Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Funny Magic at Cedarville Opera House

By Susan Gartner

Comic sleight-of-hand entertainer and Yellow Springs resident David Williamson will be ringmaster for OperaCadabra 2010 which will take place on Saturday, April 17 and feature hilarious magical surprises and astonishing feats of skill. Showtimes are 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Proceeds from the event will benefit the historic Cedarville Opera House and the Riding Centre of Yellow Springs.

Advance tickets are $15 for adults, $7 for children 12 and under. Tickets at the door will be $20 for adults, $9 for children 12 and under. Advance tickets are available at Cedarville Hardware, 63 N. Main Street, Cedarville. Out-of-town patrons, please call 937-766-5400 and leave a message. Performances take place at the Cedarville Opera House, located at the intersection of routes 72 & 42 in Cedarville, Ohio.

Too many commitments for Saturday night? Come to the matinee!

I saw OperaCadabra 2008 with an entire row of jaded, media-saturated, seen-it-all-before, big-city-transplanted grown-ups. Our jaws dropped and our attention was riveted from the beginning of the opening act all the way through and including the car ride home. We were still talking about it a week later. Forget video games, iPad, and blockbuster-special-effects. This is good old-fashioned human-generated talent that will appeal to adults and children at the same time. I found that magical in itself.

For more info, go to www.operacadabra.org. For more information on David Williamson, go to www.davidwilliamson.com.

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1 comment:

Billy Lenox at www.summerof1985.wordpress.com said...

Anybody and everybody! Operacadabra is AWESOME. Dave Williamson is INCREDIBLE. I'm just a regular YS resident, but am DEFINITELY going to this. Really, I don't know who else Dave has in this show but I went to two other Operacadabras and had a blast.