Sweat Opens at the Strand

 

A Pulitzer Prize winning play by Lynn Nottage.

 

It’s the year 2000 and a group of friends go to work at the steel mill and then decompress at the bar like they’ve been doing for over 20 years. But, unbeknownst to them, their lives are about to be uprooted. Their steel mill, is making some changes and the blood, sweat and tears, not to mention the generations of loyalty these workers have shown, don’t seem to amount to much. 

 

This poignant play takes a look at the de-industrial revolution through the lens of a history play, but also delves into the issues of today: the economy, immigration, race-relations in America, and politics.

 

Performances: 

Friday, May 31 at 7:30

Saturday, June 1 at 7:30

Sunday, June 2 at 4:30 



Friday, June 7 at 7:30

Saturday, June 8 at 7:30

Sunday, June 9 at 4:30 

 

Tickets are $15 and available in advance at Highway 61 Coffeehouse.

 

Mel Brooks' The Producers coming to the Strand

 

Mel Brooks' first movie and his first collaboration with Gene Wilder tells the story of 2 men who realize that there are times when a failure could make them a fortune. Now, if they can only do nothing right...

Springtime for Hitler???

So, this crazy hilarious movie was eventually made into a Broadway hit and remade, but the original did everything right...

“Some of the best lunatic humor since the Marx Brothers invaded the opera.”

—Newsweek

“Pure lunacy… uproariously funny!”

—Time

I'm in pain! And I'm wet! And I'm still hysterical!

I picked the wrong play, the wrong director, the wrong cast. Where did I go right?

Don't be stupid, be a smarty. Come and join the Nazi party.

Will the dancing Hitlers please wait in the wings? We are only seeing singing Hitlers.

This is wine, women, and song... and women.

Shut up, I'm having a rhetorical conversation.

Not many people know it, but the Fuhrer was a terrific dancer.

You shut up! You are the audience! I am the author! I OUTRANK you!

Der Führer does not say, "Achtung, baby."

I'm not a "madam"! I'm a "concierge"!

Advance tickets at Highway 61 Coffeehouse: $9

At the door: $10

and FREE POPCORN!!!

Where? The Strand Theatre 717 Clay Street Downtown Vicksburg

When?

Saturday, May 18 at 7 PM