Wheelhouse: A Rockin' Road Musical From Pop Trio GrooveLily
Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts - Main Stage (500 Castro Street Mountain View, CA 94041)
- Full Price:
- $49.00 - $59.00
- Our Price:
- $24.50*
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All offers for Wheelhouse have expired.
The last date listed for Wheelhouse was Sunday July 1, 2012 / 2:00pm.
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Wild With Happy, Written by and Starring Tony Award Nominee Colman Domingo
- Full Price:
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- Our Price:
- $26.00 - $31.50
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Reviews & Ratings
Featured review from Goldstar Member
view more less of this reviewThe Groovelilly band is certainly a talented bunch, the voices border on greatness. The lyrics in this show however, bordered on the mundane. If I ever hear another "Ode to highway" whatever, I may start shooting from a roadside blind.
Anyone who has ever traveled in a second hand motorhome can identify with the bands plight. And the story of hardship of a band on the road to nowhere is worn from many tellings over the years.
The final song,"you don't get to know", the only real note of positivity in the show, left me uplifted. But I had to wait a long while for that. And why to they keep calling it a ROCK Band? They played no real rock at all. Was hoping for a community players version of American Idiot, but was left with something the muppets could have been in.
star this review starred report as inappropriateLoved the music, story and energy of the performance. Groove Lily is great! Many of the themes resonated with me. I highly recommend it!
star this review starred report as inappropriateThis was an awesome show! Did not quite know what to expect – it’s a musical about the journey of the band, where the actors are the rock band members themselves. It is about life, it’s about love, it’s about going after the dream, no matter how crazy it seems, it’s about despair, figuring out what is important in life and not giving up. It is original, inspiring and has great music! One of the best performances I have been to this year!
star this review starred report as inappropriateWhat a treat to see this performance by 3 such talented musicians, songwriters, and perfomers! My husband, brother, 16 and 18 year old kids, and I loved it.
More Information About Wheelhouse
Website
http://www.theatreworks.org/shows/1112-season/wheelhouse
Quotes & Highlights
- “Inspired … clever … lively.” --San Francisco Chronicle
- “The bandmates play themselves with candor and humor and insight. … The band can definitely bright it on musically.” --Mercury News
Description
The show's running time is one hour and 40 minutes with no intermission.
About the Ticket Supplier: TheatreWorks
Innovative, fun, and always entertaining, TheatreWorks' high-energy brand of performance will captivate you! With a national reputation for artistic innovation and integrity, TheatreWorks is now in its 42nd year of presenting outstanding regional theatre on the San Francisco Peninsula and was named Best Repertory Theatre in the Bay Area by prestigious San Francisco magazine. The company offers a year-round season of musicals, comedies and dramas staged in the state-of-the-art Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts and in the graceful, California Mission-style Lucie Stern Theatre complex in Palo Alto.
"TheatreWorks' successes have illuminated the Peninsula's cultural scene like those of no other arts organization or institution." --The Mercury News