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September-October 20<strong>08</strong> THE JEWISH GEORGIAN Page 5<br />
Center <strong>The</strong>atre continues inaugural<br />
season with <strong>The</strong> Sound of Music<br />
A<br />
fter a great start with Jewtopia and<br />
Judy Gold’s 25 Questions for a<br />
<strong>Jewish</strong> Mother, Center <strong>The</strong>atre at<br />
the Marcus <strong>Jewish</strong> Community Center of<br />
Atlanta continues its mainstage season with<br />
a holiday spectacular, <strong>The</strong> Sound of Music.<br />
Directed by Bo Cecil, <strong>The</strong> Sound of Music<br />
runs November 28 – December 28, 20<strong>08</strong>.<br />
This Rodgers and Hammerstein classic has<br />
delighted audiences of all ages for years.<br />
Based on the real-life story<br />
of the von<br />
Trapp<br />
family,<br />
this tale<br />
of a wido<br />
w e d<br />
naval captain,<br />
his<br />
seven children,<br />
the<br />
governess<br />
who gains<br />
their trust,<br />
and the family’s<br />
narrow<br />
escape from<br />
the Nazis is<br />
thrilling and<br />
inspirational.<br />
Tickets for<br />
<strong>The</strong> Sound of<br />
Music are $24 –<br />
$35, with discounts<br />
for MJCCA<br />
members, seniors, students, and children<br />
under 12.<br />
On Sundays in December, at 7:00 p.m.,<br />
join Center <strong>The</strong>atre for <strong>The</strong> Sound of Music<br />
sing-along performances. This is karaoke<br />
on a grand scale, because <strong>The</strong> Sound of<br />
Music fans take things very seriously.<br />
Expect to see people in costume. And don’t<br />
worry if you’re not sure of all the words to<br />
“Edelweiss”—all lyrics will be projected<br />
on a screen.<br />
Center <strong>The</strong>atre’s next mainstage pro-<br />
duction is the Teen <strong>The</strong>atre production of<br />
Disney’s High School Musical, running<br />
February 11 – 22, 2009. Directed by<br />
Barbara Cole-Uterhardt, this stage production<br />
is based on the Disney Channel original<br />
movie.<br />
Tickets are $15 – $25, with discounts<br />
for MJCCA members, seniors, students,<br />
and children under<br />
12.<br />
Center <strong>The</strong>atre’s<br />
season concludes<br />
with Neil Simon’s<br />
hit comedy,<br />
Brighton Beach<br />
Memoirs.<br />
Running April<br />
29 – May 24,<br />
2009, Brighton<br />
B e a c h<br />
Memoirs is<br />
directed by<br />
R o b e r t<br />
Egizio and<br />
s t a r s<br />
Benjamin<br />
Apply-<br />
Epstein as<br />
Eugene.<br />
N e i l<br />
Simon’s<br />
autobiographical<br />
hit comedy<br />
is set in pre-World War II Brooklyn,<br />
where Eugene Jerome, an ambitious, somewhat<br />
starry-eyed teenager who wants to be<br />
a writer, lives with his extended <strong>Jewish</strong><br />
family in a lower-middle-class home that is<br />
filled with tension, love, and plenty of<br />
laughs.<br />
Tickets are $22 – $30, with discounts<br />
for MJCCA members, groups, seniors, and<br />
students.<br />
For show times, ticket purchases, and<br />
other information, visit<br />
www.Center<strong>The</strong>atreAtlanta.org, or call<br />
678-812-4002.<br />
4455 Roswell Road<br />
Atlanta, Georgia 30342<br />
404-255-4312<br />
www.presstine.com