ALEXSANDRAMEIJER AS CINDERELLA AT BALLET SAN JOSE MAY 4 – 6.
And Don’t Forget… San Jose Rep’s The Understudy
runs May 10 – June 3. According to their press release, “This laugh-out- loud look at the battle for stage cred- ibility between a typecast action movie star and a ‘real’ actor with a very large chip on his shoulder will give you insight into the compli- cated relationships that form in the stressful and emotional world backstage”…a new play by veter- an actor/director/writer/producer Wes Finlay called The Koonzy Paddle opens for a short world premiere run at San Jose State’s Hal J. Todd Theatre June 1 – 10. I have read the play and it is a winner. The show, which honors Dr. Todd, reunites Finlay with some great SJS performers from the past including Steve Trinwith, and Wendy Howard-Benham, both of whom were directed by the late Hal Todd…Ballet San Jose closes out their season with Ben Stevenson’s Cinderella with music by Jose presents its final program of the 2011-2012 season with the Company Premiere of Ben Stevenson’s Cinderella set to music by May 4 – 6 fea- turing dancer Sascha Radetsky as Prince Charming opposite Alexsandra Meijer’s Cinderella. Mr. Radetsky has performed world wide with many of the
SAN BENITO STAGE COMPANY Auditions for:
BIG RIVER
May 10 & 11 @ 6:30pm May 12 @ 10am Ages 8 thru 80 Granada Theatre
336 5th St, Hollister
Audition info: 831-2245-7278
www.sanbenitostage.org
MPC THEATRE COMPANY Auditions for:
ANDROCLES AND THE LION May 5, 10am – 1:00pm May 6, 10am – 1:00pm
PHOTO: CHRIS HARDY
best com- panies
includ- ing the Kirov Ballet, American
Ballet Theatre and the Dutch National Ballet. … the intriguingly
titled musical Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson is set to run May 30 – July 22, which according
to San Jose Stage Company’s website “creates and reinvents the life of ‘Old Hickory,’ from his humble beginnings on the Tennessee frontier to his days as our seventh Commander-in-Chief. It also asks the question, ‘Is wanting to have a beer with someone reason enough to elect him? What if he’s really, really hot?’” Yup – I’ll be there… … Mount Madonna School’s 34th Annual Ramayana! plays June 8 – 10 at the Mexican Heritage Plaza. If you haven’t seen the splendid spectacle, buy your tickets now; it sells out…South Valley Symphony joins forces with Opera San Jose for Opera at the Mission, Sunday, May 13 at 4:30pm in the
AUDITIONS
MPC Theater Arts Temporary Classroom (T-100)
(Parking Lot C - Next to the Gym) ALL ROLES ARE OPEN !! Monterey Peninsula College
980 Fremont St. Monterey 831 646-4213
http://www.mpctheatreco.com/ CHILDREN’S MUSICAL THEATER
SAN JOSE Auditions for:
BYB, BYE BIRDIE Ages 8-14
May 8-10 at 6pm (May 6 and 7 are limited to first 60 auditions)
RAPUNZEL Ages 6-9
May 8-10 at 3pm •
XANADU Ages 14-20
May 15-17 at 6pm *High School Rule Applies:
If you are 14 and in 8th grade, you will participate in the Rising Stars Show.
If you are 14 and a Freshman in High School, you will participate in the Mainstage Show. Go to
http://www.cmtsj.org/auditions/ for detailed audition information or call 408-288-5437
Out & About • May 2012 27
THE RAMAYANA AT
MOUNTMADONNA SCHOOL PHOTO: MAUREEN PRAMANIK
Mission San Juan Bautista with selections from La Bohème, The Barber of Seville, Madama Butterfly, Tosca, La Cenerentola, The Pearl Fishers and Thais…Gavilan College Theater brings Shakespeare to Gilroy with on of his comedies, The Taming of the Shrew, playing at Gavilan College May 4, 5, 11 and 12 at 8pm with a matinee at wpm on May 12…Live Oak High School Drama presents Willy WonkaMay 2 – 12… and Limelight Actors Theater’s Weekend Comedy continues through May 19 at Gilroy Center for the Arts For more information on these
shows and more, turn to OnStage, page 28. See you at intermission.
Paul Myrvold has been reviewing shows from San Francisco to Monterey for more than twenty years.
As part of his beat for Out & About Magazine, he covers the Bay Area’s professional and semi-profes- sional theatre as well as amateur companies, community and educational theatre. He brings a lifetime of experience as an actor and director to the critical perspective. He is never happier than when in the theatre either onstage or in the audience. His reviews are available on line at
www.myrvoldstheatrenotes. com.
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