Maine State Music Theatre Present Rodgers & Hammerstein's A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING

Maine State Music Theatre presents Rodgers & Hammerstein's A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING appearing on the Pickard stage for one day only: Monday, June 20, 2016 at 2 PM and 7:30 PM. Taste and imagination, the two key ingredients for a first-rate revue, abound in this fresh take on the Rodgers & Hammerstein canon. This revue, with innovative musical arrangements including a sultry Andrews Sisters-esque 'I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out-a My Hair,' a swingin' 'Honeybun' worthy of the Modernaires, and a jazzy 'Kansas City', leaves no question about how terrifically up to date the remarkable songs of R&H remain.

MSMT Artistic Director Curt Dale Clark and Music Director Patrick Fanning have creatively collaborated on this show, which is bound to make audiences rediscover and fall in love with the music of R&H. In addition to South Pacific and Oklahoma!, the show also features musical selections from The King And I, Carousel and The Sound of Music.

The cast is comprised of a talented blend of MSMT performance interns including Giovanni DiGabriele, Alex Drost, Megan Flynn, Berkley Jones, Kyle Laing, Marty Lauter, Haley Ostir, and Katie Whittemore as well as local actors Ali Sarnacchiaro (Westbrook, ME), Eric Berry Sandelin (Gorham, ME), Matt LaBerge (South Portland, ME), Jennifer Kennedy (Gorham, ME), Molly Keane-Dreyer (Raymond, ME), Rachel Grindle (Portland, ME), Taylor Gervais (Hermon, ME), Hugh Cipparone (Brunswick, ME) and Cameron Wright (Ellsworth, ME). The company will be bringing to life the songs of R&H including "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'," "Shall We Dance?," "If I Loved You," "It Might as Well be Spring" and "Stepsisters' Lament."

MSMT performance and technical interns hail from all over the United States and produce two shows each season. This year, in addition to A Grand Night For Singing, the intern company will round out the MSMT Theatre for Young Audiences series with Robin and Clark'sAladdin on August 22, 2016.

Maine State Music Theatre's 2016 Season is sponsored by Highland Green and OceanView at Falmouth. This show is brought to you by The Highlands, as well as the MSMT Intern Sponsor, Five County Credit Union.

Ticket prices for A Grand Night For Singing range from $20 to $40. Tickets are available online at www.msmt.org, over the phone by calling(207) 725-8769, or in person by visiting the Box Office located at in the Pickard Theater at 1 Bath Road, Brunswick. Visit www.msmt.orgfor more information.