After launching an urgent fundraising campaign to help save its operations in southern Alberta, New West Theatre has ended 2022 with a well-attended production.
According to artistic director Kelly Reay, the music comedy revue “Blockbuster” was a hit with local audiences.
Running from Dec. 14 to 31, 2022, at the Yates Memorial Theatre, “Blockbuster” featured pieces from musicals like Hairspray and Grease, as well as music by artists such as Johnny Cash and Miley Cyrus.
“I stood on the stage every single night of the show expressing how humbled that I was, that New West Theatre was, because the community really stepped up and I guess in a way declared that (we are) very important to the community,” he said.
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While the company is still tallying the box office numbers, Reay told Global News Monday their sales revenue targets were exceeded by “a fair amount.”
This comes after the …