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With the summer now in full swing and families on the lookout for activities to fill the hot summer evenings, The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre is announcing a "Family Summer Savings" deal for its current production of the musical Hairspray. For Friday evening and Sunday matinee performances between July 15th and August 25th, with the purchase of 1 Regular Priced Adult ticket, the younger family members get a discount on their ticket prices. Tickets for children 12 and younger will then be $20 (regularly $32) and 13 to 17 year olds will be $25 (regularly $42).
Hairspray delights audiences by sweeping them away to 1960's Baltimore, where the 50's are out -- and change is in the air. Loveable plus-size heroine, Tracy Turnblad, has a passion for dancing, and wins a spot on the local TV dance program, The Corny Collins Show. Overnight she finds herself transformed from outsider to teen celebrity. She then sets out to vanquish the program's reigning princess, win the heart of the super handsome Link Larkin, and racially integrate the television show (singing and dancing all the way!).
Based on the John Waters movie of the same name, when it opened on Broadway in the fall of 2002, Hairspray became one of the most popular and energetic shows on the Great White Way. Every night was a party at the Neil Simon Theatre. After running for more than six years and 2,600 performances, the production closed on January 4, 2009. With it, it took home a number of awards including eight Tony Awards (one of which was for Best Musical), two Theatre World Awards, and ten Drama Desk Awards (another trophy for Best Musical)."We wanted to do something to give families a little break for the summer," says Bill Kiska, Way Off Broadway's Executive Producer and CEO, about the Family Summer Savings offer. "WOB is a family company and we certainly know and understand how expensive it can be for an entire family to go out and do something together during the summer. With prices seeming to go up on everything every time we turn around, we thought we would do things a little different and offer families a discount for the summer."
Way Off Broadway's production of Hairspray runs through August 27th with performances every Friday and Saturday evening, matinees on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sunday of each month, and two Twilight Show Only performances on July 24th and August 14th. For additional information on the show, visit www.wayoffbroadway.com. To purchase tickets, stop by the theatre or call the Box Office at (301) 662-6600.The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre has been a leader in the region's performing arts community since it first opened in 1995. Under the direction of the Kiska Family since 2002, WOB has produced such productions as A Funny Thing . . . Forum, Guys & Dolls, Steel Magnolias, Oklahoma!, Grease, Fiddler on the Roof, The Odd Couple, A Chorus Line, The Sound of Music, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Evita, Cats, The Full Monty, as well as the regional and/or area premieres of Neil Simon's The Goodbye Girl - The Musical, Jerry Herman's La Cage aux Folles, the musical comedy The Wedding Singer, Mel Brooks' The Producers, and The Drowsy Chaperone. Located along Route 40 West, the Golden Mile in Frederick, the theatre also produces a one-of-a-kind children's lunch theatre, as well as a number of special events throughout the year. ? Photo Caption: ?Jeremy Trammelle as Corny Collins with the Nicest Kids in Town from Hairspray
