Parangello Players and the Sedona Elks Lodge will host Studio 54-A disco dance party on Sunday, June 2.
It’s 1977 and John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, played by Parangello Players’ Blair Souter and Ashlee Threlkeld, are hosting the gala premiere of their box office hit, “Grease,” at Studio 54 in New York.
Everyone is invited to a dinner theater event to meet the celebrity entertainers as they arrive in the green room in preparation for the performance.
They include Sonny Bono, Cher, Gregg Allman, Agnetha Faltskog of ABBA, and Marvin Gaye. They will share their love in song and dance to celebrate John and Olivia’s success in becoming the biggest musical box office smash in history.
The Elks Lodge will magically transform into the famous nightclub Studio 54 in New York City in 1977.
Guests will enjoy the hit songs “You’re The One That I Want,” “Hopelessly Devoted To You,” “Summer Nights” and “Sandy” from “Grease” performed by Newton-John and Travolta.
Sonny and Cher, performed by Larry Rosenberg and Jeanie Carroll, will feature their hit songs “I Got You, Babe” and “The Beat Goes On,” in honor of their friends.
Cher will follow with her latest solo hits “Gypsys, Tramps and Thieves” and “Half Breed” and her current husband, Allman, played by John Munk, aka Thunderfoot, will perform his hit songs “Ramblin’ Man” and “Whipping Post.”
Those attending will get ready to see the most spectacular disco dancing on the planet as John Travolta shares his dance performance in “Saturday Night Fever,” a preview of the new movie about to be released.
He is followed by Faltskog of ABBA, played by Sarah Christine Gill, who sends out an SOS and then gets everyone dancing and singing to “Mamma Mia” and “Dancing Queen.”
Closing the evening, Marvin Gaye, played by Sammy Davis, will thrill the audience with “What’s Goin’ On?” “I Heard It Through The Grapvine,” “Mercy Mercy Me” and “Disco Inferno”.
Written and Directed by Elyce Monet, founder of Parangello Players, this show promises to be an evening of fun as guests are invited to sing the choruses and dance on the beautiful and spacious dance floor.
It’s interactive theater at its best.
In addition, guests can enjoy an optional meal for $10.
Show tickets are $20 in advance online at parangelloplayers.com/ events and $23 at the door.
The optional dinner is $10 in advance and $12 at the door.
Check in and cocktails are at 5 p.m. with dinner at 6 p.m. and the show at 7 p.m. Raffle prizes, silent auction and show proceeds provide sponsorships for the Parangello Players Arts In Schools Program subsidized by generous grants from the city of Sedona and AZ1 Credit Union. The Elks Lodge is located at 110 Airport Road in Sedona. Call Monet at (602) 565-1531 for information.
