Canterbury Winter Arts invites you to a special reading of a new musical about Belle Gunness, who murdered dozens of men, women and children while living on her La Porte farm in the early years of the 20th century, earning her place as one of the nation's most notorious female serial killers! Written and composed by Dan Schaaf.
On the first Friday of each month from September through May, come join the fun as Canterbury Theatre offers a stage and a microphone to any and all performers who want to share their talents in a fun, supportive, family-friendly environment!
With jets roaring overhead during Chicago’s annual Air and Water Show, a brother and sister reunite in Graceland, the city’s oldest cemetery, on the occasion of their father’s puzzling death. When the pair decides to look for answers at his favorite tavern, their weekend becomes complicated by bad choices and startling revelations, with hilarious and heartbreaking consequences!
It’s the new millennium, and the girl group that everyone loves is bringing back the sun, fun, and all the great songs they sang down on the boardwalk at the Jersey Shore... all to raise money for the good folks at Sandy Shores RV Resort. In front of a live audience, The Bikinis relive their heyday and beyond, beginning in the summer of ’64, when the group got their name winning the Belmar Beach Talent Contest in their bikinis!
The award-winning musical drama, End of The Rainbow, focuses on Judy Garland's "comeback" concerts during Christmas, 1968, both onstage and off. With a six-week booking at London's famed Talk of the Town nightclub, it looks like Garland is set firmly to make a triumphant return to the spotlight. The failed marriages, the suicide attempts and the addictions are all behind her. At forty-six and with new flame, Mickey Deans, at her side, she seems determined to carry it off and recapture her magic.
Before 'Rent', there was 'Tick, Tick...Boom!'. This autobiographical musical by Jonathan Larson, the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning creator of the Broadway phenomenon, 'Rent', is the story of Jon, a composer, and the sacrifices that he makes to achieve his big break in theatre. His girlfriend wants to get married and move out of the city, his best friend is making big bucks on Madison Avenue and, yet, Jon is still waiting on tables and trying to write the great American musical!
Daisy Wilson lives in a small Texas town, a widow since her philandering husband was shot by his mistress—an action with which she has some sympathy. It’s 1928, and romance reenters Daisy’s life when she finds Garland Steinholden in the front yard awaiting permission to call on her, despite her older sister’s chagrin. What follows is the inquisition, the courtship, the pecan pie, and the big, loud rocks crashing down on a small wooden table!