Vero Voce puts on 'Cry Baby the Musical' July 27 to Aug. 12
Vero Voce Theatre presents "Cry Baby the Musical" at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 6 p.m. Sundays, July 27-Aug. 12, at the theater, 951 State Ave., Suite F in St. Charles. Tickets are $15 or $12 for students and seniors.
This jumping, jiving Tony nominee is a rebellious teen comedy event! Based on the cult classic 1990 John Waters film, "Cry-Baby" features a delightfully demented book from Thomas Meehan and Mark O'Donnell, the writers of "Hairspray," and a rockabilly score from Adam Schlesinger, co-founder of Fountains of Wayne, and David Javerbaum, a former executive producer of "The Daily Show."
It's 1954. Everyone likes Ike, nobody likes communism and Wade "Cry-Baby" Walker is the coolest boy in Baltimore. He's a bad boy with a good cause - truth, justice and the pursuit of rock 'n' roll. Cry-Baby and the square rich girl, Allison, are star-crossed lovers at the center of this world. Fueled by hormones and the new rhythms of rock 'n' roll, she turns her back on her squeaky clean boyfriend, Baldwin, to become a "drape" (a Baltimore juvenile delinquent) and Cry-Baby's moll. At the other end of the topsy-turvy moral meritocracy of 1954 America, Baldwin is the king of the squares and leads his close-harmony pals against the juvenile delinquents, who are ultimately arrested for arson, sending the drapes all off to prison. It's Romeo and Juliet meets High School Hellcats.
For information or tickets, visit verovoce.com.