A Musical on The Main Stage
Sponsors:
TRADITIONS BANK
KELLER-BROWN INSURANCE
UPMC
SHIPLEY ENERGY
CONI WOLF
Supporting Sponsors:
MARTIN FOOT & ANKLE
BARLEY SNYDER
This jukebox musical will feature songs we all know from the 70’s that will have everyone dancing on the “isles”!
A Comedy/Drama in the Grumbacher Studio by Sean Grennan
Sponsored by THE GRAHAM COMPANIES
Sometimes what happens after last call just might change your life. One night in 1981, just as Jamie is closing the bar where he works, a desperate last-minute customer offers him and his girlfriend Abby two thousand dollars to sit and have a drink with him. Who wouldn’t take it? As the trio swaps stories and Jamie considers the decisions he faces about his musical career and his future with his girlfriend Abby. The young couple begins to realize that this older man is unusually invested in their choices… and the reason he gives them is completely unbelievable. But when a very displeased second stranger arrives, the unbelievable begins to look like it just might be true. Now and Then is a heartfelt romantic comedy about the costs of the choices we make, and the people who make them with us.
A Musical on The Main Stage
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A Comedy/Drama in the Grumbacher Studio
by Robert Harling
Sponsors:
ATTY. JACK HARTMAN &
DOCTOR JULIE DROLET
CGA LAW FIRM
The action is set in Truvy’s beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies who are “anybody” come to have their hair done. Helped by her eager new assistant, Annelle, the outspoken, wise-cracking Truvy dispenses shampoos and free advice to the town’s rich curmudgeon, Ouiser; an eccentric millionaire, Miss Clairee, who has a raging sweet tooth; and the local social leader, M’Lynn, whose daughter, Shelby, is about to marry a “good ole boy.” Filled with hilarious repartee and not a few acerbic but humorously revealing verbal collisions, the play moves toward tragedy when, in the second act, the spunky Shelby risks pregnancy and forfeits her life. The sudden realization of their mortality affects the others, but also draws on the underlying strength—and love—which give the play, and its characters, the special quality to make them truly touching, funny and marvelously amiable company in good times and bad.
A Musical on The Main Stage
Book by Michael Stewart / Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman / Based on the play “The Matchmaker” by Thornton Wilder
Sponsored by
WIN BRADLEY & FAMILY
Supporting Sponsors
BUCHMEYER’S POOLS M&T BANK OSS HEALTH
York Little Theatre was the first theatre invited to perform this show after it’s initial Broadway run back in the day! The Belmont is proud to bring back this musical adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s hit play “The Matchmaker.” The show bursts with humor, romance, energetic dance, and some of the greatest songs in musical theatre history. The romantic and comic exploits of Dolly Gallagher-Levi, turn-of-the-century matchmaker and “woman who arranges things,” are certain to thrill and entertain. The show’s unforgettable songs include “Put On Your Sunday Clothes,” Before The Parade Passes By,” Hello, Dolly!,” It Only Takes a Mont,” and more!
A Drama in the Grumbacher Studio
by Bernard Pomerance
Sponsored by ATTY. JACK HARTMAN & DOCTOR JULIE DROLET
Joseph Merrick is a man so physically deformed that he became known as the “Elephant Man.” With very few options open to him, Merrick (whose first name is John in Pomerance’s play) is forced to display himself to the public in travelling sideshows. Eventually, however, he finds himself alone and destitute in London. Due to the kindness of one Dr. Frederick Treves, Merrick is soon admitted into the London Hospital for care and observation. Treves becomes determined to help Merrick lead a normal life, and Merrick soon becomes the toast of society. In the end however, John Merrick, The Elephant Man, finds that normality isn’t something he can achieve, or that he even necessarily wants.
The Belmont Theatre is York’s prominent community theatre, creating an environment of excellence in the theatre arts through diverse performances and innovative educational opportunities.
The Belmont Theatre
27 S. Belmont Street
York, PA 17403
Tickets: 717.854.5715
Administrative Office: 717.854.3894
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