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| | ALWAYS… PATSY CLINE
Created by Ted Swindley
Directed by Michael Ross
Music Direction by Ellen Patterson
Performed with special permission from Ted Swindley Productions, a theatrical licensing company
Always… Patsy Cline was a HUGE hit for us in 2017, and we’re bringing it back as our holiday gift to you! The winner of six local awards, we’ve got the original cast back and ready to entertain you once again, directed by longtime SAL Director Michael Ross. Always… Patsy Cline has enjoyed great success all over the United States, including a successful run off-Broadway. Always… Patsy Cline is more than a tribute to the legendary country singer it is a musical play, complete with down-home country humor, true emotion and even some audience participation, includes many of Patsy’s unforgettable hits such as “Crazy,” “I Fall to Pieces,” “Sweet Dreams” and “Walkin’ After Midnight – 27 songs in all. The show’s title was inspired by Cline’s letters to Seger, which were consistently signed “Love ALWAYS… Patsy Cline.” | Buy tickets |
| | SIDEKICKED
Written by Kim Powers
Directed by Michael Ross
Executive Producer: The Clay Foundation - West
Presented by special arrangement with Stage Rights
After years of playing Ethel Mertz, the housecoat-wearing sidekick to America’s favorite sit-com star on I Love Lucy, Vivian Vance has a lot she needs to get off her chest. In her dressing room on the night of the show’s final filming, she issues an SOS to her longtime analyst: Help me understand who I really am before I’m stuck being Ethel forever. In this comedy, Vivian relives it all – from the good to the bad to Lucy. Audience members will enjoy this peek behind the scenes, as well as enjoy shots from the I Love Lucy episodes as well. | Buy tickets |
| | SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Music by Leonard Bernstein, Mary Rodgers, Richard Rodgers, Jule Styne
Directed by Andrew Smith Music Direction by TBA
Presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI)
Broadway lost a musical legend this past year, and we want to honor and salute his contributions with this beautiful tribute to a master. Stephen Sondheim has been the leading composer of musical theatre for the past fifty years. His work is timeless. From the streets of ancient Rome, through nineteenth-century Japan and turn-of-the-century Sweden, to the high-rise apartments of 1970 Manhattan, his songs represent a definitive time and place, and yet move beyond their particular settings to speak to us all. Now, with this award-winning revue of his earlier work, some of the most lush, unforgettable songs from this musical theatre icon are presented in one magical evening. Simple and unpretentious, this Tony Award-winning musical is a perfect introduction to the work of this contemporary genius and a must for diehard fans. | Buy tickets |
| | DINNER WITH FRIENDS
Written by Donald Margulies
Directed by Carl Jordan
Executive Producer - Oberlin Charitable Trust
Presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection
Dinner with Friends is comedy with dramatic undertones, Donald Margulies’ Dinner with Friends will leave you thinking about friendship, love, and marriage long after the curtain closes. A winner of the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Dinner with Friends navigates the crazy maze of marriage with wit, wisdom, and pathos. It’s the story of two couples, life-long friends, grappling with a profound change in one half of their foursome. As the New York Times says, Dinner with Friends “is wry and keenly observed and bathed in the unspoken sorrow that can creep up on you in middle age.” | Buy tickets |
| | GUYS AND DOLLS
Music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, Book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows
Directed by Larry Williams
Music Director: TBA
Presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI)
Considered by many to be the perfect musical comedy, Guys and Dolls ran for 1,200 performances when it opened on Broadway in 1950. Set in Damon Runyon's mythical New York City, Guys and Dolls is an oddball romantic comedy. Gambler Nathan Detroit tries to find the cash to set up the biggest craps game in town while the authorities breathe down his neck; meanwhile, his girlfriend and nightclub performer, Adelaide, laments that they've been engaged for fourteen years. Nathan turns to fellow gambler Sky Masterson for the dough, and Sky ends up chasing the straight-laced missionary Sarah Brown. As a result. Guys and Dolls takes us from the heart of Times Square to the cafes of Havana, Cuba, and even into the sewers of New York City, but eventually everyone ends up right where they belong. Frank Loesser's brassy, immortal score makes Guys and Dolls a crowd-pleaser. | Buy tickets |