Weidner Center Releases 2015-2016 Schedule

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – The Weidner Center for the Performing Arts of Green Bay has released its 2015-2016 performing arts schedule.

The season starts on Friday, October 9 with Whose Live Anyway? with an all new show. Highlights of the season include the new production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and eight-time Tony® Award-Winner Once. “The Princess Bride: An Inconceivable evening with Cary Elwes” is a highly anticipated event during which actor Cary Elwes will bring a behind-the-scenes look of the classic film. A wide assortment of musical acts from the legendary Ronnie Milsap, to popular country group Home Free, to the aca-perfect concert experience of Vocalosity, and with music from the sixties – The Midtown Men.

The crowd-pleasing variety of this season is sure to include something to excite patrons of all types. Enter the world of Cirque Mechanics: Pedal Punk, a Steampunk-inspired place where cycling is an escape. L.A.Theatre Works brings the live radio theatre experience to Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Celtic Nights celebrates 100 years of Irish independence, and The Peking Acrobats redefine audience perceptions of Chinese acrobatics for their 30th year. Families will want to mark their calendars for Wild Kratts Live! and Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny.

For more information and to buy tickets, click here.

The 2015-2016 Performing Arts Season is as follows:

· Whose Live Anyway?
Friday, October 9, 7:30pm

· Home Free
Saturday, October 10, 7:30pm

· Celtic Woman
Wednesday, October 14, 7:00pm

· Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Tuesday, October 20, 7:30pm

· Ronnie Milsap
Sunday, October 25, 3:00pm

· The Midtown Men
Tuesday, October 27, 7:30pm

· Cirque Mechanics: Pedal Punk
Friday, November 6, 7:30pm

· It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play
Thursday, November 19, 7:30pm & Friday, November 20, 7:30pm

· The Princess Bride: An Inconceivable Evening With Cary Elwes
Saturday, November 21, 7:30pm

· Mannheim Steamroller Christmas by Chip Davis
Saturday, November 28, 7:30pm

· Holiday Pops
Friday, December 11, 7:30pm & Saturday, December 12, 2:30pm