Berkeley Playhouse » In Class http://www.berkeleyplayhouse.org Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:01:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 YouthStage presents Guys and Dolls Jr. – Don’t Miss It July 31 & Aug 1! http://www.berkeleyplayhouse.org/youthstage-presents-guys-and-dolls-jr/ http://www.berkeleyplayhouse.org/youthstage-presents-guys-and-dolls-jr/#comments Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:17:12 +0000 Berkeley Playhouse Admin http://www.berkeleyplayhouse.org/?p=3723 Berkeley Playhouse Conservatory’s YouthStage Program will present two productions of the Frank Loesser classic, Guys & Dolls. This fully produced musical will be the culmination of a five-week, full-day summer camp led by professional directors, choreographers, music directors and teaching artists. Students in the program, grades 4-6, receive instruction in acting, singing and dancing, and play all lead and supporting roles.

Tickets are available by clicking here.

The first cast “Broadway” – grades 6-7 – performed last weekend to sold-out houses and rave audience reviews. The “West End” cast, consisting of students grades 4-6, will perform Saturday, July 31 at 2:00 pm and 6:00 pm, and Sunday, August 1 at 1:00 pm at the Ashby Stage, 1901 Ashby Avenue, Berkeley. The show is directed and choreographed by Dane Andres, with musical direction by Phil Gorman. Click here for the cast list.

Tickets are available by clicking here.

About the show: Guys and Dolls is considered by many to be the perfect musical comedy – and a perfect introduction to the American musical. Exuberant, irreverent and lighthearted, it tells the story of an unlikely romance between a slick, high-rolling gambler and an uptight, upright missionary in the context of a mythical New York City in the late 1940′s. When Sky Masterson needs an underground location in which to conduct his infamous floating crap game and Sarah Brown needs souls to fill her mission, neither could imagine the twists and turns the story will take to have this guy and doll falling in love! Guys and Dolls introduces us to some of the most colorful characters in the musical canon including Sky’s fellow gambler Nathan Detroit and his ever-suffering fiancee of 14 years, night-club singer, Adelaide. It features many favorite musical numbers: “Luck be a Lady”, “I Love you a Bushel and a Peck”, “Sit Down, You’re Rocking the Boat” and “If I were a Bell.”

Tickets are available by clicking here.

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Note:  Info on the Teen Company (High School)’s auditions for Little Shop of Horrors will be available in mid-July.  Auditions will be held in September.

GRADES K thru 2 – CLICK HERE
(Cinderella, Enchanted: “CinderKids” )

GRADES 3 thru 5 – CLICK HERE
(Cinderella, Enchanted and/or Disney’s The ArtistoCats)

GRADES 6 thru 8 – CLICK HERE
(Bravado, The Middle School Musical)

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