Arts & Entertainment
Surflight Theatre Set to Start Season April 23
Tickets on sale now, following months of restoration work on the theatre following Sandy.
Surflight Theatre has announced its 2013 Season Opener - Thank You for the Music - A Modern Tribute to ABBA running two weeks from April 23 to May 4.
Opening night is Thursday, April 25 at 8 p.m., and follows months of repair and rebuilding efforts following Sandy, according to theatre spokesperson Charlie Siedenburg.
"Work continues on Show Place Ice Cream Parlour, The Marketing/Group Sales/Grapics Office, costume shop and storage. Also, they are nearing completion on the tech department and rooms," Siedenburg told Patch. "This weekend the theater's lobby will be painted, and new carpeting will be laid at a date to be announced. Final touches in the dressing rooms, backstage and exterior repairs are also being completed."
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The season opener features direction by Blake Pullen and Mark Perkins, and choreography by Stevie Lea-Smith.
Making their Surflight debuts in Thank You for the Music are cast members: Terice Brooks, Ashley Rose Smith, Blake Pullen and William Martinez.
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Thank You for the Music - A Modern Tribute to ABBA is a tribute to the Swedish pop super-group ABBA. Powerful harmonies, high-energy dance, big personalities, and the unforgettable hits of ABBA make this contemporary musical tribute one not to be missed.
Audiences will find themselves singing and dancing in the aisles to the great catalog of songs by ABBA – “Super Trouper,” "Waterloo," “Take A Chance on Me,” “Mamma Mia” and many more!
Performances of Thank You for the Music - A Modern Tribute to ABBA are Tuesday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.; Wednesday at 2 p.m.; Thursday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.; Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $45, with Groups (15 or more) $35 dinner packages available.
Tickets on sale now by calling 609-492-9477 or purchase online at www.surflight.org.
Next on the Surflight Theatre stage is the Tony-winning Sleuth (May 7 – 19), The Boy Friend (May 24 - June 16), George M! (June 19 – July 7), Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific (July 10 – 28), Les Miserables (July 31 – August 18), You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown (August 25 – September 8), Our Town (September 25 – October 4), and Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (November 29 – December 22).
