Light Opera Works announces its 2010 season

Here’s the press release from Light Opera Works:

Light Opera Works Announces its 2010 Season

Evanston, IL: Light Opera Works’ 2010 season will begin with Gilbert and Sullivan’s THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD (June 4 -13) on Light Opera Works’ Main Stage, followed by Rodgers and Hammerstein’s CAROUSEL (August 14 – 29). The company will present Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt’s, I DO! I DO! (October 8 – November 14) on the Second Stage in the fall and end the season with Jerry Herman’s HELLO, DOLLY! (December 26 – January 2). The Light Opera Works Box Office is located at 927 Noyes St. in Evanston. To purchase tickets call (847) 869-6300 or order online at LightOperaWorks.org

Light Opera Works Main Stage

Cahn Auditorium
600 Emerson Street, Evanston

THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan
Libretto by Sir W.S. Gilbert
Run:Press Opening Matinee: Friday, June 4 at 2 pm
Saturday, June 5 at 8 pm
Sunday, June 6 at 2 pm
Friday, June 11 at 8 pm
Saturday, June 12 at 8 pm
Sunday, June 13 at 2pm

Story: THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD tells a tale of ill-fated love, intrigue and escape in Tudor England. Colonel Fairfax is to be executed in the Tower of London on false charges of witchcraft. In order to keep his estate out of the hands of his betrayer, a wedding is hastily arranged for the condemned man. But when he escapes the headsman’s block, he finds the bonds of wedlock stronger than his prison bars.

CAROUSEL
Music by Richard Rodgers
Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Based on Ferenc Molnar’s Play LILIOM
As adapted by Benjamin F. Glazer
Original Dances by Agnes de Mille
Run: Press Opening Night: Saturday, August 14 at 8 pm
Sunday, August 15 at 2 pm
Wednesday, August 18 at 2 pm
Friday, August 20 at 8 pm
Saturday, August 21 at 8 pm
Sunday, August 22 at 2 pm
Saturday, August 28 at 8 pm
Sunday, August 29 at 2 pm

Story: Brash carnival barker Billy Bigelow falls for lovely young mill worker, Julie Jordan. Years after his death, he is given the chance to return for one day, hoping to teach his troubled daughter a valuable lesson about love.

HELLO, DOLLY!
Book by Michael Stewart
Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman
Based on the play THE MATCHMAKER by Thornton Wilder
Original Production Directed and Choreographed by Gower Champion
Produced for the Broadway stage by David Merrick and Champion-Five, Inc.
Run: Press Opening Matinee: Sunday, December 26 at 2 pm
Family Matinee: Monday, December 27 at 2 pm
Family Matinee: Tuesday, December 28 at 2 pm
Family Matinee: Wednesday, December 29 at 2 pm
Thursday, December 30 at 8 pm
Friday, December 31 at 8 pm
Saturday, January 1, 2011 at 8 pm
Sunday, January 2, 2011 at 2 pm

Story: In HELLO, DOLLY! irrepressible matchmaker Dolly Levi is hired to arrange a marriage for the tightfisted half-millionaire Horace Vandergelder; she finds him the perfect mate – herself! First she has to meddle with the affairs of her “husband to be” before he gets hitched to somebody else.

Light Opera Works Second Stage
1420 Maple Avenue, Evanston

I DO! I DO!
Book and Lyrics by Tom Jones
Music by Harvey Schmidt
Based on THE FOURPOSTER by Jan de Hartog
Originally produced on Broadway by David Merrick
Originally directed by Gower Champion
Opens: Friday, October 8, 2010 at 8 pm
Previews: Sunday, October 3 at 3 pm, Wednesday, October 6 at 8 pm, and
Thursday, October 7 at 8 pm
Run: Fridays thru Sundays until Sunday, November 14, 2010
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 pm
Sundays at 3:00 pm

Story: I DO! I DO!, follows Michael and Agnes starting on their wedding day and explores their life together over the next 50 years, as the couple goes through wedding night jitters, raises a family, negotiates mid-life crises, quarrels, separates, reconciles and grows old together.

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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 programs, and to train artists in musical theater.