Contact: Christopher Riley
Director of Audience and Press Services
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 26, 2015
LIGHT OPERA WORKS announces 2015 Season
EVANSTON, IL: Light Opera Works' 2015 season will open with THE FANTASTICKS with expanded full orchestra (June 6-14), followed by SOUTH PACIFIC (August 15- 30), HOLLYWOOD'S GREATEST SONG HITS (October 2- 11), and GUYS AND DOLLS (December 26-January 3).
The October concert will be at Nichols Concert Hall in Evanston. All other productions are at the company's home venue, Cahn Auditorium in Evanston,
The Light Opera Works box office is located at 516 4th Street in Wilmette. To purchase discount packages call (847) 920-5360 or order online at LightOperaWorks.com
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THE FANTASTICKS
Book and Lyrics by Tom Jones Music by Harvey Schmidt
Press Opening Saturday, June 6, 2015 at 8 pm Sunday, June 7 at 2 pm Wednesday, June 10 at 2 pm Friday, June 12 at 8 pm Saturday, June 13 at 8 pm Sunday, June 14 at 2 pm
Cahn Auditorium, 600 Emerson Street, Evanston
The Off-Broadway hit about two fathers who plot to get their boy and girl together by pretending to keep them apart. This expanded version features a full orchestra accompanying the song classics "Try to Remember," "They Were You," "Soon It's Gonna Rain" and "Never Say No."
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SOUTH PACIFIC
Music by Richard Rodgers Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "Tales of the South Pacific" by James A. Michener
Press Opening Night: Saturday, August 15, 2015 at 8 pm Sunday, August 16 at 2 pm Wednesday, August 19 at 2 pm Friday, August 21 at 8 pm Saturday, August 22 at 8 pm Sunday, August 23 at 2 pm Wednesday, August 26 at 2 pm Saturday, August 29 at 8 pm Sunday, August 30 at 2 pm
Cahn Auditorium, 600 Emerson Street, Evanston
The Pulitzer Prize-winning musical about two couples from different worlds on a Pacific Island during World War II. The score includes "Some Enchanted Evening," "Bali Ha'i," There is Nothin' Like a Dame" and "Younger Than Springtime," with the full original Robert Russell Bennett orchestrations.
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HOLLYWOOD'S GREATEST SONG HITS
Press Opening: Friday, October 2, 2015 at 8 pm Saturday, October 3 at 2 pm and 8 pm Sunday, October 4 at 2 pm Wednesday, October 7 at 2 pm Thursday, October 8 at 2 pm Friday, October 9 at 8 pm Saturday, October 10 at 2 pm and 8 pm Sunday, October 11 at 2 pm
Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston
Essential to the Golden Age of Hollywood was the music, with America's greatest songwriters heading west to contribute to the Hollywood hit parade. This concert showcases such songs as "Moon River," "Puttin' on the Ritz," "The Way We Were" and "As Time Goes By."
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GUYS AND DOLLS
A Musical Fable of Broadway Based on a Story and Characters of Damon Runyon Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser Book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows
Press Opening: Saturday, December 26, 2015 at 2 pm Second Press Opening: Saturday, December 26 at 8 pm Sunday, December 27 at 2 pm Wednesday, December 30 at 2 pm Thursday, December 31 (New Year's Eve) at 8 pm Friday, January 1, 2016 at 8 pm Saturday, January 2 at 8 pm Sunday, January 3 at 2 pm
Cahn Auditorium, 600 Emerson Street, Evanston
Broadway's classic musical about gamblers and the gals who love them. Songs include "Luck Be a Lady," "I've Never Been in Love Before," "A Bushel and a Peck" and "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat," with full orchestra.
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Light Opera Works' mission is to produce musical theater from a variety of world traditions, to engage the community through educational and outreach programs and to train artists in musical theater.