Ballet Theater of Dover Presents
Juke Box Suite and Raymonda
Wednesday, August 4, 7:00 pm & Thursday, August 5, 7:00 pm
Jukebox Suite features the music from the 40’s through the 80’s. Featured will be music from Patti La Belle, Elvis Pressley, Jerry Lee Lewis and the Coasters among others.
The Ballet Theater of Dover brings dances from the ballet Raymonda set in the middle ages during the time of the crusades. An abundance of Hungarian-influenced dances will be performed together with several Middle Eastern overtones and color.
Take a trip down “memory lane” with the music and dances that shaped a generation.
Adults: $15
Student/Child: $10
Delaware Charitable Music, Inc. presents Fall into Jazz
Friday, September 17, 8:00 pm
Kim Waters in Concert
Opening: Joe Baione’s Caribbean Connection
Featuring Natasha Joseph from Trinidad on Steel Pan and Saxophonist Carlton Cannon, Jr.
www.demusic.org
Premium Reserve: $28
(Includes admission to a Pre-Concert Meet the Artists cocktail party include free horsd’oeuvres and cash bar)
Reserve: $22
(Admission to concert only)
Lisa Hilton, Pianist
Saturday, October 23, 7:00 pm
With what has been described as a “throbbing undercurrent of West Coast Cool”, critically acclaimed composer and pianist, Lisa Hilton has been compared to such diverse pianists as Dave Brubeck, Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson, Horace Silver and Brach Mehldau, but Hilton’s sound and touch are completely her own. She comes to the SCA stage to perform from her latest album Nuance. Since 1997 Hilton has recorded and produced an album a year of her compositions and arrangements for solo piano, trio and a s a leader for her band. Based in Malibu, California, Hilton’s fluid, expressive playing style has a blues inflected and refreshing Pacific Coast vibe that has been influenced by other one-time Malibu residents: Miles Davis and Stan Getz.
www.lisahiltonmusic.com
Adults: $21
Senior/Military: $19
Student: $15
Child: $12
Mike Rayburn’s Some Strings Attached
Friday, October 29, 7:00 pm
Known as the World’s Funniest Guitar Virtuoso, Mike uses his astounding guitar creations, uproarious songs and truly masterful guitar to create a show like none you’ve ever seen. Mike has received standing ovations at all 8 of his Carnegie Hall performances and was named Best Solo Artist by American Entertainment Magazine. Concert promoter Mark Johnson described him like this: “If Victor Borge played guitar (and drank too much coffee), he’d sound like Mike.” The Aspen Daily News raves, “A comic genius… enough wit and talent to jumpstart a pacemaker.”
www.mikerayburnbooking.com
Adults: $28
Senior/Military: $25
Student: $20
Child: N/A
Amber Brown is Not a Crayon
Friday, November 12, 7:00 pm
Amber Brown is having what may be the worst year of her life. She and Justin Daniels were the perfect team: they laughed at each other's jokes, sat next to each other in class, and stayed best friends when Justin's dad had to move away. But now things are different. Now Justin's house has been sold and he is going to Alabama; that's too far from New Jersey to think about.
Told in a uniquely funny and forthright style, this story of a feisty young girl who refuses to let her problems get the better of her will touch and entertain audiences everywhere. You'll laugh and cry with Amber as she learns some valuable lessons about the virtues of patience and the meaning of friendship.
www.artspower.org
Adults: $20
Senior/Military: $18
Student: $15
Child: $12
Clear Space Theatre Company presents
100 Years of Broadway
Friday, November 19, 7:00 pm
Join eight of the talented members of the Clear Space Theatre Company as they sing and dance their way through a century of the best music on Broadway! This ALL NEW two-act revue features music by Rodgers and Hart, Burt Bacharach, Cole Porter, Stephen Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein and highlights songs from Gypsy, Fiddler on the Roof, Hair, A Chorus Line, Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables and Jersey Boys – just to name a few! This is a show the whole family will love.
www.clearspaceproductions.com
Adults: $25
Senior/Military: $22
Student: $17
Child: $12
Allan Harris:
A Nat King Cole Christmas
Saturday, December 4, 7:00 pm
THE NEW YORK TIMES, STEPHEN HOLDEN writes "Mr. Harris . . . a supremely relaxed and tasteful crooner in the Nat King Cole tradition."
-- www.nytimes.com
ALLAN HARRIS is a true renaissance man. As a jazz vocalist, producer, composer, guitarist, song-writer, actor, educator and three time winner of the New York Nightlife Award for “Outstanding Jazz Vocalist,” he has made his mark as an apostle of the American Songbook. A natural entertainer, his dynamic stage presence has made him a main-stay in concert halls, theaters, jazz clubs and jazz festivals around the world. Tony Bennett calls him “my favorite singer.” The Miami Herald wrote that Harris’ voice and demeanor “project the warmth of Tony Bennett, the bite and rhythmic sense of Sinatra, and the sly elegance of Nat ‘King' Cole.”
www.allanharris.com
Adults: $30
Senior/Military: $27
Student: $23
Child: $18
Clear Space Theatre Company presents
SCROOGE!
Thursday & Friday Dec. 16 & 17, 7:00 pm
A musical adaptation of A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Charles Dickens, is a true family event in the theatre. The timeless story, with script and lyrics by Ken Skrzesz and music by Doug Yetter, takes the audience through the streets of 1850 London where Ebenezer Scrooge learns lessons of generosity through his interactions with ghosts, relatives and a young boy with a crutch, Tiny Tim Crachit. Become a part of this holiday tradition at the Schwartz Center.
www.clearspaceproductions.com
Adults: $21
Senior/Military: $19
Student: $15
Child: $12
Omaha Theater Company Presents
If You Give a Cat a Cupcake
Thursday, January 27, 7:00 pm
First there was the Mouse – then the Pig – now, here comes the Cat!
