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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

LHUCA confirms dates for children’s play

“Charlotte’s Web,” a one-hour children’s play adapted from E.B. White’s novel by Joseph Robinette, will be staged at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, with matinee at 2 p.m. Sunday, at the Firehouse Theatre at LHUCA, 511 Ave. K. This is part of the 2018-2019 Will of the Wind Productions season.

Direction is by Dea Young-Smith.

General admission tickets are $10, with no discounts available.

Tickets are available by calling (806) 241-7778, or emailing willofthewindproductions@gmail.com, and can be purchased at the door one hour before curtain. Further information for the Will of the Wind theater season is at willofthewind.org.

Latin songstress Chavez performs at Tech

Multi-ethnic Latin pop songstress Gina Chavez, a nine-time Austin Music Awards winner, will perform at 7 p.m. Friday at the Allen Theatre in the Tech Student Union Building on campus. Her appearance is part of the 2018-19 Tech Presidential Lecture and Performance Series.

Chavez was named Musician of the Year in 2015 by the Austin Music Awards. She took home Album of the Year for her sophomore effort “Up Rooted,” which topped the Amazon and Latin iTunes charts after she was featured on NPR’s “All Things Considered.” A CD signing will follow her performance.

General admission tickets are $20 (includes service charge).

Tickets are on sale at the Select-A-Seat outlets at Amigo’s Supermarket, Dollar Western Wear, Lubbock Memorial Civic Center, Market Street, Ralph’s Records and United Supermarkets. Texas Tech students receive one free ticket with a valid student ID only at the Tech Student Union’s east information desk. Call 770-2000 for more details.

Gilmore, Good co-headline house concert

Singer-songwriters Colin Gilmore and Nicolette Good will headline a HubCityMusic.com indoor house concert at 7:15 p.m. Friday at the home of Paul and Claire Johnson, 5806 77th St. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Tickets for general admission seating are $20, with 100 percent of all funds received going to the performers.

Payment is accepted at the door on the night of the concert, or advance payment can be made with a credit card (via Pay Pal) when one RSVPs. All are asked to RSVP at HubCityMusic.com. The event has a BYOB policy for alcohol. Complimentary bottled water and snacks are provided at intermission. Seating is limited to 60.

Call Johnson at 535-0303 or e-mail pj.1@sbcglobal.net for more information. Information also is available at HubCityMusic.com.

Hodgetwins comedy show at Cactus Theater

Twins Kevin and Keith Hodge, performing as the Hodgetwins, will headline a comedy concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Cactus Theater, 1812 Buddy Holly Ave.

VIP and Meet & Greet tickets are $50, with seating on the first three rows.

Remaining floor and balcony seating is $25. Tickets are $50 for the balcony box seats (include concessions). Ticket prices do not include taxes, service fees or processing fees, which are available at the theater’s website.

Advance tickets can be purchased by calling the theater at 762-3233, or visiting the venue online at cactustheater.com. Take note: All sales are final. The Cactus Theater does not permit exchanges, refunds or credit for future shows in exchange for unused tickets.

LCT stages thriller ‘Wait Until Dark’

“Wait Until Dark,” a mystery/thriller written by Frederick Knott, from an adaptation by Jeffrey Hatcher, will be staged at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, with matinee at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, at Lubbock Community Theatre, 4230 Boston Ave.

Direction is by Leah Tyson Houchin.

Reserved seats are $20 for the general public, $15 for seniors and students, and $5 for student rush tickets five minutes prior to the play beginning.

Tickets can be purchased in advance by calling 749-2416 or visiting online site lubbockcommunitytheatre.org.

Moonlight Musicals stages ‘Wizard of Oz’

The Royal Shakespeare Company’s adaptation of stage musical “The Wizard of Oz” will be performed as a Moonlight Musicals indoor production at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and Nov. 23-24, and also at 2 p.m. Sunday and Nov. 25, at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center Theatre, 1501 Mac Davis Lane. The first weekend occurs during the Junior League’s Holiday Happening.

The 1987 stage adaptation has music by Harold Arlen, lyrics by E.Y. Harburg and a book by John Kane; it is based on the book “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” by L. Frank Baum, and the classic 1939 movie written by Noel Langly, Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolfe.

Stage direction is by Gerald Dolter. Music direction is by Justin Duncan, with choreography by Amy Cox. The cast includes Anna Tesh as Dorothy Gale, Robin Grimes as Glinda the Good Witch of the North and Aunt Em, Mariel Morgan as the Wicked Witch of the West and Miss Gulch, Chase Gibson as the Scarecrow, Keegan Peck as the Tin Man, Frank Rendon as the Cowardly Lion, and Mike Morgan as the Wizard of Oz.

