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It’s ‘nothin’ but a good time’ at Circa ’21’s ‘Rock of Ages’ musical

By Linda Cook,

1 days ago

Wrapping up the Rock Island theater's 49th season of live entertainment, Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse invites audiences to travel back in time to the 1980s in the Tony Award-nominated Broadway smash "Rock of Ages."

This charming and energetic musical comedy was hailed by NY1 as “an irresistible, offbeat trip of a show that hits all the right notes” and is being brought to stage life by a team of professional actors.

The show will be presented at Circa '21 now through Nov. 7, with performances on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m., Sundays at 5:30 p.m. and Wednesday. matinées at 1:15 p.m. Pre-show entertainment featuring the theater's waitstaff the Bootleggers also will precede all performances. Ticket prices are $70 for the Friday-Sunday productions and $63 for the Wednesday matinee and evening shows.

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1cf0Uk_1FK9rtmp00 — (Circa '21)

Reservations are available through the Circa '21 ticket office. For reservations, contact the theater at 1828 3rd Ave., Rock Island or call 309-786-7733, extension 2. Online reservations also may be made here.

As the story begins, it’s the tail end of the big, bad '80s in Hollywood, and the party has been raging hard. Aqua Net, Lycra, lace and liquor flow freely at one of the Sunset Strip's last legendary venues, a place where rock icon Stacee Jaxx takes the stage and groupies line up to turn their fantasies into reality. Amid the madness, aspiring musician and resident janitor Drew longs to take the stage as the next big thing and also longs for Sherri, a starry-eyed small-town girl fresh off the bus from Kansas. But the rock-and-roll fairytale looks about to end after German developers sweep into town with plans to turn the fabled strip into just another capitalist strip mall. Can Drew, Sherri and the gang save the strip before it's too late?

The musical's characters will belt out such unforgettable hits as Night Ranger's “Sister Christian,” Foreigner's “I Want to Know What Love Is,” REO Speedwagon's “Keep on Loving You” and the Twisted Sister anthem “We're Not Gonna Take It.” The original Broadway production ran for 2,328 performances and is among the longest-running shows in Broadway history.

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