HS musicals this week: 'Fiddler,' 'Urinetown,' 'Into the Woods,' 'Addams' and ABBA
All of the musicals on high school stages across the Lower Hudson Valley this week touch on family to one degree or another.
There's the straightforward "Fiddler on the Roof," about a Ukrainian dairyman with five daughters who is watching his traditions succumb to the modern world.
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There's the quirky "Urinetown," about a dystopian society where (spoiler alert) Bobby Strong watches his father suffer in an age when people have to pay for the privilege to ... um ... pee. (It's also about a daughter and her father, if you need more family ties.)
Then there's "Into the Woods," with a slew of family connections: A Baker and his Wife; Cinderella and her stepfamily and her prince; Jack (of Beanstalk fame) and his mother and his cow, Milky White; Little Red Riding Hood and her granny; Rapunzel and her family; and two princely brothers who are in agony, and then in agony again.
If you like your families altogether ooky, there's "The Addams Family," based on the Charles Addams cartoon that inspired the campy TV series, the campier films and this musical.
Finally, there's a complicated family, in "Mamma Mia!," where a confused girl plans her wedding, entirely unsure of which of her mother's former beaus should lead her down the aisle.
Families, amirite?
What's running this week?
Here's where you'll find these musicals, on a stage nearby.
"Fiddler on the Roof" at Dobbs Ferry: 7 p.m., April 12; 1 and 7 p.m., April 13. $10; $5 Dobbs Ferry students. At the door or by searching "Fiddler" at www.myschoolbucks.com. On Instagram: @dfhstheatre.
"Into the Woods" at Pelham Memorial: 7:30 p.m., April 12, 13; 2 p.m., April 14. $20; $15 students, seniors at showtix4u.com.
"Mamma Mia!" at Walter Panas: 7 p.m., April 12; 2 and 7 p.m., April 13. $12. On Instagram: @panasplayers
"The Addams Family" at Somers: 7 p.m., April 12, 13; 2 p.m., April 14. $10; $5 students, seniors at the door or somershs.seatyourself.biz
"Urinetown" at Hastings: 7 p.m., April 12, 13; 2 p.m., April 14. $12; $7 students, seniors at www.hastingstheatre.com
"Urinetown" at Ramapo: 7:30 p.m., April 12, 13; 2 p.m., April 14. $15; $12 students, seniors; all matinee seats $10 at https://ramapoplayers.ludus.com/ On Instagram: @rhsdramaclub
Next weekend
The musicals season continues apace next weekend: Peekskill stages "Footloose," April 18, 19, 20. Mahopac presents "Mary Poppins," April 18, 19, 20. Pearl River welcomes "The Music Man," April 18, 19, 20. Lakeland presents "Chicago: Teen Edition," April 19 and 20. Fox Lane presents "Something Rotten!" April 19, 20, 21. And Eastchester stages "The Addams Family," April 19, 20 and 21.
Scroll through our data base for a musical near you
Use our searchable musicals database to find a performance near you. With just a few weeks remaining in the season, there are still shows to be seen.
Reach Peter D. Kramer at pkramer@gannett.com.
This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: Lower Hudson Valley NY high school musicals you can see this week
