Due to unprecedented audience demand, Children’s Theatre of Charlotte is thrilled to add a record-breaking weekend of shows to its sold out run of “The Wizard of Oz”. This spectacular stage version featuring the music and lyrics of the classic motion picture is the opening production of Children’s Theatre’s 60th anniversary season.

 

The additional two shows mark the first time in the Theatre’s history that a production has extended to a fifth weekend. Public attendance for “The Wizard of Oz” is expected to top 10,000, making this the best attended single production in the Theatre’s history.

 

Critics have also responded enthusiastically. “In this wonderful ‘Wizard of Oz,’ theater lovers of Charlotte, young and old, have found our heart’s desire — like Dorothy — right in our own backyard,” wrote Julie York Coppens in The Charlotte Observer. Creative Loafing’s Perry Tannenbaum added his praise, commenting that “this adaptation of the familiar screen classic still packs plenty of powerful dramatic wallop.”

 

Tickets are available for the following added performances:

 

Saturday, Oct. 27                           1:00 pm - ADDED SHOW!

Sunday, Oct. 28                             2:00 pm - ADDED SHOW!

 

All other performances have been sold out.

 

Performances will be held in the McColl Family Theatre at ImaginOn, 300 East 7th Street.  Front Orchestra tickets are $21.00; General Admission tickets are $16.00. For tickets to the productions, call the Children’s Theatre Box Office at 704-973-2828 (10 am-5 pm, Mon.-Fri.) or visit our website: www.ctcharlotte.org.  Recommended for ages 5 and up.

 

Children’s Theatre of Charlotte is supported by the Annual Fund Drive of the Arts & Science Council, Charlotte-Mecklenburg, Inc., ArtsTeach, and the North Carolina Arts Council, an agency of the Department of Cultural Resources, and the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.
The media sponsor for the 2007-08 season is WCNC-TV.

US Airways: the 2007-08 Official Airline of Children’s Theatre of Charlotte.