Sierra Rep 2015 Season to include Mary Poppins, Macbeth and more
Sierra Repertory Theatre announces its 2015 season, beginning with the musical Mary Poppins and concluding with a brand new adaptation of A Christmas Carol. Other highlights include new Broadway musical The Drowsy Chaperone starring
SRT Artistic Director Scott Viets as the Man in the Chair, an exciting
spring rock ‘n’ roll revue to be announced, everyone’s favorite The Music Man, William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the country tribute Always, Patsy Cline, and a new comedy called Unnecessary Farce. Season Tickets go on sale September 2, with group and general admission tickets on sale October 1. Visit www.sierrarep.org or call 209-532-3120 for tickets and information.
The 2015 season opens with Mary Poppins,
playing March 1 through May 3 at the East Sonora Theatre. And, yes,
Mary will fly. The 2015 Season Gala performance will be held on February
28, with the pre-show reception at the Black Oak Casino Resort Hotel
Banquet Room. For more information and reservations, contact Development
Director Beverly Handelman at 209-532-0502 ext 111 or at bhandelman@sierrarep.org.
Based on the Disney film and P.L. Travers’ famous children’s books, Mary Poppins follows
the troubled Banks family after the delightful nanny arrives on their
doorstep. Using a “practically perfect” combination of magic and common
sense, she takes the children on memorable experiences, but even the
grown-ups learn a lesson or two from the nanny who advises that
“anything can happen if you let it.” Mary Poppins delighted
Broadway audiences for over 2,500 performances and was nominated for
seven Tony Awards including Best Musical. USA Today hailed the show as
“Irresistible! A fresh fountain of youth that will make many a grown-up
feel like a kid again!”
Sierra
Rep’s first Fallon show is subject to availability and will be
announced at a later date. The nationwide touring hit plays April 24
through May 31 and features four famous rock ‘n’ roll legends.
Paul Slade Smith’s Unnecessary Farce opens
May 29 at the East Sonora Theatre and closes June 28. With two cops,
three crooks, eight doors, a politician and a female accountant, this
“smash hit” (ABC 53) promises to be Sierra Rep’s best comedy yet.
Seventy-six trombones and much more arrive at the Fallon House Theatre June 26 through August 16, heralding Meredith Willson’s The Music Man. Funny, warm, romantic and touching, this award-winning musical comedy has been entertaining. The Music Man
follows fast-talking traveling salesman Harold Hill as he cons the
people of River City, Iowa into buying instruments and uniforms for a
boys’ band he vows to organize – despite the fact that he doesn’t know a
trombone from a treble clef. His plans to skip town with the cash are
foiled when he falls for Marian the librarian, who transforms him into a
respectable citizen by curtain’s fall. The New York Times said of the
musical, “As American as apple pie and a Fourth of July oration … a
marvelous show, rooted in wholesome and comic tradition.”
William
Shakespeare returns to Sierra Rep’s East Sonora Theatre August 21
through September 13. In medieval Scotland, a savage world of ghosts,
witches and bloody battlefields, a dark prophecy leads a warrior and his
wife past the point of no return. The searing exploration of the nature
of evil and the bloody consequences of ambition, Macbeth is a
nightmare journey through the souls of two extraordinary people to
murder, madness and death. Breathtaking in its simplicity, spell-binding
in its universal theme, this tragic masterpiece is Shakespeare’s
leanest and most powerful play.
September
18 through October 18 sees unforgettable hits such as “Crazy,” “I Fall
to Pieces” and more visit the Fallon House Theatre in Always, Patsy Cline.
More than a tribute to the legendary country singer, the show is based
on a true story about Cline’s friendship with a fan from Houston named
Louise Seger. The musical play, complete with down-home country humor,
true emotion and even some audience participation, includes 27 songs in
all. The show’s title was inspired by Cline’s letters to Seger, which
were consistently signed “Love ALWAYS…. Patsy Cline.” The Los Angeles
Times called the musical “a song-filled valentine.”
Sierra Rep has one great “Toledo Surprise” in store for it audiences with The Drowsy Chaperone,
playing October 16 through November 29 at the East Sonora Theatre.
Enter a magical world where critics are in awe and audiences are in
heaven. It all begins when a die-hard musical fan dusts off his favorite
cast album, a fictitious 1928 smash hit called “The Drowsy Chaperone.”
The show bursts to life, and the audience is instantly immersed in the
glamorous, hilarious tale of a celebrity bride and her uproarious
wedding day. Mix in a bumbling best man, a desperate theatre producer, a
not so bright hostess, two gangsters posing as pastry chefs, a
misguided Don Juan and an intoxicated chaperone, and you’ve got a show
soup dense with delicious delight! With one show stopping song and
dazzling dance after another, New York Magazine called this 5-time Tony
Award-winning show “The perfect Broadway musical.”
Closing the 2015 season, Charles Dickens’ classic tale A Christmas Carol lights
up the Fallon House stage. The brand new adaptation by Sierra Rep
co-founder Doug Brennan plays November 13 through December 20. Awakened
on the last stroke of midnight, Ebenezer Scrooge encounters three
visions – of his past, his present and his future – and takes a journey
that awakens his heart to the true spirit of Christmas. It’s an engaging
show filled with Dickens’ delightful gallery of characters – Scrooge,
Marley, Cratchit, Tiny Tim and more – all sure to enchant the entire
family.
For more information on season, group and individual tickets, call the Box Office at 209-532-3120 or visit www.sierrarep.org. Season Tickets go on sale September 2, and the general public can purchase tickets starting October 1.