

At the same time, the audience will watch as protesters fight to keep German developers from turning their beloved Bourbon Room and Sunset Strip into a strip mall. The audience will meet Sherrie, a small-town girl turned stripper who hopes to make it big, and Drew, a city boy who plans on being a rock star. “It gives you a special feeling and I want it to bring that type of memory to other people.”Īccording to a press release, “Rock of Ages” is a part musical/part rock n’ roll concert that takes audience members back to 1980s Hollywood, where hair spray and Spandex ruled.

“When I hear like music like this, it’s that type that makes me think back to when I was a kid,” he said. This will be the second show he’s directed, the first being “Rocky Horror Picture Show,” and he said it’s a flashback to his childhood. The Shavertown resident will direct a rendition of the Broadway show “Rock of Ages” at the Little Theatre of Wilkes-Barre. WILKES-BARRE - Tom Franko has a love for classic rock music and directing theater.įor Franko, bringing those two loves together, like the 1988 song by Poison, will be “Nothin’ but a Good Time.”
