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Murder at the Howard Johnson's The Last Five Years
Pheonix Productions Presents:
Fireworks
Thursday through Saturday, June 25 through July 3, 2009 - 7:30pm
Special Fourth of July Performance at 6:00pm
*Come dressed in red, white and blue on the 4th of July and receive ½ off on your ticket!
…more specials to come- keep posted!
“FIREWORKS” is Phoenix Productions final show here in Duluth, and as such, we want to bring together as many artists and forms of art as humanly possible for you the audience to see and enjoy. FIREWORKS will not only be jam packed with dancing, but also music, singing, juggling, magic, short films, slideshows and much, much more. Please join us for this spectacular explosion of art in its rawest form as we celebrate art and the community one last time.
Tickets: $10 (Includes a coupon for half off an appetizer at Pizza Lucé and a sparkler to celebrate Independence Day!)
Tickets available at the door beginning
at 6:00pm (5:00pm on July 4th)
Or purchase advance tickets
online at TicketLeap.com 
A $1 fee applies for each online ticket.
Sweeney Todd
Starring:
Adam Sippola as Sweeney,
Christa Schulz as Mrs. Lovett,
Peter Froehlingsdorf as Judge,
Chris Harwood as Beadle,
Mindy Malenius as Pirelli,
Patty Dorn as Beggarwoman,
Derek Bromme as Anthony,
Erin Blazevic as Johanna,
Nate St. Germain as Tobias
Stephen Sondheim’s Gothic masterpiece, Sweeney Todd, celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. The new production at the Playground stays true to Sondheim’s masterful score and the unforgettable characters.
It is done, however, in the style of the 2005 Broadway revival and the recent national tour. The Playground production follows the concept of famed director John Doyle who made it into a smaller, intimate chamber piece with ten actors who not only play the roles but play many of the musical instruments of the orchestra as well.
Doyle’s landmark production won a Tony Award for its innovative ways of telling the story of the demon barber of Fleet Street who is wrongly sent to a prison colony in Australia by a corrupt judge who then takes advantage of the barber’s wife and daughter. Joining Sweeeny on his bloody trail of revenge is Mrs. Lovett who finds a “creative” use for Sweeney’s victims in her meat pie shoppe.
The Playground production is directed by Sheryl Jensen.
The show is adult in theme and content and is not intended for children.
Thursday through Saturday, August 6 through 22, 2009 - 7:30pm
Tickets: $15 available at the door beginning
at 6:00pm
Or purchase advance tickets
online starting July 23, 2009 at TicketLeap.com
A $1 fee applies for each online ticket.
By Patrick Marber
Directed by Molly O'Neill
Patrick Marber's Closer is a sad, savvy, often funny play that casts a steely, unblinking gaze at the world of relationships and lets you come to your own conclusions. Closer does not merely hold your attention; it burrows into you.
Thursday through Saturday, August 27 through September 5, 2009 - 7:30pm
Tickets: $10 available at the door beginning
at 6:00pm
Or purchase advance tickets
online starting August 6, 2009 at TicketLeap.com
A $1 fee applies for each online ticket.
Murder at the Howard Johnson's
A Comedy in Two Acts
By Ron Clark and Sam Bobrick
Directed by Jean Sramek
This is a quirky play, starting with a wife and her lover who plan to kill her husband because he "loves her too much" to divorce her, and whose murder plans include after-murder dancing.
Thursday through Saturday, September 17 through 26, 2009 - 7:30pm
Tickets: $10 available at the door beginning
at 6:00pm
Or purchase advance tickets
online starting September 3rd, 2009 at TicketLeap.com
A $1 fee applies for each online ticket.
The Last Five Years
The story explores a five-year relationship between Jamie Wellerstein, a rising novelist, and Cathy Hiatt, a struggling actress.
The show uses a form of storytelling in which Cathy travels backwards in time (beginning the show at the end of the marriage),
and Jamie travels forwards (starting just after the couple have first met).
The characters do not directly interact except for a wedding song, a duet, in the middle.
Thursday through Saturday, October 8 through 17, 2009 - 7:30pm
Or purchase advance tickets
online starting Sept.23 2009 at TicketLeap.com
A $1 fee applies for each online ticket.