[NEohioPAL] The North Canton Playhouse announces is SPECTACUAR 2010-2011 Season!

North Canton Playhouse ncplayhouse at sbcglobal.net
Fri Apr 2 10:04:18 PDT 2010





The North Canton Playhouse, Center for
the Performing Arts announces its SPECTACULAR 2010-2011 Season!

Please
contact the office administrator, Brenton Cochran for more information on these
productions at (330) 494-1613. Or visit us on the web at www.northcantonplayhouse.com.

“ZIP-A-DEE-DOO-DAH
DISNEY”

Directed
by Lisa Paynter

September 10th – 25th, 2010

Mainstage - Musical Review

STORY: Come see a magical evening of Disney music present and past. A
Disney review that will have you singing your favorite Disney tunes out the
door. A season opening production that promises magic, comedy and a little
mayhem as the NCP brings out the child in each and every one of us!



“SWEENEY
TODD – THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET”

Directed
by Marci Lynn Saling

Musical Direction by Brenton Cochran 

October 29th
– 31st, 2010

Canton Palace Theatre - Musical Thriller

STORY: The rare instance of a musical thriller, Stephen Sondheim and Hugh
Wheeler’s chilling, suspenseful, heart-pounding masterpiece of murderous
barber-ism and culinary crime tells the infamous tale of the unjustly exiled
barber who returns to 19th century London seeking revenge against the lecherous
judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife. His thirst for blood soon
expands to include his unfortunate customers, and the resourceful proprietress
of the pie shop downstairs soon has the people of London lining up in droves
with her mysterious new meat pie recipe!

Sophisticated, macabre, visceral and uncompromising, “Sweeney Todd”
nevertheless has a great sense of fun, mixing intense drama with howlingly
funny moments of dark humor: audiences find themselves laughing hysterically
one moment and gasping in surprise the next.



“FUNNY GIRL”

Directed by Brenton Cochran

January 13th – 30th, 2011

Mainstage - Youth Musical

STORY: Her career spanned from comedienne to Vaudeville star. In The
Ziegfeld Follies, in Hollywood films and on the radio, Fanny Brice was one of
the most celebrated entertainers of her time. This show is her story. Musical
numbers include I'm the Greatest Star, I Want to Be Seen with You Tonight,
Don't Rain On My Parade, People, The Music That Makes Me Dance, Who Are You
Now? and You Are Woman, I Am Man. As talented as she was, she
deserved to be loved by everyone; audience and husband alike. FUNNY GIRL played for 1,348
performances on Broadway at the Winter Garden, Majestic, and Broadway Theatres
starring Barbra Streisand, Sydney Chaplin, Kay Medford and Jean Stapleton.


“BELOW
THE SURFACE”

Directed
by Jay Spencer

February 11th
– 26th, 2011

McManaway Studio Theatre - Murder Mystery

STORY: A brand new play written by local playwright, Craig May. A dark
Murder Mystery about a family that seems normal. But, “below the surface” there
may just be a little more to this family than meets the eye. Come experience an
evening of murder and mystery that will keep you guessing till the final bow.

 

“BOEING
BOEING”

Directed
by Mary McManaway

March 4th
– 20th, 2011

Mainstage - Comedy

STORY: Revived on Broadway in 2008 in a Tony-winning production, this
1960's French farce adapted for the English-speaking stage features self-styled
Parisian lothario Bernard, who has French, German and American fiancées, each
beautiful airline hostesses with frequent "layovers". He keeps
"one up, one down and one pending" until unexpected schedule changes
bring all three to Paris and Bernard's apartment at the same time.


“THE
SECRET LIFE OF GIRLS”

Directed by Brenton Cochran

March 25th – April 2nd, 2011

Youth Theatre - Drama

STORY: "I'm going to tell you a secret—and I don't want you to tell.
The secret is about me—about my life—how it will never be the same again."
In this honest and unflinching dramatization of teen-girl angst, a window is
opened into the tumultuous and destructive world of girls' bullying. Abby seeks
to gain acceptance as the newest member of the school championship volleyball
team. As she and her teammates struggle to find a friend, a place in the group
and themselves, their jockeying for position is sometimes humorous and often
heartbreaking. Invitations are extended or withheld, individual friendships
sacrificed to collective judgments, and alliances formed and changed daily as
they careen from exclusion to isolation to acceptance and back again. Bullying
in the form of gossiping, keeping secrets, using friendship as a weapon,
name-calling, exclusion, spreading rumors, backbiting, clinging to cliques and
manipulation become a prelude to dangerous behaviors such as depression,
cutting, eating disorders, and premature sexuality. Based upon interviews with
girls on the giving and receiving end of bullying, the play highlights the
impact of "cyber bullying," the facilitation of mean-spirited
behaviors through the use of cell phones, text and instant messaging, e-mail
and chat rooms. 


“FROM
SCRIPT TO YOU: 2011 NEW WORKS FESTIVAL”

Directed
by Jeremy Lewis

May 6th –
15th, 2011

McManaway Studio Theatre - Play Festival

STUDIO: This festival features short plays written by local authors. This
is the fourth year that this festival has taken place. Don’t miss a great
evening of theatre as well as a first look at the work of several area
playwrights!



“BROOKLYN THE MUSICAL” 

(NORTHEASTERN
U.S. COMMUNITY THEATRE PREMIERE)

Directed
by Brenton Cochran

May 19th –
29th, 2011

Youth Theatre - Musical

STUDIO: Brooklyn The
Musical is a story within a story. On the outside you have a troupe
of street performers who are sharing a story from their lives, using it to help
you see them as people too. Then there is the story they tell – the story of a
young girl who comes to the U.S. to find the father she never knew. Together
these stories create a show that is both touching and inspiring, drawing the
audience into a live theater experience to remember. After twenty-seven
previews, the Broadway production, directed by Jeff Calhoun, opened on October
21, 2004 at the Plymouth Theatre (renamed the Gerald Schoenfeld in May 2005),
where it ran for 284 performances. The cast included Eden Espinosa as Brooklyn,
Tony Award Winner (West Side Story), Karen Olivo as Faith, Kevin Anderson as
Taylor, Ramona Keller as Paradice, and Cleavant Derricks as a street singer who
acts as the narrator. Don’t miss the community theatre premiere of this
breathtaking show!

 
“TBA”

July 21st –
23rd, 2011

Canton Palace Theatre - Summer Musical

STORY: Our
summer production is TBA depending on availability of performance rights.


WALSH UNIVERSITY PRODUCTIONS:

TBA

Directed by Mary McManaway

November
12th – 20th, 2010

TBA

Directed by Mary McManaway

April 8th
– 16th, 2011

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