Delta Center Stage | Current Season

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Hairspray | I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change|
Lend Me A Tenor| The Color Purple
Death of a Salesman S'Wonderful, S'Marvelous, S'Gershwin

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Based on the hit Movie!
July 28-31, 2011
The Story:
This energetic, entertaining musical romp promises to be a fun Summer youth production with plenty of heart. Its contagious, campy songs will make you want to get up and start dancing. In 1962 Baltimore, Maryland, plump teenager Tracy Turnblad's dream is to dance on The Corny Collins Show, a local TV dance program based on the real-life Buddy Deane Show. When Tracy wins a role on the show, she becomes a celebrity overnight. She then launches a campaign to integrate the show. Hairspray is a social commentary on the injustices of parts of American society in the 1960s wrapped in a high energy juke box of nostalgic early 60's pop music style that won’t let the audience sit still.
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Friday & Saturday performances will be Dinner Theatre.
Thursday and Sunday will be conventional seating.
Book and Lyrics by Tom Jones
Sept 29-Oct 2, 2011
The Story: Buckle up for a comically musical joyride through the jungle of the modern-day mating game. With four actors playing over forty roles in a collection of scenes and songs scaling the dizzying spectrum of male/female relationships, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change reveals the difficulties and joys of connecting with another person, no matter what age. Critics and audiences cheered the New York debut of this new musical revue, which Gannett Newspapers hailed as “Hilarious! The most entertaining show on or off Broadway!” And according to the Star-Ledger, it’s “a great first date show. A perfect mating dance! It’s ‘Seinfeld’ set to music!
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By Joe DePietro
December 8-11, 2011
The Story: It’s September 8th, 1934, and Cleveland’s premiere opera producer is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. The tickets are sold, the stage is set, and the thirty-piece orchestra is ready. But, it’s about to become un disastro gigantesco, because it’s three minutes to curtain, and the leading man - the greatest tenor in the world - has gone missing! This door-slamming, slapstick, fast-action farce is a sure-to-please hit that claims more successful productions than almost any other contemporary comedy in the past two decades. Don’t miss this revival of one of Delta Center Stage’s most memorable productions of the 90's.
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April 19-22, 2012
The Story: Originally slated for last season, we had to reschedule our production due to the extension of this musical’s national Broadway tour. DCS will stage one of the first non-professional productions of this smash Broadway hit. Based on the classic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker and the moving film by Steven Spielberg, The Color Purple is an inspiring family saga that tells the unforgettable story of a woman who–through love–finds the strength to triumph over adversity and discover her unique voice in the world. Set to a joyous score featuring jazz, ragtime, gospel, and blues, The Color Purple is a story of hope, a testament to the healing power of love, and a celebration of life.
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DCS's First Production of this Classic!
May 3-6, 2012
The Story This superb American classic makes it’s first turn at Delta Center Stage. Arthur Miller’s contemporary tragedy has been hailed as one of the finest works of dramatic literature in the modern era, enjoying an enduring reputation as one of the definitive studies of the darker side of the American Dream. It is the story of an aging salesman, Willy Loman, who has reached the end of his usefulness on the road. When he was young, he looked dashing; he enjoyed the comradeship of other people--the humor, the kidding, the business. Now in his early sixties he knows his business as well as he ever did, but the spring has gone from his step, the smile from his face and the heartiness from his personality. He is through. The phantom of his life has caught up with him.

Several day-time performances tailored to High School literature curriculums are also planned for this production
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June7-11, 2012
This revival of one of our most popular musical cabaret shows is stuffed with over twenty of George Gershwin’s classic tunes, from Strike Up the Band to Embraceable You; from Porgy and Bess to Rhapsody in Blue. You won’t want to miss this fast-paced, tune-filled tribute which promises to feature some of the Delta’s very best singing talent.

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