Northern Utah theater: High schools produce ‘Hello, Dolly’ and ‘Suffragettes’

Northern Utah theater: High schools produce ‘Hello, Dolly’ and ‘Suffragettes’

Descriptions of the shows listed below were provided by the theaters producing them. They have been lightly edited for clarity.

OGDEN

PASSION

Good Company Theatre, 2404 Wall Ave., Ogden

In a remote military outpost in 1863 Italy, a handsome army captain — separated from his beautiful but married mistress — is forced to re-evaluate his beliefs about love when he becomes the object of the obsessive, unrelenting passions of Fosca, his colonel’s plain, sickly cousin.

Performances: 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through March 3; 4 p.m Sundays through March 4 and Saturday, Feb. 24

Tickets: $20 at bit.ly/2GHImvo or call 801-917-4969

FOOTLOOSE

The Ziegfeld Theater, 3934 S. Washington Blvd., Ogden

KICK OFF THE SUNDAY SHOES! The ‘80s Top 40 film never sounded so good, boasting the original songs audiences have loved for decades and more. A throwback to teen romance, angst and, of course, the need to dance, Footloose celebrates the wisdom of listening to young people, guiding them with a warm heart and an open mind.

Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through March 17 and Monday, March 5; 2 p.m. Saturday, March 10

Tickets: $17-$19 at zigarts.com or call 855-944-2787

‘HELLO, DOLLY’

Ogden High School, 2828 Harrison Blvd., Ogden

Set in turn-of-the-century New York, Hello, Dolly is the story of widowed matchmaker Dolly Levi, who while negotiating marriages for others, ultimately is out to arrange a match for herself. This class musical is filled with memorable songs such as “Put on Your Sunday Clothes”, “Before the Parade Passes By”, and “Hello, Dolly”. It is a musical for the whole family to enjoy.

Performances: 7 p.m. Feb. 23, 24, 26 and 27

Tickets: $5-$8 at ogdensd.schoolcashonline.com or at the door

WASHINGTON TERRACE

THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE

Beverly’s Terrace Plaza Playhouse, 99 E. 4700 South, Washington Terrace

Small-town girl, Millie Dillmount comes to New York during the 1920s to marry for money rather than love. Staying in a hotel owned by the leader of the white slavery ring in China, and transforming her life to become thoroughly modern in the flapper style, this musical is a comical delight that will leave the audience tapping their feet along with the tapping flappers on stage.

Performances: 7:30 p.m. Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays through April 7

Tickets:  $10-$17 at https://www.terraceplayhouse.com/tickets or call 801-393-0070

ROY

‘SUFFRAGETTES’

Roy High School Little Theater, 2150 W. 4800 South, Roy

This stirring story centers on Maud, a working wife and mother whose life is forever changed when she is secretly recruited to join the U.K.’s growing suffragette movement. Galvanized by the outlaw fugitive Emmeline Pankhurst, Maud becomes an activist for the cause alongside women from all walks of life. When increasingly aggressive police action forces Maud and her dedicated fellow suffragettes underground, they engage in a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse with the authorities, who are shocked as the women’s civil disobedience escalates and sparks debate across the nation.

Performances: 7 p.m. Feb. 23, 24 and 26; 2 p.m. Feb. 24

Tickets: $6-$8

KAYSVILLE

CRAZY FOR YOU

Hopebox Theatre, 1700 S. Frontage Road, Kaysville

This zany rich-boy-meets-hometown-girl romantic comedy tells the story of young New York banker Bobby Child, who is sent to Deadrock, Nevada, to foreclose on a rundown theater. In Deadrock, Bobby falls for spunky Polly Baker, the theater owner’s daughter. But Polly takes an instant dislike to the city slicker, so Bobby vows — through cunning, razzmatazz and a hilarious case of mistaken identity — to win Polly’s heart and save the theater.

Performances: 7:30 p.m. Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays through Feb. 24; 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24

Tickets: $10-$15 at bit.ly/2ECmvFj or call 801-451-5259

CENTERVILLE

THE LITTLE MERMAID

CenterPoint Legacy Theatre, 525 N. 400 West, Centerville

Follow us under the sea to a lively, magical world where mermaids and sea creatures sing, dance, and play in Disney’s, A Little Mermaid. Ariel, a headstrong nautical princess has fallen in love with her father, King Triton’s worst nightmare – a human. What lengths is she willing to go to find her true love? With the help of her friends Sebastian, Flounder, and Scuttle, Ariel heads off on an adventure that is splashingly good fun for the whole family!

Performances: 7:30 p.m. Mondays to Saturdays through March 24; 2:30 p.m. Saturdays, March 3 and 10

Tickets: $17.50-$27 at https://centerpointtheatre.tix.com or call 801-298-1302

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