ZANNA, DON'T, TOMMY, and More to Play Desert Stages Theatre This Season

Desert Stages Theatre will present a production of ZANNA, DON'T! written by Tim Acito anAlexander Dinelaris and with music and lyrics by Tim Acito and Alexander Dinelaris as well. ZANNA, DON'T will play from February 5 - April 25 as a part of the Actor's Café.

ZANNA, DON'T! is set in a world where homosexuality is the norm, and heterosexuals are considered an oddity. The town is called Heartsville, USA. All of the characters are homosexual, or so we think, until one bold student writes a musical about forbidden heterosexual attraction in the army, and the true, closeted desires of two of the cast members come to the surface. A world much like our own and the chaos that ensues when people love who they want to, gay or straight.

Show times are 7:30 pm Fridays and Saturdays and 2:00 pm Sundays. Tickets are $22 in advance ($20 for seniors and students) and $25 the day of the show. Student rush tickets are $15.
The Desert Stages Theatre Children's Theater will present PETER PAN from February 19 - March 21.
Based on the play by James M. Barrie, PETER PAN has music by Mark Charlap, and lyrics by Carolyn Leigh. Additional music is by Jules Styne and additional lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green.
In stifling Edwardian London, Wendy Darling mesmerizes her brothers nightly with bedtime tales of swordplay, swashbuckling and the fearsome Hook. But the children become the heroes of an even greater story when Peter Pan flies into their nursery one night and leads them over moonlit rooftops through a galaxy of stars to the lush jungles of Neverland. Wendy and her brothers join Peter and the Lost Boys in an exhilarating life free of grown-up rules, while also facing the inevitable showdown with Hook and his bloodthirsty pirates.

PETER PAN tells the story of a mischievous little boy who refuses to grow up. Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood adventuring on the small island of Neverland as leader of his gang, the Lost Boys. The show's adventures begin when Peter teaches Wendy and her brothers how to fly and invites them to come with him to Never-Never-Land.

Showtimes are 7:30 pm on Fridays and Saturdays and 1 pm and 3 pm on Saturdays and Sundays.

Tickets will cost $12 in advance and $15 for adults the day of the show ($12 for children the day of the show).

On the mainstage from April 9 - May 2 will be The Who's TOMMY with music and lyrics by Peter Townshend, a book by Peter Townshend and Des McAnuff, and additional music and lyrics by John Entwhistle and Keith Moon.

The Who's TOMMY, Pete Townshend's tale of a young boy's journey from pain to triumph, is an electrifying evening of rock and roll. It's the story of six year old Tommy Walker, who is traumatized after he witnesses a murder. He becomes deaf, dumb and blind because his parents tell him he didn't see the murder, he didn't hear the murder and he should never tell anybody about the murder. Tommy's life is saved, however, when he falls in love with pinball and becomes a pin ball wizard ("that deaf, dumb and blind kid sure plays a mean pinball"). He becomes such an expert at the game that he rises to the stature of an international superstar and inspires youth around the world.

The Who's Tommy is a rock musical based on The Who's 1969 double album rock opera "Tommy", also by Pete Townshend.

Other upcoming productions include ALADDIN JR. and THE WEDDING SINGER.  For information on more of Desert Stages Theatre's upcoming shows or to order tickets, visit online at www.desertstages.com or call (480)-483-1664.

Desert Stages Theatre is located at 4720 North Scottsdale Rd. Scottsdale, Arizona.

 

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