readingcivic.org<\/a>; click on the audition tab to obtain this information and to sign up for an audition time. Audition ages are 16 and over.<\/p>\n\u201cCarrie the Musical\u201d follows an awkward, telekinetic high school outcast in Chamberlain, Maine, who is relentlessly bullied by her peers and oppressed by a fanatically religious mother. When a cruel prom night prank goes terribly wrong, Carrie unleashes her devastating powers, destroying everything and everyone in her path.<\/p>\n
Filled with powerful music and a little theater magic, you don\u2019t want to miss being a part of this wonderful show., and maybe dying a glorious death on stage!<\/p>\n
Callbacks will be held on June 30 from 6- 10 p.m. Performance dates are Oct. 16,17, 18, 23, 24 and 25. Evening performances are at 7:30 on Fridays and Saturdays and matinees at 2 pm on Sundays.<\/p>\n
Contact Pete Bourey, the director of this production, with any questions at PJBsaved@gmail.com.<\/p>\n
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A reimagination of William Shakespeare\u2019s tale has Juliet wanting to fall in love while fighting for her independence. She treads through deepening waters over romance and relationships, among and between families, but can she live with the consequential decisions she is making?<\/p>\n
Playwright Kimberly Patterson updates the classic tragedy of star-crossed lovers with \u201cRomeo and Juliet, Class of \u201997,\u201d presented as a staged reading at 7 p.m. on Thursday at the Boscov Theater in the GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, 201 Washington St., Reading.<\/p>\n
Set in what was a slightly more innocent age; before 9\/11 and Columbine, and in an era of youth having less reliance on cellphones and social media, Patterson, gives this classic tale a more relevant and resonant treatment.<\/p>\n
Inspired by the playwright\u2019s rejection of the young couple\u2019s ill fate, Patterson sought to synthesize the Bard\u2019s traditional manuscript, the 1597 bad quarto, and Arthur Brooke\u2019s 1562 \u201cRomeus and Juliet,\u201d to create a protagonist with more dimension and agency to \u201cconvincingly be the catalyst of the action from the Capulets\u2019 party onward. Maybe finally Juliet could have a new ending, one that would empower young women instead of steeping them in tragedy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Music<\/p>\n
Following the success of the first U.S. leg of his \u201cSende World Tour,\u201d which saw him headline and sell out some of the country\u2019s most iconic arenas, including Miami\u2019s Kaseya Center, New York\u2019s Barclays Center, and Los Angeles\u2019 Intuit Dome, global phenomenon Ryan Castro is set to return to the United States this fall with \u201cSende the Last Dance,\u201d a 16-city tour that marks the final chapter of the Sende era.<\/p>\n
He will appear at the Santander Arena, 700 Penn St., Reading, on Sept. 13. Tickets are available at ticketmaster.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cSende the Last Dance\u201d serves as the closing chapter of a creative era inspired by Castro\u2019s critically acclaimed Caribbean-influenced projects \u201cSende\u201d and \u201cHopi Sende,\u201d two dancehall-driven albums that drew from his transformative years living in Curacao and helped expand his sound onto the global stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The America250PA Berks County Committee, in partnership with the Reading Symphony Orchestra, local businesses, organizations, and community partners,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35690,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[349,1681,182,1213,858,28,128,130,129,289,706],"class_list":["post-212966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-berks-county","tag-entertainment","tag-local-news","tag-music-and-concerts","tag-ontap","tag-pennsylvania","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-things-to-do","tag-top-stories-reg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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A fireworks display will wrap up the Star-Spangled Spectacular Berks County. (Wikimedia Commons)<\/p>\n