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Dickinson College students set to give dance performances this weekend.

Dickinson College Department of Theatre and Dance will present Dance Theatre Group 2012 Freshworks. Freshworks is the culmination of a semester of creative research in the “Applied Choreography” class and in “Theatre and Dance.” Ten choreographers spent many hours in self-directed studio time with their peers and dancers crafting and experiencing each others bodies in motion with the guidance of post graduate fellow, Dawn Springer. This performance promises to be personal, political, poetic and profound.

— Information courtesy of the Department of Theatre and Dance

Show times All shows will be in the Mathers Theatre of the Holland Union Building at Dickinson College.

8 p.m. Friday, April 27 8 p.m. Saturday, April 28 2 p.m. Sunday, April 29 Tickets are $7 for non-students and can be purchased online or at the box office, 245-1327.

For more information visit https://www.dickinson.edu/academics/programs/theatre-anddance/content/Season-at-a-Glance/

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Special Events

Theater

Music

• Dickinson College’s Dance Theatre Group will perform its spring concert titled “Freshworks” at 8 p.m. on April 27 and 28 and 2 p.m. April 29.

For more information call 245-1327.

• Shippensburg University’s Little Princess Playhouse to present “Snow White” and “The Frog Princess,” at 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. on April 28. Admission is $4. Tickets are available at the door and seating is limited. Parking is free and guests should park in the Memorial Auditorium lot and walk to Stewart Hall.

• Crimson Frog Coffeehouse presents: Poetic Perkolations, April 26; Open mic with Jonathan Frazier, April 27; Justin Jans, April 29; and House Exit, April 30. For more information email mp.hooper@gmail.com.

• The Imagination Movers will bring their show “Rock-O-Matic” to the Hershey Theatre at 3:30 and 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 26. Tickets are $25.75-$45.75. Visit www.hersheytheatre.com or www.ticketmaster.com or call 534-3405.

• Metropolitan Area Dance Club will host a dance from 7 to 11 p.m. on April 28 at the PA Dance Sport Ballroom in Hummelstown. For more information call 774-2171.

• The Susquehanna Folk Music will present an evening of international folk dancing at 6 p.m. Sunday April, 29, at the Movement Center, 2134 N. Second St., Harrisburg. Cost is $16-$10.

• The Cumberland County Historical Society will offer a guided walking tour focusing on the role of abolitionists and freedom seekers at 10 a.m.

Saturday, April 28. Meet in Boiling Springs in front of the Ironmasters Mansion, parking lot at the Mill. Registration is requried, cost is $10 to $5.

• Pat’s Single Club will hold a dance from 7 to 10:30 p.m. Sunday, April 29 at the Wisehaven Ballroom, York. Cost is $10.

• The York County Heritage Trust will present a “homebrew workshop” May 2. Call 848-1587 for more information.

• Ballroom dancing classes will be offered at the LeTort View Community Center on the Carlisle Barracks May 2, 7, 16, 23 and 29. Beginner class at 5:30 p.m. covers swing, tango, cha-cha and foxtrot. Advance class at 6:30 p.m. covers advance swing, waltz, rumba, mabo, two-step and hustle. Cost is $30 per person for the seven-week class. For more information contact Frank Hancock at 241-4483 or fhancock@comcast.net.

• The Susquehanna Mysteries Alliance together with Mechanicsburg Mystery Bookshop will present a free event, “Hitchcock Rocks” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 5, at the bookshop, 6 Clouser Road, Mechanicsburg.

There will be picnic food and an outdoor showing of “Psycho” — bring your lawn chairs, adults only. For more information call the Mechanicsburg Mystery Bookshop at 795-7470.

• “Hidden Art of York,” a downtown walking tour will be held at 6 p.m.

Thursday, May 17. The tour starts at Continental Square. For more information visit downtownyorkpa.com/walking-tours.

• Gamut Theatre Group will present “Under Milk Wood” at 7:30 p.m. May 3 and 5 at the studio theatre. For more information visit ww.gamutplays.org.

• Allenberry Resort Inn and Playhouse will present “Forever Plaid” through May 6. For more information visit www. allenberry.com/aptc or call 258-3211.

• Oyster Mill Playhouse will present “The Goodbye Girl” at 8 p.m. May 4 through May 20. Sunday shows are at 2 p.m.

Tickets are $20, and $22 on opening night. For more information or to purchase tickets visit www.oystermill.com or call 737-6768.

• Totem Pole Playhouse will present “Chaps: The Musical” from June 2 to 17, call 352-2164 for more information.

• Totem Pole Playhouse will present ‘Travels With My Aunt” from June 19-July 1, call 352-2164 for more information.

• Adams County School of Musical Theatre classes for those age 4 to 18 begin March 26. To register or for more information visit www.acsmt.org or call 334-2692.

• The Tap Dancers Collective, a newly formed tap dancing group for current and former tap dancers, will meet Sundays at 5 p.m. at Nee Danse Company, 2040 Derry St., Harrisburg. The only cost is a shared fee to cover space rental.

For more information, call Jerry Bowers at 697-2748.

• Pennsylvania playwrights are encouraged to submit original, full-length scripts to York Little Theatre’s annual Pennsylvania Original Playwright Competition. Plays should be full-length, unproduced scripts by playwrights who are currently Pennsylvania residents. For more information about the competition, call 854-3894 or visit www.ylt.org.

• Dickinson College student Alexander Strachan will give a violin recital at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 28 at the Rubendall Recital Hall in the Weiss Center for the Arts. For more information call 245-1568.

• Market Square Concerts will present Cypress String Quartet and cellist Gary Hoffman in concert at 8 p.m.

April 28 at the Whitaker Center. Tickets are between $5 and $30. For more information call 214-ARTS or visit www.marketsquareconcerts.org.

• The Melange String Quartet will perform at 3 p.m.

Sunday April 29, at First Lutheran Church, 21 S. Bedford St., Carlisle as part of Fine Arts at First.

• The Carlisle Town Band will present its Annual Spring Concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 29, in the Clyde and Lyn Barr Auditorium of the Carlisle Senior High School.

• Cumberland Valley School of Music will present “Opera, Broadway and Popera” at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 29 at the home of Han and Jan Guarriello, 373 Craig Road, Greencastle. Tickets are $65. For more information call 261-1220.

• Dickinson College’s chamber choir will perform at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 29 in the Memorial Hall of Old West.

For more information call 245-1568.

• Robbie Limon will portray Hank Williams Sr. in “Lovesick Blues,” a musical concert at 3 p.m. April 29 in the Greencastle-Antrim High School Auditorium. For more information call 597-4610 or visit www.greencastlepachamber.org or www.explorefranklincountypa.com.

• The world traveling Artie Shaw Orchestra will make a stop in Chambersburg at 7 p.m. May 2 at the Capitol Theatre. To order tickets call 263-0202 or visit www.thecapitaltheatre.org.

• Newville Common Ground coffee house will be hosting open mic/stage night from 6 to 9 p.m. on Fridays.

The coffee house is located at 2 W. Big Spring Ave., Newville. For more information visit www.newvilleground. com or call 776-1156.

Event information can be submitted via email to frontdoor@cumberlink.com, by mail, 457 E. North St., Carlisle, PA 17013 or by fax at 243-3121.

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21 Jump Street (R) Thu. 11:30 a.m., 2:05, 4:30, 7, 9:30, Fri.-Thu. 11:15 a.m., 1:55, 4:30, 7:15, 9:40 American Reunion (R) Thu. 11:15 a.m., 1:50, 4:25, 7:10, 9:45, Fri.-Thu. 7:25, 9:50 The Cabin in the Woods (R) Thu. 11:50 a.m., 2:15, 5:10, 7:45, 10, Fri.-Thu. 7:45, 10 Chimpanzee (G) Thu. 11:40 a.m., 2, 4:20, 6:40, 8:45, Fri.-Thu. 12, 2:15, 4:20, 6:40, 8:45 Dr. Seuss The Lorax 2D (PG) Thu. 12:50, 3, 5:10, Fri.-Thu. 11:50 a.m., 2:20, 5:10 The Five-Year Engagement (R) Fri.-Thu. 11:55 a.m., 3:30, 7, 9:55 The Hunger Games (PG-13) Thu.-Thu. 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:40 Lockout (PG-13) Thu. 12, 2:15, 5:05, 7:25, 9:35 The Lucky One (PG-13) Thu.-Thu. 11:25 a.m., 1:45, 4:40, 7:20, 9:50 Mirror Mirror (PG) Thu. 11:10 a.m., 1:40, 4:10, 6:45, 9:05, Fri.-Thu. 11:10 a.m., 1:50, 4:25 The Pirates! Band of Misfits 2D (PG) Fri.-Thu. 1:40, 4, 6:45 The Pirates! Band of Misfits 3D (PG) Fri.-Thu. 11:20 a.m., 9 The Raven (R) Fri.-Thu. 11:10 a.m., 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 10:05 Safe (R) Fri.-Thu. 12:30, 3, 5:15, 7:40, 10 Think Like a Man (PG-13) Thu. 11 a.m., 1:35, 4:15, 7:05, 9:45, Fri.-Thu. 11 a.m., 1:35, 4:15, 7:10, 9:45 The Three Stooges (PG) Thu.-Thu. 11:05 a.m., 1:30, 3:45, 6:55, 9:10 Titanic 3D (PG-13) Thu. 11:20 a.m., 3:30, 7:35 Wrath of the Titans 2D (PG-13) Thu. 9:55 Wrath of the Titans 3D (PG-13) Thu. 7:30

The Five-Year Engagement (R) Fri.-Thu. 12:50, 3:40, 6:50, 9:45 The Hunger Games (PG-13) Thu.-Thu. 12:10, 3:20, 6:30, 9:30 Lockout (PG-13) Thu. 12, 2:30, 5, 7:30, 10 The Lucky One (PG-13) Thu. 12:40, 3, 5:20, 7:40, 10:10, Fri.-Thu. 12:40, 3, 5:20, 7:40, 10 Mirror Mirror (PG) Thu. 11:50 a.m., 4:40, 9:20 The Pirates! Band of Misfits 2D (PG) Fri.-Thu. 2:20, 7 The Pirates! Band of Misfits 3D (PG) Fri.-Thu. 12, 4:40, 9:20 The Raven (R) Fri.-Thu. 1, 4:10, 7:20, 9:55 Titanic 3D (PG-13) Thu. 12:20, 4:15, 8:10 The Three Stooges (PG) Thu. 11:40 a.m., 2, 4:20, 6:50, 9:10, Fri.-Thu. 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:40 Wrath of the Titans 3D (PG-13) Thu. 2:10, 7, Fri.-Thu. 11:50 a.m., 4:50, 9:50

