{"id":3919,"date":"2013-08-12T19:41:54","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T19:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3919"},"modified":"2013-08-12T19:44:22","modified_gmt":"2013-08-12T19:44:22","slug":"rocket-boys-the-musical-on-stage-in-west-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3919","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Rocket Boys: the Musical&#8221; &#8211; on stage in West Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve posted here several times over the years about <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocketboysthemusical.com\/\" target=\"_d\">Rocket Boys the Musical<\/a><\/em>, which is based on <a href=\"http:\/\/homerhickam.com\/\" target=\"_d\">Homer Hickam<\/a>&#8216;s famous <a href=\"http:\/\/homerhickam.com\/coalwood\/\" target=\"_d\">Rocket Boys<\/a> book (later the movie October Skys) about his building and flying rockets as a youth in a small coal mining town in the post-Sputnik period. The musical still hasn&#8217;t made it to Broadway but it seems to be a regular production in West Virginia: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.register-herald.com\/todaysfrontpage\/x738623351\/-Rocket-Boys-set-to-begin-run-Thursday\" target=\"_d\">\u2018Rocket Boys\u2019 set to begin run Thursday &#8211;\u00a0 The Register-Herald, Beckley, West Virginia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It will play August 15-25 at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatrewestvirginia.com\/\" target=\"_d\">Theater West Virginia &#8211; Cliffside Amphitheatre<\/a>.\u00a0 More at <a href=\"http:\/\/theatrewestvirginia.com\/DocumentCenter.aspx?id=1003\" target=\"_d\">Rocket Boys: The Musical &#8211; Cliffside Amphitheatre<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocketboysthemusical.com\/audio.html\" target=\"_blank\">portions of the music here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve posted here several times over the years about Rocket Boys the Musical, which is based on Homer Hickam&#8216;s famous Rocket Boys book (later the movie October Skys) about his building and flying rockets as a youth in a small coal mining town in the post-Sputnik period. The musical still hasn&#8217;t made it to Broadway &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3919\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;Rocket Boys: the Musical&#8221; &#8211; on stage in West Virginia<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20,43,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-space-arts","category-space-books","category-space-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-11d","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4758,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4758","url_meta":{"origin":3919,"position":0},"title":"Rocket Boys Festival &#8211; Beckley, West Virginia &#8211; Oct.4-6","author":"TopSpacer","date":"October 1, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The Rocket Boys Festival (Oct. 4-6) is on again: THE ROCKETS BOYS ARE COMING AGAIN!!! 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