HOT AUGUST NIGHTS
Numerica Performing Arts Center & Jaime Donegan Productions
Present
Hot August Nights
ROCK OF AGES
Arrangements and Orchestrations by Ethan Popp
Book by Chris D’Arienzo
Directed by Jaime Donegan
August 1-3, 7-10, 14-17 at 7:30 pm
Matinee: August 10 at 1:30 pm
Intended for mature audiences.
Intended for mature audiences.
It’s the tail end of the big, bad 1980s in Hollywood, and the party has been raging hard. Aqua Net, Lycra, lace and liquor flow freely at one of the Sunset Strip’s last legendary venues, a place where sex machine Stacee Jaxx takes the stage and scantily clad groupies line up to turn their fantasies into reality. Amidst the madness, aspiring rock star (and resident toilet cleaner) Drew longs to take the stage as the next big thing (and longs for small-town girl Sherri, fresh off the bus from Kansas with stars in her eyes). But the rock ’n’ roll fairy tale is about to end when German developers sweep into town with plans to turn the fabled Strip into just another capitalist strip mall. Can Drew, Sherri and the gang save the strip – and themselves – before it’s too late? Only the music of hit bands Styx, Journey, Bon Jovi, Whitesnake and more hold the answer.