Post by Amidala Starkiller on Aug 9, 2005 18:32:15 GMT -5
McLennan Theatre 2005-06 Season
All Performances at Ball Performing Arts Center
*except where noted
Curtain 7:30 p.m.
MCC Box Office
M-F at 254-299-8200, 1-5 p.m.,
or
e-mail jfortune@mclennan.edu
Ramayana
November 17-19, 2005
"India’s immortal tale of high adventure, love and wisdom."
The Ramayana, or the “goings” of Rama, is one of the world’s oldest literary masterpieces. Like the Odyssey of Greek mythology and The Lion King, it is the epic tale of a great warrior king. Rama, his beautiful wife Sita, and Rama’s faithful brother are exiled to the forest, where Sita is kidnapped by the powerful demon Ravana. Rama, with his brother and a fantastic army of supernatural creatures, embarks on a journey to save Sita and to fulfill his destiny on earth. Rama’s perilous voyage parallels his spiritual journey as manand god, and a series of adventures tests his human faith and courage.The story is told through music, dance, text, and spectacular visual imagery inthis original theatre dance production.
A Few Stout Individuals
by John Guare
September 29 - October 1, 2005
"...all history resolves itself very easily into the biography of a few stout and earnest persons."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
This highly acclaimed 2002 play is based on historical accounts of how former American president and Union general Ulysses S.Grant came to write his Personal Memoir sat the urging of his literary friend and eager publisher Mark Twain. Ill and desperately in need of financial support, the general who engineered the Union army victory agreed to pen his life’s story - still considered one of the great military memoirs and an instant best seller when published in1885. But the personal, family, and professional obstacles that Grant had to overcome - a truth stranger than fiction could imagine - also created one of the most scandalous incidents of publishing intrigue in our nation’s history.
No, No, Nanette
a flapper-era musical book by Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel, Music by Vincent Youmans, Lyrics by Irving Caesar and Otto Harbach, Adapted by Burt Shevelove
February 23-25 & March 2-4, 2006
Hearts in the Arts Gala Performance March 4
Winner of four Tony Awards, three Drama Desk Awards, and the Outer Critics Circle Award, this Busbee Berkeley-style Broadway musical is the story of Jimmy Smith, a hard-working and successful Bible publisher, and all of the innocent trouble that he gets into - and out of - on a summer weekend in New York City and on the beach in Atlantic City. Included in the score are two of the most famous show tunes ever written: Tea for Two and I Want to Be Happy. First pre-sented in London for 665 performances at the Palace Theatre, it then ran for 321 performances on Broadway at the Globe Theatre and played for 861 performances at the Forty-Sixth Street Theatre during the Broadway revival. No, No, Nanette, a song-and-dance extravaganza, was hailed by critics as "the happiest show in town."
The Magic Flute
McLennan Opera Production by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
April 7-8, 2006
Since its opening performance in 1791, Mozart’s fantastical The Magic Flute has been a favorite of audiences around the world. A story of adventure, romance, villainy, and magic, this shortened children’s version in English captures the whimsy, spectacle, and enchantment of the original German. The Magic Flute is the perfect opera for both the child and the connoisseur. Beethoven proclaimed it Mozart’s greatest work. Join our celebration of the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth as we stage his final masterpiece!
Fortinbras
by Lee Blessing
April 20-22, 2006
*Fine Arts Theatre
"Good night, sweet prince." But what happens to Fortinbras and Horatio after Hamlet and his entourage die and his friends are left to clean up the mess in Denmark? Fortinbras, the designated heir to the throne and modern man of action,wants to "rewrite" the murders for public consumption. Meanwhile Hamlet, Ophelia, Gertrude and Claudius, not to be outdone by Hamlet’s father, show up as wise-cracking ghosts. One of Time Magazine’s 10 best plays for 1991, Fortinbras is a literary comic u-turn that, like Spamalot, careens back and forth between Shakespearean and modern language, between contemporary politics and pure Shakespearean spoof. Author of over a dozen plays, Lee Blessing has won the American Theater Critics Award, the George and Elisabeth Marton Award, and numerous Drama-Logue Awards.
MCC has a great Theatre department. I can get 4 free tickets per show if anyone would like attend a play with Joe and I.
