[NEohioPAL]LCMT "West Side Story" Opens Friday!

Tue Jul 6 15:41:35 PDT 2004

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Lorain Community Music  Theater presents 'West Side Story' at the Lorain 
Palace Civic Center on July  9, 10, 16 & 17 at 7:30 pm AND July 18 at 2:00pm. 
Tickets are  available by calling the Palace Box Office at (440) 245-2323  
or at  (800) 889-4842.  Adult tickets are $13 and Student and Senior tickets  
are $11.

'West Side Story' originally opened on Broadway in 1957, and  was directed 
and choreographed by Jerome Robbins.  The music was  written by Leonard 
Bernstein, script by Arthur Laurents, and lyrics by  Stephen Sondheim.

'West Side Story', a musical adaptation of  Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet', 
transplants the young lovers to the  violent streets of New York where they 
are doomed by social conditions they  cannot control.  The powerful, swiftly 
moving plot is driven by  turbulence and tension.  The musical covers a 
period of only two days;  scenes blend into one another as the inevitable 
progression of events  unfolds.  The two feuding gangs are the Jets (white 
Americans) and the  Sharks (dark-skinned Puerto Ricans).  Each of the gangs 
are fiercely  loyal, determined to stake claim to their turf on the streets 
of New  York.  The adults (police, social workers, parents) don't understand  
the intensity of the feud that is brewing between these two gangs.  The  
teens are equally capable of loving...and hating...leading to the tragic  
ending of this musical.

Cast information:
Maria...Sarah  Wozniak...Lorain, student at Baldwin-Wallace
Tony...Michael Goff...Vermilion,  student at Heidelberg
Anita...Cory Farinacci...Cleveland, student at  Baldwin-Wallace
Bernardo...Alex Arroyo...Lorain, student at Southview High  School
Riff...Joe Kenderes...Berea
Anybodys...Liesel Stevens, Lorain,  student at Baldwin-Wallace

The remainder of the cast is a good  cross-section from Northeast Ohio, 
including Lorain, Vermilion, Huron,  Grafton, Elyria, Avon Lake, Bay Village, 
North Olmsted and Sheffield  Lake.

Production staff information:
Mike Larochelle...Director and  Designer
Brenda Larochelle...Choreographer
Bev Muzilla...Producer
Bobbi  Emery...Orchestra Director
Ted Williams...Vocal Director
Carol  Tillotson...Accompanist

Mike and Brenda Larochelle, the husband-and-wife  team from North Olmsted, 
first worked with Lorain Community Music Theater in  1995 with the production 
of 'Guys and Dolls'.  Subsequent shows have  included 'Jesus Christ 
Superstar', 'Will Rogers Follies', 'South Pacific'  and  'Bye Bye Birdie'.

Bev Muzilla and Ted Williams are current LCMT  Board Members, and both have 
worked with the Larochelles on every show that  they have 
directed/choreographed for LCMT.  Bobbi Emery leads the LCMT  orchestra for 
the 19th year, always putting together an excellent group of  musicians

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