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The Guys: A Tribure to Firemen and Policemen

August 31, 2010

The Rainbow Repertory Company will present the play, ‘The Guys’, on September 11th at the Kathleen Howland Theater located in the Second April Galerie. Featured in this two person play is Joe Martuccio, playing the part of a New York fire captain, and Denise Robb playing a writer assisting the captain to write eulogies for eight of his men lost in the 9/11 terrorist attack. This is a true story, also portrayed in a movie starring Sigourney Weaver and Anthony LaPaglia.

This is Rainbow’s third production of this play directed by Lois DiGiacomo, the first on the exact date of the event. Martuccio states, “This play is a spiritual experience” and Robb adds, “Through this unique work of art, we find a place to come together, remember and reflect.”

Tickets are $10 for the general public and $8 for firemen and policemen and may be reserved by calling 330-451-0924.

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The Full Monty is Coming to Canton!

August 30, 2010

The Players Guild Theatre opens it’s 2010-2011 season with the The Full Monty, September 3-26. Six unemployed steelworkers in Buffalo, New York come up with a bold way to make some quick cash. In the process they find renewed self-esteem, the importance of friendship and the ability to have fun. As the guys work through their fears, self-consciousness, feelings of worthlessness and anxieties, they come to discover that not only are they stronger as a group, but that the strength they find in each other gives them the individual courage to face their demons and overcome them. You won’t want to miss this upbeat musical!

Want to know more about the production or order tickets? Visit the Player’s Guild Theatre website at: www.playersguildtheatre.com

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Canton Cabaret Musical Dinner Theatre Presents “Memories of Motown”

August 16, 2010

The Canton Cabaret Musical Dinner Theatre will present “Memories of Motown” on September 10, 2010 at Tozzi’s on 12th (formerly Four Winds Restaurant). Tozzi’s is located at 4210 – 12th Street NW in Canton. Dinner begins at 6 pm and the show at 8 pm.

“MEMORIES OF MOTOWN’ is written and directed by Kent Le Mar of Kent Le Mar Dance Studio in Cuyahoga Falls. Singers include Kent Le Mar, Me’Na, Melissa Franjesh, Shar Hudson, Tom Baumgardner and Rufus Malone. They will be accompanied by MOSAIC, a musical ensemble led by David Kolinski-Schultz that includes: Brian Burse, trumpet; Larry Pindel, piano; Neal Frye, bass; John Sineri, Drums; David Kolinski-Schultz, sax.

Tickets are $40 and may be ordered by calling 330-477-7515. A table of 8 receives a 10% discount.

Canton Cabaret is the area’s only ‘cabaret style’ entertainment and engages only professional singers and musicians.

For more information email rainbowrep@neo.rr.com or call 330-456-7397.

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Catch The Wedding Singer Live on Stage at the Canton Palace Theatre July 23-25

July 14, 2010

North Canton Playhouse will proudly present the wildly popular musical comedy The Wedding Singer on July 23 – 25, 2010 at the Canton Palace Theatre, located at 605 Market Ave. N, in downtown Canton.

Cast of The Wedding SingerIn THE WEDDING SINGER, Robbie Hart is Jersey’s favorite wedding singer. He’s the life of the party, until his own fiancée leaves him at the altar. Shot through the heart, Robbie makes every wedding as disastrous as his own. Enter Julia, a winsome waitress who wins his affection. Only trouble is Julia is about to be married to a Wall Street shark, and unless Robbie can pull off the performance of a decade, the girl of his dreams will be gone forever. With a brand new score that pays loving homage to the pop songs of the 1980s, North Canton Playhouse’s version of THE WEDDING SINGER takes us back to a time when hair was big, greed was good, collars were up, and a wedding singer might just be the coolest guy in the room.

Shows will be performed Fri. and Sat. at 8 p.m. and Sun. at 2:30 p.m. Directed by Lisa Paynter and produced by special arrangement with Music Theatre International and sponsored in part by The Hoover Foundation.

Tickets are $20 for all shows and can be purchased online at CantonPalaceTheatre.org, or by calling the box office at (330) 494-1613. Walk-ins are welcome!

