About
Stoughton Stars is a newly born powerhouse in the field of theatre. With their debut show ” Superman ” which opened in the summer of ‘07. they put themselves right in the public eye as a professional and entertaining theatre group. moving onto shows such as High School Musical and Chronicles of Narnia, STARS is going to continue the trend of bringing high end shows to a community setting.
Recent News
Theater auditions
Posted Jan 16, 2008 @ 05:12 PM
Last update Jan 16, 2008 @ 05:18 PM
Marshfield —
STOUGHTON STARS will hold auditions for “Disney’s High School Musical,” Jan. 26, at 9:30 a.m. directed by Audrey Mutascio at High Output, 495 Turnpike St., Canton. Production dates April 4 to 6. Contact www.stoughtonstars.com for information.
HINGHAM CIVIC MUSIC THEATRE will be holding auditions for its spring 2008 musical “NUNSENSE” on Feb. 25 and 26, at 7 pm. Callbacks will be on Feb. 27, if necessary. Auditions will be held at the Sanborn Auditorium in the Hingham Town Hall 210 Central St., Hingham. Production dates are April 25-26 and May 2-3-4. Call director Bill Boyer at 617-537-3131 for further information.
Tags: innovation training, lead generation, discount codes
—————————————————————
A musical meal
By Seth Jacobson
Stoughton Journal
Posted Jul 29, 2008 @ 11:54 AM
Stoughton —
Up for a little Broadway in your own back yard?
The Stoughton Stars want people in town—and surrounding towns—to know that the group will be hosting a dinner-theatre Broadway revue on Aug. 8 from 6-10:30 p.m. at the Portuguese National Club in Stoughton.
“It’ll feature about 12 of our cast members singing 29 different songs from various shows,” said Stoughton Stars vice-chairman and director John Williams. “The show will be roughly two hours.”
He said the cast members will be performing selections from shows like “A Chorus Line,” “Rent,” “Chicago,” “Les Miserables,” “Grease,” “Jesus Christ Superstar,” “Wicked,” “The Sound of Music,” “The Wizard of Oz,” “Sweet Charity” and more.
He said the show will lead off with a musical number called “Homeward Bound,” which was co-written by Stoughton Chamber of Commerce member Charlie Savage, who also owns the business, Pleasant Street Piano.
“We will also be doing a dance routine from the show, ‘Hairspray,’” Williams said.
Even though the Broadway revue is aimed at catching everyone’s full attention, Williams said the dinner being served at the Portuguese National Club will also turn people’s heads.
During the show, he said a dinner of steak tips, chicken, potatoes and rice with shrimp will be served, complete with desert and appetizers.
“Anyone thinking this is some kind of spaghetti dinner is mistaken,” Williams said. “When I saw the menu at the club for the first time, I was in awe.”
Williams said anyone who has never experienced a dinner-theatre or a Broadway revue will love the experience, as will those who traditionally follow the world of theatre.
“I pre-casted the talent,” Williams said. “People who come to the event are going to hear quality voices and they will see quality choreography. You go to a play to see one thing. You go to a Broadway revue to see another.”
He said the cast members who will be performing are all very talented, ranging in ages from 15-40.
“The menu alone should make people want to come to the show,” Williams said. “People will not be disappointed.”
Williams added the Stars organization would like to thank members of the Stoughton Chamber of Commerce in helping to put the event together.
Williams said tickets will not be sold at the door.
The cost of the dinner theatre is $30 per person or $50 per couple. Advanced sales only, purchase tickets at Pages, Bob’s Food mart or the Portuguese National Club, all in Stoughton. Or purchase tickets online at the Web site, www.stoughtonstars.com.
Also note the Stars will be announcing a holiday show soon, which will be performed in Stoughton.
————–
Tags: creativity test, creativity training, creativity assessment
——————————————————————————–
Jamie Poskitt as Annie Oakley and Fred Yaitanes as Frank Butler in “Annie Get Your Gun” by the Little Theatre of Stoughton.
The cast of Little Theatre of Stoughton’s production of “Annie Get Your Gun” includes people of all ages, shapes and sizes, and that is part of its great appeal. Everyone gets lots of face time onstage as part of the large musical numbers. It reflects the best aspect of community theater.
The fictionalized story of the real-life Annie Oakley, a back-woods girl who becomes a star of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show because of her prowess with a gun, debuted on Broadway in 1946, and has become synonymous with Ethel Merman, especially the Irving Berlin tunes “You Can’t Get A Man With A Gun” and “There’s No Business Like Show Business.” A big screen revival in 1950 starred Howard Keel and Betty Hutton.
Jamie Poskitt as Annie Oakley does all the heavy lifting in the large cast, and she does it well. The 2006 Bridgewater State College theater arts major exudes great charm from the moment she makes her entrance onstage until the end of the show, without upstaging the less-experienced members of the cast.
Playing her love interest, Frank Butler, is Fred Yaitanes of Stoughton and he has the cowboy strut down, delivering a low-key performance with a pleasant voice and understated demeanor. But the age difference between Poskitt and Yaitanes was disconcerting, especially during their love scenes.
In the role of Dolly Tate, Judith Wahl understands the importance of comic timing. She always made her presence felt when onstage, even during the big production numbers.
There’s a passel of cute kids in the show. Sam Bouchaiba, 7, as Annie’s younger brother, Little Jake, is cute and precocious. Another standout was Madison Peck as Minnie, another of Annie’s siblings. Peck displays great poise, and she delivers her too-few lines with ease.
In a humorous instance of making do with what you have, Annie Oakley’s “kill” consisted mostly of stuffed animals. One of the biggest laughs occurred at the beginning of the second act, when Annie discharges her weapon, and a rubber chicken is tossed onstage.
Little Theatre came up with an inspired piece of design in its creation of a train. Made of painted plywood flats chained together and led by an engine with a real headlight, it chugged in from the back of the theater and made its way onstage. Once there, the actors played the scene as the audience watched through the train windows. At the end of the scene, the train chugged out through the audience again, complete with sound effects. Clever and well done.
Tags: hemroids treatment, Baltimore accountant, Baltimore attorney, financial planning services, Baltimore dentist