‘Urban Cowboy' set to ride into village in May

Sugar Loaf — The Kings Theatre Company will present Windwood Theatrical’s new production of “Urban Cowboy, The Musical” at the Lycian Centre for the Performing Arts in Sugar Loaf, at 3 p.m. on Sunday, May 13. “Urban Cowboy,” the 1980 movie starring John Travolta and Debra Winger, made a household name of Gilley’s, a sprawling dance bar in Houston, Texas, and its signature mechanical bull. Now, “Urban Cowboy” comes to the road as a Broadway musical, featuring songs such as “Could I Have This Dance for the Rest of My Life,” “Lookin’ for Love In All The Wrong Places” and “The Devil Went Down to Georgia.” The musical tells the story of Bud, a new breed of cowboy who’s turning heads and looking for love in the biggest honky-tonk in the world. His romance and marriage to Sissy and the subsequent troubles the newlyweds encounter are played out against a landscape of oil fields, trailer parks and a sawdust-covered dance floor, where nights come alive in a sea of booze, brawls, babes and a foot-stomping band. Originally appearing at the Broadhurst Theatre on Broadway in 2003, the Windwood prodcution includes songs from Clint Black, Travis Tritt, Brooks and Dunn, Toby Keith, Shania Twain, The Dixie Chicks, Willie Nelson, Lee Ann Womack, Garth Brooks, Charlie Daniels and Waylon Jennings. Tickets, $45 adults and $33.75 youth 18 years and under, may be purchased by calling the Lycian Centre Box Office at 469-2287, between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. For more information about this and other upcoming events, log on to www.lyciancentre.com.