Mangano: Plaza Theatrical Productions To Perform The Sound Of Music At Lakeside Theatre
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Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano has announced that Plaza Theatrical Productions Inc. will be performing The Sound of Music at Lakeside Theatre in Eisenhower Park, Friday, July 19th at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free.
“I invite everyone to bring the family down to Eisenhower Park’s Lakeside Theatre on Friday night and enjoy a wonderful performance of The Sound of Music,” said County Executive Mangano.
The Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre is an outdoor theatre located within Eisenhower Park in East Meadow. Conveniently located near parking fields 6 and 6A, the theatre provides a venue for a full schedule of entertainment events during the summer. There is no formal seating at Lakeside, so concertgoers are urged to bring folding chairs or blankets. Special accommodations are available for persons with disabilities, including reserved parking, accessible restrooms, and a convenient reserved location on the hill. Assistive hearing devices will be available free of charge for the hearing impaired. If weather conditions are doubtful, call (516) 572-0200 after 7:00 p.m. for updated performance information.
Eisenhower Park is located in East Meadow, with entrances on Hempstead Turnpike at East Meadow Avenue and at the intersection of Stewart and Merrick Avenues. For further information, please call the Nassau County Parks, Recreation and Museums Department at: (516) 572-0200, or visit the website at: www.nassaucountyny.gov/parks.
About Plaza Theatrical Productions
Plaza Theatrical Productions, Inc., founded in 1983 by Executive Producer, Kevin F. Harrington, is a Long Island based professional touring company serving public organizations, schools, camps, country clubs, convention centers and senior citizen developments. Plaza mounts fully-staged musicals, comedies, children’s/educational theatre, and musical revues. For over a decade, Plaza Theatrical Productions, Inc. has been delighted to present fully-staged summer outdoor musicals in Long Island Parks, accompanied by a full orchestra. The most recent productions have included My Fair Lady, Man of La Mancha, Guys and Dolls, The King and I, State Fair, Carousel, The Music Man, Annie Get Your Gun, Oklahoma!, 1776, Fiddler on the Roof, South Pacific, and The Sound of Music. The Plaza Children’s Theatre/Educational Theatre divisions mount annual tours of such literary works as The Miracle Worker, The Diary of Anne Frank and A Christmas Carol, as well as, musicals for younger audiences, including Pinocchio and Cinderella. Plaza Theatrical Productions, Inc. is a member of The Huntington Arts Council, BACCA, The Long Island Arts Council at Freeport, and participates in the Nassau and Suffolk Counties BOCES Arts-in-Education program.
