SWEENEY TODD Patrick Clow as Sweeney Todd and Margaret Garofalo as Mrs. Lovett sample the “Worst Pies in London” in last summer’s Stowe Theatre Guild production of Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Below: Christine Penney and Chris Hart as Annie Oakley and Frank Butler in the guild’s production of Annie Get Your Gun.
Summer stages make music, madcap adventure, mirth! STOWE THEATRE GUILD Town Hall Theatre, Main Street, Stowe. Wednesdays through Saturdays, 8 p.m. Adults $20/children $10. 253-3961, stowetheatre.com.
LAMOILLE COUNTY PLAYERS Hyde Park Opera House, Main Street. Adults $18, seniors/students $12. Thursday through Saturday, 7 p.m.; Sunday matinees, 2 p.m. 888-4507. lamoillecountyplayers.com
Nine June 19 – 22, June 26 – 29, July 3, & July 5 – 6
Guys and Dolls July 18 – 21 & 25 – 28
Famous director Guido Contini tries to create his greatest film, as his marriage falls apart. Based on the Fellini film 8 1/2.
Based on Damon Runyon’s colorful stories of characters from New York City, Guys and Dolls is considered by some to be the perfect musical comedy. A male chorus of gamblers, the Hot Box dancing girls, and a Salvation Army mission band highlight the action as two unlikely couples find happiness.
Hair July 17 – 20, July 24 – 27 & 31, & August 1 – 3 The American love-rock musical.
The Drowsy Chaperone August 14 – 17, August 21 – 24, & August 28 – 31
Bye Bye Birdie October 3 – 6 & 10 – 13
As a musical-theater fan plays his favorite cast album on his turntable, the musical literally bursts to life in his living room, telling the rambunctious tale of a brazen Broadway starlet trying to find, and keep, her true love.
The story of a rock and roll singer Conrad Birdie, about to be inducted into the army. On one final publicity stunt, he will bid a typical American teenage girl goodbye with an allAmerican kiss. Of course, the arrival of Birdie in Sweet Apple, Ohio, causes the whole town to go into a spin.
The Pirates of Penzance September 25 – 28, October 2 – 5, & October 9 – 12 Gilbert and Sullivan’s tale of Frederic, who at sea since he was 8 years old, now needs to navigate the wiles of young ladies, lead a bank of scaredy-cat cops, and try to preserve his sense of duty while coping with a crew of over-literal pirates, a clever Major General, and a nurse who is a bit hard of hearing.
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It's a Wonderful Life December 6 – 8 & 13 – 15 A stage adaptation of the popular Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed Christmas film from the 1940s. Theater continues on page 119
JONATHAN COUTURE
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