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Rock of Ages!
Written By: Lindsay Garner Hostetler | Issue: July 2023
Following Jersey Boys, Mountain Theatre Company’s Rock of Ages continues the rollicking good times. Get your tickets at mountaintheatre.com.
As Mountain Theatre Company wraps up the final week of their smash hit, Jersey Boys, they are already hard at work on their next production, opening later this month. Their 2023 season continues with Rock of Ages. This is a show that you don’t want to miss.
A live rock band will take center stage, joining a cast of 15 actors, in this multi-Tony nominated spectacle. MTC audiences will recognize several familiar faces and many new ones as this fantastic cast takes the stage.
Rock of Ages is a feel-good musical featuring your favorite power ballads and rock classics. The Broadway musical tells the story of a small-town girl, a city boy, and a rock ‘n’ roll romance on the Sunset Strip. Aspiring rock star Drew has dreams to take the stage as the next big thing while also longing for Sherri, fresh off the bus from Kansas with stars in her eyes. But when the bar where rock reigns supreme is set to be demolished by German developers, it’s up to these wannabe rockers and their band of friends to save the day – and the music.
The score features classic ‘80s anthems and power ballads, including “Every Rose Has Its Thorn,” “Here I Go Again,” “I Want to Know What Love Is,” “Don’t Stop Believin’,” and many more. It’s sure to have the audience up and dancing in the aisles by the curtain call.
The New York Times called the show, “A seriously silly, absurdly enjoyable arena-rock musical . . . that blends sincere conviction and knowing parody. I never would have guessed that wine coolers could age this well!”
And Entertainment Weekly remarked, “Even doubters will be wiping tears from their Wayfarers. Rock of Ages is the power-ballad decade in all its glory, tricked out with big perms, bigger dreams, and the kind of operatic ecstasy you read about only in bathroom stalls.”
Mountain Theatre Company’s production of Rock of Ages will run at the Highlands Performing Arts Center from July 28 through August 19, Wednesdays through Saturdays at 7:30 P.M., and Saturdays and Sundays at 2:00 P.M.
