ARCADIA, CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, SHERLOCK HOLMES Set for Main Street Theater

Arcadia

MAIN STREET THEATER - RICE VILLAGE

By Tom Stoppard
Directed by ReBecca Greene Udden

LOCATION:
MAIN STREET THEATER - RICE VILLAGE, 2540 Times Blvd., Houston, TX 77005

DATES:
May 13 - June 6, 2010 (Previews May 8, 9 and 12; no performance May 14)

TIMES:
Thursdays at 7:30pm; Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00pm; Sundays at 3:00pm

SYNOPSIS:
"It's the best possible time to be alive, when everything you thought you knew is wrong." In Tom Stoppard's time-traveling masterpiece, Arcadia, the time is 1809, as the Coverly gardens are being transformed to the Gothic picturesque and the young genius Thomasina is forming a startling scientific theory while the adults around her are preoccupied with illicit passions and professional rivalries. The time is also two hundred years later, as academic adversaries Hannah and Bernard piece together puzzling clues from 1809 in their search for an increasingly elusive truth about Lord Byron and his connection to the Coverleys. Both worlds intersect and even collide as the quests for knowledge and passion run their courses, and everyone is forced to confront the reality of the attraction Newton left out.

First produced in 1993, Main Street Theater presented the Houston premiere in 1996 at its then newly-opened Chelsea Market theater.

TICKET PRICES AND DISCOUNTS:
-Thursdays - $20/$26; Fridays & Sundays - $25/$32; Saturdays - $30/$36; previews - $10. Discounts available for students, seniors, and groups, and rush tickets. Also: Pay-What-You-Can Performance: Sunday, May 16.

BOX OFFICE INFORMATION:
Advance tickets for ALL Main Street Theater Productions, on sale at the Main Street Theater Box Office:
Main Street Theater - Rice Village, 2540 Times Blvd., Houston, TX 77005
Information & Charge by Phone: 713.524.6706
Charge Online: mainstreettheater.com Credit Cards: VISA, MC, AMEX, DISC

WEBSITE: MainStreetTheater.com

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

MAIN STREET THEATER - CHELSEA MARKET

FACT SHEET / CALENDAR LISTING:
SHOW:
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Based on the book by Roald Dahl
Adapted for the stage by Richard R. George
Directed by Daria James

LOCATION:
MAIN STREET THEATER - CHELSEA MARKET, 4617 Montrose Blvd., Houston, TX 77006

DATES & TIMES:
Weekend Family Performances
Saturdays at 1pm and 4pm
April 17 & 24 and May 1 & 15, 2010

(school groups call 713-524-9196 ext 101 for available field trip times)

SYNOPSIS:
Oompa - Loompas, Golden tickets, and candy bars! Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a magical fantasy where dreams really do come true. Travel through the wacky (and top secret, shhh!) world of jelly bean stalks, chocolate rivers and hair toffee. Join Charlie, Willy Wonka and all the others in their dazzling adventures through the Chocolate Factory, a journey which celebrates the endless possibilities in life.
Recommended for First Grade and up.

TICKET PRICES AND DISCOUNTS:
$12 preferred seating; $10 side seating; group rates (10 or more) available. No children under 3 allowed in the theater (including sleeping babies).

BOX OFFICE INFORMATION:
Advance tickets for ALL Main Street Theater Productions, on sale at the Main Street Theater Box Office:
Main Street Theater - Rice Village, 2540 Times Blvd., Houston, TX 77005
Information & Charge by Phone: 713.524.6706
Charge Online: mainstreettheater.com
Credit Cards: VISA, MC, AMEX, DISC

WEBSITE:
mainstreettheater.com

Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars

MAIN STREET THEATER - CHELSEA MARKET

FACT SHEET / CALENDAR LISTING:
SHOW:
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
Adapted by Thomas W. Olsen from the stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Directed by Amelia Rico

LOCATION:
MAIN STREET THEATER - CHELSEA MARKET
4617 Montrose Blvd., Houston, TX 77006

DATE:
May 7 - 9, 2010

TIME:
Friday and Saturday at 7:30pm, Sunday at 3:30pm

SYNOPSIS:
Any fan of the world's greatest detective would love to get hold of the story of the Giant Rat of Sumatra ...and that's only the beginning of this thriller! A derelict ship docks in London, its hold full of strange cargo and the only survivor on board raving with madness. The royal family faces scandal, and the Queen's niece, Princess Victoria, is kidnapped. The game is afoot for Sherlock Holmes, but before he can get far, a mysterious attack leaves him at the point of death. Fortunately Watson and the Baker Street Irregulars, a gang of scruffy urchins Holmes enlisted as spies, are ready to take over. Can they stop a madman from blowing up London?
18 Houston-area children ages 12 - 18 perform.

TICKET PRICES AND DISCOUNTS:
All tickets are $5.

BOX OFFICE INFORMATION:
Advance tickets for ALL Main Street Theater Productions, on sale at the Main Street Theater Box Office:
Main Street Theater - Rice Village, 2540 Times Blvd., Houston, TX 77005
Information & Charge by Phone: 713.524.6706
Charge Online: MainStreetTheater.com
Credit Cards: VISA, MC, AMEX, DISC

WEBSITE:
www.MainStreetTheater.com