(*) A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM, Allegro Stage Company at Northwest Vista College, San Antonio, April 11 - 20, 2013

Allegro Stage Company with Produced in partnership with Northwest Vista College Department of Drama

presents

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

by Stephen Sondheim, Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart

Bring on the lovers, liars and clowns! Allegro Stage Company presents Broadway's classic musical farce, A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM. We are teaming up once again with Northwest Vista College Drama Department, following our award-winning production of CABARET, for a brand new production at the Palmetto Center for the Arts.

Cast:

Directed by Tim Hedgepeth, Choreography by Wendy Ellis. Produced by Tom Masinter and Mellissa Marlowe.

Featuring Rick Sanchez as Pseudolus.

Location: 3535 N. Ellison Drive, San Antonio, Texas, San Antonio, Texas, 78251
Times: April 11, 12, 13, 14 and April 18, 19, 20. Evenings at 8pm and Sunday matinee at 2:00 pm.
Tickets: General Admission- $15 Groups, Seniors, SATCO< Military and ATAC- $10 Students with valid ID- $5. Call 210-486-4527 for reservations

For More Information:

allegrostage@gmail.com

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A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM, Fredricksburg Theatre Company, February 22 - March 10, 2013

[Fredericksburg Theater Company, Steve Shepard Theatre, 1668 Highway 87 south, 1.5. miles south of Main Street, Fredericksburg - click for map; BOX OFFICE: 306 E. Austin St., Fredericksburg, TX]

presents

February 22 – March 10, 2013
Tickets on sale February 11th!

Rome will never be the same! In this inspired musical comedy by Stephen Sondheim with the book by Burt Shevlove and larry Gelbart, boy wants girl, slave wants freedom, and Roman war hero wants…. the same girl.
Inspired by the farces of the ancient Roman playwright Plautus, the musical tells the bawdy story of love, mistaken identity, class warfare and the search for family – with all the masquerades, deceptions and blackmailing going wrong at every turn1
This Tony Award winning musical is a classic of the stage. Don’t miss the laugh-filled trip to ancient Rome.

Something familiar! Something Peculiar! Announcing the hilarious cast of "Forum"!!!!
Domina - Heather Dickens
Erronius - Kent Fields
Hero - Travis Gaudin
Hysterium - Matt Ward
Lycus - John Phelps
Miles Gloriosus - Pierre Minjaw
Philia - Madison Grumbles
Pseudolus - Ryan Bailey
Senex - Curt Regester
The Courtesans - Angela Lacy, Lauren Wise, Sarah Wylie, Katie Murphy, Tommie Bailey, Randi Jackson
The Proteans - Faith Hearn, Joe Vaughan, Joni Saad, Will Vaughan

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Upcoming: Into The Woods by Stephen Sondheim, Southwestern University, March 2-6

Via www.AustinOnStage.com:

Southwestern University Goes

Into the Woods

directed by Rod Caspers - musical direction by Oliver Worthington

March 2 Through 6

Wednesday & Thursday at 7 p.m., Friday & Saturday at 8 p.m.

3 p.m. matinees Saturday and Sunday

Tickets $12 to $18 -- reservations at (512) 863-1378 or on-line

Jones Theatre, Southwestern University, 1001 East University Avenue, Georgetown

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The Southwestern University Department of Theatre treads Into the Woods for one weekend with Stephen Sondheim's most popular and successful musical. Putting beloved fairy tale characters in a new light, the family-friendly production runs March 2nd through 6th

at Jones Theatre in Georgetown.

As the tale begins with "Once upon time, in a far-off kingdom, lived a fair young maiden, a sad young lad and a childless baker and his wife…," the musical tells the story of a baker and his wife who journey into the woods on a quest to lift a witch's curse. On the way, they cross paths with Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, Jack and the Beanstalk, Cinderella and a menagerie of other fairy tale characters.

Each character pursues individual wishes until the stories become entangled in unexpected ways - revealing what happens after "happily ever after." With a book by by James Lapine - inspired by Bruno Bettelheim's 1976 book The Uses of Enchantment - the musical portrays the complications of modern society and the difficulties encountered on the paths of life.

Sondheim's witty score includes enchanting musical theatre gems, including "Children Will Listen," "Giants in the Sky" and "No One Is Alone." From part of the musical team that created legendary works such as West Side Story, Gypsy and Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods remains one of Sondheim's most-produced works. It won three Tony Awards in 1988.

