2013-14 Season Theater, music, dance and more Mahoning Valley performing ARTS

THE YOUNGSTOWN PLAYHOUSE

600 Playhouse Lane, Youngstown

330-788-8739

Curtain times: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 2:30 p.m. Sunday

MAIN STAGE

Monty Python’s “Spamalot” Sept. 13-22

“HONK!” Dec. 6-15

“Arsenic and Old Lace” March 28-April 6

“The Wiz” May 9-18

MOYER ROOM

“Talley’s Folly” Oct. 18-27

“Race” Nov. 15-24

“Strange Snow” Feb. 28-March 9

“Good People” April 25-May 4

“Tuesdays With Morrie” June 6-15

Oakland Center for the Arts

220 W. Boardman St., Youngstown; 330-746-0404

Curtain times: 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays

“Angels in America Part I: The Millennium Approaches” Oct. 4-19

“Suave and the Boner” (fundraiser) Nov. 8-9

“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” Feb. 7-22

“Talking With” (fundraiser) March 14-15

“Equus” April 11-26

“Pink!” June 13-28

“Bare” July 18-27

Salem Community Theater

490 E. State St., Salem; 330-332-9688

Curtain times: 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays

“Treasure Island” Sept. 20-29

“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” (youth theater) Oct. 25-Nov. 3

“A Christmas Carol” Dec. 6-15, Jan. 24-Feb. 2

“Life Could Be a Dream”

“Once on This Island” (youth theater) Feb. 28-March 9

“The Fox on the Fairway” April 4-13

“Damn Yankees” May 9-18

“The Producers” Aug. 1-10

Victorian Players Theater

702 Mahoning Ave., Youngstown; 330-746-5455

Curtain times: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays

“The Matchmaker” Sept. 13-29

“The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar” Oct. 11-27

“Specter of Treason — The Oswald Trial” (special event) Nov. 22-Dec. 8

“In the Spirit of Christmas” (special event) Dec. 13-21

“Sandbag, Stage Left” Feb. 14-March 2

“Life With Father” March 28-April 13

“Lady Windermere’s Fan” May 2-18

“Days of Wine and Roses” July 11-27

Trumbull New Theatre

5883 Youngstown-Warren Road, Niles

330-652-1103

Curtain times: 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 3 p.m. Sundays

“Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” Sept. 13-14, 20-22, 27-29

“Clock Struck 12” Nov. 8-9, 15-16, 22-24

“Arsenic and Old Lace” Jan. 10-11, 17-18, 24-26

“Send Me No Flowers” March 7-8, 14-15, 21-23

“100 Lunches — A Gourmet Comedy” May 2-3, 9-10, 16-18

Rust Belt Theater

Calvin Center, 755 Mahoning Ave., Youngstown; 330-507-2358

Curtain time: 8 p.m.

“Skin Deep: A Fairy Tale Gone Horribly Wrong!” Aug. 9-11

“Nevermore: A Musical Based on the Writing of Edgar Allan Poe” Sept. 6-7, 13-14, 20-21

“Fundraising Is a Drag Pageant” Sept. 27-28

“When I Knew and How It Saved Me” Oct. 11-12

“Living Dead: The Musical” Oct. 18-19, 25-26, Nov. 1-2

“Silencio!” SEmD Music inspired by the films of David Lynch (special event) Nov. 23

“How the Drag Queen Stole Christmas” Dec. 6-7, 13-14 (extra midnight show Dec. 14)

“Ugly Christmas Sweater Revue” Dec. 20-22

Easy Street Productions

330-743-8555

Show tunes performance Aug. 28 (7 p.m.) at Morley Pavilion

“Miracle on Easy Street” Dec. 20-22 at Powers Auditorium

34west Theater Company

Dutch Village Inn, 150 E. State Route 14, Columbiana

All performances are dinner-theater

1-866-482-5050, ext. 310

“Speakin’ Easy” Sept. 18-21; and Oct. 23-26

“Jimmy D’s Holly Jolly Christmas” Nov. 29-30; Dec. 1, 3-6; Dec. 10-17; Dec. 20-22

