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By Chris Murphy
March is going to be a doozy!
There are new events and performance popping up everywhere and we are only going to be able to scratch the surface this month. There is everything from indie plays, celebrity blockbusters, to enchanting cirque productions.
The Gallo Center has events lined up for everyone. This month will be amazing and we are just getting started. March starts off with Stomp on the 2nd and then turns around to present the Pirates of Penzance, presented by the New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players on March 7.
The Gallo Repertory Company presents 12 Angry Jurors where a jury must decide whether a 19-year-old man is guilty of murder. The jury votes 11-1 that the man is guilty of the crime, but laws require a unanimous vote by all 12 jurors in order to pass judgment.
March 8,9,10
Cirque Mechanic – If you love Cirque du Soliel, you will really love this show that features the details of the magic that makes this a fun show. March 23
Hank Williams 100 celebration
Jason Petty celebrates Hank Williams 100th birthday with his amazing, critically acclaimed tribute, Hank and My Honky Tonk Heroes. It’s nostalgic look at the country music giant and his influence on country music.
March 24, 5 pm
Central West Ballet
Every show that Central West Ballet presents is better than the last one. This season, the Creations show features an elaborate Fencing Concerto, a Central West Ballet original work that showcases incredible theatrical fencing by CWB dancers. Creations is poetry in motion, dazzling, innovative and always entertaining.
March 15 & 16 7 pm
This is just a sample of what is happening on the Gallo Stage. See more events at
www.galloarts.org<www.galloarts.org>
Are you ready for some amazing high school theatre?
Thomas Downey High School Theatre under the direction of Disney alum Christoper McPherson, will be presenting a great production of The One Act Play That Goes Wrong. It is a murder mystery comedy that showcases the Downey student’s gift for timing, comedy and thrills, and of course the great set designs.
March 8th at 7pm March 9th at 2pm & 7pm
Tickets at Door: $8 General Admission/ $6 Seniors & Students
Downey Auditorium 1000 Coffee Road.
Prospect Theatre Project
Long Day’s Journey into Night by Eugene O’Neill and directed by Carin Heidelbach, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama 1957, is an autobiographical play depicts one long, summer day in the life of the fictional Tyrone family, a dysfunctional household based on O’Neill’s family. It’s a story of love, hate, betrayal, addiction, blame, and the fragility of family bonds
MAR 22, 23, 24, 28, 29, 30, 31This
www.prospecttheatreproject.org<www.prospecttheatreproject.org>
West Side Theatre
Our friends in Newman presents the ABBA show Summer Night City (formerly Supertrooper) with a full scale tribute to ABBA. Don’t miss all of these great hits like Dancing Queen, Mama Mia, Waterloo and more!
March 23 8 pm
www.westsidetheatre.org<www.westsidetheatre.org>
State Theatre
The State will be filled with live music and comedy this month as the season gets underway. Don’t miss the Red Carpet party for the Oscars on March 10, and a Stroll down Penny Lane on March 23.
The Beat Farmers will be rockin’ for the Graffiti USA Museum. March 28, one of the
greatest bands of the 80s and 90s, San Diego Americana legends, The Beat Farmers, will be making a rare stop in Modesto, CA, for a show at the State Theater of Modesto on Thursday, March 28th. The band has not played in Modesto since 1995. Local band Third Party with Zasu Pitt’s/Vibes Steve Ashman and the Streeters Sisters will be opening the show at 7:30. Come out for a great night of some of the best rock and roll and help raise funds for the new Graffiti USA Museum.
www.thestate.org<www.thestate.org>
Gypsy Moon is a blend of Latin Rock and Flamenco with Mambo style percussion in the flavor of Carlos Santana, blended with Ottmar Lieber, presented by Red Tie Arts
Saturday, March 23 · 6:30 – 10pm PDT
Papapolloni Mediterranean Bistro
2501 McHenry Avenue Modesto, CA 95350
209-248-7464
MJC Presents Legally Blond
Don’t miss an all-star Modesto cast in this great stage adaption of the film featuring Elle Woods as she conquers Harvard Law School in Legally Blond, the Musical. Opens March 29th.
For more info Email: mjcarts@yosemite.edu<mailto:mjcarts@yosemite.edu> Tickets: www.mjc.tix.com<www.mjc.tix.com>
