HS musicals this week: At Pearl River, Lakeland, Mahopac, Eastchester, Peekskill, Fox Lane
Six high school musical productions are ready to take theatergoers on wildly different rides this weekend, to far-flung locales — without leaving the Lower Hudson Valley.
Head to Shrub Oak and arrive in Chicago. Drive to Pearl River and be transported to homespun Iowa. You can find London this weekend — old-school in Bedford or prim and proper in Mahopac.
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Drive to Peekskill and you'll find an undefined Bible belt town where dance is a no-no. Point your car to Eastchester and a wildly unconventional family will make you feel completely normal by comparison.
What's on stage this week
Peekskill stages "Footloose," the story of Ren, who is sure dance-forbidding Bomont is not the place for a kid who likes to dance. Performances at 7 p.m., April 18, 19; 2 and 7 p.m., April 20. Tickets are $15, $10 for students and seniors. At https://phsfootloose.bpt.me or the door. On Instagram: @peekskilldramaco.
Mahopac stages the story of the high-flying "Mary Poppins," the nanny who is practically perfect in every way, with performances at 7 p.m., April 18, 19, 20. Tickets are $10 at the door.
Pearl River stages "The Music Man," as Harold Hill gets off the train in River City, Iowa, bent on conning the locals out of money, only to find love. A performance for Pearl River senior citizens at 3:30 p.m., April 18. Then at 7 p.m., April 19 and at 2 and 7 p.m., April 20. Tickets are $15. At showtix4u.com.
Lakeland presents Kander and Ebb's "Chicago: Teen Edition," the tale of headline-hungry murderesses in, well, Chicago. Performances at 7 p.m., April 19, and 1:30 and 7 p.m., April 20. Tickets are $12 at the door or at wignwhiskers.com.
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Fox Lane in Bedford brings "Something Rotten!" to the stage. The story of the play-writing Bottom Brothers who, unfortunately, are working in the theater at the same time as William Shakespeare. With a little help from Nostradamus, they come up with the idea of a play with music, something called ... a musical. Performances at 7 p.m., April 19, 20, and 1 p.m., April 21. Tickets are $20; $10 for students and children. At the door.
Eastchester brings Charles Addams' strange family to life in "The Addams Family." There's Gomez, Morticia, Fester, Wednesday and Pugsley, Lurch and Grandma. And a wild dinner party where full disclosures come to light. Performances at 7 p.m., April 19 and 20, and at 2 p.m., April 21. Tickets are $20, $15 for students and seniors, $10 for elementary schoolers. At the door or eastchester.booktix.net On Instagram: @ehsplayersclub.
Next weekend
The penultimate weekend of the musicals season arrives next weekend with two productions: Putnam Valley presents "Rent: School Edition" and Archbishop Stepinac starts a two-weekend run of "Catch Me If You Can."
Reach Peter D. Kramer at pkramer@gannett.com.
This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: Lower Hudson HS musicals this week: 'Music Man' to 'Mary Poppins'
