Covedale Center for the Performing Arts Announces the 2011 -2012! ticket prices $23 Adults and $20 Seniors & Students Audio Descriptive Services available on first Saturday of each run. Covedale Season sponsor
Noises Off September 1 – 25, 2011 by Michael Frayn
Called the funniest farce ever written, NOISES OFF presents a manic menagerie of itinerant actors rehearsing a flop called NOTHING'S ON. Doors slamming, onstage, offstage and backstage intrigue, and an errant herring all figure in the plot of this hilarious and classically comic play. Bob Brunner, Director
I Love A Piano October 13 – November 6, 2011 Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin Conceived By Ray Roderick and Michael Berkeley
An absolute celebration of the music and lyrics of Irving Berlin, follows the journey of a piano as it moves in and out of American lives from the turn of the century to the present. Along the way, the story comes to vibrant life with over sixty of Irving Berlin's most beloved songs, including classics such as "Blue Skies," "There's No Business Like Show Business," "Puttin' on the Ritz," "Cheek to Cheek," "Always," "How Deep is the Ocean," "Anything You Can Do," "God Bless America," and, of course, "I Love a Piano." Alternately heartbreaking and hilarious, rousing and reflective, I LOVE A PIANO is a fitting tribute to the man Jerome Kern famously said had "no place in American music - he is American music." Dee Anne Bryll, Co Director/Choreographer; Ed Cohen, Co-Director; Eric Baumgartner Music Director, and Alice Flanders Stage Manager
White Christmas December 1 – 23, 2011 Based upon the Paramount Pictures Film. Written for the screen by Norman Krasna, Norman Panama and Melvin Frank. Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin; Book by David Ives and Paul Blake
Based on the beloved, timeless film, this heartwarming musical adaptation features seventeen Irving Berlin songs and a book by David Ives and Paul Blake. Veterans Bob Wallace and Phil Davis have a successful song-and-dance act after World War II. With romance in mind, the two follow a duo of beautiful singing sisters en route to their Christmas show at a Vermont lodge, which just happens to be owned by Bob and Phil's former army commander. The dazzling score features well known standards including Blue Skies, Happy, Snow and the perennial favorite, White Christmas. Tim Perrino Director; Eric Baumgartner, Music Director; Karie-Lee Sutherland, Choreographer
Caine Mutiny Court Martial January 26 – February 19, 2012 By Herman Wouk
The Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about a Navy court martial in World War II has been adapted by the author into a suspenseful evening of theatre. A young lieutenant has relieved his captain of command in the midst of a typhoon on the grounds that the captain, Queeg, is a psychopath in crisis and would have sent the ship and its crew to their destruction. Naval tradition is against the lieutenant, but testimony eventually reveals a devastating picture of Queeg's mental disintegration. Greg Procaccino, Director; Erin Meyer, Stage Manager
Steel Magnolias March 8 – April 1, 2012 By Robert Harling
Welcome to Truvy's beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies who are "anybody" come to have their hair done. Helped by her eager new assistant, Annelle, the outspoken, wise-cracking Truvy dispenses shampoo and free advice to the town's rich curmudgeon, Ouiser, an eccentric millionaire; Miss Clairee, who has a raging sweet tooth; and the local social leader, M'Lynn, whose daughter, Shelby is about to marry a "good ole boy." Filled with hilarious repartee and not a few revealing verbal collisions, the play invokes knowing laughter and certain tears when the spunky Shelby risks her life for a child of her own. The realization of mortality affects the others, but also draws on the underlying strength—and love - in these uniquely American women. Elizabeth Harris, Director
Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat April 19 – May 13, 2012 Lyrics by Tim Rice and Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
THE most popular musical of all time! The Biblical, all-sung saga of Joseph and his coat of many colors comes to vibrant life in this delightful parable. Joseph, his father's favorite son, is a boy blessed with prophetic dreams. When he is sold into slavery by his jealous brothers and taken to Egypt, Joseph endures a series of adventures in which his spirit and humanity are continually challenged. Set to one of the greatest scores in musical theatre, “Joseph” is a cornucopia of pop styles, from country-western and calypso to bubble-gum and ‘50’s rock 'n' roll. Great songs like “One More Angel in Heaven”, “Close Every Door”, “Any Dream Will Do” and “Go, Go, Go Joseph” fill this Old Testament tale with modern mayhem and hilarious fun. Tim Perrino, Director; Brian Hoffman, Music Director, Jennifer Martin, Choreographer; Erin Meyer, Stage Manager
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