Best Bets | Laugh with Theatre of the Republic’s ‘Urinetown’

WEDNESDAYS-SUNDAYS | Through 02.28

‘Urinetown’ musical fills Main Street Theatre

Theatre of the Republic, continuing its 46th season, has opened “Urinetown the Musical,” a musical comedy that begins with a greeting of “Welcome to ‘Urinetown the Musical,’ the musical with a bad title and bad subject matter.”

See this upbeat play, without any foul language in showing how a water-shortage-stricken community copes with a ban on private toilets, with shows 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays and 3 p.m Sundays through Feb. 28, for $23, at the Main Street Theatre, 335 Main St., Conway.

Also: “Illusions on Main Street: The Final Illusion,” with some new faces and numbers, at 7:30 p.m. March 12 and 3 p.m. March 13, for $22.

Details at 843-488-0821 or www.theatreoftherepublic.com.

SATURDAY, SUNDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY | 02.20, 02.21, 02.23, 02.24

Special events include KidzTime Festival

▪ 15th annual “KidzTime Festival,” 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday at Broadway at the Beach, along 21st Avenue North, in Myrtle Beach, including appearance by Marvel Comics’ Thor, 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Free. 843-444-3200, 800-386-4662 or www.broadwayatthebeach.com.

▪ Grand Strand Beach Social Dancers’ monthly dance, in Presidents Day/belated Valentine’s Day theme, with music by duo Karen and Carl, 7-10 p.m. Saturday at Grand Strand Senior Center, 1268 21st Ave. N., Myrtle Beach. $7, including beverages. 843-903-3765.

▪ “Autism Friendly Day,” at N.C. Aquarium at Fort Fisher, on U.S. 421, just south of Kure Beach, N.C., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. Free with admission: $10.95 ages 13-61, $9.95 seniors and military, $8.95 ages 3-12, and free ages 2 and younger. 910-772-0500, www.ncaquariums.com/fort-fisher, or email FFmail@fortfisher.com.

▪ Horseback riding therapy for grieving children ages 6-17, 3-5 p.m. Sunday and March 20 at Double C Ranch, at McCormick and Forestbrook roads, near Forestbrook conmmunity, with reservations required. 843-444-0813.

▪ Temple Emanu-El Reform Jewish congregation’s “Gala and Auction,” 6:30 p.m. Sunday at The Dunes Golf and Beach Club, 9000 N. Ocean Blvd.,with entertainment by Brian Tierman. $45. 843-449-5552.

▪ Ninth annual “Rockin’ with the Red Cross,” benefit for American Red Cross of Eastern South Carolina “Heroes” campaign, 5-8 p.m. Tuesday at Hard Rock Cafe, at Broadway at the Beach, at 29th Avenue North and U.S. 17 Bypass in Myrtle Beach. $50. 843-477-0020 or www.redcross.org/sc.

▪ Funtastic Art reception for students, all ages 5-17, 6 p.m. Wednesday in gallery in North Myrtle Beach’s J. Bryan Floyd Community Center, 1030 Possum Trot Road in North Myrtle Beach. Free; exhibit continues through April. 843-997-4729, or email funtasticArt@yahoo.com.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, TUESDAY, NEXT THURSDAY | 02.19-02.21, 02.23, 02.25

Various concerts dot Strand in next week

▪ “Beatlemania Now” tribute concert, 7 p.m. Friday at Palace Theatre, at Broadway at the Beach, at 21st Avenue North and U.S. 17 Bypass in Myrtle Beach. $29.95 ages 13 and older, $9.95 ages 3-12. 843-448-0588 or www.palacemb.com.

▪ Dino Capone’s School of Rock “Graduation Concert” with four youth groups – Against The Grain, Nearly Falling, Solid Ground, and Vital Signs – completing the “Rockin’ Band Program” (Auditions for a new session are in March), 7:30 p.m. Friday at House of Blues, at Barefoot Landing, on U.S. 17 in North Myrtle Beach (843-272-3000 or www.hob.com/myrtlebeach). $6 advance or $10 day of show. 843-222-7155 or www.dinocaponesschoolofrock.com.