“George and Henry’s Summer Vacation” April 9 - June 21

“That ’70s Musical” July 16 - Sept. 20

“Mystery Manor” Oct. 22-25

“Jingles Bell Hop” Nov. 28 - Dec. 20

Stage Left Players

Trinity Playhouse, 234 E. Lincoln Way, Lisbon; 330-831-7249

Curtain times: 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays

“Young Frankenstein” Oct. 4-5, 11, 13, 18-20

“Goldi Locks in Bobby Socks” Oct. 25-27

“Princess Prudy’s Promise” Nov. 22-24

“The Music Man” Jan. 31, Feb. 1-2; Feb. 7-9

“Bells — A play in two acts and 39 phone calls” April 4-5, 11-13

“Shrek, the Musical” June 13-14, 20-22, 27-29

Top Hat Productions

Fairview Arts and Outreach Center, 4220 Youngstown-Poland Road, Youngstown; tophatproductions.org

Curtain times: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; Dinner-theater productions begin with dinner at 6:30 p.m.

“Blood Brothers” (dinner-theater) Sept. 20-21, 27-28, Oct. 4-5

“57th Street” (dinner-theater) Nov. 22-23, 29-30, Dec. 6-7

“Ragtime” Feb. 21-22, Feb. 28-March 1, March 7-8

“The Earth Trembled” April (free admission)

New Castle Playhouse

202 E. Long Ave., New Castle, Pa.; 724-654-3437

Curtain times: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays

“Rabbit Hole” Aug. 16-25

“Tick Tick Boom” Oct. 18-Nov. 3

“A Christmas Carol” Nov. 22-Dec. 8

Youngstown State University

Bliss Hall, Wick Avenue, Youngstown

330-941-3105

Curtain times: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays; 3 p.m. Sundays

FORD THEATER

“Celebrating 50 Years of University Theater: A Musical Commemoration” Nov. 8-10, 15-17

YSU Dance Ensemble April 10-12

“A Gilbert & Sullivan Double Bill: Two One-Act Operas” (“Trial by Jury” and “Cox and Box”) April 24-27

SPOTLIGHT ARENA THEATER

“Tribunal” Oct. 18-20, 25-27

“Holiday Cabaret” Dec. 6

“Twelfth Night” Feb. 28-March 2, March 7-9

“Crazy Like Love: An Evening of Two One-Act Plays” (“Gendermat” and “The New Mrs. Jones”) March 28-30

Kent-Trumbull TheatrE

4314 Mahoning Ave. NW, Warren; 330-675-8887

“Day Trips” Oct. 4-13

“Snow White” Dec. 6-15

“Spring Awakening” (nonmusical) March 14-23

Youngstown Symphony Orchestra

Powers Auditorium, 260 W. Federal St., Youngstown; 330-744-0264

Concerts start at 8 p.m.

Beethoven, Glinka and Dorman Sept. 21

Mozart, Brahms and Grieg Oct. 19

Wicked Divas (pops) Nov. 9

Tuneful Holiday (pops) Dec. 14

Broadway in Love (pops) Feb. 15

Celtic Glory March 15

Premiere of Robert Rollins composition April 12

Warren Civic Music Association

Packard Music Hall, Warren; 330-399-4885

All concerts start at 7:30 p.m.

The Texas Tenors Sept. 12

Brian Roman Oct. 15

Linda Eder Nov. 14

The Lowe Family Dec. 9

The Lettermen March 13

Collin Raye April 10

Monday Musical Club

Stambaugh Auditorium, 1000 Fifth Ave., Youngstown; 330-743-2717

All concerts start at 8 p.m.

Patrizio Buanne Oct. 18

Casey Abrams and Lee DeWyze Dec. 21

John Waite April 5

Opera Western Reserve

Stambaugh Auditorium, 1000 Fifth Ave., Youngstown; 330-259-0555

Starts at 7:30 p.m.

“La Boheme” Nov. 15

Ballet Western Reserve

218 W. Boardman St., Youngstown; 330-744-1934

“The Nutcracker” Dec. 6-7 (Powers Auditorium, Youngstown)

“Rock the Ballet” April (Powers Auditorium)

“Spring Gala” May 17-18 (Ford Family Recital Hall)