HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES, PIRATES OF PENZANCE and More Set for Lakewood Playhouse's 78th Season
By: BWW News Desk Mar. 28, 2016
The Lakewood Playhouse is proud to announce its 78th season of shows! It's a season filled with laughter, mystery, literature, and stories that touch the heart. This year includes five premieres that have never been seen at the Lakewood Playhouse.
Season Ticket Renewals are currently underway and will be open to New Season Ticket Buyers on May 1st, 2016.
Lakewood Playhouse's 78th Season:
THE 3 "Person" HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES
Adapted by Peepolykus and Stephen Canny
"Holmes and Watson as You've NEVER Seen Them Before!"
September 9th through October 9th, 2016
An ancient family curse, a desolate moor, a spectral hound and a deranged killer on the loose. The Hound of the Baskervilles is the most celebrated Holmes story of all, a masterpiece of mystery and suspense. This comedic take on the Classic Holmes Story is performed by THREE ACTORS (much like THE 39 STEPS and THE COMPLETE WORKS of WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE ABRIDGED)! Oh...and sometimes... it's scary... Really, really freakin' scary.
A Lakewood Playhouse Premier!
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
Based on the Famous Film by Frank Capra
"Come Share This Holiday Favorite with the Entire Family!"
November 25th through December 18th, 2016
The saga of George Bailey, the Everyman from the small town of Bedford Falls, whose dreams of escape and adventure have been quashed by family obligation and civic duty, whose guardian angel has to descent on Christmas Eve to save him from despair and to remind him-by showing him what the world would have been like had he never been born-that his has been, after all, a wonderful life.
Last Performed at the Lakewood Playhouse in 1999
THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW
by Richard O'Brien
"Don't Dream It...BE IT (for the FIRST TIME)!"
January 9th through January 29th, 2017
Our First OUTSIDE the (Music) BOX Presentation
It's the weird and wonderful as newly engaged couple Brad and Janet encounter a problem when their car halts in the rain. They both look for contact, only to find themselves at the castle of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a transvestite. A place to stay is offered, but will Brad and Janet want to remain there? Especially when a large group of Transylvanians dance to the 'Time Warp', Dr. Frank-N-Furter builds his own man and a whole host of participation for the audience to enjoy.
A Lakewood Playhouse Premier
DOUBT: A Parable
"Judge Not Less Ye Be Judged Yourself"
February 17th through March 12th, 2017
All the elements come invigoratingly together like clockwork in John Patrick Shanley's provocative play, DOUBT, a gripping story of suspicion cast on a priest's behavior that is less about scandal than about fascinatingly nuanced questions of moral certainty.
A Lakewood Playhouse Premier
ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD
Presented with The 15 MINUTE HAMLET
Both by Tom Stoppard
"Two Plays for Those of Us Who May Have Missed the Meeting
April 14th through May 7th, 2017
Acclaimed as a modern comedic masterpiece, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead is the fabulously inventive tale of Hamlet as told from the worm's-eye view of the bewildered Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two minor characters in Shakespeare's play. In Tom Stoppard's best-known work, this Shakespearean Laurel and Hardy finally get a chance to take the lead role, but do so in a world where echoes of Waiting for Godot resound, where reality and illusion intermix, and where fate leads our two heroes to a tragic but inevitable end.
A Lakewood Playhouse Premier
THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
BOOK & LYRICS BY Sir William Gilbert / MUSIC BY Sir Arthur Sullivan
"Because Everything is Better with Pirates!"
May 26th through June 25th, 2017
Gilbert and Sullivan's hilarious, hopeful farce follows young Frederic, an orphan who has mistakenly been apprenticed to an ineffectual but raucous band of pirates. He disavows the pirates' way of life and falls for the beautiful Mabel. Frederic's melodious tones win over the heart of Major General Stanley's songbird daughter, Mabel, but when the Pirate King discovers General Stanley has lied about being an orphan to keep the pirates from stealing all of his belongings and carrying off his bevy of beautiful daughters, an "ingenious paradox" may prevent.
Last Presented at the Lakewood Playhouse in 2006
Bonus Shows:
LAKEWOOD INSTITUTE of THEATRE Presents: THE WIZARD OF OZ
9 SHOWS ONLY- November 4th - 19th
Follow the yellow brick road to fantastic fun play as Dorothy, the silly Scarecrow, the lovable Tin Man, and the hilarious cowardly Lion begin their merry musical journey to Oz. An American institution and one of the best loved classics of all time comes to life in this touching musical tale of dreams-come-true.
A Lakewood Playhouse Premier
9th ANNUAL HALLOWEEN RADIO SHOW: THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL
October 14th, 15th & 16th, 2016
We celebrate our 9th Annual Live Radio Show with something truly special ... the edge of your seat Sci-Fi Classic - THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL. Don't forget: our show will open with another twisted episode from the iconic radio show "Lights Out," PLUS a segment from the classic X MINUS ONE and many more surprises!
The Lakewood Playhouse was founded in 1938 and has established itself with theatre that is both intimate and epic. The theatre is located within the Lakewood Towne Center, 5729 Lakewood Towne Center Blvd., Lakewood, Washington 98499. For further information about LAKEWOOD PLAYHOUSE's 78th SEASON, contact the Box Office at the Lakewood Playhouse (253) 588-0042.
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