I just got back from seeing this. The cast was fantastic! The theatre was not full but my guess is that there is too much competition from "A Chorus Line" and "Rent". This show is done as a staged concert which means the actors have to hold the scripts but there is a lot of dancing and some great performances. It was well worth the $18 I paid for the center orchestra.
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42nd Street Moon @ Eureka Theatre
A rip-roaring satire.
Show Dates:
Performances from 20 Jul 2006
Opening 22 Jul 2006
Closing 13 Aug 2006
Performance Schedule:
Thursday, July 20 @ 8pm
Friday, July 21 @ 8pm
Saturday, July 22 @ 6pm
Sunday, July 23 @ 3pm
Thursday, July 27 @ 8pm
Friday, july 28 @ 8pm
Saturday, July 29 @ 6pm
Sunday, July 30 @ 3pm
Wednesday, August 2 @ 7pm
Thursday, August 3 @ 8pm
Friday, August 4 @ 8pm
Saturday, August 5 @ 6pm
Sunday, August 6 @ 3pm
Thursday, August 10 @ 8pm
Friday, August 11 @ 8pm
Saturday, August 12 @ 1pm -- Special Family Matinee
Saturday, August 13 @ 6pm
Sunday, August 13 @ 3pm
Tickets:
Pricing: $33, $28.
Kids Free on Saturday, August 12 matinee.
Box Office: (415) 255-8207 or www.42ndstmoon.org
Theatre Information:
42nd Street Moon @ Eureka Theatre
215 Jackson St.
(between Battery and Front)
San Francisco, CA
US
Synopsis:
It's a typical day in Dogpatch, USA -- except that this sleepy town is about to be wiped off the map. A study has shown it to be the "the most unnecessary, no-account" burgh in the land, and thus ideal for an atomic test site! Well, that just can't be allowed to happen. Particularly if it would interfere with the annual "Sadie Hawkins Race" wherein unmarried girls can claim any man they outrun. Betcha that Mammy Yokum, Daisy Mae and the town's founder Jubilation T. Cornpone will find a singin' and dancin' solution in the nick of time.
Based on the classic comic strip by Al Capp.
Show Advisory:
None
Genre:
Musical
Cast List:
Jason Winfield, Elizabeth Earnhart, Greg MacKellan, Michael Patrick Gaffney, Nina Josephs, Libby Trull, Michael Austin, Matthew Brandon Hutchens, Katya Smirnoff-Skyy, Tony Panighetti, Tom Orr, Brian Rosen, Gemma Barozzi, Benjamin Pither, Molly Coogan, Meghann May, Fiona Cheung.
Production Credits:
Directed by Dyan McBride
Musical director: Dave Dobrusky
Choreography: Tom Segal
Other Credits:
Lyrics by: Johnny Mercer
Music by: Gene de Paul
Book by: Norman Panama and Melvin
"I've lost everything! Luis, Marty, my baby with Chris, Chris himself, James. All I ever wanted was love." --Sheridan Crane "Passions"
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"Housework is like bad sex. Every time I do it, I swear I'll never do it again til the next time company comes."--"Lulu"
from "Can't Stop The Music"
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"When the right doors didn't open for him, he went through the wrong ones" - "Sweet Bird of Youth"
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"Passions" is uncancelled! See NBC.com for more info.
