At the PAC…
Backstage at the Midnight Social Club
| Show Times | June 13-14 at 8 p.m. |
| Venue | Liddy Doenges Theatre |
| Presenter | Sweet and Hot Productions |
| Tickets | Available Online |
Leave your hat with the coat check gal and step into The Midnight Social Club, the swingingest place to be in Kansas City in 1934.
Those sassy, saucy sirens of song, Stella Moon, Garnett McGee, Little Ruby and club owner Violet Redd, will entice you with haunting ballads and finger-snappin’ tunes that will help you forget your troubles, even if they can’t forget their own.
Filled with humor, poignancy and killer musical performances, BACKSTAGE AT THE MIDNIGHT SOCIAL CLUB is the debut offering of a new company with the promising name of Sweet and Hot Productions. This original work is presented in a reader’s theatre format, starring local divas Cindy Cain, Pam Van Dyke Crosby, Annie Ellicott and Rebecca Ungerman, backed by the Frank Brown Band.
This event is part of the 2008 SummerStage Festival, sponsored by the Tulsa Performing Arts Center Trust.
Tickets are $20-$30
Adult language, humor and attitude
(Photo by Carol Curry)
The Pirates of Penzance
| Show Times | June 13, 14, 26 and July 5 at 8 p.m.; June 22 at 2:30 p.m. and July 12 at 2 p.m. |
| Venue | John H. Williams Theatre |
| Presenter | Light Opera Oklahoma |
| Tickets | Available Online |
Present-day England is the setting for this “very model of a modern” production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s timeless musical comedy about a band of nautical misfits who always have a soft spot for any man who claims to be an orphan.
Frederic, a pirate apprentice waiting to break free from his indentured status on his 21st birthday, falls for a pretty girl named Mabel. Misfortune arises when Frederic discovers he really is only five years old, due to his birthday falling on February 29.
Ron Loyd, who wowed audiences last summer in the title roles of Sweeney Todd and The Music Man, is the Pirate King. Another LOOK favorite, Brian Cheney, plays Frederic.
This event is part of the 2008 SummerStage Festival, sponsored by the Tulsa Performing Arts Center Trust.
Laughing Matter Improv
| Show Times | June 13 at 8 p.m. |
| Venue | Charles E. Norman Theatre |
| Presenter | Clark and Heller Theatres |
| Tickets | Available Online |
Laughing Matter Improv shows are interactive, improvisational theatre with audience participation — in fact, it’s the audience who makes the performance happen! If you like “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” or “Second City,” you’ll love this version performed by the Clark Teen Laughing Matter troupe and the Clark staff.
This event is part of the 2008 SummerStage Festival, sponsored by the Tulsa Performing Arts Center Trust.
Tickets are $10.
TACTA Showcase
| Show Times | June 14 at 7:57 p.m. |
| Venue | Charles E. Norman Theatre |
| Presenter | Tulsa Area Community Theatre Alliance |
| Tickets | Available Online |
Theatre groups from across Green Country perform 10-minute excerpts from their favorite plays and musicals in this sixth annual cabaret-style show.
This event is part of the 2008 SummerStage Festival, sponsored by the Tulsa Performing Arts Center Trust.
Granny Diva
| Show Times | June 15 at 2 p.m. |
| Venue | Charles E. Norman Theatre |
| Presenter | Heller Theatre and ‘Round the Bend Players |
| Tickets | Available Online |
In this comedy by local playwright Dale Whisman, Marie begins acting classes on a lark after the death of her husband. She discovers a talent that lifts her out of depression and takes her from community theatre to Broadway, with an unexpected stop in “Divaville.” Unfortunately it all goes to her head, and her friends and family finally let her know it.
This event is part of the 2008 SummerStage Festival, sponsored by the Tulsa Performing Arts Center Trust.
Tickets are $10.
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