Summer Season 2010 Beauty and the Beast Jr.: Ages 7–12 Once on this Island: Ages 11–15 Rent - School Edition: Ages 14–18
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Arlington Children's Theatre's Production of Disney's Beauty and the Beast Jr. Music by Alan Menken Lyrics by Howard Ashman & Tim Rice Book by Linda Woolverton Originally Directed by Robert Jess Roth Originally Produced by Disney Theatrical Productions DISNEY'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST JUNIOR is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. 421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019 Phone: (212)541-4684 Fax: (212)397-4684 www.MTIShows.com Arlington Children's Theatre's Production of Disney's Beauty and the Beast Jr. directed by Colleen Rua 2PM Sunday, August 1st 7PM Thursday, August 5th 10AM Saturday, August 7th 2PM Sunday, August 8th The Regent Theatre 7 Medford Street Arlington, MA Tickets: $15 Available online or at the box office The Brainy and Beautiful Belle yearns to escape her provincial life...and her brute of a suitor, Gaston. However, Belle gets more adventurous than she wanted when she becomes a captive in the Beast's enchanted castle! Dancing flatware, menacing wolves, and singing furniture fill the stage with thrills in this beloved fairy tale about very different people finding strength in one another and learning how to love.

Once On This Island A Musical Book and Lyrics By LYNN AHRENS Music By STEPHEN FLAHERTY Based Upon The Novel "My Love, My Love" By Rosa Guy" directed by Matthew Lundeen 7PM Saturday, July 31st 7PM Tuesday, August 3rd 7PM Friday, August 6th 2PM Saturday, August 7th The Regent Theatre 7 Medford Street Arlington, MA Tickets: $15 Available online or at the box office ONCE ON THIS ISLAND is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. 421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019 Phone: (212)541-4684 Fax: (212)397-4684 www.MTIShows.com This highly original and theatrical Caribbean adaptation of the popular fairy tale “The Little Mermaid” garnered eight Tony nominations for its Broadway run, including Best Musical, Book and Score. In almost non-stop song and dance, the show tells the story of Ti Moune, a black peasant girl who rescues and falls in love with Daniel, a wealthy boy from the other side of her island. When Daniel is returned to his people, the fantastical gods who rule the island guide Ti Moune on a quest to test the strength of her love against the powerful forces of prejudice, hatred and death.

Arlington Children's Theatre presents RENT SCHOOL EDITION Performed Entirely by Students Book, Music and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson Musical Arrangements Steve Skinner Original Concept/Additional Lyrics Billy Aronson Music Supervision and Additional Arrangements Tim Weil Dramaturg Lynn Thomson Rent was originally produced in New York by New York Theatre Workshop and on Broadway by jeffrey Seller, kevin mcCollum, Allan S. Gordon and new York Theatre Workshop RENT-SCHOOL EDITION is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. 421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019 Phone: (212)541-4684 Fax: (212)397-4684 www.MTIShows.com Rent School Edition directed by Colleen Rua 7PM Sunday, August 1st 7PM Monday, August 2nd 7PM Wednesday, August 4th 7PM Saturday, August 7th The Regent Theatre 7 Medford Street Arlington, MA Tickets: $15 Available online or at the box office Jonathan Larson's Pulitzer-prize winning Broadway musical based loosely on Puccini's opera La Bohème. It follows a year in the lives of seven friends living the disappearing Bohemian lifestyle in New York's East Village. AIDS and both its physical and emotional complications pervade the lives of Roger, Mimi, Tom, and Angel; Maureen deals with her chronic infidelity through performance art; her partner, Joanne, wonders if their relationship is worth the trouble; Benjamin has sold out his Bohemian ideals in exchange for a hefty income and is on the outs with his former friends; and Mark, an aspiring filmmaker, feels like an outsider to life in general, always behind the camera recording the events but never playing a part. This adaptation has been carefully done, working with the Larson estate to retain the dramatic intent of the groundbreaking rock musical, and consists of minimal changes to language and the removal of one song (CONTACT) to make it possible for many schools to perform this piece.

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