Weekend stage picks
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The Music Man
Capital Playhouse is staging The Music Man, the Meredith Wilson classic about the fast talking Harold Hill who sweeps into the little town of River City, Iowa to start up a band. It’s a show that always seems to have audiences singing along as they leave the aisles. I’ve heard people singing “The Wells Fargo Wagon,” “Gary Indiana,” “76 Trombones” and “Goodnight My Someone” on the way out the door many times.
[KJM Center for the Arts, 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, $10-$15, South Puget Sound Community College, 2011 Mottman Road, Olympia, 360.943.2744]
Disney's High School Musical
Encore! Theater presents Disney's High School Musical this weekend at its outdoor theater — bring chairs, blankets, picnic and bug spray. Anyone with a teen, preteen or tweenie in their lives will know all about this show since it is the latest production from the Disney marketing machine. But unlike Air Bud or Howard the Duck, this show is actually good. It has all the important factors of high school: sports, popularity, puppy love, cliques and all things teen angst.
[Impact Church International, 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, $6-$15, 4819 Hunt St., Gig Harbor, 253.858.2282]
Aristocats Kids: Show Biz Kids and Broadway Bound
Encore!'s cross-town rival, Paradise Theatre, is staging another Disney production. Its Aristocats Kids: Show Biz Kids and Broadway Bound, the final performance of the theater's two-week theater camp, runs for two performances.
[Milton Boyd Auditorium, 3 p.m. Saturday, $5, Peninsula High School, 14105 Purdy Lane N.W., Gig Harbor, 253.851.PLAY]
LINK: Steve Dunkelberger's review of Grease
LINK: Viva South Sound arts and entertainment calendar