The Pirates! Band of Misfits 2D (PG) Fri.-Thu. 11:25 a.m., 1:40, 3:50 The Pirates! Band of Misfits 3D (PG) Fri.-Thu. 12:10, 2:20, 4:40, 7, 9:10 The Raven (R) Fri.-Thu. 11:30 a.m., 12:30, 2, 4:30, 6:50, 7:30, 10 Safe (R) Fri.-Thu. 12:20, 2:40, 5:10, 7:50, 10:15 Think Like a Man (PG-13) Thu. 11:20 a.m., 12:50, 2:15, 4:20, 5:10, 6:40, 7:10, 8, 9:30, 10, Fri.-Thu. 12, 12:50, 3:30, 4:10, 6:30, 7:10, 9:15, 9:55 Three Stooges (PG) Thu. 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 7:20, 9:35, Fri.-Thu. 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 7:15, 9:35 Titanic 3D (PG-13) Thu. 11:30 a.m., 12:15, 3:30, 4:15, 7:30, 8:15, Fri.-Thu. 11:45 a.m., 4, 8 Wrath of the Titans 2D (PG-13) Thu. 11:40 a.m., 2:05, 4:30, Fri.-Thu. 4, 9:20 Wrath of the Titans 3D (PG-13) Thu. 7:05, 9:25

The Pirates! Band of Misfits 3D (PG) Fri.-Thu. 2:55, 7:20 The Raven (R) Fri. 2:45, 5:20, 8, 10:30, Sat.-Sun. 12:10, 2:45, 5:20, 8, 10:30, Mon.-Thu. 2:45, 5:20, 8 The Three Stooges (PG) Thu. 2:45, 5, 7:20, Fri. 2:35, 4:50, 7:10, 9:40, Sat.-Sun. 12:20, 2:35, 4:50, 7:10, 9:40, Mon.-Thu. 2:35, 4:50, 7:10 Titanic 3D (PG-13) Thu. 4:15, 8:15 Wrath of the Titans 3D (PG-13) Thu. 2:05, 4:40, 7:10

Flagship Cinemas 4590 Carlisle Pike, Mechanicsburg American Reunion (R) Thu. 12, 2:30, 5, 7:30, 10, Fri.-Thu. 2:10, 7:10 The Cabin in the Woods (R) Thu. 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:20, 9:40, Fri.-Thu. 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:40

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21 Jump Street (R) Thu. 11:25 a.m., 2, 4:40, 7:15, 9:50, Fri.-Thu. 7:05, 9:45 American Reunion (R) Thu. 11:45 a.m., 2:20, 4:55, 7:35, 10:05 The Cabin in the Woods (R) Thu. 12, 2:40, 5, 7:25, 9:55, Fri.-Thu. 12, 2:35, 5, 7:25, 9:50 The Five-Year Engagement (R) Fri.-Thu. 12:40, 2:50, 4:20, 6:40, 7:20, 9:25, 10:05 The Hunger Games (PG-13) Thu. 12:20, 3:30, 6:35, 9, 9:40, Fri.-Thu. 11:30 a.m., 12:25, 3:30, 6:35, 9:40 Lockout (PG-13) Thu. 11:50 a.m., 2:10, 4:35, 7, 9:20 Lucky One (PG-13) Thu. 11:35 a.m., 12:40, 2:25, 3:50, 4:50, 6:30, 7:40, 10:10, Fri.-Thu. 11:35 a.m., 2:25, 4:50, 7:40, 10:10 Mirror Mirror (PG) Thu. 11:15 a.m., 1:45, 4:10

American Reunion (R) Thu. 1:55, 4:30, 7:40, Fri.-Sun. 1:40, 4:15, 6:50, 9:50, Mon.-Thu. 1:40, 4:15, 6:50 The Cabin in the Woods (R) Thu. 2:55, 5:20, 8, Fri. 2:10, 4:30, 7:50, 10:15, Sat.-Sun. 11:55 a.m., 2:10, 4:30, 7:50, 10:15, Mon.Thu. 2:10, 4:30, 7:50 The Five-Year Engagement (R) Fri.-Sun. 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:20, Mon.-Thu. 1:50, 4:40, 7:30 The Hunger Games (PG-13) Thu. 3:50, 7, Fri. 3:50, 7, 10, Sat.-Sun. 12:30, 3:50, 7, Mon.-Thu. 3:50, 7, 10 Lockout (PG-13) Thu. 2:35, 5:10, 7:50 The Lucky One (PG-13) Thu. 2:25, 4:50, 7:30, Fri. 2:25, 5, 7:40, 10:10, Sat.-Sun. 12, 2:25, 5, 7:40, 10:10, Mon.-Thu. 2:25, 5, 7:40 The Pirates! Band of Misfits 2D (PG) Fri. 5:10, 9:30, Sat.-Sun. 12:40, 5:10, 9:30, Mon.-Thu. 5:10

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• Belly dance classes for those age 16 and older will be held from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. through May 9 at the New Cumberland Middle School. Cost is $33 for residents of the West Shore and $40 for all others, plus a West Shore School District fee of $22. For more information visit www.wsrec.org or call 920-9515.

• The Popcorn Hat Players presents “Emperor’s New Clothes,” Wednesdays and Thursdays at 10:15 a.m. and Saturdays at 1 p.m. May 2 through May 24. Gamut Classic Theatre, third floor, Strawberry Square, Harrisburg. Tickets are $5-$8. Visit www.gamutplays.org or call 238-4111.

• Midtown Scholar will present Susan Werner and David Wilcox in concert at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 28.

Cost is $30 to $35. For more information visit www.midtownscholar.com or call 236-1680.

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• Eileen Graham, author of “An Outlander’s Journal: Essays on Country Life,” will hold a book signing from noon to 3 p.m. April 28, at History on High - The Shop, 33 W. High St., Carlisle.

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We may not be able to rely on seasonal weather this year, but when it comes to music we can count on plenty of options. The bands play on in the Harrisburg area this weekend, with a full roster of acts scheduled in area venues.

On Friday, April 27, The Midtown Scholar Bookstore presents an evening with three acclaimed acoustic musicians. The program includes Pittsburgh-based singer songwriter Joy Ike, winner of Pittsburgh City Paper’s “Best Solo Artist” for the third year in a row.

She has been compared to Norah Jones and Regina Spector, and has played such festivals as Lilith Fair, Purple Door and Calvin College’s Festival of Faith & Music.

Her music recently garnered a mention on NPR’s All Things Considered.

The show will also feature JD Eicher, a young but experienced touring musician that has played the college Submitted photo/Mike Weymouth and festival circuit extenCelebrated folk musician Gordon Bok will perform sively. He has also opened for Grammy-winning arton Saturday at Fort Hunter.

ists Coldplay, Rod Stewart and Bryan Adams. Rounding out the bill will be keyboardist Kurt Scobie, whose expressive piano style has earned him accolades and a dedicated audience. He has shared the stage with such acts as The Civil Wars, Matthew Perryman Jones, Montell Jordan and Mike Kinnebrew.

On Saturday, April 28, the Scholar hosts a double-bill concert with returning artists Susan Werner and David Wilcox. Wenner, a nationally acclaimed singer-songwriter has been called the “empress of the unexpected” by NPR. Classically trained, Wenner’s background includes experience with pop, jazz and blues, and delivers a sound inspired by both influence and inspiration.

Sharing the bill will be David Wilcox, a Cleveland-born musician who is known for his smooth baritone and guitar skills. Early in his career, he won the prestigious Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk award, and has since released 17 albums in his 20 years of record-making and touring.

The Friday concert begins at 8 p.m. and admission is

free. The Saturday concert with Wenner and Wilcox also starts at 8 p.m., and tickets are $30 each plus 10-percent Harrisburg City amusement tax in advance, or $35 plus tax at the door, if available. Advance purchase is recommended, as the show may sell out. For tickets and information call 236-1680 or visit www. midtownscholar.com. The Midtown Scholar is located at 1302 N. Third St., in Harrisburg, across from the historic Broad Street Market.

Also on Saturday, the Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center’s Stage on Herr is the place to be when The Greatest Funeral Ever takes the stage with the Dark Matter Trio. GFE is comprised of four musicians with diverse backgrounds, and they offer an unique fusion of jazz, latin and R&B that is designed for dancing. The Dark Matter Trio includes Jerry McGowan on 6 and 7-string guitars and keys, Drew Hall on 4 and 5-string basses, and Shawn Kepner on drums and promises music made by music lovers for music lovers.

Doors for the show open at 7 p.m. Stage on Herr is

located at 268 Herr St., in midtown Harrisburg. For more information visit www.stageonherr.net.

The Susquehanna Folk Music Society also weighs in on Saturday with a performance, workshop and potluck with renowned folk musician Gordon Bok at Fort Hunter. Called “The poet laureate of those who go down to the sea in ships,” by Time Magazine, he is a leader in preserving and sharing songs of both land and sea. He will offer a workshop for participants on understanding how to relate poems to music. Students should bring a poem or short, personal story they’ve written.

The show takes place at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 28 at Fort Hunter Centennial Barn, 5300 N. Front St., in Harrisburg. The workshop takes place at 4 p.m., and the potluck at 6 p.m. Concert tickets are $20 for general admission, $10 for students.

The workshop is free, made possible by a grant from The Foundation for Enhancing Communities. For information and tickets, visit www. sfmsfolk.org.

Jack White’s first solo CD reflects the many musical efforts that preceded it: There’s the snarly electric guitar he first introduced with the strippeddown White Stripes, the country sound he cultivated in his current hometown in Nashville and in his work with the legendary Loretta Lynn, and the rock en-

ergy he whipped up with the Raconteurs and the Dead Weather.

“Blunderbuss” shows how far the 36-year-old musician-singer-songwriter-producer has come since the White Stripes first sizzled ears in 1999. The sound here is richer and more layered, with piano or keyboard on every track and even some fiddles and clarinet. White harmonizes with himself and stretches his voice to ever higher

octaves, at times evoking Robert Plant. He explores various genres and musical stylings, but sticks to familiar themes of betrayal, love and loneliness.

“Love Interruption,” though musically gentle, stabs with its lyrics. “I want love to grab my fingers gently, slam them in a doorway and put my face into the ground,” White sings atop backup singer Ruby Amanfu’s haunting voice. “I want love to

murder my own mother and take her off to somewhere like hell or up above.”

A cappella, they sing: “I want love to walk right up and bite me, grab a hold of me and fight me, leave me on the ground.”

White’s not all blue. The bouncy “Hip (Eponymous) Poor Boy” features happy piano and mandolin, while “On and On and On” is an ethereal musing on life’s direction.

• Thom Glace, an aquatic life artist will be the Artist in Action from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Village Artisans Gallery on Saturday, April 28.

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• The SHAPE Gallery presents “Other Side of the World,” a photographic journey to India and Nepal by W. Mickey Nye through April 28. The gallery is located at 20 W. King St. For more information visit www.shapeart.org.

• Pennsylvania Tourism Day to feature numerous artisans.

The event will be held Monday, April 30 through May 2 at the Hilton Harrisburg. Participating artisans are: Gay Foltz, a folk-art carver; Bonnie Tweedy Shaw, a felting sculptor and wood carver; Paula Lewis, copper enameling; Nancy Crochet, clothing; Bob Cappelluti and Jamie Juliana, pottery; Diane Troutman, hand sculptor; Gay McGeary, handwoven coverlets and runners; Angela Heim and Julie Reitenbach, artisan jewelers; and Roxan O’Brian, jewelry artist.

• Artwork by David Cubie will be on display in the Charley Krone Gallery at the New Cumberland Public Library through the month of April.

• The Art Center School and Galleries in Mechanicsburg will hold its Spring Open Juried Exhibit through May 1. For more information visit www.mechanicsburgartcenter.com.

• The Art Association of Harrisburg will host a five-artist invitational exhibition featuring oil works, watercolors, mixed media works and photographs and will be on display from through May 10. For more information visit www.artassocofhbg.com.

