Local stages burst with music and fun

Look for fun this week in Franklin and Washington counties, as several theater groups “break a leg” to
entertain audiences.

You may want to join the Totem Pole Playhouse in Fayetteville, Pennsylvania, on April 18th and 19th as it hosts
the show “Light’s Out: The Jersey Beach Boys,” sponsored by the Franklin County Visitor’s
Bureau and Adam Electric Cooperative. For more information about this show, click this here.

The Waynesboro Children’s Theatre Troupe is looking for local businesses to become a sponsor for this year’s WCTT’s “Shrek the Musical.” The production expenses of each show exceed $25,000 yearly, and supporters are looking for assistance. To become a sponsor for this year’s musical, potential sponsors can email them at [email protected]. For more information about the show, which will be held on Dec. 4th through the 7th at the Waynesboro Area Senior High School, donors may click here.

From April 11th to May 31st, the Washington County Playhouse Dinner Theatre will be showing its show “Oklahoma”! To get more information about this performance, readers may click here.

On various weekends from the 18th of April to the 10th of May at the Maryland Ensemble Theatre In Frederick, the “Arthur and Friends Make a Musical” show will be happening. For information on the specific dates for the show and tickets, readers may click this link.

The Maryland Symphony Orchestra will be hosting its “MSO Spring Fling Luncheon” on April 1st
at 11am. To get more information and tickets, readers are invited to click here.

On April 2nd, the discovery series of The Weinberg Center in Frederick will be showing“Rakish.”
Also at the Weinberg Center, on April 3rd-4th, “The Wizard of Oz” will be showing. On April 4th, the “Re-Leaf Agency” will be showing at 7:30 p.m. On Thursday, April 9th, “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” (2001) will be showing at 7:30 p.m,. On Saturday April 11th,“Buffalo Rome: The Music of Laurel Canyon” will be showing at 2 p.m. To get more information and buy tickets for any of these shows, readers may click here.

On Friday, April 24th; Saturday, April 25th; and Sunday, April 26th, Hagerstown Community College students will perform the musical “Urinetown” in HCC’s Kepler Theatre as their spring production. Tickets are free for current HCC students and staff as well as children under the age of 5. For everyone else, tickets are $12.50-$15.50. To purchase, readers are invited to click here.