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IMAGINATION STAGE
Tony Awardwinner Savion Glover and company to perform in Rockville n
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Musical version of children’s classic makes Montgomery County debut n
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CARA HEDGEPETH STAFF WRITER
Famed tap dancer presents ‘STePz” at Montgomery College
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Tap dancer and choreographer Savion Glover will honor the art of tap in his show, “STePz,” on Nov. 21 at the Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center at Montgomery College in Rockville. LOIS GREENFIELD
“Lyle the Crocodile,” based on the beloved picture book series by author and illustrator Bernard Waber, opens to the public on Saturday at Imagination Stage. The musical, which follows the adventures of the Primm family, who have recently relocated to New York City to discover an unconventional pet living in their apartment, is directed by Imagination Stage associate artistic director Kate Bryer. Bryer revisits the production after directing a nonmusical version at the theater company during its 2008-2009 season. “When I did it in 2008-2009, I actually put a lot of dance and music into it,” Bryer said. “The script just has this wonderful sophistication. It’s silly but sophisticated ... It just felt like it lent itself to those kinds of moments where [characters] could break out into song ... Even JEREMY RUSNOCK back then I thought it would be Michael John Casey as Mr. such a great musical ...” The director’s instincts were Grumps with Loretta (as right. Kevin Kling, a humorist, herself). storyteller and commentator for National Public Radio, first adapted the books for the stage in the early 1990s. Kling and composer Richard Gray later transformed the play
See CROCODILE, Page B-9 Kurt Boehm as Lyle and David Landstrom as Joshua in the musical “Lyle the Crocodile” at Imagination Stage, running to Jan. 10.
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VIRGINIA TERHUNE STAFF WRITER
A set of stairs is not just a set of stairs in tap dancer Savion Glover’s show “STePz.” The steps become a place to dance, as Glover taps his way through a dozen songs ranging
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from Charlie Parker’s “Dexterity” to a classical piece by Shostakovich to Stevie Wonder’s “Sir Duke.” Glover and four fellow hoofers will bring the show to the Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center at Montgomery College in Rockville on Thursday. Glover said “STePz” is an homage to tap dancing masters and mentors whom he has known
SAVION GLOVER’S ‘STEPZ’ n When: 8 p.m. Thursday n Where: Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center, Montgomery College, 51 Mannakee St., Rockville n Tickets: $38-$40 n For information: 240-567-5301, montgomerycollege.edu/PAC
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Play focuses on family and love
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DANISHA CROSBY
Kimberly Gilbert as Lisa and Naomi Jacobson as Rita in the Round House Theatre’s upcoming production of “The Lyons.”
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Playwright Nicky Silver has written more than a dozen plays, but “The Lyons,” which was released in 2011, was the first to make it to a Broadway stage. “The Lyons,” which will open at the Round House Theatre in Bethesda on Nov. 27, focuses on the impending death of a husband and father and what it means for the wife and adult children. John Vreeke, who is directing “The Lyons,” said he was impressed by Silver’s style of writing.
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THE LYONS n When: Nov. 27 to Dec. 22 (call for show times) n Where: Round House Theatre, 4545 East-West Highway, Bethesda n Tickets: $25-$50, prices include a $5 service fee n For information: 240-644-1100, roundhousetheatre. org