'Mamma Mia!' and more: A look ahead to Priscilla Beach Theatre's 2022 season

Patriot Ledger staff
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PLYMOUTH – Six crowd-pleasing musicals, including Broadway titles, comprise the 2022 summer stock schedule for Priscilla Beach Theater, which was once a training ground for several famous actors, including Paul Newman, Jean Seberg, Albert Brooks, Jennifer Coolidge and Rob Reiner.

Kicking off the season is "Sisters of Swing,” April 29-May 7, a jukebox musical chronicling the Andrews Sisters, the famous sibling trio behind “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy.”

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The second production is “She Loves Me,” a romantic-comedy musical based on the short story that inspired the hit movie “You’ve Got Mail” with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. It runs May 27-June 4.

Priscilla Beach Theatre starts its season April 29 with "Sisters of Swing."
Priscilla Beach Theatre starts its season April 29 with "Sisters of Swing."

Set to the music of ABBA, the mega-musical “Mamma Mia!” is about a soon-to-be bride trying to determine which of her mother's three exes is her father. Bring your inner "Dancing Queen" to the barn June 30-July 16.

"Something Rotten!," the five-time Tony Award-winning musical that mocks Shakespeare as a booty-shaking word thief, hits the stage July 28-Aug. 13.

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For its next production, Sept. 2-10, the troupe will present "Forever Plaid," which tells the story of a Four Freshmen-type singing group who are on the verge of their big breakthrough when they're run over by a bus full of Beatles fans. The show includes such songs as "Three Coins in the Fountain," "No, Not Much,"' "Cry" and "Moments to Remember."

The Priscilla Beach Theatre troupe performs in last year's "The Addams Family - A New Musical."
The Priscilla Beach Theatre troupe performs in last year's "The Addams Family - A New Musical."

The season closer is “Disenchanted: A New Musical Comedy,” a royally hilarious look at storybook princesses behaving badly. The fun and frivolity reigns Oct. 7-15.

Priscilla Beach Theatre is recognized as one of the oldest and original barn theaters in the country.

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Tickets to all shows cost $35 for adults and $32 for seniors 65 and older. The theater is at 800 Rocky Hill Road in Manomet. The box office can be reached at 508-224-4888 or online at pbtheatre.org.

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