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SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
Oct. 11, 17, 2008
8:00 p.m.
Sun., Oct. 12, 2008
3:00 p.m.
Auditorium

Screenplay by Betty Comden
and Adolph Green
Songs by Nacio Herb Brown
and Arthur Freed
Based on the MGM Film (Original choreography by Gene Kelly
and Stanley Donen)
Directed by Jim Eikrem
Music Direction by Jim Hohmeyer
Choreography in full collaboration with Dean Black Studios

It’s 1927 and silent film star Don Lockwood will make it in “talkies” just fine, but his leading lady Lina Lamont’s comically grating voice is likely to ruin their onscreen romance, which she is convinced is real offscreen as well.

For its new musical, the movie studio decides to dub Lina’s voice with that of chorus girl Kathy Selden. The film premiere is a huge hit, and fans clamor for an encore, which Lina plans to perform with Kathy lip-synching from backstage. Don and his best friend, Cosmos, sabotage Lina’s plan, and in one sweeping moment Kathy’s career is launched. . . and the budding romance between Kathy and Don takes full bloom.

A sparkling smile of a musical! Love so sweet the guy can’t keep himself from… singin’ in the rain!

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Admission: Adults $28 through row z, Rows AA-GG $20,
Students $16 all rows. Family 4 Pack: $71.60 includes 2 adults, 2 students, additional student tickets can be purchased for $13.



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SCROOGE THE MUSICAL
Dec. 19 and 20 at 7:00 p.m.
Dec. 20 and 21 at 2:30 p.m.
*Special Kids and Family Preview Night, Thurs., Dec. 18,
at 7:00 p.m.
Auditorium

Book, Music and Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse
Directed by Denyse Clayton
Music Direction by Jim Hohmeyer
A collaboration of Music Society, Theatre Guild & Peanut Gallery

Enjoy the best of three worlds, when Music Society, Theatre Guild and Peanut Gallery join forces for an experience you will cherish forever! The grumpy old Scrooge is hardly recognizable in this light, funny, and thoroughly enjoyable and sassy musical loosely based on Dickens’ tale… with a new attitude!

Theatre audiences have long-awaited a stage version of Leslie Bricusse’s incredibly popular 1970 film, and the stage version exceeds all audience expectations. With six new tunes not available for the film, this spirited musical has been sweeping audiences to their feet in joyful celebration all across the country!

*Very special prices for Family Preview Night
Thursday, December 18 - 7:00 p.m.
Reduced ticket price for Final Dress rehearsal. Preview night is not a finished/polished performance night. It is the last rehearsal before the show opens (there may still be changes being made to refine the performance). Audience will see a complete show with orchestra, costumes and make-up. Following the performance the Director, Costumer and Set Designer will be on stage to do a talk back to the audience about the making of the show. Questions welcome. This is an excellent learning experience for the theatre buff or student.

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Admission: Friday/Saturday/Sunday: Adults $26 through row Z; Rows AA-GG $20, Students $16 all rows
Family 4 Pack: $68 includes 2 adults, 2 students
Family Preview Night: Adults $13, Students $8



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TOMAS KUBINEK: Certified Lunatic and Master of the Impossible!
Feb. 7, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 8, 2009 at 3:00 p.m.
Auditorium

Take years off your life with a healthy dose of the joyfully impossible, brilliantly unusual and delightfully mad world of Tomas Kubinek, a self-described fool, clown, visual poet, solo performance artist, multi-talented vaudevillian and comic genius!

Imagine one part Monty Python, one part absurd acrobatics, one part inventor of all things charmingly useless, one part quack magician – combine it with the creative genius of an amazing performer… and watch him fly… literally!

Guaranteed to rejuvenate the world-weariest of adults while it playfully opens a child’s mind to the most wondrous of life’s possibilities, Kubinek’s performance is just what the doctor ordered – a perfect remedy for the winter blues!

“Hilarious and enormously talented.”
Time Out Magazine, London

“Masterfully played comedy… That secret mixture of daring, talent and utter foolishness…”
Santa Fe Reporter

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Admission: Adults $22 through row Z, Rows AA-GG $16, Students $16 all rows. Sunday, Feb. 8 only - Family 4-Pack: $62, includes 2 adults, 2 students



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VOICES OF LIGHT: The Passion of Joan of Arc
Mar. 21, 2009 at 8:00 p.m.
Mar. 22, 2009 at 3:00 p.m.
Auditorium

Silent Film: The Passion of Joan of Arc by Carl Dreyer, 1928
Oratorio for Soloists, Chorus and Full Orchestra by Richard Einhorn
Guest Soloists TBA, Music Society Orchestra & Music Society Chorale
Conducted by Jim Hohmeyer

Voices of Light: The Passion of Saint Joan is a complete experience. . . emotional, intellectual and spiritual. . . that will stir your soul.

Declared one of the top ten films ever created, Carl Dreyer’s 1928 silent film The Passion of Joan of Arc was hailed for its unbelievable power, realistic acting style and ground-breaking film techniques. Using the actual extant transcripts from Joan of Arc’s trial for heresy in 1437 and visionary film techniques, Dreyer had captured the 16-year-old’s emotional turmoil with great insight and depth.

The film’s mysterious history mirrors Joan of Arc’s own tumultuous 500-year path from heretic to sainthood. Twice thought lost completely to fire, for over 50 years all that remained of the original film were incomplete knock-offs cobbled together from inferior outtakes and deeply edited to satisfy extremists within both church and state.

In a bizarre turn of events, a nearly perfect copy of the film was discovered in 1988 in the closet of a Norwegian institute for the insane, where it had apparently been ordered by a doctor in 1930 and then forgotten.

Once lovingly restored, viewing the film so moved composer Richard Einhorn that he was driven to write a work for soloists, chorus and orchestra to be performed live during viewings of the film. Using texts from the writings of medieval mystics and other compelling poets and visionaries, along with the music techniques beautifully reminescent of medieval choral works, live performance of Einhorn’s hauntingly moving Voices of Light perfectly completes the film-viewer’s experience, for the classical music aficianado as well as the most casual of music listeners.

The result is a rare and emotionally compelling experience that has had sold-out houses rising to their feet from such critically-acclaimed halls as Kennedy Center to Avery Fisher Hall in London. And now. . . at Midland Center for the Arts. . . live. . . for one weekend only.

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Admission: $20 all seats



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