CULTURAL EDUCATION ENTERTAINMENT ENRICHMENT Oconomowoc Area School District FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Michael Duncan Title: Arts Center Director Address: 641 East Forest Street Oconomowoc, WI 53066 Phone: 262.560.213
[email protected] Website: www.theoac.net August 20, 2015 Tony Award‐nominated singer and actor, Tom Wopat hits the OAC stage swingin’ “Tom Wopat, like Sinatra in his glory days, makes it all look easy and perfectly natural.” ‐ Stephen Holden, NY Times Oconomowoc, Wisconsin ‐ The Oconomowoc Arts Center’s Main Stage Series kicks off Saturday, September 19, 2015 with well‐known Broadway stage and screen actor, Tom Wopat singing jazz‐ inspired renditions of contemporary classics from his CD, I’ve Got Your Number. “The OAC is proud to open our seventh presenting season with Wisconsin native, Tom Wopat. Most folks remember him from the television series but he has had an amazing Broadway career too. People will love that singing voice,” said Oconomowoc Arts Center director, Michael Duncan. People have fond memories of Wopat in his role as Luke Duke in the immensely popular, action‐ packed television series The Dukes of Hazzard. During the show's run from 1978‐85, Wopat also kick‐ started his recording career with his first country album release in 1983. He went on to record six other country albums before finally releasing a 2000 album of standard love songs. Wopat was nominated for Broadway's Tony Awards for the 1999 revival of the musical, Annie Get Your Gun and Catered Affair in 2008, as well as Chicago, Forty‐Second St., Sondheim on Sondheim and more.