------Calendar • Stage & Dance------Now Playing Asides Th e Ma r r i ag e Go Ro u n d (Ju n e 8-23) — Auditions at the Arena Theatre An n i e Ge t Yo u r Gu n — The clas- CLASSES Rehearsal Studio, Fort Wayne, 7 Big Hair, Lotsa Talent sic western musical about Annie Fo r t Way n e Da n c e Co ll e c t i v e p.m. Sunday-Monday, April 22-23, Oakley and her romance with sharp Su mm e r In t e n s i v e — A week-long 424-5622 With the arrival shooter Frank Butler, at the Pulse workshop experience featuring IU last weekend of Opera House, Warren, thru Aug. 6, Bloomington’s contemporary dance Civic Theatre’s ren- Curtain Call $12 adults, $5 children, 375-7017 programs visiting lecturer Selene Planning Calendar Big Ri v e r — Hairspray Roger Miller’s musi- Carter and focusing on Bill Evans’ dition of , SUSAN BURNS cal based on the Mark Twain Laban/Bartenieff-based modern AUGUST there’s enough feel- novel about Huck Finn and his dance technique, at Fort Wayne Critic’s Ch o i c e — A comedy about good music and friend Jim, at the Ramada Wagon Dance Collective thru July 29, $15- a theater critic who must decide energizing dancing Wheel Theatre, Warsaw, 2 & 8 $145, 424-6574, www.fwdc.org whether or not to review his wife’s p.m. Thursday, July 28; 8 p.m. AUDITIONS terrible play, at Arena Dinner (not to mention silly HAIRSPRAY Friday-Saturday, July 29-30; $12- Sp o n t a n e o u s Gu t Bu s t i n ’ Co m e d y Theatre, Fort Wayne, 7 p.m. hair) to lift anyone’s Fri.-Sat. July 29-30 & Aug. 5-6 $30, 574-267-8041, www.wagon- Tr o u p e — Comedy improvisors dinner, 8 p.m. curtain, Friday- hairdo, with or with- wheeltheatre.com needed. Must be able to think on Saturday, Aug. 5-6, 12-13 and out the spray can 8 p.m. Ha i r s p r ay — The musical com- your feet. Open to those 21 and 19-20, $35, 424-5622, www. edy about plus-size heroine older. Call 755-0573 for more infor- arenadinnertheatre.org spritzes that helped Sun., July 31 & Aug. 7 • 2 p.m. Tracy Turnblad and her pursuit of mation. Alway s ... Pa t s y Cl i n e — The real make 60s-style tall Arts United Center fame and racial justice via danc- Mo o n l i gh t a n d Mag n o l i a s (Se p t . life story of Louise Seger, aka hair famous. It’s a 303 E. Main St. • Fort Wayne ing on The Corny Collins Show. 30-Oc t . 15) — Auditions at the Patsy Cline, told through her own bubble gum-colored Presented by Civic Theatre, at Arena Theatre Rehearsal Studio, music, at the Ramada Wagon Tix.: $26 adults, $22 seniors, $18 Arts United Center, Fort Wayne, 8 Fort Wayne, 7 p.m. Sunday- Wheel Theatre, Warsaw, 8 p.m. treat that will have p.m. Friday-Saturday, July 29-30; Monday, Aug. 7-8, 424-5622 Wednesday, Aug. 17; 7 p.m. you laughing and students, thru Civic Theatre box 2 p.m. Sunday, July 31; 8 p.m. Fo r t Way n e Da n c e Co ll e c t i v e Thursday, Aug. 18; 8 p.m. Friday- Friday-Saturday, Aug. 5-6; 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 19-20; 2 p.m. tapping your toes in Sc h o la r s h i p Au d i t i o n s — Students office, 260-424-5220 Sunday, Aug. 7, Sunday, Aug. 21; 7 p.m. Tuesday, no time flat. $26 adults, $22 with reliable transportation between seniors, $18 students, 424-5220, the ages of 7 and 17 are invited to Aug. 23; 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. Guest Director Harvey Cocks blonde wigs and cutting remarks. www.fwcivic.org audition at the Fort Wayne Dance 24; 2 & 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. has brought zest to several recent What’s the opposite of camera In t o t h e Wo o d s — A youth workshop Collective, 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, 25; 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Aug. performance of the Stephen Aug. 18 (must register by 26-27; $12-$30, 574-267-8041, summer shows at Civic, includ- shy? That would be Amber, aided www.wagonwheeltheatre.com ing Curtains, The Producers and and abetted by her mother, the for- Sondheim classic at the Ramada Tuesday, Aug. 16), 424-6574 Wagon Wheel Theatre, Warsaw, 1 Ch i c ag o (Oc t . 