It’s curtains — curtains up, that is — for the cast of “Bugsy Malone Jr.” at P.S. Jones Middle School.

This flapper-era musical spoof opens at 7:30 tonight in the school’s cafetorium.

The play pits gangster guys and gals against one another under the watchful eye of one Bugsy Malone, a pinstriped peacemaker who disarms the competition.

But there’s no conventional, Chicago-style gunplay here — these hoods assault each other with silly string.

“The moral of the story at the end is that Bugsy Malone, a guy that’s part of neither one of the (warring) groups, is trying to get them to be friends with one another,” said Neva Cashion, the production’s director and the school’s music teacher.

Malone succeeds in his aims, sending his best girl off to stage stardom in the process.

“The Bugsy guy is kind of a gangster, but he’s not the one that’s involved in all the fighting,” Cashion advised. “He’s more of a peacemaker.”

“Bugsy Malone Jr.,” an abbreviated version of the play for young performers, is based on the original work with music and lyrics Paul Williams and book by Alan Parker.

The show opens at 7:30 tonight and runs at the same time Friday and Saturday.

For more information, call 252-946-0874.

The cast features, in order of appearance: Josh Padgett, Neill Jennings, Dylan Singleton, Kyle Hodges, Robert Mayo, Taylor Moore, Caroline Midyette, Kara Hall, Sarah Alligood, Lynsey Little, Amber Wade, Holt McKeithan, Lexi Matkins, Kieona Worsley, Kayla Whitesell, Haley Copeland, Danielle Duckwall, Win Martin, Kylee Clancy, Currin Styers, Olivia Grimes, Madison Gerard, Morgan Cherry, Kendall Bridges, Maren Edwards, Kayley Sulc, Mary Claire Brewer, Josh Smith, Eric Lovenberg, Sarah Woolard, Reiner Daw, Isabel Mayo, Carly Buckman, Neill Jennings, Morgan Cherry, Quierra Ross, Kaylah Ward, Zhanell Bailey, Jaysha Whitley, Nala Hernandez, Amahja St. Clair, Zakiya Smith and Erin Lewis.

If you’re going …

• P.S. Jones Middle School presents “Bugsy Malone Jr.”
• 7:30 p.m. tonight, Friday and Saturday
• Tickets cost $7 apiece at the door
• No advance tickets
• For more information, call 252-946-0874