The Strand Center for the Arts and Adirondack Regional Theatre Present the Powerful and Intimate Musical, THE LAST FIVE YEARS
PLATTSBURGH (May 10, 2015) –Adirondack Regional Theatre (ART) and The Strand Center for the Arts are thrilled to present Tony Award winning composer Jason Robert Brown’s powerful and intimate musical, The Last Five Years as part of The Strand Presents Series.
The Last Five Years won two Drama Desk Awards in 2002 for Outstanding Music and Outstanding Lyrics .The score is beloved among contemporary musical theatre fans, becoming an iconic piece that has defined a new generation of theatre lovers and artists.
Show dates are Friday June 5 at 7:30pm and Saturday June 6 at 2:00pm and 7:30pm at Plattsburgh’s Historic Strand Theatre. Ticket prices are $18 General Admission, $15 Strand Center for the Arts members, seniors, students and military. The musical explores a five-year relationship between Jamie Wellerstein, a rising novelist, (played by James Kelly) and Cathy Hiatt, a struggling actress (Elizabeth Abair). The Last Five Years chronicles the young couple’s romance in a new and exciting way: her story starts at the end of their relationship; his begins on the day they met. From first date to final good-bye, through the course of 14 songs, the couple separately tell their own account of their five-year relationship. From the whimsical optimism of Jamie’s “Shiksa Goddess” to Cathy’s crushingly vulnerable “Still Hurting,” The Last Five Years takes a bold look at one young couple’s hope that love endures the test of time. Funny, honest, and intimate.
Adirondack Regional Theatre follows up their critically acclaimed “Love Letters” with another from the heart production. “The Last Five Years” is being co-presented by The Strand Center for the Arts and The Adirondack Regional Theatre. To purchase advance tickets, visit www.plattsburgharts.org , call (518) 563-1604 or in-person at 23 Brinkerhoff Street, Plattsburgh, NY. Tickets can also be purchased at the door the day of the performance at The Strand Theatre located at 25 Brinkerhoff Street, Plattsburgh, NY 12901.
“Graceful, gripping and break your heart beautiful. The Last Five Years
burrows into your skin by virtue of its very theatricality. It’s impossible not to swoon!” New York Daily News
“Compulsively enjoyable… The show moves smartly along on the specificity of truth… Unpredictably heartfelt insights, energized by a seductive, rhythmic drive… Here is a real modern falling-in-and-out-of-love musical” -The New York Post
“Bittersweet and nearly perfect.” – Variety
About the Production
The Last Five Years
Music and Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown
Directed by Dana Berry
Music Direction by Christopher Urban
Friday June 5 at 7:30 pm and Saturday June 6 at 2pm and 7:30pm
Tickets $18 General Admission, $15 Strand Center member, Senior, Student, and Military
Advance tickets, www.plattsburgharts.org , call (518) 563-1604 or in-person at 23 Brinkerhoff Street, Plattsburgh, NY.
Day of show tickets available at the Strand Box Office 25 Brinkerhoff Street Plattsburgh, N.Y.
About the Strand
The Strand Theatre is a landmark of cultural and historic importance. Located in the heart of downtown Plattsburgh, NY, the Strand Theatre was originally built as a Vaudeville Theatre in 1924 and is currently on the National Register of Historic Places.
About Adirondack Regional Theatre
Adirondack Regional Theatre (ART), a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, was founded in 2000. ART is a dynamic and culturally diverse organization of people from all walks of life and all age groups, joined together in their commitment to produce high quality theatrical experience
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