Paice, who grew up in Beavercreek and has gone on to perform leading roles in London’s West End and on Broadway, plays the supporting role of Susan in the production, which also features Neil Patrick Harris in the central role of bachelor Bobby, Jon Cryer, Patti LuPone, Martha Plimpton and others.
Screening time is 7:30 p.m. both nights at Cinema de lux 14 at the Greene, 4489 Glengarry Drive. Call (937) 429-4556 or go to www.fandango.com/cinemadelux14:thegreene_aaucp/theaterpage for tickets or more details.
The production was recorded during a limited sold-out run in New York.
Bit parts
•The Human Race Theatre will continue its regional premiere of the Gregg Coffin musical “Right Next to Me” at 2 and 7 p.m. today, June 5, 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 7, and 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, June 1-4, at The Loft, 126 N. Main St. For ticket information, call (937) 228-3630 or visit www.ticketcenterstage.com.
• Current productions also include two stage adaptations of novels by Charles Dickens.
• Beavercreek Community Theatre, 3868 Dayton-Xenia Road, will present the musical based on Dickens’ unfinished book, “The Mystery of Edwin Drood,” at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sundays. Chris Harmon is director. The cast of 14 includes Amy Leigh as Drood, Pam McGinnis, Chuck Larkowski, Shawn Hooks, Lindsay Sherman and Thomas Cole Schreier.
Tickets for the show by Rupert Holmes, which won the 1986 Tony Award for best musical and ends with the audience deciding who killed Drood, are $13 for adults, $11 for students, seniors and BCT members. Call (937) 429-4737 or make reservations by email to boxoffice@bctheatre.org.
• The audience will also have the opportunity to vote on the identity of the perpetrator when Mayhem and Mystery presents its latest caper, “Counterfeit Cliffhanger,” at 7 p.m. Monday, June 6, at the Spaghetti Warehouse, 36 W. Fifth St. Cost is $26.95 for dinner and show.
• Wright State University Theatre’s original musical adaptation of Dickens’ novel “Barnaby Rudge” will be presented again today in the Herbst Theatre of the Creative Arts Center, 3640 Colonel Glenn Highway. Call (937) 775-3072.
Role call
The Ohio Renaissance Festival will have auditions for its 2011 season at 11 a.m. June 18 and 25 on festival grounds, 317 Brimstone Road, Wilmington. Registration will begin at 10. Males and females ages 16 and over are needed to perform as street characters, stage combatants, singers, dancers and musicians. The season will run Sept. 3 to Oct. 16. More information is available at www.renfestival.com.
“Footlights” illuminates local theater arts news and audition information. Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2377 or tmorris@DaytonDailyNews.com.
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