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Musicals, LDS pageant to open
Family-oriented fare includes 'Sound of Music,' 'Footloose'
"THE SOUND OF MUSIC," Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic based on the Von Trapp Family Singers, opens Thursday and plays through Aug. 20 at the SCERA Shell outdoor theater, 699 S. State, Orem.
Jerry Elison is directing. His cast includes Allyson Edvalson as Maria, Steve Burchett as Capt. Georg Von Trapp, Krystyna Davies as Liesl, Beau Brewster as Friedrich, Ashlyn Hirchak as Louisa, Ethan Evans as Kurt, Marissa Smith as Brigitta, and Olivia Hoddy and Tara Stringham sharing the role of Marta, and Sophie Choate and London Smith alternating as Gretl.
Performances are 8 p.m. nightly except Sunday and Wednesday. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for children, senior citizens and students. Patrons may bring their own blankets or rent a chair for $1. Reserved seating is also available (225-2787).
"FOOTLOOSE," the stage musical based on the popular filmed-in-Utah movie, opens Thursday and continues through Aug. 27 at Draper Hisitoric Theatre, 12366 S. 900 East.
Except for the opening night, all performances will be Fridays, Saturdays and Mondays at 7:30 p.m., with one matinee on Aug. 20 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults, $9 for senior citizens and students and $6 for children (572-4144 or www.drapertheatre.org).
"ANNIE," the 1977 Broadway hit based on the classic 1930s comic strip, will play Friday through Aug. 13 in the Ed Kenley Amphitheater, 405 N. Wasatch Drive, Layton.
Co-directed by Jerry Rapier and Kirt Bateman of Plan-B Theatre Company, and choreographed by Colleen Lewis, the cast includes Sara Allred as the spunky little orphan, Annie; Teresa Sanderson as the nasty Miss Hannigan, Kevin Ireland as wealthy Daddy Warbucks, Chelsi Stahr as his secretary, Grace Farrell; Brad Schroeder as Rooster, Miss Hannigan's on-the-lam brother; and Lori Rees as Lily, his accomplice.
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