Music Theater Works Announces Exciting 2018 Season!

Music Theater Works (formerly Light Opera Works) 2018 season opens with Gilbert and Sullivan's THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE (June 9-17), followed by Cole Porter's ANYTHING GOES (August 18-26), Judy Garland: COME RAIN OR COME SHINE, STARRING Angela Ingersoll (October 5-14), and Stephen Sondheim's INTO THE WOODS (December 22-31).

Productions are at the company's home venue, Cahn Auditorium in Evanston (except the Judy Garland concert, which is at Nichols Concert Hall 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

Gilbert and Sullivan'sTHE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Music B. Arthur SullivanLibretto by W.S. Gilbert
With full orchestra
Press Opening Saturday, June 9, 2018 at 8 pm Sunday, June 10 at 2 pmWednesday, June 13 at 2 pm Friday, June 15 at 8 pm Saturday, June 16 at 8 pmSunday, June 17 at 2 pm
Cahn Auditorium, 600 Emerson Street, Evanston
The Gilbert and Sullivan classic includes the songs "Poor Wand'ring One," "I Am a Pirate King" and "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General.

Cole Porter'sANYTHING GOES
Music and Lyrics by Cole PorterOriginal Book by P.G. Wodehouse & Guy Boltonand Howard Lindsay & Russel CrouseNew Book by Timothy Crouse & John Weidman
With full orchestra
Press Opening Night: Saturday, August 18, 2018 at 8 pm Sunday, August 19 at 2 pmWednesday, August 22 at 2 pmThursday, August 23 at 2 pmFriday, 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 "You're the Top," among other well-known songs.

Judy Garland: COME RAIN OR COME SHINESTARRING Angela Ingersoll
Press Opening: Friday, October 5, 2018 at 8 pmSaturday, October 6 at 8 pmSunday, October 7 at 2 pmWednesday, October 10 at 2 pm Thursday, October 11 at 2 pmFriday, October 12 at 8 pm Saturday, October 13 at 2 and 8 pmSunday, October 14 at 2 pm
Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston
Jeff Award-winning dynamo Angela Ingersoll (END OF THE RAINBOW) 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'sINTO THE WOODS
Music and Lyrics by Stephen SondheimBook by James LapineOriginally Directed on Broadway by James LapineOrchestrations by Jonathan Tunick
With full orchestra

Press Opening: Saturday, December 22, 2018 at 8 pmSunday, December 23 at 2 pmWednesday, December 26 at 2 pmFriday, December 28 at 8 pmSaturday, December 29 at 2 and 8 pmSunday, December 30 at 2 pmMonday, 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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