PERFORMING ARTS OUTLOOK - The 2018-19 season for local theater, dance and more
Here's a look at the upcoming theater season.
YOUNGSTOWN PLAYHOUSE
Playhouse Lane, Youngstown
330-788-8739 or theyoungstownplayhouse.com
Show times: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 2:30 p.m. Sundays
“Pippin”: Sept. 7-9, 14-16, main stage.
“Annapurna”: Sept. 28-30, Oct. 5-7, Moyer Room.
“Treasure Island”: Oct. 12-14, youth theater.
“Mamma Mia”: Nov. 30-Dec. 2, 6-9, main stage.
“A Tuna Christmas”: Dec. 14-16, 21-23, Moyer Room.
“Women in Jeopardy!”: Feb. 22-24, March 1-3, Moyer Room.
‘The Elephant Man”: March 15-17, 22-24, main stage.
“Robin Hood”: April 11-13, youth theater.
“Funny Girl”: May 10-12, 17-19, main stage.
“Broadway in Color: A Musical Revue,” June 21-23, 28-30, Moyer Room.
SALEM COMMUNITY THEATRE
490 E. State St., Salem
330-332-9688
Show times: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays
Sept. 21-22, 28-29: “ The Santaland Diaries”
Oct. 26-27, Nov. 2-3: “The Toxic Avenger, the Musical”
Dec. 7-16: “Annie”
Jan. 18-27: “All Shook Up”
March 15-24: “Seussical the Musical”
April 26-May 5: “Drinking Habits”
June 14-23: “Leaving Iowa”
Aug. 16-25: “Singin in the Rain”
HOPEWELL THEATRE
702 Mahoning Ave., Youngstown
330-746-5455
Show times: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, with a single Sunday matinee performance at 2 p.m. the second weekend.
“Moon Over Buffalo”: Aug. 31,Sept. 1, Sept. 7-9
“Twilight Zone”: Oct. 19-20, 26-28
“Snoopy, the Musical”: Dec. 7-8, 13-15
“The Sea Horse”: Jan. 4-5, 11-13
“Raisin in the Sun”: Feb. 15-16, 22-24
“Godspell”: March 29-30, April 5-7
“Deathtrap”: May 10-11, 17-19
“On Golden Pond”: June 7-8, 14-16
TRUMBULL NEW THEATRE
5883 Youngstown Warren Road, Niles
330-652-1103
Show times: 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 3 p.m. Sundays
“Til Beth Do Us Part”: Sept. 7-8, 14-15, 21-23
“Almost, Maine”: Nov. 2-3, 9-10, 16-18
“The White Sheep of the Family”: Jan. 11-12, 18-19, 25-27
“Chapter Two”: March 8-9, 15-16, 22-24
“The Addams Family”: May 3-4, 10-12, 17-19
RUST BELT THEATER
755 Mahoning Ave., Youngstown
330-507-2358
Show times: 8 p.m.
“Hollow”: Sept. 7-8, 14-15, 21-22.
“Living Dead: The Musical”: Oct. 12-13, 19-20, 26-27
“How the Drag Queen Stole Christmas”: Nov. 30, Dec. 1, 7-8, 14-15
STAGE LEFT PLAYERS
Trinity Playhouse, 234 E. Lincoln Way, Lisbon
330-831-7249
Show times: 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays
“The 39 Steps”: Oct. 20-21, 27-28, Nov. 3-4
“Cinderella”: Nov. 16-18
“Christmas at Mamaw Jo’s Stop-N-Go”: Nov. 30, Dec. 1-2, 7-9
“Once on this Island”: Jan. 11-13, 18-20
“Calendar Girls”: May 3-5, 10-12
“Saving Salina”: April 5-7
“Disaster!”: June 21-23, 28-30
EASY STREET PRODUCTIONS
Powers Auditorium, 260 W. Federal St., Youngstown
330-744-0264 or youngstownsymphony.com
“429 Miles Off Broadway” cabaret: Aug. 24-2, Flad Pavilion, 7:30 p.m.
“Miracle on Easy Street”: Dec. 14 at 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 15 at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; and Dec. 16 at 2:30 p.m.
CROWN THEATER PRODUCTIONS
Main Street Theater, 5 N. Main St., Columbiana
crowntheaterproductions.org
Show times: 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays
“The Addams Family”: Oct. 5-7, 12-14
“The Music Man Jr.” (special needs): Oct. 27-28
“A Christmas Carol”: Nov. 30-Dec. 2, Dec. 7-9
“Disney’s Newsies, the Musical”: Feb. 8-10, 15-17
“The Spitfire Grill”: April 5-7, 12-14
“My Fair Lady”: June 7-9, 14-16
SELAH DESSERT THEATER
Selah Restaurant, 130 S. Bridge St., Struthers
800-838-3006
Show times: 7:30 p.m.
