Earlier day’s economic woes invoked by ‘Oliver!’
PHOTO BY MIKE MASELLA
Chet Margraf is cast as the main character in “Oliver!” at Mohawk High School. He is pictured with some of the chorus.
Return to Victorian England as Mohawk High School presents its spring musical, “Oliver!” at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Set in London in 1850, the play is based on the Charles Dickens novel, “Oliver Twist.” Kate Niederkohr is directing. The curtain opens to reveal the halls of a workhouse where a crowd of scraggly children are having a “meal” of gruel. Mr. Bumble and Widow Corney, played by Hunter Jordan and Noelle Huffman, respectively, oversee the children as they sing “Food, Glorious Food.” The orphans include David Dietrich, Iris Deatrich, Wyatt Price, Chet Margraf, Olivia Allomong, Amanda Wildman, Chad Beekman, Tabby Goeller, Maddison Cordell, Courtney Grant, Jenna Fawcett, Mercedes Snyder, Abby Hefner, Trevor Zender, Domonique Smith, Kylie Volkmar, Autumn Hartson, Taylor Rathborn, Drew Hawley, Nathan Kimmet, Triston Kindle and Brandon Flood. All is well until Oliver dares to ask for a second helping.
» Full StoryCarey’s hills coming alive with musical sounds
CAREY — The classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, “The Sound of Music,” is to fill the stage of Carey High School for two weekends. Performances are set for 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Three more shows are set for 7 p.m.
» Full Story‘Beast’ invades Seneca East
A fairy tale comes to life as Seneca East High School presents “Beauty and the Beast.” The performances are at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the school on US 224, west of Attica.
» Full StoryBellevue dinner show boasts Celtic flavor
BELLEVUE — A Celtic celebration is coming March 27 to Bellevue Society for the Arts.
At 6 p.m., enjoy an authentic Irish dinner of shepherd’s pie, cole slaw, Irish brown soda bread, and Ireland’s own Banoffi pie for dessert.
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Matinee Movies return
As Easter draws nearer, The Ritz Theatre is offering a screening of the 1965 motion picture, “The Greatest Story Every Told” as the March installment of the Matinee Movie Series.
Lakota razing junior high
AMSDEN — The Lakota Local School District’s former junior high school is being demolished.
Superintendent Rebecca Heimlich said the demolition project started March 1, and the crew has until the end of May to complete it.
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