The Lancaster Opera House offers an entire season of student matinees, including popular musicals with kid-appropriate content and special children's productions. These shows are not available to the public and are only reserved for schools. Tickets are only $7 each. Information about this series is available by calling 716-683-1776.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Grades 6-12)
Wednesday, October 20, 2010 @ 10:00am
Thursday, October 21, 2010 @ 10:00am
Dr. Henry Jekyll is a brilliant scientist frustrated by dull "respectable" life in 1888 Victorian London. He creates a formula to unleash his inner bestial nature, transforming himself into the brutish but oddly compassionate Edward Hyde. Hyde lives the high life while Jekyll's middle-aged normalcy continues -- until Hyde's passions begin to turn up a body count.
Stuart Little (Grades Pre-K-5)
Wednesday, November 3, 2010 @ 10:00am
Thursday, November 4, 2010 @ 10:00am
This is the endearing classic about a mouse named Stuart Little who is born into an ordinary New York family. The many adventures, both big and small, of Stuart Little are brought vividly to life in this live presentation.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Grades Pre-K-5)
Wednesday, December 1, 2010 - 10:00am and 12:00pm
Thursday, December 2, 2010 - 10:00am and 12:00pm
The heart-warming Holiday classic story of a red-nosed reindeer named Rudolph is back! Join Rudolph and all of his reindeer friends along with Santa and Mrs. Clause for a live stage performance. With audience participation, reindeer games, and Rudolph’s shining nose – it’s sure to be a bright Christmas for everyone.
A Christmas Story (Grades 6-12)
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 @ 10:00am
Thursday, December 16, 2010 @ 10:00am
Humorist Jean Shepherd's memoir of growing up in the Midwest in the 1940s follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas. Ralphie pleads his case before his mother, his teacher and even Santa Claus himself, at Goldblatt's Department Store.
Murder on the Nile (Grades 6-12)
Wednesday, February 9, 2011 @ 10:00am
Thursday, February 10, 2011 @ 10:00am
In true Agatha Christie fashion, there has been a murder aboard the luxury steamer Karnak as it travels up the Nile River. Handsome Simon Mostyn and wealthy Kay Ridgeway are on their honeymoon with the usual mix of Christie characters —the ex-fiancé, an overbearing matron, a socialist, a clergyman and a German doctor. One of them turns up dead. It is up to the cast and the audience to put the pieces together and reveal the murderer.
You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown (Grades 4-12)
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 @ 10:00am
Thursday, February 24, 2011 @ 10:00am
Join the Peanuts gang in this fast paced, lighthearted musical, guaranteed to please audiences of all ages! Fun, laughter and sincerity build the mood. Musical numbers include “My Blanket and Me”, “The Kite”, “The Baseball
Game”, “Little Known Facts”, “Suppertime” and “Happiness”.
Winnie the Pooh & the Birthday Tail (Grades Pre-K-5)
Wednesday, April 19, 2011 @ 10:00am
Thursday, April 20, 2011 @ 10:00am
It’s the story of a birthday very long ago (about last year) when Eeyore, the old gray donkey who lives in the Hundred-Acre Woods, was absolutely miserable. It seems that he lost his tail and Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet got all of their friends and a search was organized. There is a great deal of fun and excitement, plus delightful songs in the adventure that follows. Its theme, which concerns caring, sharing and the importance of cultivating friends, makes this a very special and enchanting musical suitable for young children.