Reserved seats are $50, $35 and $20 (prices includes service charges). Tickets are on sale at Select-A-Seat outlets at Amigo’s Supermarket, Dollar Western Wear, Lubbock Memorial Civic Center, Market Street, Ralph’s Records and United Supermarkets. Call 770-2000 for more details.

Tyler Elliott memorial concert at Cactus

A Tyler Elliott memorial concert, called “Cowboys and Angels,” will take place at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Cactus Theater, 1812 Buddy Holly Ave.

Reserved seats are $25 for all floor and standard balcony seats. Tickets for balcony box seats are $50 (includes concessions). Proceeds will help “families in need and the Cowboy Crisis Fund within the memorial.”

Entertainers include Baby Jade, Jeff Bailey, Will Banister, Addie Bleu, Pete Cruz, Bren Edwards, Makenzie Elliott, Gabriella Flores, Emily George, Clay Gibson, Avery Guyear, Haley Simpson and Lucas Tomblin,

Ticket prices do not include taxes, service fees or processing fees, which are available at the theater’s website. Advance tickets can be purchased by calling the theater at 762-3233, or visiting the venue online at cactustheater.com. Take note: All sales are final. The Cactus Theater does not permit exchanges, refunds or credit for future shows in exchange for unused tickets.

Ragtown opens Polk’s ‘Bethlehem, Christmas Musical’

The popular original play “Bethlehem, The Christmas Musical,” written by Chip Polk and directed by Glenn Polk, will be staged at 3 p.m. on Saturdays, Nov. 17, Dec. 1, Dec. 8 and Dec. 15, and also at 3 p.m. on Dec. 9 and Dec. 16, at the Ragtown Gospel Theater, 870 Ragtown Road near Post (two miles west of Post, off U.S. 84). There is no show on Nov. 24. First performed in 2010, this year’s production is its fourth at the Ragtown Gospel Theater.

Cast members are Glenn Polk as God the Father, Christopher Smith as Jesus, Travis Burge as Satan, Jeron Robinson as Joseph, and Catie Silva as Mary. The 36-member cast also includes Ragtown veterans Jay Young, Michael Williams, Nathan Graves and Joe Bass.

Chip Polk and guest artists open each show with a Christmas concert. Seating is handicapped accessible.

Reserved seats for the play are $22 for the general public and $10 for students, plus tax. There is a 25 percent discount for groups of 12 or more. Call (877) 724-8696 or visit ragtown.com for reservations and more details.

Sounds of West Texas at Cactus

Sounds of West Texas will perform a concert called “Home for the Holidays” at 7 p.m. Nov. 24 at the Cactus Theater, 1812 Buddy Holly Ave. The concert includes holiday,inspirational and gospel music, focusing on songs about home, family and love. Door prizes will be given away at 6:50 p.m. and more at the end of intermission.

Darryl Holland will emcee. Featured performers are Larry Allen, Steve Burrus, Lesley Carraway, Mike Carraway, Roger Dean, Danny Dukatnik, Jimmy Henderson, Mike Huffman, Darryl Lippe, Donnetta Lippe, Donnie Martin, Johnny Richardson, Betty Smith, Keith Smith, Cindie Taggart, Terry Westbrook and Steve Williams.

Reserved floor and balcony seats are $20, and $40 for limited balcony box seats (include concessions). Ticket prices do not include taxes, service fees or processing fees, which are available at the theater’s website.

3rd Wheel salutes Tom Petty music

Lubbock rock band 3rd Wheel will headline a tribute concert of Tom Petty music at 8 p.m. Nov. 24 at Downtown Social LBK, 1711 Texas Ave. Leading 3rd Wheel are Dustin Garrett, lead guitar and vocals; Will Boreing, lead guitar and vocals; and Lindsay Boreing, vocals. Filling out the band are Jose Barcenas, bass and vocals; Johnny Hughes, keyboards and vocals; and Alex Sanchez, drums.

Acoustic solo artist Kindle Hunt will open the show at 8 p.m.; 3rd Wheel follows at 9:30 p.m.

There is a $5 cover for standing-room-only and bar seating; tables seating four are limited, but can be reserved for $50. Only fans age 21 and older are admitted.

