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“Oliver!” tonight - or tonight!
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Student discounts are in effect for tonight’s performance of the national tour of the musical “Oliver!” at the Waco Hippodrome Theatre. That means $10 balcony seats for high school and college students with ID. Call the box office at 752-9797 for more information.
That’s not quite as generous as the offer made last night to those attending the first night’s performance - up to four free kids’ tickets for every paid adult ticket if they want to return for tonight’s show - but that’s the breaks for not buying season tickets or getting your single tickets early.
The Hippodrome ended up with a second “Oliver!” performance thanks to Hurricane Ike this fall. The hurricane flooded Galveston’s Grand 1894 Opera House, where the musical was to play on the Texas leg of its tour. Losing the anticipated income from its Galveston performances almost caused the musical’s production company to scratch its Texas tour. That cancellation, in turn, would have cost the Hippodrome money, so the theater and other affected venues agreed to add additional performances to help the company defray its expenses. Turns out the Galveston theater plans to reopen in January 2009 with two performances of “Oliver!” on that month’s schedule.
Anyway, all of this to say there are plenty of seats available for tonight’s show at 7:30. If you’re a student in town for the holidays, you might take advantage of a stage musical for slightly more than a movie ticket …
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