If you’re in the mood for some acoustic music this weekend head over the Midtown Scholar to see Pittsburgh-based singer songwriter Joy Ike.

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• Renfrew Institute’s Earth Celebration Day and Festival of Art will be from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 28 at the Renfrew Park in Waynesboro. For more information call 762-0373 or visit www.renfrewinstitute.org.

• Gabriel Horkowitz’s “Watercolor Works” will be on display through May 5 at the Art Market of Pomfret St, 16 W. Pomfret St., Carlisle.

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Looking for family-friendly fun? Head to the Little Princess Playhouse on the campus of Shippensburg University this weekend where student actors will be performing “Snow White” and “The Frog Princess.”

May is shaping up to be a big month for area theatres as “The Goodbye Girl” opens at Oyster Mill Playhouse in Camp Hill and comedy, “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” opens at Little Theatre of Mechanicsburg the week after.

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Classic stories come to life on ‘Little Princess Playhouse’ stage

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Children from the Shippensburg area are delighted as they watch their imaginations come to life before their very eyes.

With a little hard work and imagination of their own, students from Shippensburg University’s “Creating Theatre for Children” class turn Stewart Hall into a castle and bring children’s classics to life in the Little Princess Playhouse.

To an adult Stewart Hall

might look like an old building with a bit of classical architecture, but to a child it’s much more. The smiles on a child’s face and the excitement in their eyes can be seen before they even get to the door.

Inspired by their 7-yearold daughter Rose, Little Princess Playhouse co-directors, Dr. Paul Leitner, a professor of theatre at SU and Gretchen Leitner, a communication professor at SU, had a vision.

Their vision was realized just over three years ago when administrators at SU gave the Leitners free range

to use Stewart Hall as they saw fit.

“SU has been really supportive. They see the value in what we are trying to do,” Paul Leitner said. “Their support is vital and we never would have been able to get this far without them backing us, especially with the climate of the arts these days.”

Stewart Hall, which at one time housed classrooms, has become the home of the playhouse. It is complete with a rehearsal area that mirrors the stage in the next room, dressing rooms, storage for the multitude

of costumes, a lobby and of course the main stage.

The stage itself is less than a foot off the ground in a room about the size of a standard classroom. During the preparation period of the semester there are chairs that line the room, but all the chairs are removed and carpet is rolled out when it’s show time.

Children at the show sit

on the carpet while their parents can sit in chairs along the back of the room.

“The goal is to provide quality family entertainment at an affordable price,” Gretchen Leitner said.

To recap, around 100 kids of all ages, mostly ages five through ten, sit on the floor of a classroom sized theatre with a stage that is close to the ground and at a proxim-

ity that they could reach out and touch the actors if they really wanted to. It is up close and personal theatre and there are a few reasons why that is just the way the Leitners want it.

“Being so close to a real actor is often what excites the kids,” Paul Leitner said.

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There is, however, an authenticity in the vulnerable voices of music legends.

Johnny Cash demonstrated this in the American series of albums he recorded with producer Rick Rubin. Haggard’s Shippensburg performance, at times, had a similar character.

His failing voice, with occasional glimpses of the Lefty Frizzell-inspired note bending, beautifully highlighted the wistful Blaze Foley-penned classic, “If I Could Only Fly.” His rendition of “I Wish I Could Be 30 Again,” a somewhat playful song about aging, took on a mournful quality, but similarly showcased the remnants of one of the best voices in the history of country music.

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Throughout the performance, most of the audience sang every word of every song at a whisper — partly sharing in the experience of these standards and partly helping the aging legend through his performance.

Lots of bands anymore are flash-in-the-pan, one-hitwonders who burst onto the scene, are all the rage for a few months or maybe a few years, and then fade quietly into obscurity until someone wonders, “Oh, whatever happened to so-andso.” Haggard, who writes his own songs based on his real life, isn’t one of those performers.

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Classical music, or symphonic music, has the power to highlight the human condition in ways that a short pop song heard on the radio just can’t.

Major symphonic works have the power to transport us into a world where we can escape our daily worries and stresses, and be immersed in beautiful sounds.

I believe that music and arts education helps children get in touch with their humanity and connect with others more easily than any other subject can teach. We all respond to music, and that response is crucial to

This weekend, the Harrisburg Singers will be performing their spring concert, “Great Day!” which will feature uplifting songs and sacred spirituals. They will be performing two concerts in Cumberland County. At 8 p.m. Saturday, they will perform at Trinhelping us overcome our differences. So why are we still making cuts to music education that ultimately benefits all other studies?

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There are some concerts and some performers you remember forever where you were when you first saw them perform live. For me, one of them is Billy Joel.

And after last week, another one is Merle Haggard.

I’m a big fan of old-time country music, so I’m familiar with his work, but I’ve never seen him live.

Last week at the Luhrs Center in Shippensburg, I got to.

His voice was worn and tired, but fans of country music wouldn’t miss a chance to hear Haggard anymore than an art lovers would pass on an opportunity to gaze on the Mona Lisa.

He opened with his first

top 10 hit, “All My Gonna Be Strangers.” He then began to roll through a string of the standards he penned including “Silver Wings,” “Today I Started Loving You Again,” “Mama Tried,” “Big City,” and “Are the Good Times Really Over For Good.”

Sound problems plagued the first few songs of the night but even after the sound problems were corrected, it was clear that Haggard’s voice has seen better days. The 75-year-old musician has continued to maintain a very demanding schedule after his successful lung cancer surgery in 2008 and years of hard living. His strained efforts at the upbeat standards “Ramblin’ Fever” and “I Think I’ll Just Stay Here and Drink,” though crowd pleasers, clearly demonstrated that his voice is fading.

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Singer-songwriter Kathy Mattea will be making a stop at the Carlisle Theatre on Friday as part of her “Moving Mountains” tour, bringing with her some old musical favorites as well as tunes from her new album to be released in September.

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Kathy Mattea will be performing at 8 p.m. on Friday at the Carlisle Theatre. a Grammy award and had to do with coal mining in her home state of West Virginia, she said.

“I made it because there had been a big mine disaster in West Virginia,” Mattea said, noting that she had “wide-open grief for people I didn’t know.”

“I made the record to sort of have a place to put that grief,” Mattea said. With “COAL,” Mattea said she

went “digging into sort of old Appalachian music.”

Now, the singer said she is finishing a new album, “Callin’ Me Home,” which will be released in September.

Mattea said “Callin’ Me Home” is similar to “COAL” in some ways, calling it “another record in that vein” of Appalachian songs.

Mattea said that “Callin’ Me Home” is like a “love

letter to Appalachia,” recalling its sense of community and how it is “different from anywhere else.”

“My music has always been sort of acousticbased,” she said. “I have a small acoustic (band) and each one of these guys are virtuosos. We really try to give people a lot of quality for their money. We really love it.”

For the “Moving Moun-

tains” tour, Mattea said she likes to “challenge” the audience to “hear something new” and “pull up some old memories from people.”

“We do some songs from ‘COAL’ and a few songs from this new album, and a sampling of songs from the past,” Mattea said of the show that is coming to Carlisle.

Mattea said she and the band will also take requests

from the audience.

“I feel like, if I do my job right, I see what I do as taking people on a little journey,” she said.

Ticket prices for Kathy Mattea’s show on April 27 range from $30 to $40, with a student price of $10 per ticket with proper identification. To order tickets, contact the Carlisle Theatre at 258-0666 or go online at carlisletheatre.org.

About the playhouse Both the Leitners have a long history with theatre.

Paul, being a professor of theatre and having received his Ph.D. in theatre at Nebraska State teaches “Intro to Theatre” and, every year and a half, a theatre history class.

Although Gretchen currently teaches a communication course, she studied theatre in college, taught theatre at Chamb e rs b u rg A rea Se n i o r High School and took part in theatre summer camps for several years.

“Theatre has always been a big part of my life,” Gretchen Leitner said.

Being heavily involved and interested in the arts, the Leitners were a bit dismayed that there was nowhere in the area for their daughter to be exposed to theatre.

T h e re a re s o m e k i d friendly shows that they could take her to in Harrisburg, but they are always a large venue with lots of people and a disconnected feel, not to mention the ticket cost, they said.

“There is a real need for theatre here,” Paul Leitner said.

The need to provide the children of the Shippensburg community with personal and quality theatre is what really spurred the Leitners into action.

Limitations and adaptations Since the theatre itself is technically a classroom there is no room for a set or even a curtain. The actors use props, which the Leitners often take from their daughter’s toy box, but the real magic is in the costumes.

“There is real humor

in seeing an 18-year-old drink from a sippy cup,” Paul Leitner said.

Without having a set to “set the scene” the playhouse relies on a projector to display images on the screen at the back of the stage and the use of authentic costumes. “ We h ave m a d e t h e costumes a major focus because they have to be believable,” Paul Leitner said. “There is no set and the kids are really close so the costumes are a big deal.”

When they were given the green light to give the playhouse a shot, the Leitners had absolutely nothing to work with, and the first class to take part had to create their own costumes.

In the few years since the playhouse’s inception SU has very generously donated money to buy a permanent costume collection for the show, Paul Leitner said.

Row after row of quality and realistic looking costumes hang in one the former classrooms, complete with a real Beast mask from Beauty and the Beast.

“There is nothing better than when you bring out Belle (from Beauty and the Beast) and hear a collective sigh from all the little girls in the audience,” Paul Leitner said.

“We do our best to make sure that she looks real enough that the kids really see Belle.”

SU has been very supportive of the playhouse a n d ra t h e r t h a n h aving to fight to stay alive, the Leitners have turned down numerous offers to move the show to a larger venue.

Paul Leitner said that he is very happy with the way things are now and although it was a tough

start, the playhouse is now a well-oiled machine. Moving to a larger venue would defeat a big portion of the reasoning behind the show in the first place.

Although SU has been kind enough to donate money for the extensive costume collection, all of the playhouse’s budget comes from the $4 ticket sales.

“It’s not about making money,” Gretchen Leitner said.

Paul and Gretchen both agreed the future of the playhouse is not one of growth, but instead, improvement.

“We want to continue to increase the quality of the show and consistently deliver a high quality show each time,” Paul Leitner said. “Maintaining the quality is significantly more important than growth.”

Sometimes men have played women and vice versa to make a certain story work. In fact, Paul Leitner said there was one class that was all women and there were several male roles.

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mine which roles will best suit each student.

Although anyone who passes the test can take the class, education majors are a direct target and sometimes a student will receive a personal invitation to take the class, Paul Leitner said.

Paul Leitner likes to target students majoring in education because the nature of the playhouse forces them to face their fears of being in front of so many children at once.

Not only are they performing before 100-plus children, they are also upclose and personal.

“Most of the actors are not theatre majors and it may be their first time acting,” Paul Leitner said.

The once a week class is held every Wednesday evening and the students have only eight weeks to learn their role and rehearse before the first show.

Being that the playhouse does two plays each semester, starting at 10 a.m.

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“Creating Theatre for Children” is an elective and is open to any student that would like to take the course. However, there is an interview process, and in order to get accepted, the Leitners have to approve. One of their requirements is that the students have to be available for the two Saturdays on which the shows take place each semester.

