NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS PLAYHOUSE SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED WITH FLAIR.Byline: Daily News PALMDALE -- Just about any holiday you can think of will be commemorated next season at the Palmdale Playhouse. A musical production of ``A Christmas Carol;'' a Hanukkah piano recital; dancing for the Persian New Year, Kwanzaa and Cinco de Mayo Cinco de Mayo (Spanish; “Fifth of May”) Mexican holiday commemorating the Mexican victory over the French at Puebla in 1862. The French army, better-equipped and far larger than the Mexican army, had been sent by Napoleon III to conquer Mexico. ; acrobatics acrobatics Art of jumping, tumbling, and balancing. The art is of ancient origin; acrobats performed leaps, somersaults, and vaults at Egyptian and Greek events. Acrobatic feats were featured in the commedia dell'arte theatre in Europe and in jingxi (“Peking for the Chinese New Year Chinese New Year (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: Chūnjié), or Spring Festival and Celtic music Celtic music is a term utilized by artists, record companies, music stores and music magazines to describe a broad grouping of musical genres that evolved out of the folk musical traditions of the Celtic peoples of Northern Europe. for St. Patrick's St. Patrick's or Saint Patrick's may refer to:
``This season is really the most culturally diverse we've ever had,'' the city's cultural arts and theater manager, Dea McAllister, said. Publicizing upcoming shows, McAllister wore a blond wig and Mayor Jim Ledford was dressed in a suit and homburg hat Tuesday as they entered the Palmdale Playhouse to the theme song of ``Green Acres,'' a 1965-71 TV sitcom still popular in reruns. The country theme was in homage to a musical version of ``Charlotte's Web'' that will be performed July 28, 29 and 30 by teenagers in the city's summer theater camp. The playhouse's 12th anniversary will be celebrated Sept. 9 with a laser light show to the music of Pink Floyd  This article includes inline links to audio files. If you have trouble playing the files, see Wikipedia Media help. . Former Palmdale City
Councilman Joe Davies will receive the annual Medici Medici, Italian familyMedici (mĕ`dĭchē, Ital. mā`dēchē), Italian family that directed the destinies of Florence from the 15th cent. until 1737. Award as a supporter. Visiting acts will include a 1960s vocal group, The Tokens, on Jan. 27; the Santa Barbara-based State Street Ballet, dancing to classic American music, on Oct. 27; a comedy troupe, Houseful of Honkeys, on Dec. 12; and the Side Street Strutters on Feb. 14. The 11th annual Shakespeare Festival will feature ``King Lear'' on April 14 and an adaptation of ``Love's Labour's Lost'' on April 15, performed by a traveling troupe, Will and Company. The Palmdale Junior Ballet will dance ``The Tempest.'' In the theater's 10th annual Children's Festival, to be held on Oct. 21 and 22, youngsters will have a chance to draw sidewalk pictures with chalk, make crafts and watch puppets perform ``Anansi the Spider.'' CAPTION(S): 5 photos, box Photo: (1 -- color) At a theatrical press conference, Palmdale Mayor Jim Ledford and the Palmdale Playhouse manager, Dea McAllister, ham it up Verb 1. ham it up - exaggerate one's acting ham, overact, overplay dramatic art, dramaturgy, theater, theatre, dramatics - the art of writing and producing plays Tuesday in roles that were played by Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor on the TV show ``Green Acres.'' Ledford and McAllister were announcing the 2006-07 schedule at the playhouse. (2 -- color) Palmdale Mayor Jim Ledford and the city's theater manager, Dea McAllister, are pushed to their stage entrance Tuesday in a prop tractor for a theatrical press conference. (3 -- color) Students in the Palmdale Playhouse's summer theater camp hold pictures of courageous African-Americans in history. Students will perform on a less serious note July 28, 29 and 30. (4 -- 5 -- color) Summer theater camp performers dance, above left, and form a band on stage, right, as they entertain Tuesday to dramatize dram·a·tize v. dram·a·tized, dram·a·tiz·ing, dram·a·tiz·es v.tr. 1. To adapt (a literary work) for dramatic presentation, as in a theater or on television or radio. 2. the Palmdale Playhouse schedule for 2006-07. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer Box: Palmdale Playhouse 2006-07 Season |
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