Calendar of Events

RAIN: A Tribute to The Beatles
March 9, 2010 7:30 PM
Kuss Auditorium
Presented by: Springfield Arts Council
Broadway and Beyond
http://www.springfieldartscouncil.org

They look like them and they sound just like them! “The next best thing to seeing The Beatles,” raves the Denver Post. All the music and vocals are performed totally live! RAIN covers the Fab Four from the earliest beginnings through the psychedelic late 60s and their long-haired hippie, hard-rocking rooftop days. RAIN is a multi-media, multi-dimensional experience… a fusion of historical footage and hilarious television commercials from the 1960s lights up video screens and live cameras zoom in for close-ups. Sing along with your family and friends as we spotlight such Beatlemaniac favorites as “Let It Be,” “Hey Jude,” “My Guitar Gently Weeps,” “Come Together” and “Can’t Buy Me Love.”

Adults: $54, $49, $44, $34 | Students (age 22 and under): $44, $39, $34, $24
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Performing Arts Center Ticket Office: 937.328.3874 or toll free 1.866.PAC.TKTS (866.722.8587)

NightLights II: Alejandro Rutty (composer)
March 13, 2010 8:00 PM
Kuss Auditorium
Presented by: Springfield Symphony Orchestra
http://www.springfieldsym.org

Arturo Marquez: Danzon No. 2; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachianas brasileiras No. 2; Astor Piazzolla: Otoño Porteño; Alberto Ginastera: Four Dances from Estancia; Alejandro Rutty: The Conscious Sleepwalker Loops

NightLights II takes us to Latin America with Argentine-American composer Alejandro Rutty. Dance forms provide inspiration for the works of Rutty, Ginastera, and Villa-Lobos. We’ll talk about the works from the stage and give insights into the compositions and their performance. Performance Prelude and lobby music begin at 7:15 p.m.

Select Three: Boxes: $129/$96 | 1: $108/$75 | 2: $84/$66 | 3: $63/$30
Single Tickets: Boxes: $48 $36 | 1: $40/$28 | 2: $32/$20 | 3: $24/$12

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Performing Arts Center Ticket Office: 937.328.3874 or toll free 1.866.PAC.TKTS (866.722.8587)

Seussical
March 18, 2010 8:00 PM
March 19, 2010 8:00 PM
March 20, 2010 2:00 PM
March 20, 2010 8:00 PM
March 21, 2010 3:00 PM
Turner Studio Theatre
Presented by: Springfield Civic Theatre and OPAI

Seussical’ is based on the works of Dr. Seuss and weaves together his most famous tales and characters from at least fifteen of his books. The show follows the adventures of Horton, an elephant who one day hears voices coming from a speck of dust. He soon discovers that within this tiny speck exists the smallest planet in the universe! On this tiny planet lives a tiny race of creatures known as Whos. Although ridiculed by the other animals in the Jungle of Nool for believing in something he cannot see, Horton stubbornly persists in his belief that the Whos exist. Traveling everywhere from the Jungle of Nool to McEligott’s Pool, some of the characters fall in love, some have desperate adventures and some even save the world.

Written by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens
Music by Stephen Flaherty
Musical Direction by Marcia Ritshard-Sell
Conducted by Ian Polster
Directed and Choreographed by D. Scot Davidge

Adults: $17 | Student/Seniors: $15 Buy Tickets
Performing Arts Center Ticket Office: 937.328.3874 or toll free 1.866.PAC.TKTS (866.722.8587)
Rating: Rated PG for "cartoon-like" violence. Zero profanity or sexuality.

Boys of the Lough
March 19, 2010 7:30 PM
Kuss Auditorium
Presented by: Clark State
Club Kuss Series presented by Plato and Tina Pavlatos
http://pac.clarkstate.edu

The Boys of the Lough were the first full-time professional Celtic band to arise on the international scene. Their warm and upbeat performances have brought Dave Richardson, Kevin Henderson, Cathal McConnell, Brendan Begley and Malcolm Stitt friends from the village halls of their homelands to international concert and festival stages. The Grammy-nominated group has released 20 albums and has been entertaining audiences for more than 30 years. This show is a must-see for Celtic fans!

Lobby Party begins at 6:00 PM offering a cash bar and delicious free appetizers catered by Simply Delicious.

Attention Moms and Dads! - The Springfield YMCA (across from the Performing Arts Center) is offering evening child care for only $10 per child beginning at 6:00 p.m. and until 30 minutes after the Boys' concert has ended. Contact the YMCA at (937) 323-3781 for more information.

$25 / $20 / $15 Buy Tickets
Performing Arts Center Ticket Office: 937.328.3874 or toll free 1.866.PAC.TKTS (866.722.8587)

Alan Gresik Swing Shift Orchestra
March 26, 2010 8:00 PM
Kuss Auditorium
Presented by: Clark State
Signature Series
http://pac.clarkstate.edu

“It don’t mean a thing if you ain’t got that swing!” Featured in the MGM movie Return to Me, the Alan Gresik Swing Shift Orchestra will bring the jumping, swinging Big Band music of the 1930s and '40s back to roaring life! This high-energy show with its impeccable 15-musician crew is reminiscent of an old-time radio show complete with an emcee and actors performing commercials of that era. The Swing Shift Orchestra, who has also performed at the Chicago Jazz Festival and the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, has unlimited access to the Balaban and Katz Theatre Orchestra Collection of over 26,000 stock arrangements.

$30 / $24 / $15 Buy Tickets
Performing Arts Center Ticket Office: 937.328.3874 or toll free 1.866.PAC.TKTS (866.722.8587)