THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES Announces Special Holiday Schedule

THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES, written and directed by Roger Bean, slated for open-ended Off-Broadway engagement at the Westside Theater has audiences leaping to their feet nightly.

Previews began on August 29, 2008 and the show celebrated its Official Opening on September 14. A cotton-candy colored non-stop pop musical comedy, The Marvelous Wonderettes features the iconic sounds of the fifties and beyond in a journey back to the 1958 Springfield High School prom where the Wonderettes - Betty Jean, Cindy Lou, Missy and Suzy - are four young girls with hopes and dreams as big as their crinoline skirts. Brimming with such classic hits as “Lollipop,” “Dream Lover,” “Stupid Cupid,” “Lipstick on Your Collar,” “Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me,” “It’s My Party” and “It’s In His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song),” The Marvelous Wonderettes is an effervescent musical blast from the past.

Writer/director Roger Bean has written several musicals originally created for and produced by the Milwaukee Repertory Theater. Route 66, Honky Tonk Laundry, Why Do Fools Fall In Love? and The Andrews Brothers have also been produced in numerous theatres across the country Musical Theatre West, Delaware Theatre Company, Oregon Cabaret Theatre, Madison Repertory Theatre, Phoenix Theatre.

The Marvelous Wonderettes features Farah Alvin (Broadway: Nine, The Look of Love, Saturday Night Fever, Grease; nat’l tour: Grease) as “Missy,” Beth Malone (Broadway: Ring of Fire; Off-B’way: Bingo, Regional: Sister Act The Musical, Ring of Fire, You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown) as “Betty Jean,” Bets Malone as “Suzy” (originated the role of “Suzy” at Milwaukee Repertory Theatre; at Reprise in LA: Babes in Arms with Joey MacIntyre, 1776 with Roger Rees, No Strings with Scott Bakula) and Victoria Matlock (Nat’l Tours: Wicked, Evita with Hal Prince, The Full Monty; Regional: Jesus Christ Superstar, Cats, Sound of Music) as “Cindy Lou.”

This production includes Set Design by Michael Carnahan, Costume and Wig Design by Bobby Pearce (Broadway’s Taboo), Lighting Design by Jeremy Pivnick, Sound Design by Cricket S. Myers, Musical Direction by Brian William Baker and Choreography by Janet Miller and is presented by David Elzer (Jewtopia, The Laramie Project), Peter Schneider (The Lion King, Sister Act: The Musical) and Marvelous NYC, LLC.

 

Tickets are available through Telecharge at www.telecharge.com or (212) 239-6200. Tickets are $75.00, with a limited number of premium tickets available for $125.00. For more information, please visit www.MarvelousWonderettes.com.

During the holiday weeks of December 22-January 4, the schedule will be as follows:

 MONDAY, DECEMBER 22 at 8PM

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23 at 8PM

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24 at 3PM

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25 DARK

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26 at 8PM

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27 at 3PM & 8PM

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28 at 3PM & 7PM

MONDAY, DECEMBER 29 at 8PM

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30 at 3PM & 8PM

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31 at 3PM

THURSDAY, JANUARY 1 DARK

FRIDAY, JANUARY 2 at 8PM

SATURDAY, JANUARY 3 at 3PM & 8PM

SUNDAY, JANUARY 4 at 3PM