All Performances at Ball Performing Arts Center
*except where noted
Curtain 7:30 p.m.
MCC Box Office
M-F at 254-299-8200, 1-5 p.m.,
or
e-mail jfortune@mclennan.edu
Ramayana
November 17-19, 2005
"India’s immortal tale of high adventure, love and wisdom."
The Ramayana, or the “goings” of Rama, is one of the world’s oldest literary masterpieces. Like the Odyssey of Greek mythology and The Lion King, it is the epic tale of a great warrior king. Rama, his beautiful wife Sita, and Rama’s faithful brother are exiled to the forest, where Sita is kidnapped by the powerful demon Ravana. Rama, with his brother and a fantastic army of supernatural creatures, embarks on a journey to save Sita and to fulfill his destiny on earth. Rama’s perilous voyage parallels his spiritual journey as manand god, and a series of adventures tests his human faith and courage.The story is told through music, dance, text, and spectacular visual imagery inthis original theatre dance production.
A Few Stout Individuals
by John Guare
September 29 - October 1, 2005
"...all history resolves itself very easily into the biography of a few stout and earnest persons."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
This highly acclaimed 2002 play is based on historical accounts of how former American president and Union general Ulysses S.Grant came to write his Personal Memoir sat the urging of his literary friend and eager publisher Mark Twain. Ill and desperately in need of financial support, the general who engineered the Union army victory agreed to pen his life’s story - still considered one of the great military memoirs and an instant best seller when published in1885. But the personal, family, and professional obstacles that Grant had to overcome - a truth stranger than fiction could imagine - also created one of the most scandalous incidents of publishing intrigue in our nation’s history.
No, No, Nanette
a flapper-era musical book by Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel, Music by Vincent Youmans, Lyrics by Irving Caesar and Otto Harbach, Adapted by Burt Shevelove
February 23-25 & March 2-4, 2006
Hearts in the Arts Gala Performance March 4
Winner of four Tony Awards, three Drama Desk Awards, and the Outer Critics Circle Award, this Busbee Berkeley-style Broadway musical is the story of Jimmy Smith, a hard-working and successful Bible publisher, and all of the innocent trouble that he gets into - and out of - on a summer weekend in New York City and on the beach in Atlantic City. Included in the score are two of the most famous show tunes ever written: Tea for Two and I Want to Be Happy. First pre-sented in London for 665 performances at the Palace Theatre, it then ran for 321 performances on Broadway at the Globe Theatre and played for 861 performances at the Forty-Sixth Street Theatre during the Broadway revival. No, No, Nanette, a song-and-dance extravaganza, was hailed by critics as "the happiest show in town."
The Magic Flute
McLennan Opera Production by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
April 7-8, 2006
Since its opening performance in 1791, Mozart’s fantastical The Magic Flute has been a favorite of audiences around the world. A story of adventure, romance, villainy, and magic, this shortened children’s version in English captures the whimsy, spectacle, and enchantment of the original German. The Magic Flute is the perfect opera for both the child and the connoisseur. Beethoven proclaimed it Mozart’s greatest work. Join our celebration of the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth as we stage his final masterpiece!
Fortinbras
by Lee Blessing
April 20-22, 2006
*Fine Arts Theatre
"Good night, sweet prince." But what happens to Fortinbras and Horatio after Hamlet and his entourage die and his friends are left to clean up the mess in Denmark? Fortinbras, the designated heir to the throne and modern man of action,wants to "rewrite" the murders for public consumption. Meanwhile Hamlet, Ophelia, Gertrude and Claudius, not to be outdone by Hamlet’s father, show up as wise-cracking ghosts. One of Time Magazine’s 10 best plays for 1991, Fortinbras is a literary comic u-turn that, like Spamalot, careens back and forth between Shakespearean and modern language, between contemporary politics and pure Shakespearean spoof. Author of over a dozen plays, Lee Blessing has won the American Theater Critics Award, the George and Elisabeth Marton Award, and numerous Drama-Logue Awards.
MCC has a great Theatre department. I can get 4 free tickets per show if anyone would like attend a play with Joe and I.
Jango-Joe1
Curtain is at 7:30