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2009 - 2010 SEASON
Series sponsors include:
Liberty Hyundai, Sharp and ShopRite.

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Sunday, October 4, 2009, 3:00 p.m.
"A COUPLE OF BLAGUARDS"
WITH MALACHY MCCOURT

Image: "A COUPLE OF BLAGUARDS"  WITH MALACHY MCCOURT"A Couple of Blaguards" is a two-character comedy with incidental music, created by the brothers Frank McCourt and Malachy McCourt. These master raconteurs have laced their combined experiences growing up in Ireland, and their escape to America into a vaudeville of comedy, Irish songs and a gallery of relatives, rogues, fools and petty tyrants - priestly and otherwise. - Lynne Heffley, Los Angeles Times

Sunday, December 6, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
PIANIST GEORGE WINSTON

Image: PIANIST GEORGE WINSTONWinston is best known for his melodic rural folk piano style and has always acknowledged that his main piano influences are the great New Orleans R&B pianists. George Winston is a consummate Contemporary composer and performer who's achieved both commercial and critical success. His lilting, lyrical piano style is perhaps the defining sound of the Windham Hill label, conjuring seasonal images in impressionist, musical paintings. Winston draws on jazz, blues, pop and folk for his compositions, creating a sparse, dynamic and moving blend. His music is so intensely personal and draining, it makes sense that so much time passes between each of his albums. Winston has also written emotive music for films such as The Velveteen Rabbit and Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes. - Jeff K.

Saturday, February 13, 2010, 8:00 p.m.
VALENTINE'S DAY CELEBRATION: "IF YOU EVER LEAVE ME, I'M GOING WITH YOU"

Image: VALENTINE'S DAY CELEBRATION: "IF YOU EVER LEAVE ME, I AM GOING WITH YOU"Starring Joe Bologna and Renée Taylor This hysterically funny comedy starring Emmy-Award winning, Oscar nominated husband and wife team Renee Taylor, best known for her role as the title character's mom on the hit series The Nanny and Joe Bologna, from My Favorite Year and Blame it on Rio, celebrate their three-decade love affair. Experience living and loving this Valentine's Day with this uproarious pair who advises "Don't go looking for happiness; it'll only make you miserable." A "must-see" for anyone who has been one-half a couple! Highlights include a hilarious collage of monologues, television clips, home movies and scenes from their semiautobiographical Broadway and Off-Broadway shows and films, such as Lovers and Other Strangers, It Had To Be You, Acts of Love and Other Comedies and Bermuda Avenue Triangle. Variety describes the show as "Hilarious" and calls it "Theatrical Gold!"

Saturday, April 24, 2010, 8:00 p.m.
GET BACK! THE CAST OF BEATLEMANIA

Image: GET BACK! THE CAST OF BEATLEMANIAThe "Cast" recreates the sights and sounds of the authentic Beatles so faithfully that you will recall when the world was enthralled and enraptured in the most pleasant mania of all: Beatlemania! The "Cast" is the first, the original and one-of-a-kind representation of the musical power and prowess of the Beatles, featuring former members who starred in the Broadway production. This group performs nationally and in more than 20 foreign countries including Canada, England, Mexico, Brazil and Japan. Its members were individually selected from thousands of auditioning musicians from all over the country for the Broadway show, Beatlemania.
Using authentic costumes, vintage instruments, astonishingly realistic characterizations and stateof- the-art digital orchestration, Get Back! is a musical and visual experience that has thrilled audiences throughout the world and is "the closest thing to the real thing." - Boston Herald

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