When selected for the class, students are required to come into the theatre and take a two minute video of them performing, well, anything, Paul Leitner said. The Leitners then take those Picking a story videos and analyze them for the stage before the next semester Once again the couples’ begins in order to deter7-year-old daughter Rose is the motivation behind which stories they to adapt to theatre. They pointed out that most, if not all, of the Disney classics were books long before they were movies.

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According to Paul Leitner the whole show will take around 45 minutes. A second show will take place at 11:30 a.m. Tickets will be available at the door.

Although anyone can enjoy the show, teenagers are discouraged from coming and taking seats where a child could otherwise be enjoying a show that is after all, geared towards them.

“This has been so much fun,” Paul Leitner said.

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Music is like a love story to Kathy Mattea.

Raised in Cross Lanes, W.Va., Mattea took her love for singing to Nashville where it wasn’t long until she achieved stardom as a singer. Now, Mattea is bringing that talent to the Carlisle Theatre for a performance at 8 p.m. on Friday, April 27, as part of her “Moving Mountains” tour.

Mattea, who has had five songs reach No. 1 on the charts, had her first big hit with “Love at a Five and Dime,” but she is also known for other popular tunes such as “Goin’ Gone” and “Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses,” which earned the title of CMA Single of the Year. Mattea is also a Grammy Award winner and was twice named the Female Performer of the Year at the Country Music Awards.

Although Mattea’s songs have been known to reflect essences of country, bluegrass, folk, gospel and even Celtic music, she said that her own experiences are at the heart of her creations as a singer-songwriter.

“I think always what I’m drawn (to write) reflects some life experience. If I keep those two things connected, then I’m connected to what I’m singing,” Mattea said. “Over the years, that’s what I’ve tried to be led by.”

Mattea’s last album, “COAL,” was nominated for

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“A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” runs May 11-27 at Little Theatre of Mechanicsburg, 915 S. York St. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30. Tickets are $20. Tickets for opening night, which includes a reception, are $22. In addition, there is a special performance on Thursday, May 17, at which all tickets are $12.

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roundings, however, since what’s next door is a house of “ill repute.”

But if the humor of the musical is infectious — some even call it the funniest show ever — that doesn’t make the music any less difficult. The harmonies, especially in a song like “Pretty Little Picture,” are “very close,” says Kirkland.

Ryan Boyles, the Pseudolus of the production, agrees that singing Sondheim means “tricky meters and key changes — patter songs with a lot of words. But the “hysterical script and great and funny score” compensate, as the actor knows. Years ago, he played Hero, the young lovestruck master.

“It’s fun to be in a different role,” he says. “It’s also a challenge. The show is a whole lot of fun.”

W h a t ’s d i f f i c u l t , though, is following such iconic performers who have played Pseudolus — such as Zero Mostel, who originated the role;

Nathan Lane; and yes, Whoopi Goldberg.

“You don’t want to copy everything that’s been done,” Boyles says. “But you have to strike a balance between making the role your own and paying tribute to what’s established and expected.”

If Pseudolus has a sidekick, it is Hysterium, his fellow slave — played by Duane Baker. According to the actor, Hysterium is a character who bends over backwards to please people and gets “conned” easily.

“I love this show,” says Baker. “This is the fifth

time I’m doing it — three of them as Hysterium.

Each time I do the show I start to think about things I could have done, so I store them for the next opportunity.”

It’s also fun, Baker comments, working with actors he knew about but never shared a stage with.

And those he has. “Chemistry between the two men is important, and I’ve done a few performances with Ryan at Capitol Dinner Theatre.”

Lindsay Bretz-Morgan, playing Philia, the love object of Hero (Sam Eisenhuth), also per-

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These included the twoperson show “Pete ‘n’ Keely,” with Boyles. Kirkland directed her in her first show.

Now in her LTM debut, Bretz-Morgan had never done “A Funny Thing” before. Even though she was glad to make the transition from ingenue to more dramatic roles — as when cast as Adelaide in “Guys and Dolls” after doing Sarah the Salvation Army girl earlier — she still wanted Philia.

Though it may seem easy, it’s hard to play a ‘stupid blonde,” BretzMorgan says. “But when I did Hope in ‘Anything

Goes’ my directors told me not to play her boringly — like everyone else. I feel about Philia the same way. That I have to find a different way to play her — not just stupid.”

K e i t h B owe r m a n i s Senex, and Christine Porter is Domina, Hero’s parents. Also in the cast are Ben Cohen; Giulio Marchi; Gabriella Marchi who is also choreographing; Maddie Vinaski, Kristin Morrow, Melissa McKeehan; Sherry Boyles; Josh Miccio; Ron Ross; and Shelly Goldstein.

Ellen Carnahan is the music director, with Art Thompson as backup piano player for rehearsals.

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One difference between the acclaimed movie “The Goodbye Girl” (netting Richard Dreyfus a Best Actor Oscar) and the musical based on it is the latter’s greater emphasis on the New York City and theater dream.

Melissa McGinley, who is directing and choreographing the show at Oyster Mill Playhouse, can relate to that dream. A New Jersey native, she lived in Manhattan and worked in its theater scene for nine years.

“I remember when ‘The Goodbye Girl’ opened on Broadway,” McGinley recalls. “It’s a love letter to the City, and to the people there trying to make it in theater.”

The show features music

by Marvin Hamlisch, best known for another musical about theater dreams — ”A Chorus Line” — and lyrics by David Zippel.

The book by Neil Simon, who also wrote the movie, makes references to other plays that theater lovers will catch — including a reference to Hamlisch’s hit show, says McGinley.

Despite the starring presence of Martin Short and Bernadette Peters, the 1992 musical didn’t last long on Broadway and isn’t familiar to a lot of people. Which means audiences can be pleasantly surprised, the director notes.

“It’s technically a bear,” she says. “So we stripped all the tech parts away from it and focused on what actors do for their craft.” That includes the lead, Elliot, playing Shakespeare’s “Richard III” in, shall we say, a rather

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Josh Lebo and Ashly Tagle rehearse a scene from “The Goodbye Girl.” unconventional way.

“It’s a show about making theater,” adds McGinley, who also reduced the cast size from the original 45 to 17. “You could say the theme song of ‘A Chorus Line’ fits here too — ’What I Did for Love.’

At its core, “The Goodbye Girl” remains a personal love story, between egotistical would-be actor Elliot and a former dancer named Paula, a single mother experienced in getting jilted.

Elliot sublets a friend’s apartment, not realizing the friend’s former girlfriend is still living there.

The two (and Paula’s precocious daughter, Lucy) go from animosity to tolerance to romantic involvement with a future.

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For Josh Lebo, the production’s Elliot, “The

Goodbye Girl” marks his “first true community-theater musical experience.” “I wanted to try something different,” he says. “Mostly I did just (nonmusical) plays in college.”

One of the draws was the character of Elliot, whom Lebo calls “half-ego and half-acting.” “He likes to pull out his bag of tricks, like imitating famous actors when he and Paula have a romantic meeting on the roof.”

B o t h e go a n d a c to r combine when he tries to “make” Paula tolerate him and like him, he adds.

In contrast, Ashly Tagle, the production’s “headstrong and stubborn” Paula — in her words — has appeared in a lot of musicals at Stage on Herr and Capital Dinner Theatre. She also had some familiarity with a few as-

pects of her character.

“I was raised by a single mom, so I could relate to that,” Tagle says. “Also, I had studied acting and voice more than dance, so I can relate when Paula sings ‘A Beat Behind.’ She has a lot of insecurities, and has to go back into the industry.”

On the other hand, the music has challenges of its own, with a lot of “mixed tempos,” she notes.

“The Goodbye Girl” runs May 4-20 at Oyster Mill Playhouse, 1001 Oyster Mill Road, Camp Hill.

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One change in the script is that Lucy — played by Madison Youch — has m o r p h e d i n to a te e n rather than a preteen.

Having portrayed the spunky Gertrude in “Seu ss i ca l ” a n d a “ c ra z y character” in “Les Miserables,” Youch is enjoying the complexities of Lucy.

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“She has to try to be mature so she can take care of her mom, with all her guy problems,” says the actor. “But she also does childish things and has nightmares. She needs to be taken care of.

She can be serious and sarcastic. Of all the guys, she likes Elliot because he knows what he wants and can be sarcastic, too.”

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There are jokes that grow stale with even a little repetition. Not so with “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical and the first show that featured both words and music by Stephen Sondheim.

It is also a show with which Alice K irkland, who is directing “A Funny Thing” at Little Theatre of Mechanicsburg, has a long history.

“It was the first organized community-theater show I directed, in 1979, at a church before Met Rep Theater and later Oyster Mill Playhouse had its own building,” she says. “And I directed it another time.

So when Jeff Nell asked if I wanted to direct this season at LTM, and mentioned that ‘Forum’ was one of the possibilities, I wanted to do it for love.

It’s just inane fun.”

It is, Kirkland admits, hard staging a musical with a cast of even 16 (much reduced from the original) in a small theater.

But the space is expanded, because “this is the kind of show in which the audience is part of the show,” she says.

“A Funny Thing” has a book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart, the latter of “MASH” fame. Inspired by the farces of the Roman playwright, Plautus, the play concerns the slave Pseudolus — who attempts to win his freedom by helping his young master woo the girl next door.

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“A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” runs May 11-27 at Little Theatre of Mechanicsburg, 915 S. York St. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30. Tickets are $20. Tickets for opening night, which includes a reception, are $22. In addition, there is a special performance on Thursday, May 17, at which all tickets are $12.

For information and reservations, call 766-0535 or visit the web site: www.ltmonline.net.

roundings, however, since what’s next door is a house of “ill repute.”

But if the humor of the musical is infectious — some even call it the funniest show ever — that doesn’t make the music any less difficult. The harmonies, especially in a song like “Pretty Little Picture,” are “very close,” says Kirkland.

Ryan Boyles, the Pseudolus of the production, agrees that singing Sondheim means “tricky meters and key changes — patter songs with a lot of words. But the “hysterical script and great and funny score” compensate, as the actor knows. Years ago, he played Hero, the young lovestruck master.

“It’s fun to be in a different role,” he says. “It’s also a challenge. The show is a whole lot of fun.”

W h a t ’s d i f f i c u l t , though, is following such iconic performers who have played Pseudolus — such as Zero Mostel, who originated the role;

Nathan Lane; and yes, Whoopi Goldberg.

“You don’t want to copy everything that’s been done,” Boyles says. “But you have to strike a balance between making the role your own and paying tribute to what’s established and expected.”

If Pseudolus has a sidekick, it is Hysterium, his fellow slave — played by Duane Baker. According to the actor, Hysterium is a character who bends over backwards to please people and gets “conned” easily.

“I love this show,” says Baker. “This is the fifth

time I’m doing it — three of them as Hysterium.

Each time I do the show I start to think about things I could have done, so I store them for the next opportunity.”

It’s also fun, Baker comments, working with actors he knew about but never shared a stage with.

And those he has. “Chemistry between the two men is important, and I’ve done a few performances with Ryan at Capitol Dinner Theatre.”

Lindsay Bretz-Morgan, playing Philia, the love object of Hero (Sam Eisenhuth), also per-

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formed in several Capital Dinner Theatre musicals.

These included the twoperson show “Pete ‘n’ Keely,” with Boyles. Kirkland directed her in her first show.

