Here's a look at five things happening in and around the community this weekend.
It’s Friday, and you're still trying to decide what to do for the weekend. You're in luck. Sewickley Patch is here with a few ideas: QV Hockey Team at UPMC Outdoor Game When/Where: 6:30 p.m. Friday at North Park Ice Rink Why Go: The Quaker Valley Ice Hockey will take on Kittanning High School in this year’s UPMC outdoor charity high school game. Admission: $5 in advance; $7 at the game. Souvenir shirts are $15 at the game, which benefits the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. 1776 When/Where: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday at the O’Reilly Theater, Pittsburgh Public Theater’s home in the heart of the Cultural District. Why Go: See history come alive at this Tony-winning "Best Musical." The show features Lou …
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Directed by Ted Pappas, the Tony-winning "Best Musical" tells the story of how we went from 13 colonies to the United States of America, according to PPT.
For Lou Valenzi, acting in a professional role after a decade-long hiatus is a good feeling. “Getting back onstage, working with professionals again, it’s like a rebirth,” said Valenzi of Sewickley, choir teacher and musical director at Quaker Valley. Valenzi will help bring history alive when the Pittsburgh Public Theater’s performance of 1776 opens Jan. 24. The Tony-winning "best musical" showcases the heroes of the American Revolution through song and dance, comedic encounters and impassioned politics. Valenzi plays the role of Joseph Hewes, the representative from North Carolina. Hewes, a wealthy man from the North, was a crafty businessman and owned a shipping company. He died at age 50. “He’s certainly not one of the main …
