UM Theatre & Dance Presents THE ELEPHANT MAN, 10/4-8
By: Kelsey Denette Sep. 19, 2011
The University of Montana School of Theatre & Dance will offer The Elephant Man, a mesmerizing drama about compassion, exploitation, and redemption. The Elephant Man runs in the Montana Theatre of the Performing Arts and Radio/Television Center on campus October 4-8 and 11-15 at 7:30 p.m.
This multiple Tony Award winner is based on the life of John Merrick, a nineteenth-century victim of rare skin and bone diseases who becomes the star freak attraction in traveling sideshows. Under the care of a celebrated young physician whose motives are not always clear-even to himself-Merrick is launched into London society and slowly evolves from an object of pity to an urbane and witty favorite of the aristocracy only to be denied his ultimate dream: to live and be treated as a regular man like any other.
Call the UMArts Box Office at 406-243-4581, Monday-Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., or order tickets online at www.umtheatredance.org.
Montana Awards - Live Stats
Best Musical - Top 3
1.
CABARET (The Ellen Theatre)
84% of votes
2.
WILD WEST SPECTACULAR THE MUSICAL (The Cody Theatre)
16% of votes
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