Blue Spruce Theatre will present Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty's Once on this Island October 7-24, 2010 at the Arsenal Center for the Arts (321 Arsenal St., Watertown, MA). Show times are 7:30 pm on Thursdays; Friday and Saturday at 8:00 pm; matinees Saturday and Sunday at 2pm. Tickets are $22-$25 (+$1.99 fee for credit cards) and are available by phone 1-800-838-3006. For more information visit http://www.bluesprucetheatre.org.
With the announcement of their 2010 production of the beloved Ahrens and Flaherty musical Once on this Island, Blue Spruce Theatre continues to focus on raising awareness of civil rights issues. Once on this Island, which is based on Hans Christian Anderson's classic fairy tale "The Little Mermaid," "tells a wonderfully compelling story of love and longing across societal boundaries," says Jesse Strachman, Producing Artistic Director. "These artificial boundaries that dictate who may love whom are obsolete, and our hope is that by presenting this story in a dramatic setting, this will reinforce the idea that love should know no boundaries."
Blue Spruce Theatre was created in September of 2006 to bring high-quality, intimate musical theatre to audiences outside of Boston. Our mission is to produce works that connect us to each other as people, giving us a better understanding of who we are, where we came from, and where we are headed.
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