Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyrics by Tim Rice.
Fridays and Saturdays 8:00 PM: October 27 (includes Opening Night reception), October 28, November 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, and 18, 2006; Sunday matinees at 2:30 PM: November 5 and 12, 2006.
Single ticket prices: $20 (all ages, Saturday evenings), $17 (adults, Fridays and Sundays), $14 (senior citizens and students, Fridays and Sundays).
The Saturday evening, November 4 performance will be sign
interpreted for the deaf and hearing impaired.
The Biblical saga of Joseph and his coat of many colors comes to vibrant life in this delightful musical parable by Webber (Cats, The Phantom of the Opera) and Rice (Jesus Christ Superstar, Beauty and the Beast). Joseph is a boy blessed with prophetic dreams, and is his father's favorite son. Jealousy prompts his eleven brothers to fake his death and sell him into slavery in far-off Egypt. Joseph endures a series of trials where his spirit and humanity are continually challenged. Set in an engaging cornucopia of musical styles, from country and western to calypso to bubble-gum pop to classic (Elvis!) rock and roll, this Old Testament tale emerges both timely and timeless.
Directed by Lisa Bailey; Musical Direction by Elisa Rosman.
Reservation information and directions to the Reston Community Center CenterStage Theatre are available.
Produced by special arrangement with R&H Theatricals.
The 1982 Broadway cast recording and the vocal score for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat are available through our online bookstore.
The Last Night of Ballyhoo
By Alfred Uhry.
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 PM: January 19 (includes Opening Night reception), January 20, 26, 27, February 2, and 3, 2007.
Sunday Matinee at 2:30 PM: January 28, 2007.
Single ticket prices: $17 (all ages, Saturday evenings), $15 (adults, Fridays and Sundays), $13 (senior citizens and students, Fridays and Sundays).
The Saturday, January 27 performance will be sign
interpreted for the deaf and hearing impaired.
It's December 1939, and Gone with the Wind is about to storm the silver screen. Hilter invades Poland... but the biggest concern of Atlanta's Freitag family is 'Ballyhoo', a lavish ball that marks the end of the social season for the elite southern Jewish community. The arrival of a handsome stranger from New York, Uncle Adolph's new (and very eligible) assistant, unwittingly becomes a pawn between the two young female cousins in the household. Ultimately, he forces the family to deal with who they really are as they are torn apart and mended again, with plenty of hilarious comedy, sweet romance and unexpected turns. Winner of the 1997 Tony award for Best Play... "achingly beautiful"... You'll have a BALL at Ballyhoo!
Please note: There will be pipe smoking onstage in some scenes of this production.
Directed by Adam Konowe. Produced by Bea and Jerry Morse. Cast are listed in archives.
Reservation information and directions to the Reston Community Center CenterStage Theatre are available.
Produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
The text of The Last Night of Ballyhoo is available through our online bookstore.
Download PDF-format informational flyer for the production. Don Shewey interviewed Alfred Uhry for American Theatre in 1997.
Seussical
Based on the works of Dr. Seuss;
Book by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty;
Co-Conceived by Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty, and Eric Idle; Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens;
Music by Stephen Flaherty.
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 PM: March 2 (includes Opening Night reception), March 3, 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, and 24, 2007.
Sunday Matinees at 2:30 PM: March 11 (includes an Ask the Cast session) and March 18 (includes a Meet the Cast session), 2007.
Single ticket prices: $20 (all ages, Saturday evenings), $17 (adults, Fridays and Sundays), $15 (senior citizens and students, Fridays and Sundays).
The Saturday, March 10 performance will be sign
interpreted for the deaf and hearing impaired.
Just imagine a world where anything is possible—an elephant in a tree, a person too tiny to see, a heroic child and dreams running wild! Just think of a magical, musical world where helping a friend, never giving up, and keeping a promise come alive in this amazing Broadway show that's for adults in their 90's down to kids in their twos! Seussical creates the witty, wild and whimsical world of Dr. Seuss as it has never been seen before! Join Horton, the Whos, Yertle the Turtle and the others as this tale unfolds in a Seussian gumbo of musical syles, ranging from Latin to pop, swing to gospel, and R&B to funk! So let your toes tap, your fingers snap, and your imagination run wild with Seussical!
Directed by Haley Murphy. Cast are listed in archives.
Reservation information and directions to the Reston Community Center CenterStage Theatre are available.
Produced by special arrangement with Music Theatre International.
The cast recording and a book of vocal selections for Seussical are available through our online bookstore.
Museum
By Tina Howe.
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 PM: May 4 (includes Opening Night reception), May 5, 11, 12, 18, and 19, 2007.
Sunday Matinee at 2:30 PM: May 13, 2007.
Single ticket prices: $17 (all ages, Saturday evenings), $15 (adults, Fridays and Sundays), $13 (senior citizens and students, Fridays and Sundays).
The Saturday, May 12 performance will be sign
interpreted for the deaf and hearing impaired.
Enter Museum on the final day of "The Broken Silence," an exhibition of three fictitious American modern artists. What "art" means to its makers, their families and friends; what it conveys to collectors, curators, aficionados, browsers, wanderers, philistines, and the security guards who watch over it; how it can turn people into snobs, swine, seducers, saints, or raving exhibitionists in the blink of an eye—these are among the hilarious developments Tina Howe derives from her simple theme of people in a public space looking at an object in Museum—a theatrical satire of the modern art world.
"Moving and beautiful... a passionate and thoroughly personal play about the whole world. The gallery becomes a parable of humanity... a terrific 'slice of life' comedy. If Mozart had produced a segment on modern art for Candid Camera, it would resemble Tina Howe's Museum."
Directed by Andy Regiec. Cast are listed in archives.
Reservation information and directions to the Reston Community Center CenterStage Theatre are available.
Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.
The text of Museum is available in the collection Coastal Disturbances through our online bookstore.
The art work on exhibit in Museum will be provided by MAX21, a group of award-winning artists working and exhibiting at ARTWORKS Gallery and Studio in Reston: a place to inspire, inform, and instruct the creative process.