Upcoming: Company by Stephen Sondheim, Doctuh Mistah Productions at the Salvage Vanguard Theatre, December 15 - 19

Received directly:

Doctuh Mistuh Productions announces the one-week run of

Stephen Sondheim’s

COMPANY

to benefit the Breast Cancer Resource Center of Austin

Salvage Vanguard Theatre, 2803 Manor Rd., Austin, TX

Wednesday, December 15^th-Sunday, December 19^th, 2010

All shows will be at 8 p.m. There will be two performances on Saturday, December 18^th at 2:00pm & 8:00pm.

Ticket Prices: $10-$25. Admission for our “soft opening” on Wednesday, December 15^th will be $10 for all seats with advance reservations. There will be a special Gala Performance on Sunday, December 19^th, which will feature a reception and silent auction.

Reservations: (512) 339-4934 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (512) 339-4934 end_of_the_skype_highlighting

Following up on its heralded production of EVIL DEAD, THE MUSICAL, Doctuh Mistuh Productions will be mounting Sondheim’s landmark musical COMPANY this coming December. Proceeds from the 6 (SIX) PERFORMANCE RUN will go to benefit the Breast Cancer Resource Center of Austin.

The award-winning cast includes Sara Burke, Andrew Cannata, Sarah Marie Curry, Libby Dees, Amy Downing, Kirk German, Joe Hartman, Leslie Hollingsworth, Jarret Mallon, Michael Muenchow, David Ponton, Laura Powell, Lindsey Priour, Chris Skillern, Haley Smith, Courtney Wissinger, and Molly Wissinger.

The production staff is comprised of Michael McKelvey (Stage & Musical Director), Joe Carpenter (Set Designer), Scott Tatum (Lighting Designer) and Courtney Wissinger-Eiland (Choreographer).

ABOUT COMPANY: COMPANY premiered in 1970 at the Alvin Theatre under the direction of the famed Harold Prince. The book was by George Furth with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. The cast was headed by Dean Jones, Donna McKechnie, Elaine Stritch, and Charles Kimbrough. COMPANY has been revived numerous times around the globe and the original production won six Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Original Score, and Best Lyrics.

Unlike most book musicals, which follow a clearly delineated plot, Company is a concept musical composed of short vignettes, presented in no particular chronological order, linked by a celebration for Bobby's 35th birthday. Robert seems to have it all except a wife. Throughout the show we meet his friends and former lovers all while Robert weighs the pros and cons of married life.

Company was among the first musicals to deal with adult problems through its music. As Sondheim put it, "Company does deal with upper middle-class people with upper middle-class problems. Broadway theater has been for many years supported by those people. They really want to escape, and here we're saying we'll bring it right back in their faces ... what they came to a musical to avoid, they suddenly find facing them on the stage."

ABOUT THE BREAST CANCER RESOURCE CENTER OF AUSTIN:

The Breast Cancer Resource Center is a non-profit, grassroots organization created by breast cancer survivors in 1995. The six Certified Patient Navigator locations help women who are battling breast cancer as well as their families, friends, spouses, and partners. They are there to answer any questions or concerns you or those close to you may have about the process. Their ultimate goal is build a support system for women who are newly diagnosed with breast cancer. To find out how to donate or volunteer visit http://www.bcrc.org.

Upcoming: A Little Night Music by Stephen Sondheim, Georgetown Palace, February 19 - March 14

UPDATE: KOOP's Lisa Schepps interviews director Cliff Butler, leading actors Joe Penrod and Wendy Zavaleta, and musical director Jonathan Borden, February 8

Found on-line:

The Georgetown Palace Theatre
presents

A Little Night Music
a musical
by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler
based on Ingmar Bergman's film
February 19 - March 14
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m.
Tickets available through the website or by telephone at 512-869-7469

One of Broadway’s most neglected masterpieces, the romantic and achingly beautiful A Little Night Music deals with the universal subject of love, in all its wondrous, humorous and ironic forms.

In early twentieth-century Sweden, middle-aged Fredrik Egerman brings his 18-year-old bride Anne to a play starring his former mistress, Desirée Armfeldt. Soon, Fredrik and Desirée resume their romance, incurring the wrath of her current lover, a pompous Count. The situation culminates in a weekend at a country estate, with Fredrik, Anne, Desirée and the Count in attendance, as well as Fredrik’s son (who is hopelessly in love with Anne), Desirée’s illegitimate daughter, the Count’s manic-depressive wife and the Egerman’s lusty maid. And there, under the summer night, things are set right.

General admission: $22 Seniors(55+): $20 Student(16+)/Active Duty Military (with ID): $12
Children(15 or younger): $8