THE FANTASTICKS Comes To Butte Theater 6/5-9/26, GODSPELL Plays 6/12-9/26

Thin Air Theatre Company summer season at the Butte Theater 139 E. Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, starts June 5.

Tickets are $12.75 each when you reserve groups of 20 or more - call 719-689-6402 for group reservations. More info at ButteOperaHouse.com.

2009 Schedule:

The Fantasticks - June 5-Sept. 26 (alternating days and times with Godspell).

The Fantasticks, a 1960 musical with music by Harvey Schmidt and lyrics by Tom Jones, the world's longest-running musical, for 42 years.

Godspell - June 12-Sept. 26 (alternating days and times with The Fantasticks).

Godspell (an archaic spelling of the word gospel) is a 1970 musical, a series of parables, based on the Gospel of Matthew interspersed with a variety of modern music set primarily to lyrics from traditional hymns.