![]() 20 in the San Leandro Museum/Auditorium, Casa Peralta, 320 W. For tickets, at $20, contact 51 or “CHARLEY’S AUNT,” by Brandon Thomas, opens Saturday and plays Saturdays and Sundays through Nov. Tickets, at $35, may be reserved at 92 or The Masquers production plays Fridays-Sundays, Nov. The Tri-Valley Rep production plays Fridays-Sundays through Nov. The writers have a sharp eye for both kids and parents and the sometimes quirky and downright strange public education system. The musical tells the story of six young people dealing with puberty and their own intelligence, competing in spelling for themselves, their parents and Putnam County, but not necessarily in that order. 5 at the Masquers Playhouse, 105 Park Place, Point Richmond. Tickets, at $36-$42, may be reserved at 92 or “THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE,” by Rachel Sheinkin and William Finn, opens Friday in a production by Tri-Valley Repertory Theatre in Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center’s Bankhead Theater, 2400 First St., Livermore. ![]() ![]() The Center Rep production plays Wednesdays-Sundays through Nov. As the auditions progress and the performers are winnowed out, the audience gets glimpses of the dancers’ lives, which they describe mainly in conversation with an unseen director who asks pointed questions and makes comments. The plot follows 17 dancers auditioning for eight spots in the chorus line of a Broadway show. It’s still the fourth-longest-running at 6,137 performances. Before mindless musicals such as “Cats” enjoyed mega-runs, “A Chorus Line” was the longest-running show on Broadway. The piece won a Pulitzer Prize when it opened on Broadway in 1976. Really, for anyone who ever has been judged, the musical will touch a chord. For those who have brought their A-game to an audition - for dancing, singing, acting or anything else - the show, by design, taps into a wellspring of emotion, empathy and often tears and not by design, of rage for a system that seems horribly unfair. ![]() In the Contra Costa Musical Theatre production, the story deals with dancers, with a subplot of a veteran returning from starring at center stage back to auditioning for the chorus. And you can bet plenty in the audience will be people who have toed the line in a scruffy audition hall, hoping to get noticed and through it just to get a part in the chorus. ‘A CHORUS LINE,” the ultimate paean to the boys and girls in the chorus, opens at 8 tonight in Walnut Creek’s Lesher Center for the Arts. One Hand Clapping: ‘A Chorus Line’ steps into the spotlight in Walnut Creek – The Mercury News ![]()
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