Theater, dance and opera around the region

Published 1:30 am Friday, March 10, 2017

Theater

Village Theatre: Everett Performing Arts Center, 2710 Wetmore Ave.; 425-257-8600 or www.villagetheatre.org/everett. “The 39 Steps” runs through March 26 in Everett, followed by “A Proper Place” and “Dreamgirls.”

Phoenix Theatre: The comedy theater is at 9673 Firdale Ave., Edmonds. For tickets — $19 general and $16 seniors, military and students — call 206-533-2000 or go to www.phoenixtheatreedmonds.org. Watch a rehearsal of the next production, “Female of the Species,” at 7 p.m. March 25. Have a glass of wine, ask questions of the cast.

Edmonds Driftwood Players: Wade James Theatre, 950 Main St., Edmonds; www.edmondsdriftwoodplayers.org or 425-774-9600, option 3. “Leaving Iowa” will be staged March 23 through April 2. When a middle-aged writer finds the intended burial place for his father’s ashes has turned into a grocery store, he embarks on one last father and son road trip in search of the perfect resting place in this hilarious and touching comedy. “The Drowsy Chaperone,” a musical comedy, will be staged April 28 through May 14.

“The Pirates of Penzance”: Here’s your chance to get carried away by the New York Gilbert &Sullivan Players. Join the band of swashbuckling buccaneers, bumbling British bobbies, frolicsome Victorian maidens and the delightfully dotty “model of a modern major-general” for a rollicking romp over the rocky coast of Cornwall. This musical theater masterpiece will be performed in its original format at 7:30 p.m. March 11 at Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 Fourth Ave. N. Tickets are $44 to $69. Call 425-275-9595.

Red Curtain: Red Curtain Arts Center, a nonprofit arts education organization, 9315 State Ave., Suite J, Marysville (in the Goodwill shopping center behind the Everett Community College cosmetology school). More at www.redcurtainfoundation.org or 360-322-7402. “You Can’t Take It With You” will be staged March 24 through April 9. The cast includes David Persson, Rebecca Erickson and Pamela Tobiason. Auditions for “Noises Off” are March 14-15 at the Red Curtain Arts Center. Scott B. Randall will direct. More information is on the website.

“Always…Patsy Cline”: This Theatre Arts Guild show with Ria Peth Vanderpool and Kelly Visten as Patsy Cline and Louise Seger, respectively, plays at 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through April 1 at the Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce St. Call 360-445-3000; conwaymuse.com. For tickets, $28 each, go to www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2728750.

Comedy

“You Just Gotta Laugh”: This fundraiser for the Historic Everett Theatre Preservation Society is 7:30 p.m. March 17 at the theater, 2911 Colby Ave. Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door. All proceeds go to the upkeep of the theater. The evening features comedian Chris Bliss, whose credits include the Tonight Show and Late Show with David Letterman, and Kermit Apio, an award-winning regional comedian. Call 425-258-6766.

Everett Comedy Night: Emory’s on Silver Lake, 11830 19th Ave. SE, Everett, hosts a second-Sunday monthly comedy night with Cory Michaelis. Tickets are $10. The evening begins at 8:30 p.m. and features touring and local comedians. Next event is March 12. To reserve a table, call 425-337-7772.

Youth theater

Arlington High School: The classic Broadway musical “Guys and Dolls” will be presented March 10-11 in the Byrnes Performing Arts Center at the school, 18821 Crown Ridge Blvd. Tickets are $8 for students and seniors and $10 for other adults. More information is at www.byrnesperformingarts.org.

Madrona Children’s Theatre: The group presents Roald Dahl’s “Willy Wonka” from March 10-13 in the theater at Mountlake Terrace High School, 21801 44th Ave. W. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for youth 14 and under at www.madronatickets.brownpapertickets.com. This is Madrona Children’s Theatre’s 25th year in operation.

Ludus Performing Arts: “Into the Woods” plays at 7 p.m. March 17-18, 24-25, and 2 p.m. March 25 at the PUD Auditorium, 2320 California St., Everett. For more information and tickets, call 425-239-6627 or go to www.ludusperformingarts.org.

Snohomish High School: “Les Miserables” will be performed May 4-14 in the school’s performance art center, 1316 Fifth St. In the meantime, students in the school’s theater club are encouraging community members to volunteer to help produce the musical. People are needed for the tech crew, orchestra, set construction and costume assembly. For more information, contact Morgan and Dutch Heetbrink at heetbrink@gmail.com.

Disney’s “The Little Mermaid”: META Performing Arts presents the musical March 10-25 at the Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. Ticket information is available at lincolntheatre.org or 360-336-8955.

Opera

Cinderella in Spain: Seattle Opera visits the Marysville Opera House to perform this operetta at 2 p.m. March 25, 1225 Third St. Admission is free, but reservations are required. Call 360-363-8400. This deceptively simple story is about the beauty of kindness, the power of compassion and the ugliness of mistreating others. Set in the city of Barcelona, it provides a lively, modern-day bilingual backdrop. The performance is hosted by the city of Marysville and the Marysville Library, with funding by the Gellerson Memorial Programming. Doors open at 1:30 p.m. Refreshments will be available for purchase.

Don Giovanni: Pacific Northwest Opera offer the Mozart classic at 7:30 p.m. March 31, 3 p.m. April 2, 7:30 p.m. April 7 and 3 p.m. April 9 at McIntyre Hall on the Skagit Valley College campus, 2405 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. Tickets, $25-$59, are available at 1-866-624-6897 or pnopera.org.

To submit information to this calendar, email reporter Gale Fiege at gfiege@heraldnet.com.