July/August 2016
Arts in Action
Established 1983
Gershwin's Nice Work If You Can Get It ◆Garland Summer Musicals
Gershwin's new Broadway spectacular is a comic delight, set in 1927 in the midst of bootleggers, playboys, chorus girls and politics. Romance and mistaken identities combined with Gershwin’s amazing score produce a song and dance sensation! Nice Work If You Can Get It includes hit songs: Someone To Watch Over Me, Fascinating Rhythm, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Do It Again, But Not For Me, I’ve Got A Crush On You, Lady Be Good, and many more. Performance dates/times: Fridays and Saturdays, July 22-30 at 8 p.m. Sundays, July 24 and July 31, 2:30 p.m. Tickets: $26-32 at GarlandArtsBoxOffice.com 972-205-2790
Ravenscroft
◆Garland Civic Theatre
Garland Civic Theatre opens its 2016-2017 season with the thinking person's Gothic thriller, Ravenscroft. On a snowy night, Inspector Ruffing is called to a remote house to investigate the headlong plunge of Patrick Roarke down the main staircase. During the investigation, he becomes involved in the lives of five alluring and dangerous women who lead him through a bewildering labyrinth of contradictory versions of Patrick's demise and that of the late Mr. Ravenscroft. There are ghosts on the staircase, skeletons in the closet, and much more than the inspector bargained for! Performance dates/times: Thursday, July 21at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, July 22-Aug. 13 at 8 p.m. Sundays, July 31 and Aug. 7 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets: $22 at GarlandArtsBoxOffice.com, 972-205-2790
Tickets: 972-205-2790 or GarlandArtsBoxOffice.com Box Office Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and two hours before each performance