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August 8, 2007

Matunuck summer theater opens tonight

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The historic Theatre By the Sea in Matunuck ends its nearly four-year closure tonight with a preview performance at 8 p.m. of “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.”

About 35 tickets are still available for tonight and tomorrow’s previews, according to the theater box office. Preview tickets cost $35. Opening night is Friday, and the box office reports perhaps 25 to 30 tickets remaining for that performance. Those tickets range from $39 to $49.

Since the theater opened in 1933, there have been other halts in the shows as well. During World War II, the place was used for diving practice, as planes practiced strafing runs - the theater's large size and the way it stood out from its surroundings made it an ideal target.

For information on ticket sales and the reopening of the summer stock theater, check out the theatre’s Web site.

-- projo.com staff writer Kate Bramson

Posted by Kate Bramson  at 12:27 PM | Permalink

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