Now in her LTM debut, Bretz-Morgan had never done “A Funny Thing” before. Even though she was glad to make the transition from ingenue to more dramatic roles — as when cast as Adelaide in “Guys and Dolls” after doing Sarah the Salvation Army girl earlier — she still wanted Philia.

Though it may seem easy, it’s hard to play a ‘stupid blonde,” BretzMorgan says. “But when I did Hope in ‘Anything

Goes’ my directors told me not to play her boringly — like everyone else. I feel about Philia the same way. That I have to find a different way to play her — not just stupid.”

K e i t h B owe r m a n i s Senex, and Christine Porter is Domina, Hero’s parents. Also in the cast are Ben Cohen; Giulio Marchi; Gabriella Marchi who is also choreographing; Maddie Vinaski, Kristin Morrow, Melissa McKeehan; Sherry Boyles; Josh Miccio; Ron Ross; and Shelly Goldstein.

Ellen Carnahan is the music director, with Art Thompson as backup piano player for rehearsals.

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One difference between the acclaimed movie “The Goodbye Girl” (netting Richard Dreyfus a Best Actor Oscar) and the musical based on it is the latter’s greater emphasis on the New York City and theater dream.

Melissa McGinley, who is directing and choreographing the show at Oyster Mill Playhouse, can relate to that dream. A New Jersey native, she lived in Manhattan and worked in its theater scene for nine years.

“I remember when ‘The Goodbye Girl’ opened on Broadway,” McGinley recalls. “It’s a love letter to the City, and to the people there trying to make it in theater.”

The show features music

by Marvin Hamlisch, best known for another musical about theater dreams — ”A Chorus Line” — and lyrics by David Zippel.

The book by Neil Simon, who also wrote the movie, makes references to other plays that theater lovers will catch — including a reference to Hamlisch’s hit show, says McGinley.

Despite the starring presence of Martin Short and Bernadette Peters, the 1992 musical didn’t last long on Broadway and isn’t familiar to a lot of people. Which means audiences can be pleasantly surprised, the director notes.

“It’s technically a bear,” she says. “So we stripped all the tech parts away from it and focused on what actors do for their craft.” That includes the lead, Elliot, playing Shakespeare’s “Richard III” in, shall we say, a rather

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Josh Lebo and Ashly Tagle rehearse a scene from “The Goodbye Girl.” unconventional way.

“It’s a show about making theater,” adds McGinley, who also reduced the cast size from the original 45 to 17. “You could say the theme song of ‘A Chorus Line’ fits here too — ’What I Did for Love.’

At its core, “The Goodbye Girl” remains a personal love story, between egotistical would-be actor Elliot and a former dancer named Paula, a single mother experienced in getting jilted.

Elliot sublets a friend’s apartment, not realizing the friend’s former girlfriend is still living there.

The two (and Paula’s precocious daughter, Lucy) go from animosity to tolerance to romantic involvement with a future.

Nicholas Werner is music director.

For Josh Lebo, the production’s Elliot, “The

Goodbye Girl” marks his “first true community-theater musical experience.” “I wanted to try something different,” he says. “Mostly I did just (nonmusical) plays in college.”

One of the draws was the character of Elliot, whom Lebo calls “half-ego and half-acting.” “He likes to pull out his bag of tricks, like imitating famous actors when he and Paula have a romantic meeting on the roof.”

B o t h e go a n d a c to r combine when he tries to “make” Paula tolerate him and like him, he adds.

In contrast, Ashly Tagle, the production’s “headstrong and stubborn” Paula — in her words — has appeared in a lot of musicals at Stage on Herr and Capital Dinner Theatre. She also had some familiarity with a few as-

pects of her character.

“I was raised by a single mom, so I could relate to that,” Tagle says. “Also, I had studied acting and voice more than dance, so I can relate when Paula sings ‘A Beat Behind.’ She has a lot of insecurities, and has to go back into the industry.”

On the other hand, the music has challenges of its own, with a lot of “mixed tempos,” she notes.

“The Goodbye Girl” runs May 4-20 at Oyster Mill Playhouse, 1001 Oyster Mill Road, Camp Hill.

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One change in the script is that Lucy — played by Madison Youch — has m o r p h e d i n to a te e n rather than a preteen.

Having portrayed the spunky Gertrude in “Seu ss i ca l ” a n d a “ c ra z y character” in “Les Miserables,” Youch is enjoying the complexities of Lucy.

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She can be serious and sarcastic. Of all the guys, she likes Elliot because he knows what he wants and can be sarcastic, too.”

Other principals in the cast are Stacey Schell; Dan Evans; Jaime Lewis; Amber Stout; Amanda Stine; Emily Weston; Josh Kunkel; and Jack E. Eilber.

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There are jokes that grow stale with even a little repetition. Not so with “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical and the first show that featured both words and music by Stephen Sondheim.

It is also a show with which Alice K irkland, who is directing “A Funny Thing” at Little Theatre of Mechanicsburg, has a long history.

“It was the first organized community-theater show I directed, in 1979, at a church before Met Rep Theater and later Oyster Mill Playhouse had its own building,” she says. “And I directed it another time.

So when Jeff Nell asked if I wanted to direct this season at LTM, and mentioned that ‘Forum’ was one of the possibilities, I wanted to do it for love.

It’s just inane fun.”

It is, Kirkland admits, hard staging a musical with a cast of even 16 (much reduced from the original) in a small theater.

But the space is expanded, because “this is the kind of show in which the audience is part of the show,” she says.

“A Funny Thing” has a book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart, the latter of “MASH” fame. Inspired by the farces of the Roman playwright, Plautus, the play concerns the slave Pseudolus — who attempts to win his freedom by helping his young master woo the girl next door.

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Kathy Mattea will be performing at 8 p.m. on Friday at the Carlisle Theatre. a Grammy award and had to do with coal mining in her home state of West Virginia, she said.

“I made it because there had been a big mine disaster in West Virginia,” Mattea said, noting that she had “wide-open grief for people I didn’t know.”

“I made the record to sort of have a place to put that grief,” Mattea said. With “COAL,” Mattea said she

went “digging into sort of old Appalachian music.”

Now, the singer said she is finishing a new album, “Callin’ Me Home,” which will be released in September.

Mattea said “Callin’ Me Home” is similar to “COAL” in some ways, calling it “another record in that vein” of Appalachian songs.

Mattea said that “Callin’ Me Home” is like a “love

letter to Appalachia,” recalling its sense of community and how it is “different from anywhere else.”

“My music has always been sort of acousticbased,” she said. “I have a small acoustic (band) and each one of these guys are virtuosos. We really try to give people a lot of quality for their money. We really love it.”

For the “Moving Moun-

tains” tour, Mattea said she likes to “challenge” the audience to “hear something new” and “pull up some old memories from people.”

“We do some songs from ‘COAL’ and a few songs from this new album, and a sampling of songs from the past,” Mattea said of the show that is coming to Carlisle.

Mattea said she and the band will also take requests

from the audience.

“I feel like, if I do my job right, I see what I do as taking people on a little journey,” she said.

Ticket prices for Kathy Mattea’s show on April 27 range from $30 to $40, with a student price of $10 per ticket with proper identification. To order tickets, contact the Carlisle Theatre at 258-0666 or go online at carlisletheatre.org.

About the playhouse Both the Leitners have a long history with theatre.

Paul, being a professor of theatre and having received his Ph.D. in theatre at Nebraska State teaches “Intro to Theatre” and, every year and a half, a theatre history class.

Although Gretchen currently teaches a communication course, she studied theatre in college, taught theatre at Chamb e rs b u rg A rea Se n i o r High School and took part in theatre summer camps for several years.

“Theatre has always been a big part of my life,” Gretchen Leitner said.

Being heavily involved and interested in the arts, the Leitners were a bit dismayed that there was nowhere in the area for their daughter to be exposed to theatre.

T h e re a re s o m e k i d friendly shows that they could take her to in Harrisburg, but they are always a large venue with lots of people and a disconnected feel, not to mention the ticket cost, they said.

“There is a real need for theatre here,” Paul Leitner said.

The need to provide the children of the Shippensburg community with personal and quality theatre is what really spurred the Leitners into action.

Limitations and adaptations Since the theatre itself is technically a classroom there is no room for a set or even a curtain. The actors use props, which the Leitners often take from their daughter’s toy box, but the real magic is in the costumes.

“There is real humor

in seeing an 18-year-old drink from a sippy cup,” Paul Leitner said.

Without having a set to “set the scene” the playhouse relies on a projector to display images on the screen at the back of the stage and the use of authentic costumes. “ We h ave m a d e t h e costumes a major focus because they have to be believable,” Paul Leitner said. “There is no set and the kids are really close so the costumes are a big deal.”

When they were given the green light to give the playhouse a shot, the Leitners had absolutely nothing to work with, and the first class to take part had to create their own costumes.

In the few years since the playhouse’s inception SU has very generously donated money to buy a permanent costume collection for the show, Paul Leitner said.

Row after row of quality and realistic looking costumes hang in one the former classrooms, complete with a real Beast mask from Beauty and the Beast.

“There is nothing better than when you bring out Belle (from Beauty and the Beast) and hear a collective sigh from all the little girls in the audience,” Paul Leitner said.

“We do our best to make sure that she looks real enough that the kids really see Belle.”

SU has been very supportive of the playhouse a n d ra t h e r t h a n h aving to fight to stay alive, the Leitners have turned down numerous offers to move the show to a larger venue.

Paul Leitner said that he is very happy with the way things are now and although it was a tough

start, the playhouse is now a well-oiled machine. Moving to a larger venue would defeat a big portion of the reasoning behind the show in the first place.

Although SU has been kind enough to donate money for the extensive costume collection, all of the playhouse’s budget comes from the $4 ticket sales.

“It’s not about making money,” Gretchen Leitner said.

Paul and Gretchen both agreed the future of the playhouse is not one of growth, but instead, improvement.

“We want to continue to increase the quality of the show and consistently deliver a high quality show each time,” Paul Leitner said. “Maintaining the quality is significantly more important than growth.”

Sometimes men have played women and vice versa to make a certain story work. In fact, Paul Leitner said there was one class that was all women and there were several male roles.

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mine which roles will best suit each student.

Although anyone who passes the test can take the class, education majors are a direct target and sometimes a student will receive a personal invitation to take the class, Paul Leitner said.

Paul Leitner likes to target students majoring in education because the nature of the playhouse forces them to face their fears of being in front of so many children at once.

Not only are they performing before 100-plus children, they are also upclose and personal.

“Most of the actors are not theatre majors and it may be their first time acting,” Paul Leitner said.

The once a week class is held every Wednesday evening and the students have only eight weeks to learn their role and rehearse before the first show.

Being that the playhouse does two plays each semester, starting at 10 a.m.

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“Creating Theatre for Children” is an elective and is open to any student that would like to take the course. However, there is an interview process, and in order to get accepted, the Leitners have to approve. One of their requirements is that the students have to be available for the two Saturdays on which the shows take place each semester.

When selected for the class, students are required to come into the theatre and take a two minute video of them performing, well, anything, Paul Leitner said. The Leitners then take those Picking a story videos and analyze them for the stage before the next semester Once again the couples’ begins in order to deter7-year-old daughter Rose is the motivation behind which stories they to adapt to theatre. They pointed out that most, if not all, of the Disney classics were books long before they were movies.

