Wayside Theatre Announces New 2010-2011 Season
Middletown – This week, Wayside Theatre Artistic Director, Warner Crocker announced Wayside Theatre’s 49th Season Productions for the 2010-2011 Season, entitled: ” A Season of Music, Magic, Mirth, and Mystery.”
According to Crocker, “Wayside Theatre’s continues the great tradition of opening the Season in June with a musical and continues to bring year round theatre to the Shenandoah Valley. Wayside Theatre will offer six plays this season.
The new 2010-2011 Season runs from June 5, 2010 through April 23, 2011. The Season opens with the winner of two Tony Awards, Shenandoah; continues with the wacky comedy, Dead Man’s Cell Phone; followed by magical musical retelling of the Little Match Girl, Striking 12, and the Fall mystery, Mark Twain’s A Murder, A Mystery and A Marriage.
After the New Year, Wayside Theatre presents Southern Cross: The New Orleans Adventure, a prequel musical to the smash hit about the Green Family Singers which will open January 29th and running through February into mid March 2010.
The Theater will close out the season with the musical comedy, Groucho – with performances late March through April 23, 2010.
The 2010 Holiday production will be The Perfect Christmas Tree, which is not part of the regular subscription season. The 2010-2011 Season Subscriptions are on sale now and can be purchased at the box office or by calling (540) 869-1776.
Wayside Theatre is the oldest professional theatre in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and will celebrate its 49th season of presenting high quality, professional entertainment in 2010-2011 Season. Patrons can obtain single tickets, subscription packages, and group packages by calling the Box Office at (540) 869-1776.
Wayside Theatre is located in Middletown, Virginia on Route 11, Main Street, just north of the intersection of I-66 and I-81.
Additional information can be obtained on the theatre’s website.
(Photo credit: David Maga, James Fleming (Kris Kringle), Thomasin Savaiano and Logan Trask now appearing at Wayside Theatre in “Miracle on 34th Street” in Middletown, VA, Through December 27, 2009. Call (540) 869-1776 for reservations.
Photography by Westervelt.)
And, this just in –
Wayside Theater wins Shining Star award
Wayside Theatre has received the Shining Star Honorable Mention in Virginians for the Arts Awards Showcase Contributions of Arts Organizations to Building Communities.
The Virginians for the Arts announced winners of its Arts Build Communities Awards. The awards recognize arts organizations that best demonstrate the ability to enhance the community, lift our spirits, and build a better quality of life. Says Virginians for the Arts President Peter Fields, “The awards showcase the ways the arts contribute to the overall quality of life in Virginia communities.”
Wayside Theatre, Middletown received the Shining Star Honorable Mention. “We were honored and excited to have been nominated as an arts organization that has the ability to enhance our community, lift the spirits and better the quality of life in our region.” stated Warner Crocker, Wayside Theatre’s Artist Director. “The Arts are a vital part of our community’s fabric and important to the economic structure of our community.”
Awards will be presented at the ArtWorks for Virginia Conference 2010 Luncheon on January 27, 2010, in Richmond, Virginia.
On December 28, 2009, Wayside announced a change in their 2009-2010 Season: “Buddy Holly Replaces Elvis”:
Middletown, VA – Wayside Theatre has announced a change in its 2009-2010 season schedule. Instead of presenting the musical Idols of the King, a musical about Elvis Presley and his followers, Wayside Theatre will present a return of Buddy, The Buddy Holly Story.
The change is being made out of financial and licensing issues.According to Artistic Director, Warner Crocker, “When we were granted the permission to schedule Idols of the King by the licensing agent for that show Silas Entertainment Inc., we were very excited back in 2008 when we made this arrangement. In a move that we saw as a blessing at that time, the Silas Entertainment Inc. allowed us to delay paying the licensing fees until December 2009, due to our tenuous financial position. As we prepared to pay the necessary fees a few weeks ago, we unfortunately found out that the situation had changed. Silas Entertainment Inc. licenses the music for Idols of the King from the Elvis Presley estate.
The relationship between those two entities had changed in the interim, and the Presley estate was not continuing that relationship. Although Silas Entertainment Inc. worked very hard to try and make this work for Wayside Theatre the final result was that the license could not be granted. Had Wayside Theatre’s financial situation been different and not quite so day to day, we would have been able to pay the licensing fee in 2008 and been assured of going forward with the show. Unfortunately, that was not the case.
“To replace Idols of the King, we are going to bring back a much requested earlier success, “Buddy, The Buddy Holly Story.” “Buddy” was a tremendous success for us in 2006 and will once again feature local sensation, Robbie Limon as Buddy Holly, with many of the original cast returning as well.
“I’m sure our audiences will be as disappointed as we are with this change, but we hope that they will come and enjoy Robbie’s performance and the music of Buddy Holly, as well as understand the difficult financial pressures we operate under on a daily basis at Wayside Theatre, as we continue to provide the best quality professional entertainment our community deserves.
The Buddy Holly Story will begin performances on Saturday, January 30 and. Opening Night is Sunday, January 31st at 6:30pm. The remaining performance schedule lists performances on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30 pm and Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2:30pm. Ticket prices are $25 and $30 dollars with tickets for children 17 and younger set at $10.00. Discounts for students, seniors and groups are available with information available at the box office, (540) 869-1776.”
Wayside Theatre is the oldest professional theatre in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and is celebrating its 48th season of presenting high quality, professional entertainment in 2009-2010 Season. Wayside Theatre is located in Middletown, Virginia on Route 11, Main Street, just north of the intersection of I-66 and I-81.