Queens Theatre announces winter, spring events
BY BILL PARRY
Queens Theatre announced
its winter and spring 2020
season which features a trio
of Queens debuts, two Family
Series shows based on beloved
children’s books and the
launch production of a family
comedy that was a hit with the
theater’s Reading Series audiences.
“From the world-renowned
Trinity Irish Dance Company,
to the heart-pounding excitement
of YAMATO: the Drummers
of Japan, to the fusion of
pointe and hip-hop with Hiplet
Ballerinas, we’re really excited
about these engagements,”
Queens Theatre Executive
Director Taryn Sacramone
said. “Any one of those shows
coming would ensure a great
season, and we have all three.
And the beloved Latin Dance
Fiesta returns for its fifth
year in April.”
YAMOTO: The Drummer
of Japan will bring it unending
circuit of energy between
musician and audience for
three shows in February. The
Trinity Irish Dance Company
arrives a couple of weeks before
Queens Theatre will host a production of Alice in Wonderland in February as part of its winter and
spring 2020 season. Courtesy of Queens Theatre
St. Patrick’s Day in March
and the Chicago-based Hiplet
Ballerinas brings its unique
ballet to the Queens Theatre
in mid-May.
“We are also thrilled to
present the launch production
of Chicken and Biscuits,
a new family comedy developed
in part through our New
American Voices Reading
Series, written by composerplaywright
and actor Douglas
Lyons, and directed by Zhailon
Levingston,” Sacramone
said. “Families will have
plenty of options with Dog
Man: The Musical based on
the young-reader best sellers
by Dav Pilkey, and a gorgeous
production of Alice in Wonderland,
a classic beloved for
generations.”
Queens Theatre also plans
to continue its Community
Engagement programming
with a Lunar Year celebration
this winter, a World’s Fair day
in April, a monthlong art exhibition
in May, and more,
Sacramone added. Other productions
include Titan Theatre
Company’s Richard the
III and in April, Titan Theatre
Company will stage Romeo &
Juliet.
Tickets to all performances
are now on sale and available
by visiting its website or by
calling the box office at 718-
760-0064. Queens Theatre is
located in Flushing Meadows
Corona Park at 14 United Nations
Avenue South, near the
Unisphere.
Reach reporter Bill Parry
by e-mail at bparry@schnepsmedia.
com or by phone at
(718) 260–4538.
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