It’s been a long hard winter — everyone is tired of shoveling and plowing. Spring is just around the corner and it’s a perfect time to take a trip down Memory Lane and re-live the great classic doo-wop songs of the ‘50s and ‘60s.
Sh-Boom! Take a trip to Springfield and meet the Crooning Crabcakes, as they prepare to enter the Big Whopper Radio contest and realize their dreams of making it to the big time. Trouble comes in the form of Lois, who arrives to put some polish on the boys. Denny and Wally fall in love, Eugene falls apart, and along comes handsome heartthrob Skip to send the whole situation spinning.
The ’60s doo-wop songs say it all: “Fools Fall in Love,” “Tears on My Pillow,” “Runaround Sue,” “Earth Angel,” “Stay,” “Unchained Melody,” “Lonely Teardrops,” and “The Glory of Love.” Winner of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Best Musical Award, Life Could Be a Dream will leave you laughing, singing, and cheering— in fact, “Let’s hear it for the boys!”
The cast, pictured above, features some new young talent – Evan Siegel*, Aaron Catano, Matt Densky* and Rob Rodems as the boy band – and Sheila Coyle*, who was such a hit in Ivoryton in last season’s Breaking Up Is Hard To Do, returns to the Ivoryton stage
The show is directed by Jacqueline Hubbard, musical director is Jason Wetzel and choreographer is Schuyler Beeman. The set is designed by Dan Nischan, lighting design is by Marcus Abbott and costumes are by Kari Crowther.
Life Could Be A Dream opens in Ivoryton on March 13 and runs through March 30. Performance times are Wednesday and Sunday matinees at 2pm. Evening performances are Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30pm, Friday and Saturday at 8pm.
Tickets are $40 for adults, $35 for seniors, $20 for students and $15 for children and are available by calling the Playhouse box office at 860-767-7318 or visiting the theatre website at www.ivorytonplayhouse.org (Group rates are available by calling the box office for information.)
The Playhouse is located at 103 Main Street in Ivoryton.
This production is generously sponsored by Essex Savings Bank
*member of Actors Equity