A Little Night Music-Waltzes to Daytona Beach

SMT TALENT WALTZES BACK FOR

A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
JUNE 29 – JULY 9 at The News-Journal Center

SMT continues its 30^th Anniversary Season with just a little midsummer madness!  The champagne bubbles.  The sun never seems to set.  And the characters in this sexy Stephen Sondheim work of art can't help but give in to the passions that arouse them in Seaside Music Theater's production of the multiple Tony Award-winning masterpiece, A Little Night Music. 

 

This musical is not a love triangle. It's a love PARALLELOGRAM, with all kinds of temptation running rampant, criss-crossing time, age, and matrimonial status.  When middle-aged Frederik Egerman (Nicholas Wuehrmann) realizes that his young, virgin bride, Anne (Chris Staffel,) has little intention of consummating their union, he finds emotional and physical solace in the arms of past flame, Desiree Armfeldt (Julia Truilo,) for whom his romantic interest is rekindled.  But Desiree has been carrying on an affair with jealous and married Carl Magnus (James Haase,) who is reluctant to let her go.  To complicate matters, Egerman's son, Henrik (Michael Marcotte,) a divinity student, is in love with his stepmother.  All of this infatuation, desire, and infidelity come to a head when all of the above end up spending a surprising weekend in the country together at Armfeldt's family estate!

 

SMT is honored to have an abundance of accomplished talent for the cast of A Little Night Music, all under the direction of William Thiesen, who has directed over 100 productions for theater and opera companies from coast to coast.  Lourelene Snedeker (Madame Armfeldt), a founding SMT company member, is a two-time Carbonell Award Winner, and a 10-time Carbonell Award nominee.  Jay Aubrey Jones (Mr. Lindquist) has appeared on Broadway in Cats and How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and has appeared on television and film in The Ripper, One Life to Live, Guiding Light, As the World Turns, All My Children, and Whitewash.  And SMT audience favorite, Michelle Knight (Petra), who played Belle in both of SMT's productions of Beauty and the Beast, recently returned from the Broadway tour of Annie.

 

The incredible amount of talent and experience alone is sure to make this production one of SMT's most memorable.  Add to that one of Sondheim's most beautifully-written musicals, including the well-known ballad, "Send in the Clowns," breathtaking costumes designed by Stacey Galloway, and a gorgeous set designed by Adam Rowe, and a perfect night at the theater is inevitable.

 

A Little Night Music will be performed on the Josephine Field Davidson Stage within the News-Journal Center on the following dates:  June 29, 8pm (Preview); June 30, 8pm (Open); July 1, 8pm; July 2, 2pm; July 5, 2pm & 8pm; July 6, 8pm; July 7, 8pm; July 8, 2pm & 8pm; July 9, 2pm (Close). 

 

 

TICKET INFORMATION:

To purchase tickets for Seaside Music Theater shows, call 386-252-6200, or visit the News-Journal Center Box Office at 221 N. Beach St., Daytona Beach.  Tickets range from $20 - $47, with youth tickets priced at $20 and college student tickets priced at $22. 

 

Join them for the remainder of the SMT 2006 Summer Season for Sisters of Swing: The Story of the Andrews Sisters, Now – July 16; The Threepenny Opera, July 13 – 23, and Singin' in the Rain, August 3 – 20. 

 

Also playing now through August 19th is the musical for children, A Year with Frog and Toad.  Tickets are $9 per child and $12 per adult.

 

Group discounts are available by calling 386-226-1941.

 

Subscriptions for the 2006-07 WINTER SEASON are now available for purchase!  The Winter Season includes the light-hearted romantic comedy by George Bernard Shaw, Arms and the Man, October 27 – November 5, the rockin' review based on a jam session with legends Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Carl Perkins, The Million Dollar Quartet, November 9 – December 3, and the Tony Award winning Best Musical murder mystery where you pick the ending, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, January 11 - 28.  Winter subscriptions are $99 for adults, $60 for college students (w/ID), and $42 for youths under 18.  You can purchase a winter subscription by calling 252-6200 or by visiting the News-Journal Center Box Office.

 

Valet and on-site parking for the News-Journal Center is available on show dates for $10 a car.  Free parking is also available at the Volusia County Administration Building across the street, along Beach Street, or in the lot behind the Beach Street shops.

 

Seaside Music Theater is presented by the Daytona Beach News-Journal.

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