2010 Musical Theatre Season
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 The Taffetas April 14 - May 23 |
 Plain and Fancy May 18 - October 16 |
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 A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline June 1 - July 11 |
 42nd Street July 20 - August 29 |
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 Annie Get Your Gun September 7 - October 17 |
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Forever Plaid: 
Cinderella
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In celebration of the 40th year Amish Acres has been preserving history through education, enlightenment and entertainment, The Round Barn Theatre at Amish Acres has added another twist to its 2010 season. Begin with The Taffetas, add A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline, bring back Annie Get Your Gun while 42nd Streetdances its way onto the stage, throw in The Foreignerfor fun, and for the holidays, alternate Forever Plaid: Plaid Tidings, mostly during the week, and Cinderella mostly on weekend! Add these seven shows to the 24th season of Plain and Fancy and you have Indiana’s longest, most ambitious and varied season of musicals and comedy.
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The Taffetas
April 14 - May 23, 2010
The Taffetas hit the stage two years before Forever Plaid, taking
you back in timewhen hula hoops were hot, angora sweaters were fashionable,
and poodle skirts were the talk of the town. A quartet of sisters
from Muncie, Indiana, is determined to sing their way onto national television
to appear on The Ed Sullivan Show. Enjoy being a part of their debut
studio audience as they knock your bobby socks off with a swell music revue
of the 1950's, including the hits "Johnny Angel", "Mr. Sandman", "You
Belong to Me", and many more. Be there for this Off-Broadway hit or
be square!
Plain and Fancy
May 18 – October 16
Plain
and Fancy was the first Broadway musical to open in 1955,
shortly before Silk Stockings and Damn Yankees,
and ran for 461 performances followed by over 350 performances in
London. It was a hit by any standard. Now, nearly five decades later,
Amish Acres has become the national home for this delightful musical,
celebrating its 24th season, after over 3,400 performances before
355,000 patrons. It is the heartwarming tale of a New York couple
that experiences a rare glimpse of life and love on an Amish farm.
Whether it is your first trip to Bird-in-Hand or a return visit, the community
revealed through Plain
and Fancy's music,
laughter and joy, will touch people of all origins, backgrounds and
faiths! The theatre's stage has been dedicated to Joseph Stein, co-author
of the show, whose support and guidance has given the theatre much
of its charm, character, and direction. Among its songs "Young and
Foolish" became
one of the year’s most popular songs, recorded by Dean Martin.
A Closer Walk
With Patsy
Cline
June 1 - July 11, 2010
Patsy's enduring musical legacy is witnessed by the fact that she is the
number one juke-box play in the world. Her Greatest Hits album has sold
over 9 million copies, and has been in first place for over 200 weeks of
her 700 weeks on Billboard's "Top Country Catalog Albums." On
March 1, 1995, Patsy was memorialized with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement
Award, and on August 3rd, 1999, she was inducted into the Hollywood Walk
of Fame.
Although she will never be replaced A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline is a tribute to her spirit and a celebration of the music of her life.
42nd Street
July 20 - August 29, 2010
42nd Street tells
the story of a humble, naïve young actress
named Peggy Sawyer who has come to audition for a new Broadway musical.
Unfortunately, due to her nervousness, Peggy arrives to the audition
late and misses her chance to join the chorus. Luckily, Peggy soon catches
the eye of the famous director, Julian Marsh, and he gives Peggy her big
break. However, the show's aging leading lady, Dorothy Brock, quickly grows
to dislike Peggy. On opening night, Ms. Brock falls and breaks her ankle.
Panic spreads through the company, as the show is doomed for closure,
until it is suggested that Peggy take the roll. In only thirty-six hours,
Peggy learns twenty-five pages, six songs and ten dances. Song standards
that came from 42nd Street include “We’re in the Money”, “Shuffle
Off to Buffalo”, “Lullaby of Broadway” and “About
a Quarter to Nine”.
