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Zombies tickets on sale
August 20th, 2009 at Thu, 20th, 2009 at 12:34 pm by elizabethburlingameI’m looking forward to the Oak Harbor invasion of “Zombies from the Beyond,” the latest production from the Whidbey Playhouse by director Mary Lou Chandler. Posters are going up this week.
‘Zombies’ takes it cue from pulp movies from the 1950’s. I visited a rehearsal the other day and it’s shaping up to be a funny, sexy, cool satire based in Milwaukee. If you’re like me, you might have thought the story was about the walking dead based on the title but it’s actually a sci-fi, alien spoof. The leading men become “zombified” by the beautiful Zombina.
The cast is made up of quite a few talented 20-somethings and early highlights include the operatic voice of Amanda McCartney (Zombina) and Meiko Parton’s one-handed side flip in the dance number “Big Wig.”
Here’s a little synopsis from the playhouse:
- “Zombies from the Beyond” is a zippy, trippy, 50’s musical play by James Valcq about American ideals set in the Eisenhower era; as the Cold War and space-race paranoia begin to threaten the good folks at the fictional Milwaukee Space Center in 1955. A time when flying saucers or UFO’s were landing everywhere; and bomb shelters were being built in the backyards of Ozzie and Harriet houses all over the United States.The basic plot involves the invasion of Earth by a flying saucer piloted by a buxom alien, Zombina and her Zombettes. Their aim is to conquer and enslave all Earth’s men in order to repopulate their totally female planet by using Zombina’s secret weapon, her hypnotic singing voice. Throw in a brave scientist, an Army general and his lovely daughter, a Russian spy, and a tap-dancing delivery boy and you’ve got a really funny show.
Will Zombina and her Zombettes succeed in capturing Earth’s men for their planet? Will this be the end of Earth as we know it? If you’re up for a whacky spoof of a musical, “Zombies from the Beyond” should have you laughing heartily and shaking your head in disbelief at the same time.
Tickets are on sale now at the Whidbey Playhouse. The show runs Sept. 11 to Oct. 3 Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday matinees at 2:30 p.m. All seats are $16. Contact the Whidbey Playhouse at 679-2237 for more info.
elizabethburlingame Liz Burlingame has covered features and education for about two years at the Whidbey News-Times. She graduated from the University of Washington in 2008. Liz is a former intern for 710 KIRO radio and The Seattle Times. She first began blogging during the presidential race for The Huffington Post's "Off the Bus" series, "The Dallas Morning News," site and a student-run Web site. In 2008, she went on a state-wide bus trip with the guv and blogged for Crosscut.com. Her News-Times blog will cover arts and entertainment on the island.
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