A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING
Conceived by Walter Bobbie, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Music by Richard Rodgers, Music Arrangement by Fred Wells
Wednesday–Saturday, October 5–8, 2011 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, October 9, 2011 at 2 p.m.
Can you imagine “Shall We Dance” as a comic pas de deux for a towering beauty and her diminutive admirer? How about a lovelorn young lad posing the musical question, “How do you solve a problem like Maria?” Don’t miss this innovative take on Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical hits by Tony Award-winner Walter Bobbie. Decades after the duo’s final collaboration on The Sound of Music took the world by storm, A Grand Night for Singing opened the 1994 Broadway season with style and distinction. Garnering enthusiastic praises, this wonderful musical earned two Tony nominations including Best Musical. Arrangements such as an Andrews Sisters-esque “I’m gonna wash that man right out-a my hair,” a swingin’ “Honeybun” worthy of the Modernaires, and a jazzy “Kansas City” leave no question about how remarkably up to date Rogers and Hammerstein’s songs remain.
Tickets are $10 Regular, $8 Seniors and Students