Further information is available by calling Downtown Social LBK at (806) 368-7301, or visiting the club’s website at downtownsociallbk.com.

Michael Martin Murphey sings Cowboy Christmas

Recording artist Michael Martin Murphey will perform his 25th annual Cowboy Christmas Concert in shows at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 29 and 30 at the Cactus Theater, 1812 Buddy Holly Ave.

Murphey, 73, followed such hits as “Wildfire” with three albums of “Cowboy Songs” in the 1990s. He was inducted into the Western Music Association Hall of Fame in 2004 and the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame in 2009.

Reserved seats are $70 for the first two rows (including a temporary row), $50 for the next four rows, $40 for the remaining floor seats (including ADA seating), $35 for standard balcony seating and $100 for the balcony box seats (include concessions). Ticket prices do not include taxes, service fees or processing fees, which are available at the theater’s website.

Annual Carol of Lights planned

With the flip of a switch, more than 25,000 red, white and gold lights will illuminate 18 buildings around Texas Tech’s Memorial Circle, Engineering Key and Broadway campus during the university’s 60th annual Carol of Lights on Nov. 30.

A carillon concert will begin at 6:30 p.m. that night, with the Carol of Lights ceremony commencing at 7 p.m. at Tech’s Science Quadrangle. Prior to the lights being turned on, the Tech Trombone Choir, directed by Jim Decker, will accompany the Tech Combined Choirs.

The holiday ceremony finds The Masked Rider, a Saddle Tramps torch processional and the High Riders leading visitors from the University Seal, west of Broadway and University Avenue, along a route lighted by luminariasCQ that leads around Memorial Circle and on to the Science Quadrangle.

Lights framing the multiple Tech buildings will be turned on from dusk (approximately 6:30 p.m.) to midnight every night from Nov. 30 through Jan. 1, 2019.

Traditional Christmas play at CATS

“The Best Christmas Pageant Ever,” by Barbara Robinson, will be staged at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 30-Dec. 1 and Dec. 7, 9 and 14-15 at the CATS Playhouse, 2257 34th St. (CATS is Children and Adults’ Theatrical Studio.)

Co-direction is by Izzy Klafka and Mickie Klafka.

General admission tickets are $12 for all ages.

Call 503-4036 for more details.

Roberson, Aguilar in new Frenship musical

The hit 1934 stage musical “Anything Goes,” with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, will be staged at 7 p.m. Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, with 2:30 p.m. matinees on Dec. 1 and 2, at the Frenship High School Performing Arts Center, 902 Dowden Road in Wolfforth. The original book was by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse, but it was heavily revised by Howard Lindsay and Russel►CQ◄ Crouse.

Direction is by Jake Lierman. Amy Moss is musical director, and Scott Carter will conduct the orchestra. Choreographers are Courtney Ferguson, Melissa Oakeley and Jennifer Smith.

The 2017 FHS production of “Cinderella” found student actors Sierra Roberson and Noah Aguilar going on to win High School Musical Theatre Awards, sponsored by Dallas Summer Musicals. “Anything Goes” sees Aguilar and Roberson return as Billy and Reno, respectively. Additional cast members include: Coby Rogers as Evelyn Oakleigh, Eve Helak as Hope Harcourt, Josh Fredenburg as Moonface Martin, Macee Maddox as Erma, Kobie Jackson as Mrs. Harcourt and Austin Higby as Elisha Whitnet.

General admission tickets are $15 for the general public and $10 for all students and seniors age 60 and older. Tickets can be purchased online at www. frenshiptheater.com.

Riders in the Sky headline Cactus

Recording act Riders in the Sky, specializing in a mixture of traditional western/cowboy music and comedy, will perform two concerts at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Dec. 1 at the Cactus Theater, 1812 Buddy Holly Ave.

Current members are Ranger Doug (Douglas B. Green), guitar and vocals; Too Slim (Fred Labour), bass and vocals; Woody Paul (Paul Chrisman), fiddle and vocals; and Joey the Cow-Polka King (Joseph Miskulin), accordion and vocals.

Reserved seats for the 2:30 p.m. matinee are $35 for the first three rows, $25 for the remaining floor seats (including ADA seating), $15 for standard balcony seating and $50 for the balcony box seats (include concessions). Reserved seats for the 7:30 p.m. concert are $40 for the first three rows, $30 for the remaining floor seats (including ADA seating), $20 for standard balcony seating and $60 for the balcony box seats (include concessions). Ticket prices do not include taxes, service fees or processing fees, which are available at the theater’s website.

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