Thursday, March 10, 2005
'Superstar' opens run
MEADVILLE, Pa. -- "Jesus Christ Superstar" will kick off Academy Theatre's 2005 season next Thursday. Performances will run through March 27; curtain times are 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, and 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. The show features professional actors from New York City and more than 25 locals from the Meadville and Crawford County area. Ted Watts, president of the theater's board of directors, is cast as Caiaphas, and Ted Watts Jr., who has served as actor and director at the theater, will play Pontius Pilate. Tickets are $16, cash or check; $18 with a credit card. Senior discounts and group rates are available. Visit the box office at 275 Chestnut St., or call (814) 337-8000.
YSU debut at Carnegie
YOUNGSTOWN -- The 57-member wind ensemble from Youngstown State University's Dana School of Music will perform at New York City's Carnegie Music Hall on March 29. The event marks the first time Dana has been invited to play at the world-famous venue. YSU's hour-long performance will include one number with the Dana Faculty Brass Quintet, and a trumpet solo by Dana graduate Sean Jones, now a member of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. For more information, visit www.fpa.ysu.edu/calendar or call (330) 941-3625.
Monkee at Mountaineer
CHESTER, W.Va. -- Mickey Dolenz, popular star of 1960s "The Monkees" TV show, will perform at Mountaineer Race Track & amp; Gaming Resort at 7:30 p.m. March 24. Tickets are $35 gold; $25 reserved, and are available from Ticketmaster or at Mountaineer's Downtown Speakeasy. The Monkees spiraled to stardom in music and TV after their number one single, "Last Train to Clarksville," debuted Sept. 10, 1966, featuring Dolenz on lead vocal. Two days later, their television show debuted to great success. Dolenz was one of four actors chosen from 400 who auditioned. In 1986 MTV broadcast episodes and reignited Monkeemania. A record by Dolenz and Peter Tork followed and hit the Top 20, prompting them to reunite with Davy Jones for a tour so successful it led to the reissue of the Monkees' classic LPs.