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Happy Halloween! Our studio  classes   at Mainstage Center for the Arts  are off tonight. We wish everyone a safe and happy time trick-or-treating!  The photos above show folks, and dogs, in the spirit of the season at the 27th Annual Blackwood Pumpkin Festival presented by Mainstage earlier this month. Photo credit: Christy Enright

Meet the cast:  CHICAGO (High School Edition) Isabella “Bella” Negrete – Roxie Hart Bella is thrilled to be making her Mainstage debut as Roxie Hart. Originally from the Bay Area in California, Isabella is currently a freshman pursuing her BFA in musical theatre at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. She is also a former student of the youth program at the American Conservatory Theater i n San Francisco. Past credits include: Hope Harcourt (Anything Goes), Alice ( You Can’t Take It With You ), and Lucy (Chronicles of Narnia). Many thanks to Grace, Francine, and Jill for making this show come to life! Of portraying Roxie, Isabella said, "Roxie Hart is such a fascinating individual to explore and become. She is the perfect paradox between sweet and sultry; and will stop at nothing to get what she wants." CHICAGO (High School Edition) runs November 16, 7 p.m. and 17, 2 & 7 p.m. Tickets available at  mainstage.org  or (855) 936-2467, ext 3. This edition is...

The Mainstage Center for the Arts Ukulele Meetup First Sunday of Each Month (next) Sunday, Nov 4, 2018 1 pm - 4 pm.  Spend the whole time, or a Portion of the Time Mainstage Center for the Arts 27 So. Black Horse Pike (next to Gloucester Twp Library) Blackwood, NJ 08012 Do you play the ukulele? Would you like to play the ukulele? Do you own a ukulele? Would you like to borrow a ukulele? If your answer is "YES" to any of these questions, then please consider joining us for our ukulele meetups and spend some time sharing good company, music, and fun, and it is all for FREE! Ukulele people are the friendliest in the world and we would love to share our love for the ukulele with you. Even if you never played before, we will loan you a ukulele and show you how to begin. You will be playing songs in 30 minutes or less. PLAY UKES & SING  the world's GREAT SONGS with us ALL SKILL LEVELS Welcome:  From beginner to intermediate and thos...

Co-director and Co-choreographer Francine Odri with the Scoop on Bringing the Iconic  CHICAGO  (High School Edition)  to Mainstage Since opening on Broadway in 1996, the  Chicago  revival has run for over 9,110 performances and won six Tony awards, including Best Revival of a Musical. The original production, directed and choreographed by the legendary Bob Fosse, opened in June of 1975 and was nominated for nine Tony awards. Now that it’s coming to  Mainstage Center for the Arts , Francine Odri filled us in a little about what audiences can expect. "Grace Szczepkowski and I are so excited to finally direct and choreograph  Chicago   at Mainstage! We have loved creating the complex, show-stopping dance numbers and working with our talented cast. It is fitting that this female-centered show also has a predominantly female creative team. In addition to Grace and I, there’s  Jillian Clark as musical director, Meghan Kennedy as stage...

The Harmony Show Choir spent Friday evening at Studio Crash in Philadelphia recording for the 99th Annual 6ABC Dunkin Donuts Thanksgiving Day Parade. Harmony will be appearing in the spectacular Opening, the Grande Finale, dancing and vocally backing up Davonda Simmons, and featured vocally in the Youth Choir performance of "This is Me" from the movie, THE GREATEST SHOWMAN.  They will also be appearing with Recording Artist Linda Eder on the Hess Float. Each year, Harmony looks forward to their recording session at Studio Crash. It is a wonderful opportunity for the choir members to be in a professional recording studio, along with Disney producers, and the exceptionally talented sound engineer, Michael Harmon, who is also the owner of Studio Crash. DaVonda Simmons Linda Eder