The last two performances of “ A Little Night Music” are set for 7:30 p.m. Guthrie said available seating is very limited for the remaining performances of “The Marvelous Wonderettes.” Peach State Summer Theatre fans may remember her from such past shows as “Gypsy,” “Chicago,” and “Hairspray.” “This show will have you laughing, singing, and dancing in the aisles,” said Barbara Hartwig, show director and choreographer who can also be seen playing the role of Elsa in “The Sound of Music” and Desiree in “A Little Night Music.” She teaches dance at Coastal Carolina University. “The Marvelous Wonderettes” has been described as “a must-take musical trip down memory lane.” The show takes place at Springfield High School, the first part in a decorated gymnasium at a Class of 1958 prom and the second part at the class’s 10-year reunion. Written and created by Roger Bean in 1999 at the request of officials at Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, “The Marvelous Wonderettes” is a musical comedy that uses pop songs from the 1950s and 1960s - “Lollipop,” “Dream Lover,” “Stupid Cupid,” “Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me,” “It’s My Party,” and so on - to tell its story. We are also doing a waiting list for ‘The Sound of Music.”įinal performances for “ The Marvelous Wonderettes” are set for 7:30 p.m. “We typically have ‘no shows’ or last minute cancellations if folks want to come and wait. Duke Guthrie, PSST! managing director, Tuesday afternoon. “As of right now, all three performances of ‘The Sound of Music’ are sold out,” said H. Hammerstein died of cancer a few months following the show’s Broadway premier. “The Sound of Music” was the final musical written by the dynamic duo of Rodgers and Hammerstein. Two years later, it was adapted as a 1965 film musical starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer and won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. 6, 1962, and closed on June 15, 1963, after 1,400-plus performances it starred Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel and won several Tony Awards. 16, 1959, moved to the Mark Hellinger Theatre on Nov. The show opened on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on Nov. The story is set in late 1930s Austria and includes a number of widely recognizable songs, such as “My Favorite Things” and “Do-Re-Mi.”ĭirected by Jacque Wheeler, a theatre and dance professor in the Department of Communication Arts at Valdosta State University and PSST! artistic director, “The Sound of Music” features music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. on Sunday, July 14.Ī fictionalized adaptation of Maria Augusta von Trapp’s best-selling 1949 memoir, “The Story of the Trapp Family Singers,” “The Sound of Music” tells the story of Maria Rainer, a young postulant, not considered nun material by her superiors, who is sent to act as governess to the children in the household of the strict Captain Georg von Trapp. on Wednesday, July 10, with “ The Sound of Music.” Additional performances for this show are set for 7:30 p.m. The countdown to the end of the summer musical theatre season begins at 2 p.m. VALDOSTA - Peach State Summer Theatre fans have just a few more opportunities to catch one, two, or all three of this year’s must-see shows. Communications and Media Relations Coordinator PSST! Season Ends Sunday
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