“Bakersfield Mist “: Sept. 13,14,15,21,22
“The Lady with All the Answers”: Nov. 8,9,10,16,17
“Storm Warning”: Feb. 28, Mar 1,2,8,9
“Painting Churches”: May 9,10,11,17,18
TOP HAT PRODUCTIONS
4220 Youngstown Poland Road, Youngstown
800-838-3006
“Little Shop Of Horrors”: Oct. 12-13, 19-20, 26-27
“Good”: Nov. 30-Dec. 1, 3, Dec. 7-8,
“Amazing Grace, the Musical”: March 22-23, 29-,30, April 5-6
NEW CASTLE PLAYHOUSE
202 E. Long Ave., New Castle, Pa.
724-654-3437
Show times: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays
“A Chorus Line”: Sept. 28-Oct. 7
“Elf Jr.”: Nov. 30-Dec. 9
oakland center for the arts
Trinity Fellowship Church, 4749 South Ave., Boardman
330-406-0606
Show times: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 2:30 p.m. Sundays
“Strawberry Freckleface”: Sept. 28-30
“A Christmas Story, the Musical.”: Oct. 8-9, Nov. 30-Dec. 1-2
“The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley Jr.”: Feb. 1-3
“Junie B. Jones Jr.”: March 22-24
“The Lion King Jr.”: May 3-5, 10-12
“Godspell Jr.”: June 1-3
“Beauty and the Beast Jr.”: June 19-21
MILLENNIAL THEATRE COMPANY
“The Rocky Horror Show”: Oct. 31, 7 p.m.; Nov. 1, 7 p.m.; Nov. 2, 7 p.m. and midnight), at Ford Family Recital Hall, 260 W. Federal St., Youngstown; 330-744-0264
Third annual millennial-written original production: Feb. 1-2, 8-9, 8 p.m., at Rust Belt Theater Company, 75 Mahoning Ave., Youngstown; 330-507-2358
DUTCH VILLAGE INN
150 E. state Route 14, Columbiana
330-482-5050
“StreetCorner”: Sept. 13-14 at noon; Sept. 14 at 7 p.m.
“Tribute to Ol’ Blue Eyes”: Oct. 3-4, noon
“Indiana Smith and the Mummy’s Curse”: Oct. 26 at noon and 7 p.m.
“Ryan and Friends Celebrate Christmas”: Nov. 28-30, noon and 7 p.m.
“Down Home Country Christmas”: Dec. 5-7, noon; Dec. 8, 7 p.m.
“1940s Radio Christmas Carol”: Dec. 14, noon; Dec. 15, 7 p.m.
Big Band New Year’s Eve: Dec. 31, 8 p.m.
YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY THEATER
Ford Theater and Spotlight Theater, inside Bliss Hall, on Wick Avenue
330-941-3105
Show times: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays
“The Addams Family”: Oct. 19-21, 26-28, Ford Theater
“How I Learned to Drive”: Nov. 9-11, 16-18, Spotlight Theater
“Ten-Minute Plays”: Dec. 9, Spotlight Theater
YSU Dance Ensemble in Concert: Feb. 28, March 1-2, 7:30 p.m., Ford Theater
“Into the Woods”: April 12-14, 18-20, Ford Theater
Festival of New Work: April 26-27, Spotlight Theater
MisCast Cabaret: Sept. 28, 7 p.m., Flad Pavilion; 330-744-0264 (not part of regular season)
“Cabaret Unrequited”: Feb. 15, 7 p.m., Flad Pavilion, 330-744-0264 (not part of regular season)
PIPINO PERFORMING ARTS SERIES AT YSU
youngstownsymphony.com or 330-744-0264
The Huber Marionettes: Ford Theater in Bliss Hall at YSU, on Aug. 31 at 7:30 p.m.
ACRONYM: Oct. 5 at 7:30 p.m. at Ford Family Recital Hall, DeYor Performing Arts Center.
