Jivy, jumpin' ROH gets disco down with '8-Track'

ROCHESTER - Hop on the love train and boogie-down for a joyous musical celebration of the '70s, a decade of bell-bottoms, gold chain necklaces, afros and platform shoes. Catch the fever when Rochester Opera House Productions award-winning Broadway Theatre Series presents 8-Track: The Sounds of the '70s from January 15-31 with evening and matinee performances.

The theater will be transformed into a jiving disco club with cabaret seating, cash bar, snacks and groove a-plenty. This bursting-with-energy Broadway musical features a live band on stage that gets the audience up and dancing with the cast. Take an amazing thrill ride through the times and tunes of flower power, unforgettable funk and disco.

Take a fifty-tune song-walk down memory lane with some of the Seacoast's favorite actors and singers including Heidi Gagne, Jerry Craven, Shay Willard, Memory Apata, Megan Little, Brianna Stine, Adele Jones and Christian Arnold. Reintroduce yourself to the music of The Emotions, The Carpenters, Patti Labelle, Marvin Gaye, The Bees Gees, Helen Reddy and many more.

Cast includes, from left, Adele Jones, Shay Willard, Heidi Gagne, Jerry Craven, Megan Little, Christian Arnold and Brianna Stine

This fun-loving show, spiced with humor features all the '70s favorite songs like Staying Alive, Le Freak, The Hustle, Car Wash, Brick House, Lady Marmalade, Get Ready plus 40 more. This Rochester Opera House Production is directed by Anthony Ejarque and Danica Carlson with music direction by Adam MacDougall.

Reserve tickets online at RochesterOperaHouse.com or call/stop by the box office (603) 335-1992, M/W/F from 10-5 and two hours before the show. So that tables can be arranged to seat you and your party, please call ahead to the box office to reserve your table/s. Cash bar and snacks are not included in the ticket price. Handicap access is available in the balcony only. Patrons under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult.

This show is sponsored by TD Bank, Foster's Daily Democrat, Eastern Propane & Oil, Shaheen & Gordon, P.A., Norm Vetter Inc., The Cocheco Times and Spaulding Steak & Ale. Rochester Opera House is located in City Hall, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester NH.