Show produces community plays j I f Sot t y 2 6 J y t J y i r. r Q I C f ti Photo courtesy of The Grand Theatre The Grand Theatre at South City Campus hosts several plays throughout the year including Pump Boys and Diner Girls seen above Johnny Guitar The Musical will be the first play of the season Sarah Nielson Arts Editor The Grand Theatre is located at the South City Campus 1575 S. S State Street The Grande Theater has been bringing community theater to students and community 1990 scheduled performances are not to be missed To purchase tickets call the Box office at Johnny Guitar The Musical Sept 29 14 14 2007 Based on the 1954 film starring Joan Crawford Johnny Guitar The Musical brings a rousing original score with the sounds of the lounge western and rock roll music to the cult classic Set Setin Setin Setin in a small town in the New Mexico mountains circa 1865 the musical centers on Vienna a sultry saloon saloonkeeper saloonkeeper saloonkeeper keeper who built a booming business Though Vienna is the ultimate bad girl gone good her nemesis the up pent-up Emma sees things differently A domineering cattle baroness Emma controls the town with an iron fist but loses her grip when she falls for the dangerously hot-headed hot Dancin Kid By the time Johnny Guitar a tall stranger with a secret past rolls into town the stage is set for a showdown unlike anything the Old West or t Off-Broadway Off has ever seen Winner of f the 2004 Outer Critics Circle Award Anne of Green Gables Oct 26 10 2007 This wonderful musical adaptation of the family classic tells the poignant and funny story of ofa a freckle- freckle faced red-haired red orphan named Anne Shirley When she arrives at Green Gables she is devastated when she discovers that the elderly couple were expecting a aboy aboy aboy boy from the orphanage and then ecstatic when they decide to keep her With her fiery temper love of melodrama and romance and penchant for misadventures brings nisa ventures she shi gs laughter love and more than a little consternation to the Cuthberts quiet lives In return Anne finds the happiness and the home she has longed for all of her life CROWNS CRO Jan 25 9 2008 A moving and celebratory musical play in which hats become a springboard for fora a compelling exploration of American African-American traditions Hats are everywhere in exquisite variety and the characters use the hats to tell tales concerning every thing from the etiquette of hats to their historical and nd contemporary social functions jI f |