29-No v . 13) — Auditions SEPTEMBER Beauty and The Beast. He is quot- mer Miss Baltimore Crabs, Velma, p.m. Saturday, July 30; $12 adults, for Civic Theatre production, at Arts He n r y IV — Shakespeare’s historical $8 children under 12, 574-267- ed in the program as saying Hair- played with wicked beauty by Em- United Center, Fort Wayne, 5 p.m. drama about a king, his prodigal 8041, www.wagonwheeltheatre.com spray is his favorite show. With ily Nelson. Sunday, Aug. 21 (callbacks 7 p.m. son and their remarkably differ- Le n d Me a Te n o r — bouncy 60s-style songs like “Good Tracy’s parents are intended A comic play Monday, Aug. 22), sign up for a ent ideas about what it means about mistaken identity and time by calling Eunice Wadewitz, to be a leader of a land, at First Morning, Baltimore,” “I Can Hear to practically steal the show, and other hijinks at the Cleveland 422-8641 ext. 226 Presbyterian Theater, Fort Wayne, the Bells” and “You Can’t Stop the Mick Long as Edna Turnblad and Opera Company, at the Ramada Th e Ad v e n t u r e s o f To m Sawy e r (Oc t . 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Beat,” it’s easy to love the show, Kent Bixler as Wilbur, the loving Wagon Wheel Theatre, Warsaw, 7-9) — Actors needed for the Fort Sept. 8-10 and Friday-Saturday, 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 3; 7 Wayne Youtheatre production, Sept. 16-17; 2 p.m. Sunday, and with the complete package of and debonair, if oddball dad, both p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4; 8 p.m. auditions at Arts United Center, Sept. 18; and 7:30 p.m. Friday- Friday-Saturday, Aug. 5-6; 2 p.m. great singing, fresh dance routines, rise to the charming occasion. Fort Wayne, 4-6 p.m. Tuesday- Saturday, Sept. 23-24, $18-$24 Sunday, Aug. 7; 7 p.m. Tuesday, wacky sets and costumes, this one Mick is a Civic favorite, and his Wednesday, Sept. 6-7, 422-6900, ($10 for students and Sept. 8 only), Aug. 9; 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. www.fortwayneyoutheatre.org 422-6329, www.firstpres-fw.org/ is well worth coming in out of the Edna is a treasure. One might even 10; 2 & 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. Tr u e Li f e Ch r i s t ma s Di s a s t e r s (No v . the_arts/theater hot to enjoy. say he is divine! Edna’s so sweet 11; 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Aug. 25-De c . 17) — Auditions at the Ce l e b r i t i e s Ac t Up: Fr a c t u r e d Fa i r y 12-13; $12-$30, 574-267-8041, Harvey (as everyone calls Fort and sensible and repressed, but I Arena Theatre Rehearsal Studio, Tal e s CSI — Local celebrities www.wagonwheeltheatre.com Wayne’s much loved No. 1 the- kept wondering how she might do Fort Wayne, 7 p.m. Sunday- perform staged readings of classic Pla i n & Fa n c y — A musical about a Monday, Oct. 2-3, 424-5622 fairytales, at Arts United Center, ater-enthusiast, Mr. Cocks) has as- as Rose in Gypsy next spring? His sophisticated New York couple and sembled a terrific cast of 43, about Edna blossoms right along with A Ch r i s t ma s Ca r o l (De c . 16-18) — Fort Wayne, 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. their adventures in Amish Country, Actors needed for the Fort Wayne 17, $90, 424-5220, www.fwcivic.org at The Round Barn Theatre at half of whom are Civic newcom- Tracy, lovable dolls no one should Youtheatre production, auditions at Ci r q u e d u So l e i l : Qu i d am — The Amish Acres, Nappanee, 2 & 8 ers, which isn’t to say they aren’t underestimate. I loved the com- Arts United Center, Fort Wayne, 4-6 circus-like dance and stunt p.m. thru Oct. 22 (call for dates), p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday, Nov. program, at Allen County War well-skilled, talented young per- ments overheard at intermission: $27.95 (dinner theatre packages 8-9, 422-6900, www.fortwayney- Memorial Coliseum, Fort Wayne, formers. As Harvey noted in the available), 800-800-4942 “Isn’t this role usually played by outheatre.org Wednesday-Sunday, Sept. 21-25, Ri n g o f Fi r e — Sunday afternoon talk-back after a man? Why did they not do that The story of Johnny Mu r d e r Am o n g Fr i e n d s (Ja n . 