

"Jerry Springer - The Opera": Operatic re-imagining of "The Jerry Springer Show," 8 p.m. Tickets: $18 ($15 for students, senior citizens, military) $10 for children 12-under. "Courtin' Time": A Bluff City Tri-Art Theatre presentation. Holmes Road (between Riverdale and Hacks Cross). Guest performers include Evening of Soul cast narration by Gregory Michael Siggers Reginald Gaston as music director. "Black and White and Red All Over": Readers Theater production with original poetry and musical sequences at 7 tonight. Germantown Community Theatre, 3037 Forest Hill-Irene Road, Germantown. Tickets: $23 ($18 students, senior citizens). Patsy Cline": Performances at 8 tonight and Saturday final performance 2 p.m. 19th St.Reviewed shows are initialed by theater critic Christopher Blank. What: An hour-long version of the hit Broadway musical, designed for young performers. “It takes a village to get a Lion King on stage.” She also praises the parent “wranglers” who help the little ones get to their entrances and back to the “green room.” “With so many children, we’re not getting bogged down in tons of scenery,” Basist says. The set relies primarily on Pride Rock, which is the show’s focal point. She adds the young actors playing the main roles are “very talented and committed.” She mentions the scene is much more involved than in the Broadway show, in which the wildebeests were created with a rolling screen.īasist says the main characters of Mufasa, Scar and Simba are patterned more after the look of the Broadway show, but “with their own spin.” The show features a cast of more than 90 children, and is designed for younger audiences. Anabelle Silkworth as Sarabi in Civic Theatre School’s presentation of ‘The Lion King, Jr.’ April 4-7 at the Civic Theatre of Allentown.
