Boomtown is a musical comedy about the “most dangerous town in Texas.”
It is set in the 1920s, amid wildcat oil strikes, overnight wealth and Prohibition, which gave rise to lawless new towns. The most notorious of these was the unruly city of Borger, in the Texas Panhandle.
The production will come to Heritage Village in Woodville on Saturday, Nov. 16, at 7 p.m. Tickets are available at the Village Gift Shop and at the Tyler County Booster. Tickets can be purchased, and seats reserved by calling 409-283-2272. VIP seating is available.
Based on memoirs and trial transcripts, Boomtown follows land promoter Ace Borger, who capitalized on oil strikes in the Texas Panhandle. With the notorious Two-Gun Dick Herwig installed as sheriff, the town is soon overrun with wild dancehalls, bootleg liquor joints, and gambling halls.
The production is being presented by Texas Comedies, a company that has also brought the shows Bonnie & Clyde: A Musical Comedy, Prohibition, The Feud, and other “mostly-true” musical comedies.
