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SEVEN ANGELS THEATRE ANNOUNCES THEIR 20th ANNIVERSARY SEASON, FULL OF DRAMA, MUSIC, COMEDY AND GREAT TIMES!
Semina De Laurentis, Seven Angels Artistic Director has announced a very special season celebrating their 20th Anniversary. Semina commented, “This season you’ll be delighted by the variety of music, comedy and drama we have to offer. There is something to delight everyone.” Here are just a few of the highlights of the new season. There is a world premier with Mad Bomber, a story based the local connection to a major event in the 1950s. Plus, there is The Marvelous Wonderettes starring Waterbury’s own Marissa Perry who stared in Hairspray on Broadway. And if that is not enough, The Devil’s Music: The Life and Times of Bessie Smith is sure to be a hit with the great Miche Braden. R. Bruce Connelly is back in the Tony Award winning Broadway comedy hit Boeing Boeing. Shirley Valentine is another masterpiece for 20th season starring Julia Kiley who returns to the Seven Angels stage.
Seven Angels has also continues to offer plenty of value with special food and drink nights, including wine and martini nights, Fascia’s Chocolate night, mimosa matinee and Sundaes on Sunday! A special subscription package is available for those age 30 and under. Get five mainstage shows for only $50! Discounted 2010-2011 Early Bird Season subscriptions are still available though September 27. Season subscriptions start at only $99!
Announcing Seven Angels Theatre 20th Anniversary season!
The Marvelous Wonderettes September 30-October 24, 2010
by Roger Bean
Connecticut Premiere! Marissa Perry (Tracy, Hairspray: Broadway) is a Marvelous Wonderette in our musical blast from the past. Meet Betty Jean, Cindy Lou, Missy and Suzy, four girls with hopes and dreams as big as their crinoline skirts and voices to match. As they unite to entertain at their high school prom we’re treated to such classic 50’s & 60’s songs as “Dream Lover,” “Mr. Sandman,” “Lipstick on Your Collar,” “Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me,” “It’s In His Kiss ” and so many more! The harmonies are close, the rivalries are intense and the hair is huge (so is the fun!). A recent NYC smash hit. “Wonderettes is an irresistible musical….an utter charm.” NY Times Critics Choice. “One irresistible jukebox musical!” – The New York Times
The Devil’s Music: The Life and Times of Bessie Smith November 4-28, 2010
Book by Angelo Parra, Musical Direction Miche Braden; Conceived by Joe Brancato. Miche Braden stars as the legendary Bessie Smith. It’s 1937 and the final performance of Bessie, as the fiesty singer regales her audience with tales from her life, and many loves and losses. Miche Braden not only captures the soulful richness of the singing style of the "Empress of the Blues" and one of the greatest singers of her era, but the essence of her boozy, feisty personality. Terrific! Fills every molecule of airspace with the joy of the Blues. NY Times; Braden “enthralled the crowd….with her singing, acting, dancing joking and storytelling.” Hartford Courant; “The Devil’s Music leaves one wanting more. Especially more Braden” New Haven Register; “….should not, under any circumstances, be missed” Palm Beach Post
Boeing Boeing March 17-April 10, 2011
by Marc Camoletti, Adapted by Beverley Cross
Bruce Connelly (The Producers, Funny Thing…Forum) returns to Seven Angels in this 2008 Tony-winning Broadway hit. Bernard, a self styled lothario living in Paris, has French, German and American fiancées, each beautiful airline hostesses with frequent layovers. He keeps "one up, one down and one pending" until unexpected schedule changes bring all three to Paris and Bernard's apartment at the same time. With the help of his boyhood friend, Robert, newly arrived from Wisconsin, and Berthe, his catty existentialist maid, hilarity ensues!
Shirley Valentine April 28-May 22, 2011
by Willy Russell
Julia Kiley (The Irish and How They Got That Way, Anything Goes) returns to Seven Angels starring in this actors’ tour de force about an ordinary housewife who sets out on an extraordinary journey As Shirley prepares dinner for her husband, she ruminates on her life and an invitation from a girlfriend to join her on holiday in Greece to search for romance and adventure – an adventure full of laughter and heart, transformational and timeless. Everyone, male and female, has a little ‘Shirley’ in them. “Absolutely smashing” New York Post; “A joyful, captivating piece of theatre” New York Daily News; A thrilling, cheer raising piece of theatre” Financial Times.
The Mad Bomber June 2-25, 2011
World Premiere. Book and Lyrics Charles Monagan, Music Richard DeRosa
In 1957, a media frenzy over a series of bombings in New York City leads to a quiet street in Waterbury. "Mad Bomber" is a vibrant, riotous tale of two cities - set to music - of cops, politicians and tabloid reporters, and ultimately the triumph of hope and love (and justice) over a terrorist's master plan. Ct Magazine Editor and writer Charles Monagan and musical director/composer Richard DeRosa (Fold, Spindle and Mutilate; Aches and Pains), along with director Semina De Laurentis and choreographer Janine Molinari, join together to bring to life this exciting World Premiere on the Seven Angels stage.
Seven Angels offers great value for the money. Why travel to New York when you have great professional theatre right in your own backyard at a fraction of the price. Seven Angels Theatre…. Come Join The Fun! For more information call the box office at 203-757-4676 or visit their website at SevenAngelsTheatre.org
Seven Angels Theatre is Greater Waterbury’s only Equity professional regional theatre and is located in the Historic Hamilton Park Pavilion on Plank Road in Waterbury, CT. Minutes off
I-84. Free parking and wheelchair access. |
