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BOX OFFICE (219) 759-1408
A Little Night Music - a musical
October 7 - October 16, 2011
Director: Craig Golbesky
Musical/Vocal Director: Doug Pishkur
Choreographer: Steven Spanopoulos
Costumer: JoBeth Cruz
Performance Location: Portage Yacht Club 1370 State Hwy 249,
Portage, IN
SYNOPSIS:
Based on the Ingmar Bergman film Smiles of a Summer Night, it tells the story of a lawyer, Fredrik Egerman, who is married to a very young wife, Anne, who, despite the fact that they have been married almost a year, is still a virgin. He sees an old flame, Desiree Armfeldt, who is appearing in a popular play, and his romantic interest in her is rekindled. However, she is having an affair with a jealous, and married, military man, Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm. Complicating matters is Egerman's son, Henrik, a divinity student who is in love with his stepmother. The play culminates in a weekend at the country estate of Desiree's mother, Madame Leonora Armfeldt, who is looking after Desiree's daughter, Fredrika, while Desiree is on tour.
Most of the music in the show is written in waltz (3/4) time or multiples thereof. Occasionally in the score, Sondheim uses compound meter, a time signature like 12/8, in which there are actually four beats per measure that subdivide into three, giving the music the feeling of a waltz, though it is not a waltz in strict compositional terms. The work is often considered an operetta rather than standard musical comedy. Despite the oblique Mozart reference in the title (see below), the elegant, harmonically-advanced music in this show pays indirect homage to the compositions of Maurice Ravel, especially his Valses nobles et sentimentales. The score contains Sondheim's best-known song, "Send in the Clowns", as well as such songs as "The Glamorous Life," "You Must Meet My Wife," "Every Day a Little Death," "Liaisons," "In Praise of Women," "A Weekend in the Country," and "The Miller's Son." The score makes heavy demands on performers, with extensive use of counterpoint and most singing parts written with an operatic range.
Friday October 7 - 8 pm
Saturday October 8 - 8 pm
Sunday October 9 - 2 pm
Thursday October 13 - 8 pm
Friday October 14 - 8 pm
Saturday October 15 - 2 pm and 8pm
Sunday October 16 - 2 pm
Frederik Egerman: Jason Utesch
Anne Egerman: Christine Marilyn Parry
Henrik Egerman: Matt Domasica
Desiree Armfeldt: Lisa Woodruff
Count Carl Magnus: Charles Kay
Countess Charlotte Malcolm: Mary Kay Steele
Petra: Sheree Wheeler-Gudeman
Madame Armfeldt: Gayle Kosalko
Frederika Armfeldt: Maddie Blaney
Mr. Lindquist-Sam Birky
Mrs. Nordstrom-Adrien Brizzolara
Mrs. Anderssen-Caroline Rau Geldernik
Mr. Erlanson: Michael Glorioso
Mrs. Segstrom: Sarah Penrose
Frid: Matt Gudeman
Betrand: Terry McLaughlin
Malla: Kelli Manigrasso
Osa: Natalie Franks
Regular
Admission: $15
Senior/Students: $12
Performance Location: Portage Yacht Club 1370 State Hwy 249,
Portage, IN
Box Office Phone (219) 759-1408
PORTAGE COMMUNITY THEATRE
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