Welcome to the Scranton Cultural Center Schedule of Events
2007/2008 Season
**please note, all artists, dates, times, locations and fees are subject to change**
For more information or to purchase tickets please call our box office at 570.344.1111 or 1.888.669.8966
Scranton Cultural Center at the Masonic Temple
2007/2008 Season
**please note, all artists, dates, times, locations and fees are subject to change**
For more information or to purchase tickets please call our box office at 570.344.1111 or 1.888.669.8966
info@scrantonculturalcenter.org
Scranton Cultural Center at the Masonic Temple
2007 – 2008 Season
Rocky LaPorte
May 2 9:00 PM Shopland Hall $25.00
The Former Chicago truck Driver and dock worker started his standup career in The windy City back in 1988. After winning some local comedy competitons Rocky went on to win The Johnnie Walker National Comedy Competiton beating out over 1100 contestants in 10 cities! He then went on to do numerous Television shows like Cheers, Pat Sajak, Comic Strip Live , a C.B.S Pilot titled "The Rocky Laporte Show" and His very own half hour special on Comedy Central. Doing The "Tonight Show" "Only16 years of sweat and toil, But who keeps track of that kind of stuff?" Says Rocky in a recent interview. He mentions that he's most proud of the fact that he was voted one of the funniest guys in his class at a Recent G.E.D. reunion.
N.E.PA Philharmonic Pres. Passion For Perfection - Masterworks IV
May 2 8:00 PM Philharmonic Weinberg Theatre $19.00 - $56.00
Perfection! – Two of the most perfectly opposed symphonies meet for a night of music that will be unforgettable. Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony – opening with the most famous four notes in history – is one of the most powerful and most popular symphonic works of all time. Also enjoy Schumann’s Symphony No. 2, a piece that used innovation to deliberately distance itself from the powerful and commanding works of the time – works like Beethoven’s Fifth!
Schumann - Symphony No. 2
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5
Max & Ruby - SOLD OUT
May 10 11:00 AM Children’s Series Shopland Hall $13
Big sisters have big responsibilities, especially when the little brother is a big trouble-maker! Ruby, a seven-year-old rabbit, loves her Grandma very much and wants to do something special for her. She gets the brilliant idea to put on a show, with music and costumes and a castle and everything! She'll need some help, though, so she tries to enlist her little brother Max. Ruby wants to put on a play about a princess, but Max is already playing a cowboy. Ruby wants to work quietly, but Max is enjoying his noisy toys. Ruby wants to look for costumes, but Max is too busy looking for frogs! Max is no help at all, so Ruby recruits her Bunny Scout friends for assistance. But can the help her finish Grandma's play in time? Find out in this delightful musical based on the top-rated Nickelodeon television show inspired by Rosemary Wells' bunny siblings, Max and Ruby!
Mammoth Follies
May 20 10:00 AM & 7:00 PM Discovery! Family FunTime Series Main Theatre $7/ $13
Mammoth Follies explores the wonders of evolution in an old-fashioned revue of original songs, witty jokes, and earth-smashing dances performed by giant dinosaur puppets. This program will dramatize historic and scientific facts (as well as some myths) about the great age of the dinosaur. Enormous puppets populate the stage, including your host Willie Mammoth, Smiley the Saber-Toothed Tiger, Bessie the 22-foot long Apatosaurus, Tony and Trixie Triceratops, Terry the Pterodactyl, and the 11-foot tall T. Rex in a musical trip through pre-history.
Movin’ Out
May 30 8:00 PM
May 31 2:00 PM & 8:00 PM June 1 2:00 PM & 7:00 PM
Broadway Theater League Weinberg Theatre $33.50 - $59.50
5-time Grammy winner Billy Joel and legendary director/choreographer Twyla Tharp have joined forces to create the spectacular new musical Time Magazine declares "The #1 show of the year!" The New York Times calls MOVIN' OUT "a shimmering portrait of an American generation. These tornado driven dancers and rock musicians propel the audience into delirious ovations."
MOVIN' OUT brings 24 Billy Joel classics to electrifying new life as it tells the story of five life-long friends over two turbulent decades. Itall adds up to one unforgettable Broadway musical.
The Glass Prism Reunion Concert
June 7 8:00 PM Main Theater $20 - $25
Live, on stage for one night only, appearing in concert at the Scranton Cultural Center, it is the long awaited for Reunion of RCA Recording Artist The Glass Prism. The Glass Prism, one of the originators of progressive-concept based rock, will be taking you back in time and into the future on Saturday, June 7th at 8:00 pm You’ll hear all of your favorite songs from the album “Poe Through The Glass Prism” including “The Raven,” “El Dorado,” and “Conqueror Worm.”
Cocktails in the City “Dancing with the NEPA Stars”
June 20, July 18 & August 15 5:30 PM Special Event Grand Ballroom $15
Join the Scranton Cultural Center for live entertainment, great food and fabulous drinks!
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**please note, all artists, dates, times, locations and fees are subject to change**
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