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Picasso at the Lapin Agile
Comedy/Farce by Steve Martin
Directed by Ken Womble
Norton Theatre
February 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 at 7:30pm
February 9, 10 and 17, 2013 at 2:00pm
Rated PG 13 (Contains adult language and mature themes)
This Off-Broadway absurdist comedy places Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso in a Parisian cafe in 1904, just before Einstein transformed physics with his theory of relativity, and Picasso set the art world afire with cubism. In his first comedy for the stage, actor and screenwriter Steve Martin plays fast and loose with fact, fame, and fortune as Einstein and Picasso muse on the century’s achievements, prospects, and other fanciful topics with infectious dizziness. Bystanders adding to the merriment include Picasso’s agent, the bartender and his mistress, an elderly philosopher Charles Dabernow Schmendimen, and an idiot inventor. The final surprise patron at the Lapin Agile is a charismatic dark-haired singer from another era. You’ll want to join us at the Lapin Agile.
Legally Blonde
Book by Heather Hach
Music and Lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe and Neil Benjamin
Directed and Choreographed by John Leonard
Musical Direction by Richard Shore
Featuring a student orchestra from the UNC School of Music under the direction of maestro Richard Mayne
Langworthy Theatre
March 6, 7, 8, 9, 2013 at 7:30pm
March 10 at 2:00pm
Rated PG (recommended for children 12 and older)
Perfectly pink and infused with fun, frivolity, and a feel-good story, this upbeat musical comedy tells the tale of Elle Woods, a blonde sorority darling, who turns the “stereotype” upside down when she heads to Harvard Law School to win back her boyfriend, a big court case, and ultimately our hearts. Based on the 2001 movie starring Reese Witherspoon, the Broadway musical earned seven Tony Award nominations and ten Drama Desk Award nominations.
Dance 2013
"intimacies"
Artistic Director - Monte Black
Featuring Guest Choreographers
Norton Theatre
April 10, 11, 12, 13, 2013 at 7:30pm
April 14 at 2:00pm
Rated PG (recommended for children 12 and older)
Medea
Greek Tragedy by Euripides
Directed by Dr. Mary Schuttler
Langworthy Theatre
May 2, 3, 4, 2013 at 7:30pm
May 5 at 2:00pm
Rated PG 13 (Contains adult language and mature themes)
Based upon the myth of Jason and Medea, Medea tells a potent story of jealousy and revenge. Jason brings his foreign wife Medea to live in Corinth. Jason falls in love with the King of Corinth’s daughter, whose status in the city will bring Jason financial security. He marries the princess without telling Medea. When Medea discovers Jason’s betrayal, she takes gruesome revenge by murdering both the new bride and her father the King. Euripides introduces psychological realism into ancient Greek drama, as he takes this myth into a new direction exploring Medea’s conflicting feelings toward her beloved husband and the children he has fathered with her. In one of the theatre’s most intensely emotional scenes, Medea debates with herself whether to spare her children for her own love’s sake or to kill them in order to punish her husband completely, depriving him of heirs. This play is a powerful exploration of emotional choices - confused, complex, and ultimately driven by passion.
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A Year with Frog and Toad
Book and Lyrics by Willie Reale • Music by Robert Reale
Based on the books by Arnold Lobel
Directed by Patrick May and Gillian McNally
Hensel Phelps Theatre - Union Colony Civic Center
April 13, 2013 at 1:00pm and 3:00pm
Rated G (recommended for children ages seven and above)
Arnold Lobel’s well-loved characters hop from page to stage in this delightful musical. Conceived by Mr. Lobel’s daughter Adrianne, A Year with Frog and Toad remains true to the spirit of the original stories as it follows two great friends, the cheerful and popular Frog and the rather grumpy Toad through four fun-filled seasons. Waking from hibernation in the spring, they proceed to plant gardens, swim, rake leaves and go sledding, learning life lessons along the way, including a most important one about friendship and rejoicing in the attributes that make each of us different and special. |
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