2020 | MAY
Saint Vincent Summer Theatre
The Marvelous Wonderettes
Thursday, May 21 through Sunday, May 31
Robert S. Carey Performing Arts Center
Telephone 724-805-2177 |
Tickets: www.saintvincentarts.org
Written and created by Roger Bean, the smash off-Broadway hit musical The Marvelous Wonderettes returns to the Saint Vincent Summer Theatre. Full of music, fun and laughter, the New York Times has called this musical “irresistible… An utter charm bomb.”
Doo-wop takes center stage in this musical set in 1958 at Springfield High School, where the Wonderettes, four girls with hopes and dreams, perform classics songs such as “Lollipop,” “Dream Lover,” “Stupid Cupid,” “Lipstick on Your Collar,” “Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me,” “It’s my Party” and more than 20 other classic hits. The first act takes part at the girls’ prom, while the second act follows a decade later during their high school reunion.
2020 | JUNE & JULY
Saint Vincent Summer Theatre
The Sound of Music
Annual Theatre Gala Friday, June 26
Thursday, June 25 through Sunday, July 5
Robert S. Carey Performing Arts Center
Telephone 724-805-2177 |
Tickets: www.saintvincentarts.org
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Climb Ev’ry Mountain,” “Do-Re-Mi,” “Edelweiss,” and the title song are among the well-known songs in this well-known musical, set in Austria in 1938. It was the last musical written by the famous songwriting duo, with the Broadway version winning numerous Tony Awards.
The classic musical tells the story of the von Trapp family headed by widower, Captain von Trapp. A postulant nun is sent away from her abbey to decide whether she is suited for monastic life and serves as governess to the captain’s seven children. Baroness Elsa Schräder believes the captain is her destiny, but the governess has slowly won a place in the family’s heart. Music helps tell the story of Maria, and her search for the life she was meant to live.
2020 | JULY & AUGUST
Saint Vincent Summer Theatre
Million Dollar Quartet
Thursday, July 30 through Sunday, August 9
Robert S. Carey Performing Arts Center
Telephone 724-805-2177 |
Tickets: www.saintvincentarts.org
On December 4, 1956, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley assemble at the Sun Record recording studio in Memphis, Tennessee. Perkins was supposed to record a few songs with a new performer, Jerry Lee Lewis. Elvis Presley stops by the studio along with his girlfriend, a singer. Johnny Cash has stopped by to talk to recording impresario Sam Philips, who is trying to sign Cash to a new contract.
Soon, a jam session breaks out with each star opening with a verse from one of his most famous songs, songs such as “Blue Suede Shoes,” “Who Do You Love?” “Folsom Prison Blues,” “Down by the Riverside,” Long Tall Sally,” “I Walk The Line,” and “Hound Dog.” And, as the song goes, there is a “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On.”
This is a “Great Balls of Fire” don’t miss production!
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