COUNTRY SINGER JO DEE MESSINA TO OPEN PALMDALE PLAYHOUSE'S 1996-97 SEASON.Byline: Jim Skeen Daily News Staff Writer Palmdale Playhouse's 1996-97 season features a premiere of ``Tarzan'' creator Edgar Rice Burroughs' only play, a visit from the political comedy troupe Capitol Steps, and return visits by Michael Martin Murphey Michael Martin Murphey is the best-selling performer of American Cowboy Music. Among the most respected singer-songwriters in pop and country-western music, Murphey has become the world's most prominent musical voice of the Western horseman, rancher, and cowboy. and The Young Americans. The playhouse season opens Sept. 8 at 7 p.m. with a performance by country singer Jo Dee Messina, who has recorded such songs as ``On a Wing and a Prayer'' and ``Do You Wanna wan·na Informal 1. Contraction of want to: You wanna go now? 2. Contraction of want a: You wanna slice of pie? Make Something of It?'' Tickets are $18 for adults and $16 for seniors, military personnel, students and youth. Palmdale Repertory Theatre repertory theatre Production of several different plays in a single season by a resident acting company. The plays chosen may be classic works by famous dramatists or new works by emerging playwrights, and the companies that perform them often serve as a training ground for presents ``100 Years of Broadway,'' a musical revue revue, a stage presentation that originated in the early 19th cent. as a light, satirical commentary on current events. It was rapidly developed, particularly in England and the United States, into an amorphous musical entertainment, retaining a small amount of of hit Broadway tunes, Sept. 27-28 and Oct. 4-5 at 8 p.m. and Sept. 29 and Oct. 6 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $12. The Capitol Steps, a troupe of current and former congressional staffers, will perform Oct. 18 at 7 and 9:30 p.m. The bipartisan troupe has performed for Presidents Ford, Reagan, Bush and Clinton and has recorded 14 albums, including two on the Clinton administration Noun 1. Clinton administration - the executive under President Clinton executive - persons who administer the law - ``Lord of the Fries'' and ``The Joy of Sax (Simple API for XML) A programming interface (API) for accessing the contents of an XML document. SAX does not provide a random access lookup to the document's contents. It scans the document sequentially and presents each item to the application only one time. .'' ``It might bring a little humor humor, according to ancient theory, any of four bodily fluids that determined man's health and temperament. Hippocrates postulated that an imbalance among the humors (blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile) resulted in pain and disease, and that good health was to the rhetoric we hear at election time,'' said Palmdale Mayor Jim Ledford. Tickets for the Capitol Steps performances are $22 for adults and $18 for seniors, military personnel, students and youth. On Nov. 3 at 3 and 7 p.m., Sergio Mendes takes the stage to perform his mix of jazz, samba, reggae, Brazilian folk and pop music. Tickets are $22 for adults and $18 for seniors, military personnel, students and youth. Desert Opera Theatre will present ``Mack and Mabel'' on Nov. 8-9, Nov. 15-16 and Nov. 22-23 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 10 and 17 at 2 p.m. ``Mack and Mabel'' is the story of the love affair between Mack Sennett Noun 1. Mack Sennett - United States filmmaker (born in Canada) noted for slapstick movies (1880-1960) Sennett , creator of the Keystone Kops Keystone Kops the slapstick film comedians specializing in wild chases (1912-1920). [Am. Cinema: Halliwell, 399] See : Zaniness , and Mabel Normand, the waitress turned Hollywood star The Hollywood Star was an idiosyncratic gossip tabloid published on an erratic schedule in Hollywood, California by William Kern, who wrote much of the magazine under the pseudonym "Bill Dakota. . Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and military personnel, and $8 for youth. Western singer Michael Martin Murphey, who performed this season, will return Dec. 1 for shows at 3 and 7 p.m. Murphey will present a Christmas show featuring traditional cowboy tunes, storytelling Storytelling Aesop semi-legendary fabulist of ancient Greece. [Gk. Lit.: Harvey, 10] Münchäusen Baron traveler grossly embellishes his experiences. [Ger. Lit. and poetry reading. ``He brings that down-home feel to his show,'' Ledford said. Tickets are $22 for adults and $20 for seniors, military personnel, students and youth. Also returning to Palmdale will be The Young Americans, who perform a mix of traditional and comical holiday songs. The group will perform shows Dec. 7 at 8 p.m. and Dec. 8 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for seniors, military personnel, students and youth. Also for the holidays, the playhouse will present the first in a series of free shows featuring the community's young performers. At 7:30 p.m. Dec. 13 the Palmdale Youth/Community Orchestra will perform selections from Bach. At 7:30 p.m. Dec. 14 and at 2 p.m. Dec. 15, the Palmdale Youth Choir and Palmdale Youth Dance Troupe will present a program featuring Handel's ``Hallelujah Hallelujah (hăl'əl  `yə) or Alleluia (ăl–) [Heb.,=praise the Lord], joyful expression used in Hebrew worship; cf. Pss. Chorus'' and modern and classical
dance movements.
An exhibition of original paintings and photography of the holiday season will be shown from 6 to 8 p.m. Dec. 13-14 and from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Dec. 15. Palmdale Repertory Theatre will present ``Once Upon a Mattress'' Feb. 7-8 and Feb. 14-15 at 8 p.m. and Feb. 9 and 16 at 2 p.m. The production is a musical version of the classic ``The Princess and the Pea.'' Tickets are $12. Spring Continental Collage, the second in the series featuring young performers, will feature international folk dance International folk dance is a genre of dance wherein selected folk dances from multiple ethnic groups are done by the same dancers, typically as part of a regular recreational dance club, for performances or at other events. , music, and song beginning at 7:30 p.m. March 7 with a performance by the Palmdale Youth/Community Orchestra. The Palmdale Youth Choir and Palmdale Youth Dance Troupe, accompanied by members of the Palmdale Youth/Community Orchestra, will perform March 8 at 7:30 p.m. and March 9 at 2 p.m. In conjunction, an art exhibition celebrating spring will be shown March 7-8 from 6 to 8 p.m. and March 9 from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Desert Opera Theatre will present ``Madame Butterfly'' at 8 p.m. March 28-29 and April 4-5 and at 2 p.m. March 30 and April 6. Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors, military personnel and students, and $8 for youth. Burroughs' ``You Lucky Girl,'' a comedy-romance set in the 1920s, will be presented at 8 p.m. April 25-26 and May 2-3 and at 2 p.m. April 27 and May 4. ``This is the world premiere Noun 1. world premiere - (music) the first public performance (as of a dramatic or musical work) anywhere in the world performance, public presentation - a dramatic or musical entertainment; "they listened to ten different performances"; "the play ran for 100 ,'' Ledford said. ``A lot of people who follow his work will want to see this.'' Capping the season will be the third of the free performances by Palmdale youth, beginning with a 7:30 p.m. May 30 performance by the Palmdale Youth/Community Orchestra, which will play selections from Beethoven and Brahms. The Palmdale Youth Choir and the Palmdale Youth Dance Troupe will perform at 7:30 p.m. May 31 and at 2 p.m. June 1. An art exhibit on jazz in America will be shown from 6 to 8 p.m. May 30-31 and from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. June 1. Tickets can be purchased by phone by calling 267-5685 and in person at the theater box office, 38334 10th St. E. The box office is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (Color only in AV edition) Theater manager Dea McAli ster and Mayor Jim Ledford announce the schedule. Jeff Goldwater/Daily News |
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