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E-mail StoryBroadway in Bakersfield moves ‘Chicago’ staging to September
| Wednesday, May 14 2008 1:57 PM
Last Updated: Wednesday, May 14 2008 1:54 PM
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The Five-Show Premieres Series includes “Oliver!,” “Sweeney Todd,” “Mannheim Steamroller,” “Bye Bye Birdie,” and “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.” $125 to $225
The Four-Show Classic Series includes “Oliver!,” “Sweeney Todd,” “Bye Bye Birdie,” and “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.” $95 to $175
Contact the Rabobank Theater box office, 1001 Truxtun Ave., rabobankarena.com or call the subscription hot line at 852-7308.
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Broadway in Bakersfield’s June 1 staging of “Chicago” has been postponed to 7 p.m Sept. 7. The Bob Fosse-choreographed musical will kick off the 2008-09 season.
Broadway in Bakersfield’s June 1 staging of “Chicago” (which gave us the onomatopoeic “Cell Block Tango”) has been postponed to 7 p.m Sept. 7.
All tickets purchased for the show at the theater at Rabobank Convention Center will be honored in September.
Subscriptions are on sale for the Tejon Ranch Presents Broadway in Bakersfield 2008-09 season of touring theatrical acts.
Subscribers can add “Chicago” to their lineup.
“Oliver!”
7 p.m. Sept. 28
“Food, Glorious Food.” Charles Dickens’ young orphan Oliver Twist charms in one of the best-loved family musicals.
“Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
7:30 p.m. Dec. 2
The Stephen Sondheim musical of a throat-slashing barber that inspired Tim Burton’s film starring Johnny Depp.
“Mannheim Steamroller: Music of the Spheres”
7:30 p.m. Feb. 19
Mega-selling act Mannheim Steamroller celebrates space exploration. Their arrangements of space favorites include the “Star Trek” theme and what’s billed as “the most accurate audio recording ever made of the space shuttle launch and landing.” Local musicians will accompany the group.
“Bye Bye Birdie”
7 p.m. March 22
The Tony Award-winning comedy about a singing teen heartthrob who sends a quiet Midwestern town into a tizzy.
“Dirty Rotten Scoundrels”
7:30 p.m. April 27
The musical comedy based on the 1988 MGM film about two con men on the French Riviera who plot to steal from an heiress.