Carey Dinner Theatre: "Schoolhouse Rock Live!"
Carey Dinner Theatre
Tatum Theatre, Hattiesburg
- July 10-21: "Schoolhouse Rock Live!"
- Show times: Tues. to Sat., 7 p.m.
- Tickets: $30, includes meal & show
- Tickets: Box office opens June 4.
- For reservations, call (601) 318-6221.
Carey Dinner Theatre will celebrate its 43rd season with two musicals in June and July at the Joe and Virginia Tatum Theatre on the Hattiesburg campus of William Carey University.
The second show is the pop culture phenomenon, “Schoolhouse Rock Live!” This is a high-energy, nostalgic piece of classic Americana, whose music and humor were first introduced on ETV in the 70s and 80s. Designed to educate and entertain, the songs make learning math, science, English, history and civics fun for the whole family. The stage version has delighted audiences from university stages to regional theatres and beyond for two decades.
“Schoolhouse Rock Live!” follows Tom, a nerve-wracked school teacher who is nervous about his first day of teaching. He tries to relax by watching TV. Various characters representing facets of his personality emerge from the set and show him how to win his students over with imagination and music, through such songs as “The Preamble,” “Just a Bill,” “Lolly, Lolly, Lolly,” “Conjunction Junction,” “Interplanet Janet,” and “Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla.” The CDT production runs July 10 through 21.
Ticket information
To make reservations or to be added to the mailing list, call (601) 318-6221. The box office is open from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday, beginning Monday, June 4. The admission price of $30 includes a buffet meal, the show and sales tax. Dinner is served at 7 in the Joe and Virginia Tatum Theatre, and the performance follows. There are no performances on Sundays and Mondays.