BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//com.denhaven2/NONSGML ri_cal gem//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Charles Dickens 200th Birthday with the Montclair O peretta Club&rsquo\;s &ldquo\;OLIVER&rdquo\;.\n \;\nBLOOMFIELD/MONTC LAIR\, NJ &ndash\; \;The Montclair Operetta Club will present Lionel Bart&rsquo\;s &ldquo\;Oliver\,&rdquo\; at the Bloomfield College Westmi nster Arts Center\, 449 Franklin Street in Bloomfield. Performances will be held on Nov. 2\, 3\, 9\, &\; 10 at 8 p.m. and matinees on Nov. 4 and 11 at 2 p.m.\n \;\nWhile other theatres are preparing to present Mr. Dickens popular holiday story\, the Montclair Operetta Club has cho sen to open its 88th season with Dickens&rsquo\;s first musical theater adaptation\, &ldquo\;OLIVER&rdquo\; based on the 1838 novel &ldquo\;Oliv er Twist.&rdquo\; The story is about an orphan who endures a miserable e xistence in a workhouse and then is placed with an undertaker. He escape s and travels to London where he meets the Artful Dodger\, leader of a g ang of juvenile pickpockets. Oliver is led to the lair of their elderly criminal trainer Fagin\, naively unaware of their unlawful activities. D ickens mocks the hypocrisies of his time by surrounding serious themes w ith sarcasm and dark humor.\n \;\nCharles Dickens was born 200 years ago and although a writer from the Victorian era\, Dickens&rsquo\;s wor k transcends his time\, language and culture. He remains a massive conte mporary influence throughout the world and his writings continue to insp ire film\, TV\, art\, literature\, artists and academia. \;\n \; \nUnder the direction of Bob Cline\, veteran Director of 13 MOC producti ons\, the show features a huge cast of 45 local children and adults port raying the denizens of Old London. "I love working in New Jersey theatre \,&rdquo\; Cline said\, &ldquo\;because it feels like the audience is an audience of experience. They know theatre. This gives me the added chal lenge of trying to make sure my ideas are new and fresh\, as much as my need to respect the work that they are coming to see.&rdquo\; \;\n&n bsp\;\nExperienced theater goers and novices alike will thrill to hear L ionel Bart&rsquo\;s timeless score featuring such memorable songs as &ld quo\;Food\, Glorious Food\,&rdquo\; &ldquo\;Consider Yourself\,&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;Oom-Pah-Pah.&rdquo\; &ldquo\;The Montclair Operetta Club pri des itself on being one of the few Community Theatres to perform with a full orchestra&rdquo\; says Musical Director Gonzalo Valencia. &ldquo\;O ur production of Oliver features the original 12 part score performed by professional musicians.&rdquo\;\n \;\nThe Montclair Operetta Club h as been producing high-caliber musical theatre since 1925 with its first production of &ldquo\;The Pirates of Penzance&rdquo\; making it one of the country&rsquo\;s oldest continuously producing theaters.\n \;\nT ickets are $25 for adults\, $22 for senior citizens\, $15 for students w ith valid ID and $4 for Bloomfield College students with a valid ID.&nbs p\;\n \;\nGeneral admission tickets also may be purchased online at mocmusicals.org/tickets.htm or by calling (973) 744-3133. \;\n \ ; URL:http://bloomfield.patch.com/events/oliver-presented-by-the-montclair- operetta-club-84943b6a SUMMARY:OLIVER Presented by the Montclair Operetta Club LOCATION:Westminster Arts Center: 449 Franklin St\, Bloomfield\, NJ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR