Boomer Boys bring humor, music to Polson theater’s 49th season
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John Glueckert, Steve Nelson, Neal Lewing and Bob Mazurek are Those Boomer Boys. Trish Tavenner plays piano for her boys as the Port Polson Players continue their 49th season with music and humor of the Baby Boomer era. Those Boomer Boys plays Aug. 15 through Sept. 1 at Polson’s beautiful theatre on the lake, with curtain times at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. Call 406-883-9212 or go to: portposlonplayers.com to make your reservations for this popular show.
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POLSON — Port Polson Players continue their 49th season with music and humor of the Baby Boomer era. Those Boomer Boys plays Aug. 15 through Sept. 1 at Polson’s beautiful theatre on the lake, with curtain times at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. The show is a revival of one of the most popular offerings from the Players of the past four decades. “We wanted to end our 49th season with a bang,” say Players Managing Director Neal Lewing, who also compiled the show. “This is one of the most requested shows we’ve ever done.”
The musical event features the original cast of the show, first presented in 2006. John Glueckert, Bob Mazurek, Steve Nelson and Lewing are accompanied by the renowned Trish Tavenner on piano. “We’ve done this show almost a hundred times over the past two decades,” added Tavenner, who draws a following from all of western Montana.
The Players had just closed the show in the fall of ’06 when the famed Rialto Theatre in Deer Lodge burned. Neal and his wife Karen, Players’ Artistic Director, both founders of the Old Prison Players there, quickly volunteered to kick off fundraising efforts to restore the historic building with a benefit show by the Boomers. The event was so successful that the Deer Lodge community requested the Boys be the first show to play on the new stage, which they did in 2009, to a packed house. “Trish got a standing ovation when she walked out,” recalls cast member Nelson.
“We’re thrilled for these five talented performers to return to the stage in their original roles,” said Karen.
“Trish and her boys are more fun than a barrel of Boomers!” Neal added. “The Baby Boom era, 1946 to 1964, was a golden age of music and comedy, when Truman was President, but Elvis was “King.” And we were there!”
Reservations can be made for this rollicking musical comedy at portpolsonplayers.com or by calling the box office at 406-883-9212. The show is produced in association with Mission Valley Friends of the Arts, a non-profit arts support entity since 1989.
