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CLUB Programs 206.464.3060 ��� clubprograms@wac.net Alex, a working-class girl from Pittsburgh striving to make her dreams of becoming a professional dancer a reality. It features a score of smash hits, including ���Flashdance ... What a Feeling,��� ���Maniac,��� and ���I Love Rock & Roll��� as well as 10 original songs. Experience the magic all over again. Thursday, April 18; 7:30 pm; $59 friday, April 19; 8 pm; $75 Saturday, April 20; 2 pm; $87 FELA! thursday, may 30 A spectacularly inspiring and triumphant tale of courage, passion and love, FELA! is based on the life of Fela Kuti, who created Afrobeat���a blend of jazz, funk and African rhythm and harmonies���and mixed sensual eclectic rhythms with simple but powerful lyrics that openly assailed Nigeria���s corrupt and oppressive dictatorships. FELA! reveals Kuti���s life as an artist and human rights activist and Black Watch at the Paramount theatre thursday, April 25 Hurtling from a poolroom in Fife to an armored wagon in Iraq, Black Watch is based on interviews with former soldiers who served in Iraq. The play is fueled by a relentless energy that serves as a potent reminder of the severe physical and mental casualties of war. This production makes powerful and inventive use of movement, music and song to create a visceral, complex and urgent piece of theater. Black Watch has now played to more than 200,000 people across three continents and has garnered 22 awards. The New York Times raves: ���They were every soldier; they were also irreducibly themselves. This exquisitely sustained double vision makes Black Watch one of the most richly human works of art to have emerged from this long-lived war.��� WAC seats are general admission. 7:30 pm; $56; noncancelable/nonrefundable Hairspray in Concert June 21���22 NEW Ten years after making its pre-Broadway premiere in Seattle at The 5th Avenue Theatre, this Tony Award winner for Best Musical returns for an exhilarating concert version, a collaboration between Seattle Men���s Chorus and The 5th Avenue. Chorus members will sing your favorite numbers, including the infectious ���Good Morning Baltimore,��� ���Welcome to the ���60s,��� and ���You Can���t Stop the Beat.��� You can expect the men to take advantage of the glorious and irreverent John Waters-inspired wackiness under the direction of David Armstrong, executive producer and artistic director at The 5th Avenue. friday, June 21; 8 pm; $55 Saturday, June 22; 2 pm; $55 tHe PArAmouNt Flashdance April 18���20 What a feeling! Flashdance, the pop culture phenomenon and runaway international success, is now live on stage. It all started with a dream���to be bigger, to burn brighter, to dance harder. Based on the movie that defined a generation, this musical tells the unforgettable story of March 2013 | Washington Athletic Club Magazine | 39