Annie Get Your Gun
September 7 - October 17, 2010
Irving Berlin’s finest
hour tells the tale of Annie Oakley, the best shot around, as she manages
to support her little brother and sisters by selling the game she hunts.
When she's discovered by Col. Buffalo Bill, he persuades this novel sharpshooter
to join his Wild West Show. It only takes one glance for her to fall head
over heels for dashing shooting ace Frank Butler, who headlines the show.
She soon eclipses Butler as the main attraction which, while good for business,
is bad for romance. Butler hightails it off to join a rival show, his bruised
male ego leading the way, but is ultimately pitted against Annie in a final
shoot-out. The rousing, sure-fire finale hits the mark every time in a
testament to the power of female ingenuity. Few, if any, Broadway musicals
produced the number of memorable songs as Annie
Get Your Gun, including "There's No Business Like Show Business", "Doin'
What Comes Natur'lly", "You Can't Get a Man with a Gun", "They
Say It's Wonderful", and "Anything You Can Do."
The Foreigner
October 20 - November 7, 2010
Set in a resort-style fishing lodge
in rural Georgia, the comedy revolves around two of its guests, Charlie
Baker and Englishman Staff Sergeant Froggy LeSueur. Charlie is so
pathologically shy that he is unable to speak. As way of explanation,
Froggy claims his companion is the native of an exotic country
who does not understand a word of English. Before long, Charlie finds himself
privy to assorted secrets and scandals freely discussed in front
of him by the other visitors. These include spoiled but introspective heiress
and Southern belle Catherine Simms and the man to whom she is somewhat
reluctantly engaged, the Reverend David Lee, a seemingly humble
preacher with a dark underside. Her younger brother, Ellard, a chubby and
somewhat "slow" boy
is a simpleton who tries to teach Charlie how to speak English. Owen
Musser, the racist county property inspector, plans to oust property
owner Betty Meeks and convert the lodge into a meeting place for
the Ku Klux Klan.
Cinderella
November 10 - December 31, 2010
The timeless enchantment of a magical fairy tale is reborn with the
Rodgers & Hammerstein
hallmarks of originality, charm and elegance. Originally presented on television
in 1957 starring Julie Andrews, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella was
the most widely viewed program in the history of the medium. Its recreation in
1965 starring Lesley Ann Warren was no less successful in transporting a new
generation to the miraculous kingdom of dreams-come-true, and so was a second
remake in 1997, which starred Brandy as Cinderella and Whitney Houston as her
Fairy Godmother. As adapted for the stage, with great warmth and more than a
touch of hilarity, the hearts of children and adults alike still soar when the
slipper fits. Only R&H can create “Do I Love You Because You’re
Beautiful?”, “The Prince is Giving a Ball”, “In MY Own
Little Corner”, and Stepsisters’ Lament”.
Forever Plaid: Plaid Tidings
November 30 - December 31, 2010
Plaid Tidings offers the best of Forever Plaid tied-up
in a nifty package with a big Christmas bow on top! Filled with Christmas
standards that have all been "Plaid-erized," our boys are back
to do their Christmas Special. At first they aren't sure why they've returned,
but a phone call from the heavenly Rosemary Clooney lets them know that
they're needed to put a little harmony into a discordant world. You’ll
hear “Mambo in a Winter Wonderland”, “It’s Beginning
to Look a Lot Like Christmas”, and, of course, “Jingle Bells”.
Joseph Stein Young Actors Studio
Add the full slate of Joseph Stein Young Actors Studio High School
production, Summer Camps, and Theatre for Young Audiences and The
Round Barn Theatre remains the busiest and most vibrant professional
repertory theatre in Indiana and beyond.
You won’t find a more convenient, casual, informal, family-friendly, up-close, and easy-to-reserve-seats theatre. You will find the air fresh, the seats comfortable—to most, and the rustic patina and homey, historical, and country flavor relaxing. You’ll meet the actors following each show and at receptions, previews, readings, and second stage productions. It’s simply delightful! And every musical is filled with stories of life, love, irony, tolerance, understanding, and peace among all men and women; it can’t get any better.
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