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Catch the World Premiers of Three New Plays at the Players Guild Theatre in July

June 30, 2010

The Players Guild Theatre in its inaugural new play development series, The New Play Conservatory, presents three world premiere plays featuring playwrights from California, Minnesota, and New York.

Performances and Show Times
Performances for each world premiere play run Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 pm, and Sundays at 2:30 in the Players Guild intimate 139 seat William G. Fry Arena Theatre. Post Play Discussions will be held following each Friday and Saturday Performance.

PILLS by Michael DeVito from Hartsdale, NY: July 9-11, 2010
Drama with Comedic Punch: Two New York couples on unstable emotional ground seek relational security and happiness; when each couple acknowledges the possibility of having a child, they bring to life to concept of the child they just might have together. (Language and Mild Sexuality)

MONA LISA by Ron Burch from Los Angeles, CA: July 16-18, 2010
Dramatic Comedy Romance: A historical fiction revealing the Mona Lisa painting and why she smiles, this play follows Leonardo da Vinci and his desire to pursue art and forbidden love.

THEN WAVES by Kevin Kautzman from Saint Paul, MN: July 23-25, 2010
Intense Drama: A discharged American soldier returns from war to do violence upon his estranged son, who may not be his son at all. Set in the American Midwest, THEN WAVES explores the issues of violence’s echo, the cost of war, and the impulses toward destruction that ravage families and destroy the future. (Strong Language and Violence)

Tickets and Packages
Individual Tickets are $10; or purchase the “3 Play Package” for only $22 and see all three plays and be entered to win a Players Guild 2010-2011 Season Flex Pass. For tickets contact the Box Office at 330-453-7617, walk-ins are always welcome.

For additional information visit: www.PlayersGuildTheatre.com or www.TheNewPlayConservatory.blogspot.com

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Divine Divas Singing Hits of the 60′s, 70′s and 80′s

June 9, 2010

Enjoy the hits of Barbra Streisand, Dusty Springfield, the Supremes, Petula Clark, Karen Carpenter, the Shirelles, Helen Reddy, Linda Ronstadt and others in a musical, DIVINE DIVAS Singing Hits of 60′s, 70′s, 80′s produced by the Canton Cabaret.

Enjoy this show June 18th in a cabaret style dinner theater at Tozzi’s on 12th at 4210 12th N. W. in Canton. Entertainers are professional singers Abby Knowles, Me’Na and Terry Everett, accompanied by the Steve Dallas Trio. The dinner begins at 6 p.m. and the show at 8 p.m.

Tickets for dinner and the show are $40.00 and may be reserved by calling (330) 477-7515.

Find out more about the Canton Cabaret Musical Dinner Theatre at www.facebook.com/cantoncabaret.

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The Crucible Opens Tonight at the North Canton Playhouse

May 21, 2010

The North Canton Playhouse was just voted Best Performance Art in Stark County. You’ll see why with their latest production, The Crucible, which opens tonight.

A timeless tale of truth on trial, watch intently as you follow a dramatization of the 1692 Salem Witch Trials where many were jailed and hanged for their refusal to confess to witchcraft.

Throw into the mix young girls driven by the love of attention, a farmer whose mistakes lead to the accusation of his innocent wife, greedy preachers and landowners, and a surprising mix of the 21st century – and you have a show you do not want to miss.

The Crucible runs May 21 – June 6 (no performance on May 29). Show times are Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are available online, by calling (330) 494-1613 or at the door and are $12 adults, $11 seniors (60+) and students (under 17).

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Malone University Presents Mystery Dinner Theatre — A Dinner to Die For

April 5, 2010

It happens all the time. You’re out enjoying a lovely dinner when – bam – someone gets murdered and you have to figure out “who done it” before they clear the dessert plates. OK – maybe it doesn’t happen all the time. But such high jinks are exactly what’s on the menu at Malone Theatre’s A Dinner to Die For, April 15-17 in the Stewart Room of the Randall Campus Center of the Canton campus. All shows will be at 6 p.m. and the $6 admission fee includes a meal. For tickets, call the box office at 330-471-8202.

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