Mark your calendars for an early opening for the Signal Mountain Playhouse’s summer show this time around. Meredith Willson’s “The Music Man” will open on June 28 instead of the usual early July opening.
The important dates to note are Friday and Saturday nights: June 28, 29; July 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, and 20. Curtain is at 8 p.m., but the box office opens at 6 p.m. for those who want to buy tickets and choose their places early. Tickets are $5 for children 12 and under and $15 for all others. The Playhouse accepts cash or checks or Venmo ON SITE ONLY.
The place is the beautiful Playhouse amphitheater on the corner of Rolling Way and James Boulevard with the entrance on Rolling Way. Be sure to bring your lawn chairs because the hillside is terraced with hard stone. Concessions such as pizza, popcorn, soft drinks, and candy are available. Porta Potties are on site, including one for the physically challenged. Parking is available around Town Hall, and there are handicapped parking spaces on the grounds.
Director Sherry Landrum was thrilled with casting for “The Music Man.” Headlining as Prof. Harold Hill will be Andrew Parker; Marian Paroo will be Claire Curtis; Mrs. Paroo will be Janet McInturff; Winthrop Paroo will be Aemon Rittenberry; Amaryllis will be Afton Forsythe; Mayor Shinn will be Steve Meller; Eulalie McKechnie Shinn will be Gina Cisto; Zaneeta Shinn will be Julia Peacock; Tommy Djilas will be Robbie Lawrence; and Marcellus Washburn will be Derek Raley. In addition, there are many other talented players to add electricity to scenes and showstoppers.
For a reminder, “The Music Man” involves a wheeling, dealing con artist who hops off the train in an early 1900’s small mid-western town with hopes of making it big. He razzle-dazzles the townsfolk but runs into a few local doubters.
The fabulous score from “The Music Man” is in outstanding hands with the talent noted above, the singers guided by music director Christine Hassevoort, accompanist Reed Allison, and Playhouse orchestra conductor Nicholas Hartline. Songs include “Rock Island Line,” “Ya Got Trouble,” “Seventy-Six Trombones,” “Til There Was You,” “Goodnight My Someone,” “Pick-a-Little,” “Shipoopi,” “The Sadder but Wiser Girl for Me,” “Wells Fargo Wagon,” “Lida Rose,” “Gary, Indiana,” “It’s You,” and many others. Choreography by Lindsay Fussell is dynamic, enlivening each of these great songs that are now integral to our culture.
For more information about “The Music Man,” go to smph.org; the Signal Mountain Playhouse page on Facebook; [email protected]; or call (423)763-7219.
by Anne Rittenberry
The important dates to note are Friday and Saturday nights: June 28, 29; July 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, and 20. Curtain is at 8 p.m., but the box office opens at 6 p.m. for those who want to buy tickets and choose their places early. Tickets are $5 for children 12 and under and $15 for all others. The Playhouse accepts cash or checks or Venmo ON SITE ONLY.
The place is the beautiful Playhouse amphitheater on the corner of Rolling Way and James Boulevard with the entrance on Rolling Way. Be sure to bring your lawn chairs because the hillside is terraced with hard stone. Concessions such as pizza, popcorn, soft drinks, and candy are available. Porta Potties are on site, including one for the physically challenged. Parking is available around Town Hall, and there are handicapped parking spaces on the grounds.
Director Sherry Landrum was thrilled with casting for “The Music Man.” Headlining as Prof. Harold Hill will be Andrew Parker; Marian Paroo will be Claire Curtis; Mrs. Paroo will be Janet McInturff; Winthrop Paroo will be Aemon Rittenberry; Amaryllis will be Afton Forsythe; Mayor Shinn will be Steve Meller; Eulalie McKechnie Shinn will be Gina Cisto; Zaneeta Shinn will be Julia Peacock; Tommy Djilas will be Robbie Lawrence; and Marcellus Washburn will be Derek Raley. In addition, there are many other talented players to add electricity to scenes and showstoppers.
For a reminder, “The Music Man” involves a wheeling, dealing con artist who hops off the train in an early 1900’s small mid-western town with hopes of making it big. He razzle-dazzles the townsfolk but runs into a few local doubters.
The fabulous score from “The Music Man” is in outstanding hands with the talent noted above, the singers guided by music director Christine Hassevoort, accompanist Reed Allison, and Playhouse orchestra conductor Nicholas Hartline. Songs include “Rock Island Line,” “Ya Got Trouble,” “Seventy-Six Trombones,” “Til There Was You,” “Goodnight My Someone,” “Pick-a-Little,” “Shipoopi,” “The Sadder but Wiser Girl for Me,” “Wells Fargo Wagon,” “Lida Rose,” “Gary, Indiana,” “It’s You,” and many others. Choreography by Lindsay Fussell is dynamic, enlivening each of these great songs that are now integral to our culture.
For more information about “The Music Man,” go to smph.org; the Signal Mountain Playhouse page on Facebook; [email protected]; or call (423)763-7219.
by Anne Rittenberry
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