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According to Paul Leitner the whole show will take around 45 minutes. A second show will take place at 11:30 a.m. Tickets will be available at the door.

Although anyone can enjoy the show, teenagers are discouraged from coming and taking seats where a child could otherwise be enjoying a show that is after all, geared towards them.

“This has been so much fun,” Paul Leitner said.

“It’s not a job, it’s our lifestyle and there is real fulfillment in it.”

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Music is like a love story to Kathy Mattea.

Raised in Cross Lanes, W.Va., Mattea took her love for singing to Nashville where it wasn’t long until she achieved stardom as a singer. Now, Mattea is bringing that talent to the Carlisle Theatre for a performance at 8 p.m. on Friday, April 27, as part of her “Moving Mountains” tour.

Mattea, who has had five songs reach No. 1 on the charts, had her first big hit with “Love at a Five and Dime,” but she is also known for other popular tunes such as “Goin’ Gone” and “Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses,” which earned the title of CMA Single of the Year. Mattea is also a Grammy Award winner and was twice named the Female Performer of the Year at the Country Music Awards.

Although Mattea’s songs have been known to reflect essences of country, bluegrass, folk, gospel and even Celtic music, she said that her own experiences are at the heart of her creations as a singer-songwriter.

“I think always what I’m drawn (to write) reflects some life experience. If I keep those two things connected, then I’m connected to what I’m singing,” Mattea said. “Over the years, that’s what I’ve tried to be led by.”

Mattea’s last album, “COAL,” was nominated for

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Classic stories come to life on ‘Little Princess Playhouse’ stage

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Children from the Shippensburg area are delighted as they watch their imaginations come to life before their very eyes.

With a little hard work and imagination of their own, students from Shippensburg University’s “Creating Theatre for Children” class turn Stewart Hall into a castle and bring children’s classics to life in the Little Princess Playhouse.

To an adult Stewart Hall

might look like an old building with a bit of classical architecture, but to a child it’s much more. The smiles on a child’s face and the excitement in their eyes can be seen before they even get to the door.

Inspired by their 7-yearold daughter Rose, Little Princess Playhouse co-directors, Dr. Paul Leitner, a professor of theatre at SU and Gretchen Leitner, a communication professor at SU, had a vision.

Their vision was realized just over three years ago when administrators at SU gave the Leitners free range

to use Stewart Hall as they saw fit.

“SU has been really supportive. They see the value in what we are trying to do,” Paul Leitner said. “Their support is vital and we never would have been able to get this far without them backing us, especially with the climate of the arts these days.”

Stewart Hall, which at one time housed classrooms, has become the home of the playhouse. It is complete with a rehearsal area that mirrors the stage in the next room, dressing rooms, storage for the multitude

of costumes, a lobby and of course the main stage.

The stage itself is less than a foot off the ground in a room about the size of a standard classroom. During the preparation period of the semester there are chairs that line the room, but all the chairs are removed and carpet is rolled out when it’s show time.

Children at the show sit

on the carpet while their parents can sit in chairs along the back of the room.

“The goal is to provide quality family entertainment at an affordable price,” Gretchen Leitner said.

To recap, around 100 kids of all ages, mostly ages five through ten, sit on the floor of a classroom sized theatre with a stage that is close to the ground and at a proxim-

ity that they could reach out and touch the actors if they really wanted to. It is up close and personal theatre and there are a few reasons why that is just the way the Leitners want it.

“Being so close to a real actor is often what excites the kids,” Paul Leitner said.

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There is, however, an authenticity in the vulnerable voices of music legends.

Johnny Cash demonstrated this in the American series of albums he recorded with producer Rick Rubin. Haggard’s Shippensburg performance, at times, had a similar character.

His failing voice, with occasional glimpses of the Lefty Frizzell-inspired note bending, beautifully highlighted the wistful Blaze Foley-penned classic, “If I Could Only Fly.” His rendition of “I Wish I Could Be 30 Again,” a somewhat playful song about aging, took on a mournful quality, but similarly showcased the remnants of one of the best voices in the history of country music.

The audience, of widely varying ages, clearly had the sense that it had been invit-

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Throughout the performance, most of the audience sang every word of every song at a whisper — partly sharing in the experience of these standards and partly helping the aging legend through his performance.

Lots of bands anymore are flash-in-the-pan, one-hitwonders who burst onto the scene, are all the rage for a few months or maybe a few years, and then fade quietly into obscurity until someone wonders, “Oh, whatever happened to so-andso.” Haggard, who writes his own songs based on his real life, isn’t one of those performers.

He’s fading, and fading fast, but if you have a chance to see him live, take it before he fades quietly into that good night.

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Classical music, or symphonic music, has the power to highlight the human condition in ways that a short pop song heard on the radio just can’t.

Major symphonic works have the power to transport us into a world where we can escape our daily worries and stresses, and be immersed in beautiful sounds.

I believe that music and arts education helps children get in touch with their humanity and connect with others more easily than any other subject can teach. We all respond to music, and that response is crucial to

This weekend, the Harrisburg Singers will be performing their spring concert, “Great Day!” which will feature uplifting songs and sacred spirituals. They will be performing two concerts in Cumberland County. At 8 p.m. Saturday, they will perform at Trinhelping us overcome our differences. So why are we still making cuts to music education that ultimately benefits all other studies?

Creative exploration is necessary for personal growth to happen, no matter your age.

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There are some concerts and some performers you remember forever where you were when you first saw them perform live. For me, one of them is Billy Joel.

And after last week, another one is Merle Haggard.

I’m a big fan of old-time country music, so I’m familiar with his work, but I’ve never seen him live.

Last week at the Luhrs Center in Shippensburg, I got to.

His voice was worn and tired, but fans of country music wouldn’t miss a chance to hear Haggard anymore than an art lovers would pass on an opportunity to gaze on the Mona Lisa.

He opened with his first

top 10 hit, “All My Gonna Be Strangers.” He then began to roll through a string of the standards he penned including “Silver Wings,” “Today I Started Loving You Again,” “Mama Tried,” “Big City,” and “Are the Good Times Really Over For Good.”

Sound problems plagued the first few songs of the night but even after the sound problems were corrected, it was clear that Haggard’s voice has seen better days. The 75-year-old musician has continued to maintain a very demanding schedule after his successful lung cancer surgery in 2008 and years of hard living. His strained efforts at the upbeat standards “Ramblin’ Fever” and “I Think I’ll Just Stay Here and Drink,” though crowd pleasers, clearly demonstrated that his voice is fading.

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We may not be able to rely on seasonal weather this year, but when it comes to music we can count on plenty of options. The bands play on in the Harrisburg area this weekend, with a full roster of acts scheduled in area venues.

On Friday, April 27, The Midtown Scholar Bookstore presents an evening with three acclaimed acoustic musicians. The program includes Pittsburgh-based singer songwriter Joy Ike, winner of Pittsburgh City Paper’s “Best Solo Artist” for the third year in a row.

She has been compared to Norah Jones and Regina Spector, and has played such festivals as Lilith Fair, Purple Door and Calvin College’s Festival of Faith & Music.

Her music recently garnered a mention on NPR’s All Things Considered.

The show will also feature JD Eicher, a young but experienced touring musician that has played the college Submitted photo/Mike Weymouth and festival circuit extenCelebrated folk musician Gordon Bok will perform sively. He has also opened for Grammy-winning arton Saturday at Fort Hunter.

ists Coldplay, Rod Stewart and Bryan Adams. Rounding out the bill will be keyboardist Kurt Scobie, whose expressive piano style has earned him accolades and a dedicated audience. He has shared the stage with such acts as The Civil Wars, Matthew Perryman Jones, Montell Jordan and Mike Kinnebrew.

On Saturday, April 28, the Scholar hosts a double-bill concert with returning artists Susan Werner and David Wilcox. Wenner, a nationally acclaimed singer-songwriter has been called the “empress of the unexpected” by NPR. Classically trained, Wenner’s background includes experience with pop, jazz and blues, and delivers a sound inspired by both influence and inspiration.

Sharing the bill will be David Wilcox, a Cleveland-born musician who is known for his smooth baritone and guitar skills. Early in his career, he won the prestigious Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk award, and has since released 17 albums in his 20 years of record-making and touring.

The Friday concert begins at 8 p.m. and admission is

free. The Saturday concert with Wenner and Wilcox also starts at 8 p.m., and tickets are $30 each plus 10-percent Harrisburg City amusement tax in advance, or $35 plus tax at the door, if available. Advance purchase is recommended, as the show may sell out. For tickets and information call 236-1680 or visit www. midtownscholar.com. The Midtown Scholar is located at 1302 N. Third St., in Harrisburg, across from the historic Broad Street Market.

Also on Saturday, the Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center’s Stage on Herr is the place to be when The Greatest Funeral Ever takes the stage with the Dark Matter Trio. GFE is comprised of four musicians with diverse backgrounds, and they offer an unique fusion of jazz, latin and R&B that is designed for dancing. The Dark Matter Trio includes Jerry McGowan on 6 and 7-string guitars and keys, Drew Hall on 4 and 5-string basses, and Shawn Kepner on drums and promises music made by music lovers for music lovers.

Doors for the show open at 7 p.m. Stage on Herr is

located at 268 Herr St., in midtown Harrisburg. For more information visit www.stageonherr.net.

The Susquehanna Folk Music Society also weighs in on Saturday with a performance, workshop and potluck with renowned folk musician Gordon Bok at Fort Hunter. Called “The poet laureate of those who go down to the sea in ships,” by Time Magazine, he is a leader in preserving and sharing songs of both land and sea. He will offer a workshop for participants on understanding how to relate poems to music. Students should bring a poem or short, personal story they’ve written.

The show takes place at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 28 at Fort Hunter Centennial Barn, 5300 N. Front St., in Harrisburg. The workshop takes place at 4 p.m., and the potluck at 6 p.m. Concert tickets are $20 for general admission, $10 for students.

The workshop is free, made possible by a grant from The Foundation for Enhancing Communities. For information and tickets, visit www. sfmsfolk.org.

Jack White’s first solo CD reflects the many musical efforts that preceded it: There’s the snarly electric guitar he first introduced with the strippeddown White Stripes, the country sound he cultivated in his current hometown in Nashville and in his work with the legendary Loretta Lynn, and the rock en-

ergy he whipped up with the Raconteurs and the Dead Weather.

“Blunderbuss” shows how far the 36-year-old musician-singer-songwriter-producer has come since the White Stripes first sizzled ears in 1999. The sound here is richer and more layered, with piano or keyboard on every track and even some fiddles and clarinet. White harmonizes with himself and stretches his voice to ever higher

octaves, at times evoking Robert Plant. He explores various genres and musical stylings, but sticks to familiar themes of betrayal, love and loneliness.

“Love Interruption,” though musically gentle, stabs with its lyrics. “I want love to grab my fingers gently, slam them in a doorway and put my face into the ground,” White sings atop backup singer Ruby Amanfu’s haunting voice. “I want love to

murder my own mother and take her off to somewhere like hell or up above.”

A cappella, they sing: “I want love to walk right up and bite me, grab a hold of me and fight me, leave me on the ground.”

White’s not all blue. The bouncy “Hip (Eponymous) Poor Boy” features happy piano and mandolin, while “On and On and On” is an ethereal musing on life’s direction.

