 Left to right: Merrill Peiffer, Jennifer MacLean, Joshua Clement, Christine Dulong. Photo by UNH Photo Services. A Little Night Music Runs Oct. 12-16 The Department of Theatre and Dance is pleased to announce A Little Night Music, (book by Hugh Wheeler, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim) Oct. 12-16 at the Johnson Theatre, PCAC. Inspired by Bergman’s film, Smiles Of A Summer Night, this musical theatre comedy has won Tony Awards (Best Musical, Best Score, Best Book) and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. In turn-of-the-century Sweden, the yearning desires of romance lead to several mismatched love triangles — a perfect story and setting for breathtaking lyrics, sassy humor, three-quarter-time music, and sophisticated elegance. This waltz of relationships, desperation, flirtation, euphoria, and scandal culminates in “A Weekend in the Country” — a Sondheim number comparable to the musical genius of Gilbert and Sullivan who revolutionized the theatre world. Sondheim’s “Send in the Clown” crossed-over to popular music with recordings by Judy Collins (1975 Grammy Award, Song of the Year) and Barbra Streisand (1986 release). My eyes ran over with sentiment and pleasure,” said Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “. . . urbane and often brilliantly funny, but there are many moments of piercing human pain,” said The Daily Telegraph. May be inappropriate for 15 and under. Professor Carol Lucha Burns is the director of musical theatre at UNH. Since 1969, she has developed, established and directed both the Musical Theatre and Theatre Education programs at UNH. While serving as the director of youth drama, Lucha was the artistic director of TRY (Theatre Resources for You) and the co-founder of the Little Red Wagon touring program. Prior to UNH (1965-69), she wrote, performed, directed, and taught in New York, Utah, and in Tokyo, where she was the founding Ddrector of the English Language Tokyo Junior Theatre. Her educational emphasis at Syracuse University, The University of Utah, and The American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA) was in children's theatre, puppetry, and musical theatre. Her 1987 award-winning book, Musical Notes, is now on line as a valuable reference source for all with an interest in musical theatre. For tickets, contact the MUB ticket office Monday through Friday between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., at 2-2290. Tickets are $15.50 for general admission, $13.50 for seniors, children 12 & under, UNH ID holders, and groups of 15 or more. For more information, please call the Theatre and Dance office at 2-2919. |
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