The Sanatoga Post

POTTSTOWN PA – The Disney tale “Beauty and the Beast” will be the featured musical production this year for Owen J. Roberts High School, which has scheduled four shows for March 25 (2011; Friday) at 7 p.m.; March 26 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., and March 27 at 7 p.m., all at the auditorium of the high school, 981 Ridge R., Pottstown PA.

Tickets cost $12 for adults, and $8 for students and senior citizens, and are available by calling 610-469-5751, or by sending an e-mail request, here.

Accompanying the production will be a “Beauty and the Beast Character Breakfast,” planned for March 19 (Saturday) from 8-11 a.m. in the high school cafeteria. Patrons are invited to come dressed as princes or princesses, and walk down the red carpet to their meals. The morning’s activities will include breakfast, storytelling, autograph books, a coloring contest and photo opportunities.

Breakfast tickets are $8 per person, and also can be purchased by phone or e-mail.

Photo by Keith Morris from the OJR website

A snowman and chorus sing their way across the stage.

A singing soloist is guided by starlight.

POTTSTOWN PA – “A Christmas Wonderland,” described by its producers as a “high-energy, professional holiday spectacular” that includes singing and dancing will be presented Dec. 10 (2010; Friday) by the Ocean City Theatre Company at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of Owen J. Roberts High School, 901 Ridge Rd., Pottstown PA.

“The enchanting cast of professional singers and dancers will present a family–oriented song and dance tribute to the holidays” that is directed and choreographed by OJR instructor Michael Hartman, according to a theater company press release distributed last week. Hartman also is a graduate of West Chester University, and drama director at the West Chester School District’s East Bradford Elementary School.

The program offers “dazzling costumes, familiar songs, special guests, toe-tapping numbers and special effects,” the release said, to ” kindle the holiday spirit in all of us.”

Tickets cost $12 for adults, and $10 for students and children, and will be available at the door, and also in advance via e-mail. For every ticket sold, $2 will be donated to the high school’s musical theatre program.