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May 28, 2008

Tonight: Theatre by the Sea opens for the season

For the first year since it closed in 2003, Theatre by the Sea in Wakefield is set to open its first full season.

Ain’t Misbehavin’ opens tonight at 8 in previews. Last year, the only production -- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum -- was so popular, it was extended for a week.

The 75-year-old theater closed five years ago when, after 15 years, former owners Laura Harris and Renny Serre lost interest in producing shows. Four years later, the 500-seat theater found a new owner in Bill Hanney, who offered just that one show last year.

This year’s opener, Ain’t Misbehavin’, opened on Broadway in 1978. It was a tribute to the black musicians of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s. It was done at Trinity Rep four years ago, and features five singers who perform rowdy, funny songs.

The show opens today in previews and runs through June 15th at the Theater by the Sea at 364 Cards Pond Road in Wakefield. Tickets are $35 for previews today and tomorrow and $39 to $49 for the later performances. For information, call 782-8587.

Online ticket sales for tonight's show, according to the theater's Web site, end at 7 p.m.

-- projo.com staff writer Brandie M. Jefferson, with reports from projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney and Journal archival reports

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