The Marvelous Wonderettes are back to sing their way into the hearts of Majestic Theater patrons when the West Springfield stage comes alive for its 24th season on Sept. 9 with “The Marvelous Wonderettes - Dream On.”
The first play, an off-Broadway hit simply titled “The Marvelous Wonderettes,” was presented at the Majestic Theater in 2019 capping its 22nd season.
“The first play was very successful here ... a hugely popular show and really fun play with great music and terrific choreography,” said Danny Eaton, the Majestic’s producing director and founder.
But it is not just singing.
“Roger Bean, who created the series, has put together snatches of dialogue that lead into songs that in one way or another reflect what they were speaking about,” Eaton said.
The play features the returning cast of Kait Rankins as Missy, Mollie Posnick as Suzy, Tina Sparkle as Betty Jean and Kaytlyn Vaneloecht as Cindy Lou. Mitch Chakour also returns as music director.
For the fourth show in the Wonderettes series - Eaton has skipped over the middle two - the Marvelous Wonderettes find themselves back at their beloved Springfield High (not Massachusetts) in 1969 where there is a retirement party being thrown for their favorite homeroom teacher. As the girls sing their way through the greatest girl-group hits of the ‘60s to say farewell to Ms. McPherson, one of the Wonderettes reveals she will also be saying goodbye to search for success and happiness on her own.
How successful will she be?
Jump ahead in Act 2 to their 20-year high school reunion - they graduated in 1958 - where the girls are back together and singing classic pop and rock hits of the ‘70s providing the soundtrack for them to catch up on the place life has led them.
Among the songs performed in the play include “Gimme Some Lovin,’” “I Know A Place/Downtown,” “L-O-V-E,” “It’s Your Thing,” “For Once In My Live,” “I Keep Forgettin’,” “When Will I Be Loved,” “Build Me Up, Buttercup,” “You’re No Good,” “Band of Gold,” “The Hustle” “I Will Survive” and 14 others.
Posnik, who portrays Suzy, said it was “definitely a surprise” to be called back to appear in the sequel to “The Marvelous Wonderettes.”
“We never thought that we would be doing these characters and the show again together,” Posnik said.
“It’s special that we have the same cast and the entire band and same crew as before. It feels like coming home,” she said.
Posnik noted she loves her character “for a lot of reasons.”
“She is a lot of fun, a little behind on what is going on, and she has a good heart,” Posnik said.
In the play, Suzy is dealing with a lot. She is deeply in love with her husband but worries about their marriage because he has lost his job and is forced to look out of town for work.
“We see these characters as they have aged, but the hearts of these women are still there. What we do see differently now is how life experience has made a difference in how they respond to things,” Posnik said.
Audiences will have an opportunity to see Posnik again in April as she appears in “9 to 5 - The Musical” which will end the 2021-2022 season.
Tickets range in price from $29 to $37 and are available at majestictheater.com. For more information, call 413-747-7797.
“The Marvelous Wonderettes” runs through Oct. 17.
For updated COVID-related regulations at the Majestic Theater, please visit majestictheater.com
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