Based on the newest installment in the zany If You Give A… book series by Laura Numeroff, the Omaha Theater Company brings this madcap world premiere production with music to the stage. The Cat, who first appeared in If You Give a Pig a Party, asks his new friend Laura for some sprinkles, naturally they spill on the floor. Mopping up the mess might get him wet, so she must give him a bathing suit – and the hijinks ensue! The audience takes a “world-wind” tour following the antics of the Cat as he travels to the beach, the gym, the mountain, the museum and the lake. Ultimately, the Cat and Laura make their way back home to where the sprinkles and another cupcake await them. Audiences will love participating as the play takes the silliness and exaggeration of the book even further.
www.bsoinc.com
Adults: $20
Senior/Military: $18
Student: $15
Child: $12
CJ Harding’s Patsy Cline Tribute
Friday, February 11, 7:00 pm
Brought back by overwhelming demand, CJ Harding brings to life the presence of the musical legend, Patsy Cline. Performing favorites such as Crazy, I Fall to Pieces, Just a Walk Closer with Thee ad more, CJ’s faithful recreation and warm voice keeps audiences spellbound. CJ’s tribute will take you back to wonderful memories of the renowned singers as she engages the audience with her truly entertaining performance.
Adults: $33
Senior/Military: $30
Student: $25
Child: $20
Walnut Street Theater presents
The Glass Menagerie
Friday, March 4, 7:00 pm
One of Tennessee Williams’ earliest successes, the timeless tale of the Wingfield family is brought to life in Walnut Street Theatre’s new production of The Glass Menagerie. The strained relationships of Tom, Laura and Amanda play out in Williams’ autobiographical play, encased in themes of the power of memory and inescapable reality for which this enduring drama is best known. Under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director, Bernard Havard, Walnut Street Theatre presents a riveting new production of one of America’s greatest plays. The 2011 tour of The Glass Menagerie marks the Centennial of Tennessee Williams' birth.
Founded in 1809, Walnut Street Theatre is the oldest continuously operating theatre in the United States. For 200 years, this venerable institution has stood the test of time to become a staple of Philadelphia’s, and for that matter, America’s cultural community. The Walnut’s landmark theatre has been graced by some of America’s most legendary performers, including Ethel Barrymore, Marlon Brando, Sidney Poitier, Helen Hayes and Kathryn Hepburn.
Adults: $35
Senior/Military: $32
Student: $27
Child: $20
Danu’
Friday, March 19, 7:00 pm
The Washington Post states that Danu’ “charges its performances with such brash exuberance and surging rhythmic momentum that standing ovations soon become a foregone conclusion.”
Hailing from County Waterford, Ireland, Danu’ is one of the leading traditional Irish ensembles of today. Their performances are a high energy celebration of the Emerald Isle with a glorious mix of ancient Irish music and new repertoire. Using traditional instruments, flute, tin whistle, fiddle, button accordion and bouzouki the music is clever and fun. Come join them on a musical journey to their native Ireland.
Adults: $30
Senior/Military: $27
Student: $23
Child: $18
Clear Space Theater Company
The Secret Garden
Friday & Saturday, March 25 & 26, 7:00 pm
Based on the 1909 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden takes you on the journey of orphaned girl who is forced to travel across the world to live with relatives who she has never met. Set in Colonial India and England at the turn of the 20th century, Mary find she is alone and lost in a grown up world. Clear Space Theatre Company presents this timeless classic of a young girl whose personality blossoms as she and a young gardener bring new life to a neglected garden, as well as to her sickly cousin and uncle.
www.clearspaceproductions.com
Adults: $25
Senior/Military: $22
Student: $17
Child: $12
Step Afrika
Friday April 2, 7:00 pm
Step Afrika is the first professional company in the world dedicated to the tradition of stepping. Founded in December 1994, the company is critically-acclaimed for its efforts to promote an understanding of and appreciation for stepping and the dance tradition's use as an educational tool for young people worldwide. Step Afrika reaches tens of thousands of Americans each year and has performed on many stages in North & South America, Europe, Africa and the Caribbean. Based in Washington, DC, the company has been featured on CNN, BET, PBS & NPR as well as numerous books, documentaries and articles that seek to explore the tradition of stepping.
www.stepafrika.org
Adults: $28
Senior/Military: $25
Student: $2
Child: $15
Frindle
Friday, April 8, 7:00 pm
Nicholas Allen has plenty of ideas. Who can forget the time he turned his third-grade classroom into a tropical island, or the times he fooled his teacher by chirping like a blackbird? But now Nick's in fifth grade, and it looks like his days as a troublemaker are over. Everyone knows that Mrs. Granger, the language arts teacher, has X-ray vision, and nobody gets away with anything in her classroom. To make matters worse, she's also a fanatic about the dictionary, which is hopelessly boring to Nick. But when Nick learns an interesting tidbit about words and where they come from, it inspires his greatest plan yet: to invent a new word. From now on, a pen is no longer a pen -- it's a Frindle. It doesn't take long for Frindle to take root, and soon the excitement spreads well beyond his school and town. His parents and Mrs. Granger would like Nick to put an end to all this nonsense. But Frindle doesn't belong to Nick anymore. All he can do now is sit back and watch what happens. This quirky, imaginative tale about creative thought and the power of words will have your young audience inventing their own words.
www.bsoinc.com
Adults: $20
Senior/Military: $18
Student: $15
Child: $12
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