This weekend there are a slew of shows to choose from for those seeking a little live entertainment.
In their inaugural joint venture with Bainbridge Dance Center, Bainbridge Performing Arts’ Theatre School’s second- to eighth-grade students will collaborate with student choreographers to produce “The Magnificent Movie Musical Machine!” at 7 p.m Friday, March 29.
Audiences will spin the dial and watch some of their favorite stars throughout history come alive on the BPA stage, from Annie Oakley to Maria Von Trap, George M. Cohen to John Travolta, from 42nd Street all the way to Madison Avenue North.
Tickets, $10 for adults, and $5 for seniors, students, youth, military, and teachers, may be purchased online at www.bainbridgeperformingarts.org, by phone at 206-842-8569 or in person at BPA (200 Madison Ave. North). BPA box office hours are 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, and one hour prior to each performance.
Wild Ponies will bring the boundary-pushing sound of their latest album to the Treehouse Café for a special one-night-only, 21-and-older concert at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 30.
Reserved seats are $15 each; visit www.treehousebainbridge.com to learn more.
“We’ll always be the pinball that bounces between folk, rock and roll, and country.”
That’s Telisha Williams, half of the Virginia folk duo Wild Ponies, talking about the pair’s sound stylings. Of their latest album, “Galax,” she said, “It only took us a couple of days to record it, but this is the album we’ve been making our whole lives.”
Although they’re based in Nashville, Wild Ponies have always looked to Southwest Virginia — where bandmates Doug and Telisha Williams were both born and raised — for inspiration. There, in mountain towns like the titular Galax, old-time American music continues to thrive, supported by a community of fiddlers, flat-pickers and fans.
Perennial Bainbridge Island favorites Ranger and the “Re-Arrangers” will perform with special guest saxophonist Chris Hull at 6 p.m. Sunday, March 31 at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art.
“Chris Hull is an extraordinary saxophonist from Ellensburg,” said group frontman Ranger Sciacca.
“He’s got wonderful range, wailing away on some tunes, and playing others sweet and sentimental.”
Ranger and the “Re-Arrangers” evoke the spirit of a Paris café and the raucous energy of a Gypsy campsite with their sonic stylings.
Admission to the BIMA show is by donation. Email info@rangerswings.com to make a reservation
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