Arts & Entertainment
#96 - Go Way Off Broadway on Main Street
The Smithtown Center for the Performing Arts gives locals a chance to catch major theater productions on home soil.
Despite this week's warm-up, it's still the middle of winter, which means you're looking for ways to get out of the house. So, why not take in a spot of theater?
Located on West Main Street, the has put on staged productions of well-known musicals for nearly a decade, all from a theater that's been in the area for almost a century.
It's run by the nonprofit Smithtown Performing Arts Council, and the shows range from being put on by professional actors to using a cast of local youth performers. That's the case with the most recent show, a production of Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" put on jointly between the center and the Youth Experiencing Art project.
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The theater's prior production, was, obviously, another youth-driven musical.
Tickets for "" cost $15, which usually only buys you half of a soda at an on-Broadway production.
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The show runs through Feb. 27.
Category: Arts, Family, Theater
Price: $
Season: Year-round
Note: Kids love musicals.
Stay tuned for #95 next week, same time same place. And if you missed #97.
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