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CLUB Programs 206.464.3060 ��� clubprograms@wac.net Winner of three 2007 Tony Awards, this is a co-production between ACT and The 5th Avenue Theatre. Thursday, March 28, 8 pm Sunday, March 31, 2 pm Sunday, April 28, 2 pm Thursday, May 2, 8 pm $72 all performances; other performances may be available upon request; noncancelable/nonrefundable Cirque du Soleil: Amaluna at Marymoor Park Sunday, March 17 Artbeat presents: In The Mood���A 1940s Big Band Revue at Benaroya Hall Sunday, March 10 With a big band orchestra, singers, dancers and period costumes, this touring production presents a musical throwback to the 1940s. Much more than a concert, In The Mood takes a look at the life and times of what journalist Tom Brokaw called ���The Greatest Generation.��� The 1940s were a time when music moved the national spirit and inspired a future filled with hope, promise and prosperity. Experience the swing, rhythm and romance of Glenn Miller, The Andrews Sisters and others. Come enjoy songs such as ���Chattanooga Choo Choo,��� ���It���s Only A Paper Moon,��� ���Don���t Fence Me In,��� and ���Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy.��� WAC seats are located in rows eight to 13. For more information, go to www.inthemoodlive.com. 5 pm; $62; noncancelable/nonrefundable and tender music and stands at the center of one of the greatest operas ever written. 7:30 pm (2 hours, 40 minutes); $125���$144; noncancellable/nonrefundable Grey Gardens at ACT Theatre NEW March 16���May 26 Little Edie is a dazzling socialite on a downward spiral into a life of illusions and hoarded junk. How did Jackie Kennedy���s cousin end up living in a decaying 42-room mansion full of cats? First captured in a cult-hit documentary, this truestory-turned-musical will take you on an unforgettable journey. Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale (���Big Edie���) and her daughter Edith Bouvier Beale (���Little Edie���) were Jacqueline Kennedy���s aunt and cousin, respectively. Set at Grey Gardens, the Bouviers��� mansion in East Hampton, New York, this intimate musical tracks the social fall of the two one-time aristocrats and attempts to untangle the complex dynamics of their complicated relationship. 42 | Washington Athletic Club Magazine | January 2013 Inspired by Shakespeare���s The Tempest, Cirque du Soleil���s newest touring production, Amaluna, invites the audience to a mysterious island governed by goddesses and guided by the cycles of the moon. During a storm, a group of men is washed up on the shore of this dreamscape island. The queen���s daughter falls for one of the young men, and the trials of their love are the elements composing this production, performed in the round inside a huge blue and yellow tent in Redmond���s Marymoor Park. Cirque du Soleil shows are renowned for their spectacular combination of European circus, acrobatics, gymnastics, dance, and theatrical effects. The international cast of Amaluna performs gravitydefying acts of physical strength, balance and aerial acts in a show receiving rave reviews. Come experience Cirque du Soleil���s new and exotic $25 million extrava-