• Thom Glace, an aquatic life artist will be the Artist in Action from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Village Artisans Gallery on Saturday, April 28.

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• The SHAPE Gallery presents “Other Side of the World,” a photographic journey to India and Nepal by W. Mickey Nye through April 28. The gallery is located at 20 W. King St. For more information visit www.shapeart.org.

• Pennsylvania Tourism Day to feature numerous artisans.

The event will be held Monday, April 30 through May 2 at the Hilton Harrisburg. Participating artisans are: Gay Foltz, a folk-art carver; Bonnie Tweedy Shaw, a felting sculptor and wood carver; Paula Lewis, copper enameling; Nancy Crochet, clothing; Bob Cappelluti and Jamie Juliana, pottery; Diane Troutman, hand sculptor; Gay McGeary, handwoven coverlets and runners; Angela Heim and Julie Reitenbach, artisan jewelers; and Roxan O’Brian, jewelry artist.

• Artwork by David Cubie will be on display in the Charley Krone Gallery at the New Cumberland Public Library through the month of April.

• The Art Center School and Galleries in Mechanicsburg will hold its Spring Open Juried Exhibit through May 1. For more information visit www.mechanicsburgartcenter.com.

• The Art Association of Harrisburg will host a five-artist invitational exhibition featuring oil works, watercolors, mixed media works and photographs and will be on display from through May 10. For more information visit www.artassocofhbg.com.

If you’re in the mood for some acoustic music this weekend head over the Midtown Scholar to see Pittsburgh-based singer songwriter Joy Ike.

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• Renfrew Institute’s Earth Celebration Day and Festival of Art will be from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 28 at the Renfrew Park in Waynesboro. For more information call 762-0373 or visit www.renfrewinstitute.org.

• Gabriel Horkowitz’s “Watercolor Works” will be on display through May 5 at the Art Market of Pomfret St, 16 W. Pomfret St., Carlisle.

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alibispirits.com • Dickinson College will present the Studio Majors Thesis Exhibition April 27 through May 20 at the Trout Gallery, Weiss Center for the Arts, Carlisle. For more information call 245-1344.

• “Contextualized” by Kentucky ceramic artist Anthony Wolking will be on display through May 5 at Dickinson College’s Goodyear Gallery. Call 245-1714.

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Thursday, April 27: Cabinet- “11” DVD Release Party, 7:30

Looking for family-friendly fun? Head to the Little Princess Playhouse on the campus of Shippensburg University this weekend where student actors will be performing “Snow White” and “The Frog Princess.”

May is shaping up to be a big month for area theatres as “The Goodbye Girl” opens at Oyster Mill Playhouse in Camp Hill and comedy, “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” opens at Little Theatre of Mechanicsburg the week after.

p.m. Friday, April 28: Rock, Paper Records Showcase, 8 p.m.

Tuesday, May 1: Real Estate w/ The Twerps, 7 p.m.

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• “Haiti — A Nation’s Persistence,” an exhibit by photojournalist Keely Kernan, will be on display through April 27 at Shippensburg University.

• Susquehanna Valley Plein Air Painters and Margaret Quintanar’s Pysanki Eggs will be on display from May 4 to June 2 at the Carlisle Arts Learning Center. Opening reception will be held May 4.

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• Dickinson College’s Dance Theatre Group will perform its spring concert titled “Freshworks” at 8 p.m. on April 27 and 28 and 2 p.m. April 29.

For more information call 245-1327.

• Shippensburg University’s Little Princess Playhouse to present “Snow White” and “The Frog Princess,” at 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. on April 28. Admission is $4. Tickets are available at the door and seating is limited. Parking is free and guests should park in the Memorial Auditorium lot and walk to Stewart Hall.

• Crimson Frog Coffeehouse presents: Poetic Perkolations, April 26; Open mic with Jonathan Frazier, April 27; Justin Jans, April 29; and House Exit, April 30. For more information email mp.hooper@gmail.com.

• The Imagination Movers will bring their show “Rock-O-Matic” to the Hershey Theatre at 3:30 and 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 26. Tickets are $25.75-$45.75. Visit www.hersheytheatre.com or www.ticketmaster.com or call 534-3405.

• Metropolitan Area Dance Club will host a dance from 7 to 11 p.m. on April 28 at the PA Dance Sport Ballroom in Hummelstown. For more information call 774-2171.

• The Susquehanna Folk Music will present an evening of international folk dancing at 6 p.m. Sunday April, 29, at the Movement Center, 2134 N. Second St., Harrisburg. Cost is $16-$10.

• The Cumberland County Historical Society will offer a guided walking tour focusing on the role of abolitionists and freedom seekers at 10 a.m.

Saturday, April 28. Meet in Boiling Springs in front of the Ironmasters Mansion, parking lot at the Mill. Registration is requried, cost is $10 to $5.

• Pat’s Single Club will hold a dance from 7 to 10:30 p.m. Sunday, April 29 at the Wisehaven Ballroom, York. Cost is $10.

• The York County Heritage Trust will present a “homebrew workshop” May 2. Call 848-1587 for more information.

• Ballroom dancing classes will be offered at the LeTort View Community Center on the Carlisle Barracks May 2, 7, 16, 23 and 29. Beginner class at 5:30 p.m. covers swing, tango, cha-cha and foxtrot. Advance class at 6:30 p.m. covers advance swing, waltz, rumba, mabo, two-step and hustle. Cost is $30 per person for the seven-week class. For more information contact Frank Hancock at 241-4483 or fhancock@comcast.net.

• The Susquehanna Mysteries Alliance together with Mechanicsburg Mystery Bookshop will present a free event, “Hitchcock Rocks” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 5, at the bookshop, 6 Clouser Road, Mechanicsburg.

There will be picnic food and an outdoor showing of “Psycho” — bring your lawn chairs, adults only. For more information call the Mechanicsburg Mystery Bookshop at 795-7470.

• “Hidden Art of York,” a downtown walking tour will be held at 6 p.m.

Thursday, May 17. The tour starts at Continental Square. For more information visit downtownyorkpa.com/walking-tours.

• Gamut Theatre Group will present “Under Milk Wood” at 7:30 p.m. May 3 and 5 at the studio theatre. For more information visit ww.gamutplays.org.

• Allenberry Resort Inn and Playhouse will present “Forever Plaid” through May 6. For more information visit www. allenberry.com/aptc or call 258-3211.

• Oyster Mill Playhouse will present “The Goodbye Girl” at 8 p.m. May 4 through May 20. Sunday shows are at 2 p.m.

Tickets are $20, and $22 on opening night. For more information or to purchase tickets visit www.oystermill.com or call 737-6768.

• Totem Pole Playhouse will present “Chaps: The Musical” from June 2 to 17, call 352-2164 for more information.

• Totem Pole Playhouse will present ‘Travels With My Aunt” from June 19-July 1, call 352-2164 for more information.

• Adams County School of Musical Theatre classes for those age 4 to 18 begin March 26. To register or for more information visit www.acsmt.org or call 334-2692.

• The Tap Dancers Collective, a newly formed tap dancing group for current and former tap dancers, will meet Sundays at 5 p.m. at Nee Danse Company, 2040 Derry St., Harrisburg. The only cost is a shared fee to cover space rental.

For more information, call Jerry Bowers at 697-2748.

• Pennsylvania playwrights are encouraged to submit original, full-length scripts to York Little Theatre’s annual Pennsylvania Original Playwright Competition. Plays should be full-length, unproduced scripts by playwrights who are currently Pennsylvania residents. For more information about the competition, call 854-3894 or visit www.ylt.org.

• Dickinson College student Alexander Strachan will give a violin recital at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 28 at the Rubendall Recital Hall in the Weiss Center for the Arts. For more information call 245-1568.

• Market Square Concerts will present Cypress String Quartet and cellist Gary Hoffman in concert at 8 p.m.

April 28 at the Whitaker Center. Tickets are between $5 and $30. For more information call 214-ARTS or visit www.marketsquareconcerts.org.

• The Melange String Quartet will perform at 3 p.m.

Sunday April 29, at First Lutheran Church, 21 S. Bedford St., Carlisle as part of Fine Arts at First.

• The Carlisle Town Band will present its Annual Spring Concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 29, in the Clyde and Lyn Barr Auditorium of the Carlisle Senior High School.

• Cumberland Valley School of Music will present “Opera, Broadway and Popera” at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 29 at the home of Han and Jan Guarriello, 373 Craig Road, Greencastle. Tickets are $65. For more information call 261-1220.

• Dickinson College’s chamber choir will perform at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 29 in the Memorial Hall of Old West.

For more information call 245-1568.

• Robbie Limon will portray Hank Williams Sr. in “Lovesick Blues,” a musical concert at 3 p.m. April 29 in the Greencastle-Antrim High School Auditorium. For more information call 597-4610 or visit www.greencastlepachamber.org or www.explorefranklincountypa.com.

• The world traveling Artie Shaw Orchestra will make a stop in Chambersburg at 7 p.m. May 2 at the Capitol Theatre. To order tickets call 263-0202 or visit www.thecapitaltheatre.org.

• Newville Common Ground coffee house will be hosting open mic/stage night from 6 to 9 p.m. on Fridays.

The coffee house is located at 2 W. Big Spring Ave., Newville. For more information visit www.newvilleground. com or call 776-1156.

Event information can be submitted via email to frontdoor@cumberlink.com, by mail, 457 E. North St., Carlisle, PA 17013 or by fax at 243-3121.

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21 Jump Street (R) Thu. 11:30 a.m., 2:05, 4:30, 7, 9:30, Fri.-Thu. 11:15 a.m., 1:55, 4:30, 7:15, 9:40 American Reunion (R) Thu. 11:15 a.m., 1:50, 4:25, 7:10, 9:45, Fri.-Thu. 7:25, 9:50 The Cabin in the Woods (R) Thu. 11:50 a.m., 2:15, 5:10, 7:45, 10, Fri.-Thu. 7:45, 10 Chimpanzee (G) Thu. 11:40 a.m., 2, 4:20, 6:40, 8:45, Fri.-Thu. 12, 2:15, 4:20, 6:40, 8:45 Dr. Seuss The Lorax 2D (PG) Thu. 12:50, 3, 5:10, Fri.-Thu. 11:50 a.m., 2:20, 5:10 The Five-Year Engagement (R) Fri.-Thu. 11:55 a.m., 3:30, 7, 9:55 The Hunger Games (PG-13) Thu.-Thu. 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:40 Lockout (PG-13) Thu. 12, 2:15, 5:05, 7:25, 9:35 The Lucky One (PG-13) Thu.-Thu. 11:25 a.m., 1:45, 4:40, 7:20, 9:50 Mirror Mirror (PG) Thu. 11:10 a.m., 1:40, 4:10, 6:45, 9:05, Fri.-Thu. 11:10 a.m., 1:50, 4:25 The Pirates! Band of Misfits 2D (PG) Fri.-Thu. 1:40, 4, 6:45 The Pirates! Band of Misfits 3D (PG) Fri.-Thu. 11:20 a.m., 9 The Raven (R) Fri.-Thu. 11:10 a.m., 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 10:05 Safe (R) Fri.-Thu. 12:30, 3, 5:15, 7:40, 10 Think Like a Man (PG-13) Thu. 11 a.m., 1:35, 4:15, 7:05, 9:45, Fri.-Thu. 11 a.m., 1:35, 4:15, 7:10, 9:45 The Three Stooges (PG) Thu.-Thu. 11:05 a.m., 1:30, 3:45, 6:55, 9:10 Titanic 3D (PG-13) Thu. 11:20 a.m., 3:30, 7:35 Wrath of the Titans 2D (PG-13) Thu. 9:55 Wrath of the Titans 3D (PG-13) Thu. 7:30

