"Route 66" Musical Comedy Screeches to a Halt in Monroe
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It's a rip-roaring, pedal-to-the-metal road trip down memory lane when the touring musical production of "Route 66" makes a stop at Monroe Arts Center on Saturday, March 4, at 7:30 p.m. It's a road trip of a lifetime with solid harmonies, dazzling quick-changes, flashy dance numbers, and hilarious comedy.
The rambunctious musical comedy, "Route 66," will lead the audience along the great "Mother Road" in a nostalgic celebration of music and whimsical highway fun on Saturday, March 4, at 7:30 p.m., at the Monroe Arts Center, 1315 11th Street, Monroe, Wisconsin. This high-octane musical is currently on a ten-week tour of 27 states.
In "Route 66," a gang of rowdy Chicago service station attendants strip off their snappy Texaco uniforms and head off on a westward-bound road-trip filled with music, dance, and highway mischief. The talented quartet of singing grease monkeys leave Chicago and follows the highway down through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and conclude their travels at the beach in Santa Monica, California.
The show features rock and pop music from the 1950's and '60's including hit tunes like King of the Road, Dead Man's Curve, I Get Around, Little Old Lady from Pasadena, and, of course, Route 66. Because of its comic antics and tight-harmony vocals, the show has been called a hybrid of Grease, Forever Plaid, and Pump Boys and Dinettes.
The show's author, Roger Bean, first created "Route 66" for the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre and then developed it further at the famous Oregon Cabaret Theatre. Bean has now turned the production over to the 145-year-old Springer Theatre, which is Georgia's official State Theatre. Springer Theatricals is the touring unit of the Springer Opera House, the State Theatre of Georgia, based in Columbus. Founded in 1871, the Springer is one of America's oldest and most celebrated theatre companies.
Reserved seat tickets are going fast. Tickets are $25.00 and $20.00 for adults, and $10.00 for students 18 and under, and may be purchased at the Monroe Arts Center box office located at 1315 11th Street, by calling (608) 325-5700, or online at http://www.monroeartscenter.com.
