Vanities at Hanover Little Theatre
Friendship resonates through the years as it stretches to accommodate the changes in the lives of three friends from high school in the stage play Vanities.
The dramatic comedy will run for two weeks at the Hanover Little Theatre, 360 Blooming Grove Road, Hanover. Performances begin at 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, April 19-21 and 26-28, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 22.
Tickets are $11; discounts are available for students and seniors. To purchase tickets, visit MyCommunityEvents, drop by the Reader’s Cafe, 125 Broadway, Hanover, or call (717) 630-2524 (but not between 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.).
For all the details, visit the theater website or call (717) 637-5297.
Xanadu at YLT
Sonny Malone (Randy Robbins) is a struggling artist who finds love with a Greek muse in "Xanadu" at York Little Theatre. (Scott Miller photo)
Magic, whimsy, bursting into song and roller-skating off into the sunset … they’re the kind of things only people in love can pull off.
So when a Greek muse comes down to Earth to inspire a California artist in 1980, it’s no surprise that hilarity and romance ensue.
Xanadu, the musical stage production based on the movie of the same name, glides across the stage at York Little Theatre for the next two weeks. Performances start at 7:30 p.m. April 13, 14, 19, 20 and 21 and at 3 p.m. April 15 and 22 at the theater, 27 S. Belmont St., Spring Garden Township.
Tickets are $23 for adults, $21 for seniors, $18 for students, and $10 for children. Special on-stage seating is available for $15.
For all the details, visit the theater website or call (717) 854-5715.
Menopause: The Musical at the Strand
Women looking for an opportunity to laugh at the inevitable consequences of aging need look no further than Menopause: The Musical.
A department store’s lingerie sale provides an excuse for some female bonding over the difficulties of making it through “the change” in the musical comedy.
Performances start at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 12, and Friday, April 13, at the Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center, 50 N. George St., York.
Tickets are $35-$55.
For all the details, visit the musical website or the Strand website or call (717) 846-1111.
The Magic School Bus at the Strand
The popular Magic School Bus series spins science and fun together in the live Climate Challenge stage show until kids of all ages are dizzy with excitement.
The 25th anniversary musical adventure takes the students on a globe-trotting adventure to investigate claims about the effects of climate change and how human behavior can make a difference.
The show stops in York for a performance at 4 p.m. Saturday, March 31, at the Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center, 50 N. George St., York.
Tickets are $16-$27.
For all the details, visit the Strand website or call (717) 846-1111.
Open house, sneak peek at YLT
Is there a future stage lighting technician in your house? You won't know if you don't give them a chance to play. (YLT photo)
York Little Theatre is throwing open its doors to the public from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 31, with an open house event for all ages.
Attendees can tour the theater’s backstage areas including lighting and sound booths; costume, set and prop shops; and classrooms.
From 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., kids ages 6 to 18 can test their singing skills in a Glee Club class. At 11:45 a.m., visitors can take in an improvisation show, and at 1 p.m., they can get a peek at Xanadu, the theater’s next production. The open house will also have other activities for children as well as refreshments.
The theater is located at 27 S. Belmont St. in Spring Garden Township.
Admission is free.
The costume shop will have a sale on gowns, coats, furs and fabric.
For all the details, visit the theater website or call (717) 854-3894.
Vagina Monologues at the Pullo
As part of the worldwide V-Day campaign, the Penn Players will raise money to support women’s programs at Access-York and the York YWCA with three performances of The Vagina Monologues.
The show for mature audiences candidly and emotionally expresses women’s views on themselves, their bodies, their treatment in society and other topics.
Performances start at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 28, and Thursday, March 29, at the Pullo Family Performing Arts Center, 1031 Edgecomb Ave. on the Penn State York campus in Spring Garden Township.
The final performance will be at 7 p.m. Friday, March 30, in the Lion’s Den of the Joe and Rosie Ruhl Student Community Center on campus.
Tickets are $5 for the public or $3 for Penn State York students with ID.
For all the details, visit the Pullo Center website or call (717) 505-8900 or (717) 771-4049.
