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Sarasota News Leader November 29, 2013 Page 110 MARVELOUS WONDERETTES BRING BACK MUSIC OF THE '50S AND '60S The smash off-Broadway hit The Marvelous Wonderettes will open on Venice Theatre's Pinkerton stage Friday, Dec. 6, and runs through Sunday, Dec. 22, the theater has announced. Evening performances of this fun-filled jukebox musical will be offered Tuesdays through Saturdays at 8 p.m. Sunday matinees will be at 2 p.m. Tickets are $25 to $28 for adults and $10 to $15 for students. They may be purchased online at www.venicestage.com, by phone at 488-1115 or in person at the box office, located at 140 W. Tampa Ave. on the island in Venice. Venice Theatre's recent production of The Drowsy Chaperone, the release adds.) Clark and Kasanofsky have chosen four Venice Theatre veterans (Andrea Keddell, Noelia Altamirano, Laurie Colton and Liz Pascoe) to play the "Wonderettes." The cast will take audiences back to the 1958 Springfield High School prom during Act I and the 10-year class reunion in Act II, the release notes. As the audience members learn about the girls' lives and loves, they will be treated to classic songs of the '50s and '60s, such as Lollipop, Dream Lover, Stupid Cupid, Lipstick on Your Collar, Venice Theatre's production is musically Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, It's My Party. directed by the award-winning Michelle Kasanofsky, a news release notes. New York- The Associated Press wrote, "[T]he fun never based director and performer Dennis Clark has stops" during this "must-take musical trip returned to the area to stage the show. (Local down memory lane," the release points out. audiences might remember Clark from star- The Los Angeles Times called The Marvelous ring roles in Singin' in the Rain and The Full Wonderettes, "deliciously enjoyable — wildly Monty. He also directed and choreographed entertaining froth." (From left) Noelia Altamirano, Andrea Keddell, Liz Pascoe and Laurie Colton are the Marvelous Wonderettes. Contributed photo