EVANSTON, IL – Music Theater Works (formerly Light Opera Works) has announced its 2018 season, opening with THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE (June 9-17), followed by ANYTHING GOES (August 18-26), JUDY GARLAND: COME RAIN OR COME SHINE, STARRING ANGELA INGERSOLL (October 5-14), and INTO THE WOODS (December 22-31).
The current 2017 season concludes with DUKE ELLINGTON’S GREATEST HITS October 6-15, 2017, and PETER PAN, December 23-January 1, 2018.
The October Duke Ellington and Judy Garland concerts will be at Nichols Concert Hall in Evanston. All other productions are at the company’s home venue, Cahn Auditorium in Evanston.
The ticket office is located at 516 4th Street in Wilmette. Discount season packages are available. To purchase tickets call (847) 920-5360 or order online at MusicTheaterWorks.com
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Gilbert and Sullivan’s
THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Music by Arthur Sullivan
Libretto by W.S. Gilbert
With full orchestra
Press Opening Saturday, June 9, 2018 at 8 pm
Sunday, June 10 at 2 pm
Wednesday, June 13 at 2 pm
Friday, June 15 at 8 pm
Saturday, June 16 at 8 pm
Sunday, June 17 at 2 pm
Cahn Auditorium, 600 Emerson Street, Evanston
The Gilbert and Sullivan classic includes the songs “Poor Wand’ring One,” “Oh, Better Far to Live and Die” and “I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General.”
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Cole Porter’s
ANYTHING GOES
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Original Book by P.G. Wodehouse & Guy Bolton
and Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
New Book by Timothy Crouse & John Weidman
With full orchestra
Press Opening Night: Saturday, August 18, 2018 at 8 pm
Sunday, August 19 at 2 pm
Wednesday, August 22 at 2 pm
Thursday, August 23 at 2 pm
Friday, August 24 at 8 pm
Saturday, August 25 at 8 pm
Sunday, August 26 at 2 pm
Cahn Auditorium, 600 Emerson Street, Evanston
Cole Porter’s madcap musical comedy of the 1930s features “I Get a Kick Out of You.” “It’s De-Lovely” “Friendship” and “Blow, Gabriel, Blow” among other well-known songs.
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JUDY GARLAND: COME RAIN OR COME SHINE
STARRING ANGELA INGERSOLL
Press Opening: Friday, October 5, 2018 at 8 pm
Saturday, October 6 at 8 pm
Sunday, October 7 at 2 pm
Wednesday, October 10 at 2 pm
Thursday, October 11 at 2 pm
Friday, October 12 at 8 pm
Saturday, October 13 at 2 and 8 pm
Sunday, October 14 at 2 pm
Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston
Award-winning dynamo Angela Ingersoll captures the emotional and vocal power of Judy Garland live in concert. Iconic songs include “Over the Rainbow,” “Get Happy” and “The Man That Got Away.
Stephen Sondheim’s
INTO THE WOODS
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by James Lapine
Originally Directed on Broadway by James Lapine
Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick
With full orchestra
Press Opening: Saturday, December 22, 2018 at 8 pm
Sunday, December 23 at 2 pm
Wednesday, December 26 at 2 pm
Friday, December 28 at 8 pm
Saturday, December 29 at 2 and 8 pm
Sunday, December 30 at 2 pm
Monday, December 31 at 8 pm (New Year’s Eve)
Cahn Auditorium, 600 Emerson Street, Evanston
The witty and wise adventure intertwines plots of iconic Brothers Grimm fairy tales, exploring the consequences of the characters’ wishes and quests. The Tony Award-winning score includes “Giants in the Sky,” “Children Will Listen” and “No One Is Alone.”
Music Theater Works (formerly Light Opera Works) is a resident professional not-for-profit theater in Evanston, founded in 1980. The company’s mission is to produce and present musical theater from a variety of world traditions, to engage the community through educational and outreach programs and to train artists in musical theater. All productions are presented in English, with foreign works done in carefully edited modern translations. Maximum scholarship is employed to preserve the original vocal and orchestral material as well as the spirit of the original text whenever possible. Audiences know that at Music Theater Works they will experience repertoire often unavailable on the stages of commercial theaters and opera houses, in modern productions with professional artists and full orchestra.
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