The Harlem Quartet: Jan. 17, 7:30 p.m. at Ford Family Recital Hall, DeYor Performing Arts Center
Kate Reid: April 5 at 7:30 p.m. at Ford Family Recital Hall, DeYor Performing Arts Center
“Into the Woods”: April 12 and April 14, Ford Theater, Bliss Hall at YSU
David Krakauer and Ancestral Groove: April 27 at 8 p.m. at Ford Family Recital Hall, DeYor Performing Arts Center
KENT STATE TRUMBULL THEATER
4314 Mahoning Ave. NW, Warren
330-675-8887
Show times: 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 3 p.m. Sundays
“Gaslight”: Oct. 19-21, 26-28
“Beauty and the Beast in a Deaf World”: Nov. 30-Dec. 2, Dec. 7-9
“Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play”: March 15-17, 22-24
YOUNGSTOWN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Powers Auditorium, 260 W. Federal St., Youngstown
330-744-0264 or youngstownsymphony.com
“Amadeus Live: Love and Romance”: Sept. 29
Stained Glass concert: Sept. 30 (4:30 p.m. at Holy Family Church in Poland)
“In Selfless Service”: Nov. 3
Stained Glass concert: Nov. 4 (at St. Elizabeth Health Center chapel, Youngstown)
“A Very Merry Christmas”: Dec. 1
“Guys and Dolls” semi-staged concert version: Feb. 16
“Celtic Sounds”: March 9
Stained Glass concert: March 10 (4:30 p.m. at St. Patrick church in Hubbard)
WARREN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Christ Episcopal Church, 2617 Atlantic St. NE, Warren
330-399-3606
“Secrets and Treasures: A Family Concert”: Oct. 28, 3 p.m.
“A Spring Bouquet”: April 7, 3 p.m.
OPERA WESTERN RESERVE
Stambaugh Auditorium, 1000 Fifth Ave., Youngstown
330-259-0555; operawesternreserve.org
“Madama Butterfly”: Nov. 16, 7:30 p.m.
BALLET WESTERN RESERVE
218 W. Boardman St., Youngstown
balletwesternreserve.org
“The Nutcracker”: Dec. 7 at 7 p.m.; Dec. 9 at 2 p.m., at Stambaugh Auditorium; 330-259-0555 for tickets
WARREN CIVIC MUSIC ASSOCIATION
Packard Music Hall, 1703 Mahoning Ave. NW, Warren
warrencivicmusic.com
Show times: 7 p.m.
Neil Berg’s 50 Years of Rock’n’Roll: Sept. 12
A Tribute to Neil Diamond, starring Keith Allynn: Oct. 16
Farewell Angelina (country band): Nov. 13
Andy Cooney “Irish Christmas”: Dec. 5
Benise: Fuego!: March 19
Louis Prima Jr. and the Witnesses: April 30
WESTMINSTER COLLEGE CELEBRITY SERIES
Orr Auditorium, Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pa.
724-946-7354
“Lonesome Traveler: The Roots of American Folk Music”: Sept. 15
Catapult (shadow dancers): Oct. 11
The Midtown Men (from the cast of “Jersey Boys”): Nov. 17
Jackie Evancho: Dec. 12
Tribute to Petula Clark starring Maxine Linehan: April 27
COVELLI CENTRE
229 E. Front St., Youngstown
800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com
Marvel Universe Live: Age of Heroes: Oct. 12, 13, 14 (six performances)
Keith Urban: Oct. 24, 7:30 p.m.
Disney On Ice presents Frozen: Dec. 6-9 (seven performances)
Toughest Monster Trucks: Feb. 1-2, 7:30 p.m.
PACKARD MUSIC HALL
1703 Mahoning Ave. NW, Warren
800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com
WWE presents NXT Live: Sept. 8, 7:30 p.m.
Dwight Yoakam: Oct. 25, 7:30 p.m.
Don Felder: Nov. 7, 8 p.m.
STAMBAUGH AUDITORIUM
1000 Fifth Ave., Youngstown
330-259-0555 or stambaughauditorium.com
Ben Stein lecture: Sept. 20
Bush: Sept. 30, 7:30 p.m.
Jay Leno: Oct. 21, 7:30 p.m.
Michael McDonald: Dec. 13, 7:30 p.m.
Jim Brickman: Dec. 20, 7:30 p.m.
Postmodern Jukebox: Jan. 30, 7:30 p.m.
DEYOR PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
260 W. Federal St., Youngstown
330-744-0264, youngstownsymphony.com
Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus: Sept. 9, 2 p.m., Ford Family Recital Hall
Sean Jones and Ralph Lalama concert: Sept. 16, 2 p.m., Ford
TEDx conference: Sept. 22, 8 p.m., Ford
The Dramatics, with Enchantment and Ray, Goodman & Brown: Oct. 20, 8 p.m., Powers Auditorium
Rocktopia, feat. Dee Snider: Oct. 26, 8 p.m., Powers
“Why Me”: Nov. 9, 8 p.m., Powers
Great Russian Nutcracker: Dec. 6, 7 p.m., Powers
Silver Bells with Mazhorell and Friends: Dec. 8, 8 p.m. Ford
“Swan Lake” by National Ballet Theatre of Odessa: Jan. 24, Powers