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Performing Arts Academy Presents "Sweet Charity"

originally published: 02/28/2015

Performing Arts Academy Presents "Sweet Charity"(LAKEWOOD, NJ) -- After being dumped in a lake by her fiancee, a dance hall hostess named Charity Hope Valentine, picks herself up and begins a journey from the Fandango Club to the upscale Pompeii Club where she meets the Italian movie star Oscar Lindquist and falls in love again. Will she find happiness through Oscar and will he be able to accept her past? Set in 1966, the world of "Sweet Charity" and NYC comes alive in color and sound through the Fandango Club, the upscale Pompeii Club,  Central Park, the Rhythm of Life Church, Time Square, and Coney Island. The musical is "Sweet Charity" with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields, and the book by Neil Simon, and it's a blast!

"Sweet Charity" is coming to The Strand Theatre (400 Clifton Avenue) in Lakewood with performances March 5 at 4pm; March 6 at 7pm; and March 7 and 2pm and again at 7pm.  The play is presented by The Performing Arts Academy (at OCVTS).

    

"The Performing Arts Academy (at OCVTS) is a four-year public high school administered by the Ocean County Vocational Technical School District. It is a part of the OCVTS Lakehurst Center located at the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JBMDL). The Academy opened in September, 2001 for students entering the 9th grade. The Academy is designed to provide performing arts curricula focused in dance, vocal music, and acting, along with a college preparatory academic program. The school exists to provide a unique, nurturing, and challenging learning environment for students living in Ocean County who are gifted in the performing arts."

The PPA Mission: "The Mission of the Performing Arts Academy is to provide an academically challenging education for creatively gifted high school students. Enhanced performing arts training will empower graduates with practical skills for higher education and/or a professional career in the arts. Our unique teaching philosophy strives to incorporate the arts into all educational areas by integrating curriculum and by interaction with professionals in the arts industry."

 For more information about the Performing Arts Academy click here.

 




 
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