20-Fe b . $37, 483-1111 Cash through 38 of his hit songs, at the performance, they not only can this time?” and “That’s a man? No 4) — Auditions at the Arena Theatre Ce l e b r a t i o n s ! — Contemporary and the Round Barn Theatre at Amish Rehearsal Studio, Fort Wayne, 7 neo-classical dance, along with 20th sing but they learned some delight- way!” Acres, Nappanee, thru Aug. 10 p.m. Sunday-Monday, Nov. 27-28, century masterworks performed by (call theater for times), $31.23 fully complex dance numbers from Richard Marchbanks is hilari- 424-5622 members of the Fort Wayne Ballet, (student and child discounts avail- Guest Choreographer Melissa Duf- ous as Corny Collins, the slick TV Se x Pl e a s e We’r e Si x t y (Ap r i l 20-May at Arts United Center, Fort Wayne, able), 800-800-4942 fer very quickly and well. Chicken host who isn’t as dim as we might 5) — Auditions at the Arena Theatre Sept. 30-Oct. 1, 484-9646, www. St o r yb o o k Th e a t r e — Children’s clas- Rehearsal Studio, Fort Wayne, 7 fortwayneballet.org legs? Motion of the ocean? Split think. Ken Low admirably fills sic stories brought to life through p.m. Sunday-Monday, March 4-5, A Fu n n y Th i n g Ha p p e n e d o n t h e Way leg lifts? No problemo! several sets of shoes as the stern drama, dance and music, presented 424-5622 t o t h e Fo r u m — The Stephen by the Fort Wayne Youtheatre, The show is Broadway gold, high school principal, enthusiastic Rip Va n Wi n k l e (Ap r i l 20-22) — Sondheim musical comedy about performances take place Monday- Actors needed for the Fort Wayne life in ancient Rome, at Williams with a traveling trunk full of Tony Mr. Pinky and the smarmy hair- Friday thru July 29 at various Youtheatre production, auditions at Theater, IPFW, Fort Wayne, 8 p.m. awards from the 2002 season. spray executive. Kearstyn Keller library branch locations, call 422- Arts United Center, Fort Wayne, 4-6 Friday-Saturday, Sept. 30-Oct. 1 Tracy Turnblad, an “ample Ameri- really belts some songs as Penny 6900 for more information or go to p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday, March and Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 6-8; www.fortwayneyoutheatre.org can,” is not about to let being a fat Pingleton, Tracy’s loyal best 13-14, 422-6900, www.fortwayney- 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9, $16-$5, girl keep her from her dream of friend. Never mind how she frus- outheatre.org IPFW students w/ID free, 481-6555, dancing on the famous teen dance trates her mom, Mrs. Pingleton, http://new.ipfw.edu/theatre show on Baltimore television in one of several roles played by Lori 1962. She’s proud of her bouffant, Leonard. which has put her in detention at The “Negro Day” stars are high school often enough that she also delightful. Ennis Brown Jr. Membership Makes picks up some new dance moves invested Seaweed Stubbs with The Difference from the black students she meets smooth charm and smooth moves. there. Tracy sets her sights beyond Arrie Hill is terrific as Little Inez • Job Referrals just getting on the show to meet and here’s hoping that we see a lot • Experienced Negotiators her crush, the shallow crooner more of her on the Civic stage af- • Insurance Link; she intends to integrate the ter this excellent debut. C. Lovey • Contract Protection shop unique. Corny Collins show. Marshall gives Motormouth May- shop original. Kia Miller gives Tracy all the belle a short but strong presence, Fort Wayne shop local. bubble and bounce you would building as the show goes along. 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