SPA – Cameron Carpenter
TUTS – Oliver
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Theatre Under The Stars presents, the Tony Award-winning musical Mary Poppins March 8–20. Mary Poppins is a “practically perfect” nanny who brings a little magic, music, and sugar everywhere she goes. Mary Poppins’ magical adventures have a positive effect on the Banks children and eventually she teaches the adults as well. It’s sure to be supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! The Charles Dickens’ novel comes to life on stage in Oliver! April 5–17. Oliver, a runaway orphan takes audiences on a journey as he navigates the dark and grim side of 18th-century London. When he is welcomed into a gang of child pickpockets, Oliver finds himself accused of a crime he didn’t commit. This musical is a classic that will leave you wanting more. After a successful staged reading at TUTS Underground, The Sweet Potato Queens will be produced for its world premiere, March 17–27. The Sweet Potato Queens (SPQ) is loosely based on the life story of New York Times best-selling author and SPQ founder, Jill Conner Browne. If you want to be in the popular crowd you will be in the audience April 28–May 8 for Heathers, based on the 1989 film. Westbury High is ruled by Heather, Heather and Heather—the hottest and cruelest girls in all of Ohio. But misfit Veronica Sawyer rejects their evil regime for a new boyfriend, the mysterious J.D., who plans to put the Heathers in their place—six feet under. This musical magnifies the joys and anguish of high school.