▪ Long Bay Symphony and Carolina Master Chorale in “Bravo Broadway,” eighth annual benefit for Rotary Club of Myrtle Beach, with special guests Melissa Errico, Capathia Jenkins and Hugh Panaro, 7 p.m. Saturday at Myrtle Beach High School, on Robert Grissom Parkway, between 29th and 38th avenues North. $40, $45 or $50. 843-448-8379 or longbaysymphony.com.

▪ Glenn Miller Orchestra, 7 p.m. Saturday, at Alabama Theatre, in Barefoot Landing, on U.S. 17 in North Myrtle Beach. $29.95, $33.95 or $37.95. 843-272-1111 or www.alabama-theatre.com.

▪ At Brunswick Community College Odell Williamson Auditorium, off U.S. 17 in Supply, N.C.: Vance Gilbert, 7:30 p.m. Saturday in adjoining event center, for $20 advance at www.listenupbrunswickcounty.com/ticket-sales.html; and “Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana,” 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, for $29 ages 13 and older, $27 seniors/students, and $10 ages 10 and younger. 910-755-7416; 800-754-1050, ext. 7416; or www.bccowa.com.

▪ Low Country Barbershop Chorus, 3 p.m. Sunday, at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 2061 Glenns Bay Road, west of Surfside Beach, as part of host’s “Arts at the Church” monthly series. Free. 843-605-7700 or www.lowcountrychorus.org.

▪ Donna Lee, pianist, 4 p.m. Sunday in Coastal Carolina University Edwards Recital Hall, on main campus, accessed from U.S. 501 and S.C. 544. $17 general; $12 seniors, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute memnbers, teens and CCU/Horry-Georgetown Technical College alumni, staff and faculty; and $5 children and CCU/HGTC students. 843-349-2787 or www.coastal.edu/culturalarts.

▪ 30th annual “FPC Promenades” Concert Series, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 25 at First Presbyterian Church, 1300 N. Kings Highway, Myrtle Beach. , with “Broadway Encores”,” with Kimilee Bryant and the FPC Players. If available, tickets $20 at door one hour before showtime. 843-448-4496 or www.fpcconcerts.com.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY | 02.19-02.20

Laser show weekend flies at planetarium

Ingram Planetarium will let the lasers fly in a monthly weekend of lighting up the night in its Sky Theater dome:

▪ Friday – “Laser Retro” 6 p.m., and “Laser Michael Jackson” 7 p.m.

▪ Saturday – “Laser Country” 6 p.m., and “Laser Pop” 7 p.m.

The site, at 7625 High Market St., Sunset Beach, N.C., opens at 11:30 a.m. Fridays-Saturdays with this schedule of shows through May 21, with each 1 p.m. show at half price:

▪ Fridays – “Dinosaur Passage to Pangaea” at noon, “Tales of the Maya Skies” 1 p.m., “Undiscovered Worlds” 2 p.m., and “Legends of the Night Sky” 3 p.m.

▪ Saturdays – “Accidental Astronauts” noon, “Seven Wonders” 1 p.m., “Dynamic Earth” 2 p.m., and “Astronaut” 3 p.m.

Prices per planetarium program are $9 ages 13-61, $8 ages 62 and older, $7 ages 3-12, and free ages 2 and younger.

Details at 910-575-0033 or www.museumplanetarium.org.

NEXT THURSDAY-SATURDAY | 02.25-02.27

Robotics championship powers up convention hall

The public is welcome to relish the sights and sounds of the 13th annual FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Palmetto Regional Championship, at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center, at Oak Street and 21st Avenue North.

See this showcase for robots developed and operated by dozens of high school teams from around the world, with this schedule:

▪ Feb. 25 – 8:30 a.m.-8 p.m., including practice rounds, noon-6:30 p.m.

▪ Feb. 26 – 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m., including qualification matches, 9 a.m.-noon and 1-5:45 p.m., with awards 5:45-6:15.

▪ Feb. 27 – 8:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m., including qualification matches, 9 a.m.-12:15 p.m., then final rounds 1:30-4:30 p.m., and awards 4:30-5:30.

Admission is free. Details at 864-985-2329, 843-718-4592 or www.myrtlebeachfirstrobotics.com.

This story was originally published February 18, 2016 at 12:00 AM with the headline "Best Bets | Laugh with Theatre of the Republic’s ‘Urinetown’."