Tickets on sale for Transylvania’s production of “Pippin”
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Tickets for Transylvania’s production of the Broadway musical “Pippin” are now on sale. Tickets can be purchased at the Mitchell Fine Arts Center box office (beside Carrick Theater) from 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday-Friday. Tickets will also be available at the door a half an hour prior to each performance. The box office phone number is (859) 233-8601. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. May 16-18, and 2 p.m. May 19, in Haggin Auditorium in the Mitchell Fine Arts Center. Tickets are $15 ($5 for students with ID) and tickets are also available for a pre-show brunch May 19 in Forrer Dining Room between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., for $10 ($25 total for brunch and the show). Actress, director and playwright Margo Buchanan has been selected to direct “Pippin,” which is a joint production of the theater and the music departments. Sully White, Transylvania’s theater program director, will produce the show. In the musical, a mysterious acting troupe, led by a Leading Player, tells the story of Pippin, a young prince on an ambitious quest for an extraordinary and meaningful life. The context of the show is purposefully anachronistic and unconventional, though the musical score reflects a contemporary 1970s pop style. Pippin’s adventures include a mock battle to show him the life of a warrior, a series of meaningless sexual encounters that teach him how relationships without love are hollow, a fight against tyranny and experiments with art and
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