/promethea-in-prison
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Newsies coming from Blue Light Players

2/16/2019

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Extra! Extra! Blue Light Players Presents NEWSIES the Musical

The Blue Light Players are the first mid-Michigan community theatre to present Newsies the Musical, a high-energy celebration of the triumph of “the little man,” on stage the first two weekends in March at East Lansing’s Hannah Community Center. 

Based on the real-life Newsboys Strike of 1899 in New York City, this Disney musical tells the story of Jack Kelly (Adam Woolsey), a charismatic and rebellious newsboy who dreams of a life as an artist away from the big city. After publishing giant Joseph Pulitzer (Bill Henson) raises newspaper prices at the newsboys’ expense, Kelly and his fellow “newsies,” including sweet cripple Crutchie (Jake Hall), serious Davey (Alex Quinlan), and his exuberant little brother Les (Reann Thelen/Jocelyn Snitgen) take action. With help from determined reporter Katherine Plumber (Kathryn Mulcahy), all of New York City soon recognizes that strength in numbers can topple even the most powerful tycoon.
Director Helen Hart has assembled a vibrant cast of 28 singing, dancing, leaping performers who represent several mid-Michigan communities, including Dewitt, Delta Township/Waverly, Grand Ledge, Holt, Haslett, East Lansing, Lansing, and St. Johns. John Dale Smith leads the production’s pit band (a first for Blue Light Players), working with music director Kait Wilson. The dance numbers choreographed by Kathryn Mulcahy are sure to bring audiences to their feet as the cast cavorts up, down, and around the custom-designed and fabricated steel set. 

Performances are at 7 pm on Friday and Saturday, March 1 and 2, and March 8 and 9, and at 4 pm on Sunday, March 3 and 10, at the Albert A. White Auditorium, Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Rd., in East Lansing. Tickets are $20; $15 for seniors (55+) and students; all seats are reserved. 

Proceeds from Blue Light Players’ productions support the families of fallen and critically-injured law enforcement officers. Since its inception, the theatre troupe has donated more than $32,000 to this cause. 

For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit http://www.bluelightplayers.com
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Fight Girl Battle World coming to Ixion

2/12/2019

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3/16-24 -Ixion announces FIGHT GIRL BATTLE WORLD
by QUI NGUYEN
Performances March 16, 17, 23, 24
    8pm Saturdays
    2pm Sundays
Directed by Ixion Artistic Director Jeff Croff
The last human in the universe, E-V, has been hiding out in the galactic battle arenas, but the General who destroyed all the humans on Earth has tracked her down. She deals with low-life fight promoters, multi-armed killing machines, snarky androids and other tried and true space opera schlock. Meanwhile the rebels are striking blow after blow upon an empire and taking no prisoners.

Performs at The Robin Theatre. 1105 South Washington in REO Town
Tickets at the door or at:
http://www.ixiontheatre.com/tickets.html


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From Sharon Straubel

2/12/2019

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​Theatre-Friend to many,Sharon Straubel, Riverwalk perpetual volunteer/props/stage manager, is a little weak, but doing well, despite her cancer diagnosis. She is home now, with visiting nurses, and able to care for herself (with Leroy’s help.) She asked me to share this message:

“I want to thank everyone for the hugs, prayers, cards, flowers, milkshakes… and much more! I feel so blessed. I’m home now and doing well. Once again, thank you all. Love, Sharon”

If anyone wants to send an email or card, Sharon’s addresses are:
 
Butterflylady148@aol.com

215 N. Canal, Lot 148
Lansing, MI 48917



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Jones Hope Wooten Comedy in St. Johns

2/11/2019

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Homegrown Productions brings comedy to the Wilson Center in St. Johns
 
2/22-24 - Celia makes a fortune selling gourmet chocolate. Gibby loves his wife, but wishes her successful career left a little more time for him. Suzannah loves her husband, but wishes he would pick up his dirty socks. Margo and Hank are unhappily single, but can’t stand each other. Enter Beth. She’s efficient, a fabulous cook, and handy with tools. Can she be too good to be true?
 
“’Til Beth Do Us Part” is a sweet, sassy comedy by the writing team Jones, Hope, Wooten. It’s a perfect confection for a winter weekend. Starring Marci Balogh as Beth, Susan DeRosa as Suzannah, Bob Murrell as Hank, Jan Ross as Celia Carmichael, Darryl Schmitz as Gibby, and Beth Webb as Margo..
 
Join Homegrown Productions for the comedy romp, “’Til Beth Do Us Part” February 22 and 23 at 7:30 pm and February 24 at 2:00pm at the Wilson Center Auditorium, 101 W. Cass St., St. Johns. Tickets are $10 at the door. Profits from this production support renovation of the auditorium lighting system.

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Promethea in Prison - One Show Only

2/9/2019

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 2/27 - Wednesday - one show only! Promethea in Prison

Hello! I am writing to make sure you know that the hugely inventive theatre piece, Promethea in Prison, will be at Wharton Center February 27. Sonja Sohn, who played Detective Kima Greggs on The Wire, and Deirdre Lovejoy, also of The Wire and much more, will both star in this theatrical experience. 
 
Specially-priced student and youth tickets are available. More information can be found below. I hope you can take advantage of having this incredibly unique theatre work in our area.
 
Theatre of War: Promethea in Prison
Wednesday, February 27, 7:30 pm
Pasant Theatre, Wharton Center for Performing Arts
 
Starring actors Sonja Sohn, who played Detective Kima Greggs on The Wire, and Deirdre Lovejoy, also of The Wire, Promethea in Prison is an innovative theatrical reading of Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound, exploring the impact on the incarcerated and the relationships between the imprisoned and their jailers. As punishment for giving fire to mankind, Zeus sentences Promethea to be chained to a rock at the end of the world for eternity. She remains steadfast in the righteousness of her cause throughout her punishment. This unique, participatory twist on the ancient myth highlights interplay between confrontation and compassion. The reading will be followed by a panel discussion facilitated by Dominic Dupont, who spent 20 years in state prison starting as a teenager, and was granted clemency last year by Gov. Cuomo.
More information: https://www.whartoncenter.com/events/detail/promethea-in-prison
 
Specially-Priced Student and Youth Tickets:
 
$19 MSU Student tickets: Visit https://www.whartoncenter.com/events/detail/promethea-in-prison, select students on the right-hand side of the page, and enter your APID to redeem.
 
$19 Youth Tickets (through grade 12): Visit https://www.whartoncenter.com/events/detail/promethea-in-prisonand select “Youth Tickets” in the drop-down box when selecting seats. 
 
$19 Non-MSU College Student Tickets: Call the Wharton Center Ticket Office at 1.800.WHARTON or visit in person.
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