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Centre in the Square announces new season The Centre is looking forâ€" ward to its exciting entertainâ€" ment season, with nine series planned. The seven series from last season â€"Broadway, Comedy, Fantasy, On Stage, Great Canadian Plays, Merrill Lynch Electric Thursdays and Encore â€" will return with the addition of two new series, an Afternoon series and a Family season will feature two awardâ€" winning musicals. Annie Get Your Gun, with score by Irving Berlin and featuring some of the best songs ever written for the stage, will perform at the Centre on March 26. Ragtime, the fourâ€"time Tony Awardâ€" winning musical based on EL Doctorow‘s bestâ€"selling novel, will be performed May 13. The Comedy series will feature three nights of laughter once again this season. On Feb. 9 laidâ€"back variety artists The Flaming Idiots will juggle, conâ€" tort and have everyone in stitches with their particular brand ofhumour. Star of stage and screen, Bob Newhart will bring his worldâ€"famous oneâ€" way phone conversation here to The Centre on March 7. Surprise! Another Night of Laughs on June 1 will guaranâ€" tee to have patrons laughing in Children of all ages will enjoy the performances in the Fantasy series. Big Riverâ€" the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, adapted from the novel by Mark Twain and with music and lyrics by Roger Miller will delight everyone on Feb. 20. Carousel Players will present The Hobbit on April 17. Based on the book by J.RR. Tolkien, this performance will enthrall audiences with its tale of trolls, goblins, dwarves and eives. the aisles once more. lhe Centre will announce the surâ€" prise artist in the New Year. _ Stage series is a warm, moving and utterly unique experience. This season, once again the audience will share the stage with the performer. Only 224 tickets are available for these three appealing acts in this series. Richard Wood, Prince Edward Island‘s fiddling sensation, will be in concert on Jan. 31. The Susie Arioli Swing Band will have everyone swinging right along with their music from the ‘30s and ‘40s. The Songwriter‘s Circle, on June 6, will once again feature a gathering of gifted musicians who will share their music and words with the audience and one another. With the support of the Canadian Council, four plays will be performed in the Great Canadian Play series. Sibs, written by Diane Flacks and Richard Greenblatt, will be performed on Nov. 6 and Ivanka Chews the Fat!, the latâ€" est hilarious adventure by Joâ€" Ann Waytowich will play on Jan. 15. Blood on the Moon, a play written and performed by Pierre Brault, invites you to sit in on the notorious trial of James Patrick Wheland, who is the 2001â€"2002 season at The Centre in the Square promises something for of the murder of Thomas D‘Arcy McGee, a Father of the Confederation, on April 23. Wingfield‘s Folly, starring Rod Beattie, the conâ€" tinuing _ story _ of _ Walt Wingfield‘s life on the farm will run May 28. Merrill â€" Lynch Electric Thursdays has expanded to four concerts featuring the Jeans ‘n‘ Classics Band and the Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Symphony. The concerts for 2001/2002 are: Madmen Across the Water on Nov. 8; All the Young Dudes on Jan.17; Wonderland â€" an Evening with Alan Frew on March 21; and Electric Thursdays‘ Fever â€"A Disco Ball on May 16. Vocalists for the upcoming concerts will once again feature Jean Merilleur, Michael Shotton and Denise Pelley, with all arrangeâ€" ments by Peter Brennan. The Encore series is comâ€" prised of three performances from popular favourites at the Centre. On Oct. 11, Dein Perry‘s Tap Dogs will be back The internationally acclaimed allâ€"male dancing troupe in Blundstone boots will tap, stomp, jump and splash their way through an energetic array of dance routines. The Nylons, a Canadian icon, are one of the most heralded vocal groups in the world. Known for their a cappella sound, dazâ€" 16 Princess St. E. Waterioo {corner af Princess & Regina) 4 C Tues. 10â€"4; Wed. â€" Sat. 10â€"5; Closed Sun. & Mon Winning your Battle with Stress Kit by Dr. David Rainham www.optimumhealth.ca 571â€"7904 $39.95 zling harmonies and smooth, sophisticated arrangements, they will perform here on Jan. 25. The Amazing Kreskin will dazzle everyone with his feats of extraordinary mental proâ€" jections and challenge the impossible on March 5. The Afternoon Series, a new series offered this season is comprised of The Voices of Showtime presentation of Moments to Remember on Feb. 12; Annie Get Your Gun on March 26; Ragtime on May 14; and An Old Fashioned Singâ€" Along, on June 4. This afterâ€" noon of fun, singing allâ€"time favourite songs, with song sheets and the help of Carol Ann Feldstein, Kevin Bradshaw and Leslie De‘Ath, will be an unforgettable jourâ€" ney down memory lane. The Family Fun Series feaâ€" tures three shows for families to enjoy.â€" Sharon, Bram and Friends _ with _ wellâ€"loved favourites to singâ€"along will run Dec. 1; and A Promise is A Promise, by Robert Munsch and Michael Kusugak will run March 30. From one of Canada‘s favourite children‘s storytellers comes the classic adaptation of a famous Arctic legend. 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