We love variety. For instance, we like pork tacos, chicken tacos, beef tacos . . . you get the idea. Now if only someone would think to make an entire show about variety. Wait, what’s that? That kind of show has been happening for literally thousands of years, dating back to the cavemen? Oh, yeah, we knew that.
The Concord Rotary Club apparently knows that, too, because it is back with its annual super fun extravaganza. We’ll let the club take over from here with all the pertinent deets from a release it sent us.
Enjoy the many talents of Concord Rotary Club members, their friends and special guests, in a musical extravaganza, The Magic of Movies & Television . . . the Adventure Continues, an original musical tribute by Emmy Award-winning director Marc Murai and musical director, Martha Kuepper.
This family-friendly extravaganza features a cast of 60, including a core of local professional singers, past and present civic leaders, the adult mixed harmony group Sounds Familiar, a local kids chorus and a live orchestra.
“This is true community theatre,” said Kuepper. “We have Rotarians, kids and grandkids of Rotarians, friends of Rotarians, local singers and some professionals. We are all getting together to throw a party and we’re inviting all the Concord community to join us.”
Among the featured acts are Pembroke’s Sheree Owens (winner of the N.H. Theatre Awards Best Supporting Actress – Musical as Eponine in Les Miserables), who will sing The NeverEnding Story theme song. Her husband, Elliot Robert Owens, will perform a medley of music from the James Bond movies, and “Don’t You Forget About Me” from The Breakfast Club (Simple Minds).
Hooksett’s Dale Byrd will bring back his hilarious version of “Those Were the Days” from the ’70s sitcom All in the Family. Dale will also perform “Gary’s Song” from the popular SpongeBob SquarePants cartoon, to the video accompaniment of Lyman Cousens as Gary the Snail, and a Joe Cocker-esque version of the Beatles classic “Come Together.”
“The show will highlight songs from TV and movies from the 1930s to modern times,” said Murai. “So there is truly something from everyone’s entertainment background to enjoy.”
The show is being choreographed by award–winning choreographer and Rotarian, Cindy Flanagan and Allyson Smith-Thorpe, of Concord Dance Academy, and produced by Rotarian Chuck Willing, an attorney at Rath, Young and Pignatelli. All proceeds from the show will go to the Concord Rotary Foundation for the support of local charitable causes.
Shows will be at the Concord City Auditorium on March 13 and 14 at 7:30 p.m., with a Sunday matinee March 15 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased from any Rotarian, online at concordnhrotary.org with a credit card, or at Gibson’s Book Store and the UPS Store.