The Five-Year Engagement (R) Fri.-Thu. 12:50, 3:40, 6:50, 9:45 The Hunger Games (PG-13) Thu.-Thu. 12:10, 3:20, 6:30, 9:30 Lockout (PG-13) Thu. 12, 2:30, 5, 7:30, 10 The Lucky One (PG-13) Thu. 12:40, 3, 5:20, 7:40, 10:10, Fri.-Thu. 12:40, 3, 5:20, 7:40, 10 Mirror Mirror (PG) Thu. 11:50 a.m., 4:40, 9:20 The Pirates! Band of Misfits 2D (PG) Fri.-Thu. 2:20, 7 The Pirates! Band of Misfits 3D (PG) Fri.-Thu. 12, 4:40, 9:20 The Raven (R) Fri.-Thu. 1, 4:10, 7:20, 9:55 Titanic 3D (PG-13) Thu. 12:20, 4:15, 8:10 The Three Stooges (PG) Thu. 11:40 a.m., 2, 4:20, 6:50, 9:10, Fri.-Thu. 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:40 Wrath of the Titans 3D (PG-13) Thu. 2:10, 7, Fri.-Thu. 11:50 a.m., 4:50, 9:50

The Pirates! Band of Misfits 2D (PG) Fri.-Thu. 11:25 a.m., 1:40, 3:50 The Pirates! Band of Misfits 3D (PG) Fri.-Thu. 12:10, 2:20, 4:40, 7, 9:10 The Raven (R) Fri.-Thu. 11:30 a.m., 12:30, 2, 4:30, 6:50, 7:30, 10 Safe (R) Fri.-Thu. 12:20, 2:40, 5:10, 7:50, 10:15 Think Like a Man (PG-13) Thu. 11:20 a.m., 12:50, 2:15, 4:20, 5:10, 6:40, 7:10, 8, 9:30, 10, Fri.-Thu. 12, 12:50, 3:30, 4:10, 6:30, 7:10, 9:15, 9:55 Three Stooges (PG) Thu. 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 7:20, 9:35, Fri.-Thu. 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 7:15, 9:35 Titanic 3D (PG-13) Thu. 11:30 a.m., 12:15, 3:30, 4:15, 7:30, 8:15, Fri.-Thu. 11:45 a.m., 4, 8 Wrath of the Titans 2D (PG-13) Thu. 11:40 a.m., 2:05, 4:30, Fri.-Thu. 4, 9:20 Wrath of the Titans 3D (PG-13) Thu. 7:05, 9:25

The Pirates! Band of Misfits 3D (PG) Fri.-Thu. 2:55, 7:20 The Raven (R) Fri. 2:45, 5:20, 8, 10:30, Sat.-Sun. 12:10, 2:45, 5:20, 8, 10:30, Mon.-Thu. 2:45, 5:20, 8 The Three Stooges (PG) Thu. 2:45, 5, 7:20, Fri. 2:35, 4:50, 7:10, 9:40, Sat.-Sun. 12:20, 2:35, 4:50, 7:10, 9:40, Mon.-Thu. 2:35, 4:50, 7:10 Titanic 3D (PG-13) Thu. 4:15, 8:15 Wrath of the Titans 3D (PG-13) Thu. 2:05, 4:40, 7:10

Flagship Cinemas 4590 Carlisle Pike, Mechanicsburg American Reunion (R) Thu. 12, 2:30, 5, 7:30, 10, Fri.-Thu. 2:10, 7:10 The Cabin in the Woods (R) Thu. 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:20, 9:40, Fri.-Thu. 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:40

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21 Jump Street (R) Thu. 11:25 a.m., 2, 4:40, 7:15, 9:50, Fri.-Thu. 7:05, 9:45 American Reunion (R) Thu. 11:45 a.m., 2:20, 4:55, 7:35, 10:05 The Cabin in the Woods (R) Thu. 12, 2:40, 5, 7:25, 9:55, Fri.-Thu. 12, 2:35, 5, 7:25, 9:50 The Five-Year Engagement (R) Fri.-Thu. 12:40, 2:50, 4:20, 6:40, 7:20, 9:25, 10:05 The Hunger Games (PG-13) Thu. 12:20, 3:30, 6:35, 9, 9:40, Fri.-Thu. 11:30 a.m., 12:25, 3:30, 6:35, 9:40 Lockout (PG-13) Thu. 11:50 a.m., 2:10, 4:35, 7, 9:20 Lucky One (PG-13) Thu. 11:35 a.m., 12:40, 2:25, 3:50, 4:50, 6:30, 7:40, 10:10, Fri.-Thu. 11:35 a.m., 2:25, 4:50, 7:40, 10:10 Mirror Mirror (PG) Thu. 11:15 a.m., 1:45, 4:10

American Reunion (R) Thu. 1:55, 4:30, 7:40, Fri.-Sun. 1:40, 4:15, 6:50, 9:50, Mon.-Thu. 1:40, 4:15, 6:50 The Cabin in the Woods (R) Thu. 2:55, 5:20, 8, Fri. 2:10, 4:30, 7:50, 10:15, Sat.-Sun. 11:55 a.m., 2:10, 4:30, 7:50, 10:15, Mon.Thu. 2:10, 4:30, 7:50 The Five-Year Engagement (R) Fri.-Sun. 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:20, Mon.-Thu. 1:50, 4:40, 7:30 The Hunger Games (PG-13) Thu. 3:50, 7, Fri. 3:50, 7, 10, Sat.-Sun. 12:30, 3:50, 7, Mon.-Thu. 3:50, 7, 10 Lockout (PG-13) Thu. 2:35, 5:10, 7:50 The Lucky One (PG-13) Thu. 2:25, 4:50, 7:30, Fri. 2:25, 5, 7:40, 10:10, Sat.-Sun. 12, 2:25, 5, 7:40, 10:10, Mon.-Thu. 2:25, 5, 7:40 The Pirates! Band of Misfits 2D (PG) Fri. 5:10, 9:30, Sat.-Sun. 12:40, 5:10, 9:30, Mon.-Thu. 5:10

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• Belly dance classes for those age 16 and older will be held from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. through May 9 at the New Cumberland Middle School. Cost is $33 for residents of the West Shore and $40 for all others, plus a West Shore School District fee of $22. For more information visit www.wsrec.org or call 920-9515.

• The Popcorn Hat Players presents “Emperor’s New Clothes,” Wednesdays and Thursdays at 10:15 a.m. and Saturdays at 1 p.m. May 2 through May 24. Gamut Classic Theatre, third floor, Strawberry Square, Harrisburg. Tickets are $5-$8. Visit www.gamutplays.org or call 238-4111.

• Midtown Scholar will present Susan Werner and David Wilcox in concert at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 28.

Cost is $30 to $35. For more information visit www.midtownscholar.com or call 236-1680.

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• Eileen Graham, author of “An Outlander’s Journal: Essays on Country Life,” will hold a book signing from noon to 3 p.m. April 28, at History on High - The Shop, 33 W. High St., Carlisle.

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Dickinson College students set to give dance performances this weekend.

Dickinson College Department of Theatre and Dance will present Dance Theatre Group 2012 Freshworks. Freshworks is the culmination of a semester of creative research in the “Applied Choreography” class and in “Theatre and Dance.” Ten choreographers spent many hours in self-directed studio time with their peers and dancers crafting and experiencing each others bodies in motion with the guidance of post graduate fellow, Dawn Springer. This performance promises to be personal, political, poetic and profound.

— Information courtesy of the Department of Theatre and Dance

Show times All shows will be in the Mathers Theatre of the Holland Union Building at Dickinson College.

8 p.m. Friday, April 27 8 p.m. Saturday, April 28 2 p.m. Sunday, April 29 Tickets are $7 for non-students and can be purchased online or at the box office, 245-1327.

For more information visit https://www.dickinson.edu/academics/programs/theatre-anddance/content/Season-at-a-Glance/

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Monday-Saturday 10-5 Thursday till 6

Mini Greek Day

saturday, May 12th

10am to 5pm

featuring: Mini Greek Day with Tiropita, Spanakopita, Gyro, and Baklava!

The Pillars of Orthodoxy Church 350 W. Old York Rd • Carlisle, PA www.orthodoxpillars.org More Info Call - Demetri Patitsas, 814-386-5254, Take Rt. 34 South to Rt. 174 (West Old York Rd.) Turn right and proceed 9/10th of a mile. The church is on the right hand side.

presents the

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ANNIVERSARY Theatre Season

Now Playing thru May 6th

FiNal Week!

This heavenly show is filled with nostolgic hits ofThis the 50’sromantic and 60’s rock & roll, show tunes and dance music. Youmusical will love the songs, follows a such as; Three Coins in the Fountain, Sixteen Tons, Rags to Riches, couple through 50 Love is a Many Splendored Thing, No Not Much, plus many many more! You will be glad you didn’t miss this sweet show.

years of marriage.

Perfect for newlyChaMpagnE daTE nighT weds & couples with ThuRSday, apRil 26 !

Allenberry is the perfectmany place for amemories special

evening. You’ll enjoy our wonderful buffet featuring hand-carved Prime Rib, roast turkey, ham, steamed shrimp, plus much, much more including our famous Sticky Buns plus of champagne! buffet Then enjoydinner the Enjoyaaglass wonderful Heavenly musical, “Forever Plaid”.

Oct 27 ~ Date Night Special! and the romantic musical, “I Do! I Do!” Buffet & Show ~ $29.95 per person

dinner and Theatre Ticket - $39.95 per person

Something Special Sunday!

Sunday, April 29Allenberry

Enjoy our fabulous Brunch Buffet with all your favorite Allenberry specialities including our famous Sticky Buns! Then you’ll stroll up to the theatre to see the wonderful musical, “Forever Plaid”.

Christmas Show Opens Dining & Dancing at allenberry!!

May 6th November 2nd This Sunday only: $39.95 per person

We are pleased to add to our schedule of Summer Events: ThE Jazz ME Jazz & BluES Band!

Meet us in the Carriage Room for an evening of Murder Mystery delicious dining and divine dancing!

Weekends dinner 5pm, dancing 6-9pm Menu: Steamed Shrimp, Salad Bar, Prime Rib, Chicken du Jour, Ravioli, Mashed October thru April Potatoes, Cajun Catfish with Chili Marmalade Sauce, Steamed Vegetables, Assorted Desserts...plus much more!

Where Murder is the Mother’s Last Resort!Day ~ May 13th

Treat your Mom to Dinner at Allenberry and we’ll Treat her to the sweet and happy musical, Serving Lunch, “Honky Tonk Angels” Dinner, Pub Faire and For details, check the Hot Hot Happenings! on our website.

Bar Menu.

Live music with Bob Cooney Every Friday 7:30-11:00pm

For Reservations or Information

717 258-3211 allenberry.com

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