Monday, July 14, 2008

Denton Community Theatre announces 2008-2009 season

By Shawn Parikh

Denton Community Theatre is gearing up to end their current season with the musical Lil' Abner, but they have just released the info on their 2008-2009 year. Check out the 6 shows that will make up their newest season:

• Arsenic and Old Lace from September 12 - 21. Drama critic, Mortimer Brewster, is horrified to discover that his sweet, elderly aunts' charity work actually consists of poisoning elderly bachelors. Throw in one uncle who thinks he is Theodore Roosevelt and another who is a vicious killer trying to escape the police and you have a frantically fun comedy. Appropriate for all ages.
• 1776 from October 31 - November 9. In pusuit of life, liberty and happiness, a family of 13 American colonies become a country. This musical comedy tells the story of the events leading up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Perhaps not entirely historically accurate, this work does bring the colorful personalities and events surrounding our nation's birth to joyful life. Appropriate for all ages.
• Anna in the Tropics from January 23 - February 1. Before the days of mechanization in the cigar making industry, a Cuban family brings their business and traditions to Florida. One such tradition is to have someone - a lector - read to the workers as they roll cigars. When a new lector is hired and reads from the novel Anna Karenina, thier lives are forever changed. This powerful drama on the 2003 Pulitzer Prize. Adult themes.
• Carousel from March 27 - April 5. The serious themes of societal prejudices between classes, hypocrisy, and domestic violence are not often featured in American musicals, but this haunting piece explores the darker side of life, love, and ultimately, redemption and hope for a better future, for members of two families in 1870's New England. This memorable story is told with both beautiful imagery and powerful music. Adult themes.
• Don't Dress for Dinner from June 5 - 14. A classic French bedroom farce where nothing goes quite as planned. Bernard, married to Jacqueline, is having an a affair with Suzanne, not Suzette. His good friend Robert is having an affair with Jacqueline. Suzette is the caterer pretending to have an affair with Robert and Suzanne is a model pretending to be the caterer. A laugh riot from beginning to end! Recommended for adult audiences.
• Seven Brides for Seven Brothers from July 31 - August 9. A rollicking good time is had when in 1850's Oregon six backwoods brothers decide they will kidnap the women that they have chosen to marry. Their married brother goes along with the plan, much to the consternation of his wife and the ladies they kidnap. Trapped in the woods for the winter, the furious women make the men stay in the barn. This energetic musical ends happily by springtime, however, when love fills the air for all. Appropriate for all ages.

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Comments

MarieChapelle Anonymous

Interesting season. Love Seven Brides, hate Carousel. Love Don't Dress for Dinner, hate with a passion Arsenic and Old Lace, mainly because it is SO done to death. Indifferent about the other two. So I guess 50-50 isn't bad odds.

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