Light Opera Works to Stage LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU: JULE STYNE'S GREATEST HITS

Light Opera Works will present LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU: Jule Styne'S GREATEST HITS, October 7 through 16 at the Nichols Concert Hall in Evanston.

The concert of Broadway, Hollywood and popular songs by composer Jule Styne includes "Don't Rain on My Parade," "People," "Time After Time" and "Make Someone Happy," from such shows as GYPSY, FUNNY GIRL and others.

LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU: Jule Styne'S GREATEST HITS is directed by artistic director Rudy Hogenmiller, with music direction by Linda Madonia.

The opening night reception for LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU: Jule Styne'S GREATEST HITS is sponsored by Found Kitchen and Social House, Evanston.

LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU: Jule Styne'S GREATEST HITS is Light Opera Works' third show of 2016. The season concludes with DIE FLEDERMAUS in English, December 26-January 1, 2017. Discounted ticket packages are still available.

Tickets for LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU: Jule Styne'S GREATEST HITS begin at $30. Ages 25 and younger are half-price. To order tickets, or for more information, call the Light Opera Works box office at (847) 920-5360, or order online 24 hours a day at www.LightOperaWorks.com.

Rudy Hogenmiller (Director), artistic director of Light Opera Works, has directed and choreographed many productions for the company including MY FAIR LADY, MAME, SOUTH PACIFIC, THE FANTASTICKS, THE MERRY WIDOW, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, H.M.S. PINAFORE, OLIVER!, MAN OF LA MANCHA, CAMELOT, BRIGADOON, HELLO, DOLLY!, THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, KISS ME, KATE, THE MIKADO and THE SOUND OF MUSIC. He was seen on stage in 2014 as Mr. Applegate in DAMN YANKEES and the Emcee in CABARET in 2013. He has been recognized with six Joseph Jefferson Awards and 17 nominations for best direction and choreography in Chicago, and has been a member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers for more than 35 years.

Linda Madonia (Music Director) was music director for last year's concert, HOLLYWOOD'S GREATEST SONG HITS, and has served as assistant music director on numerous Light Opera Works Productions. As a music director in the Chicago area for the past 30 years, her credits include A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM and DOUBLE TROUBLE at Porchlight Music Theatre (where she also serves as an Artistic Associate), LEO ON ICE! for Leo Burnett at the Chicago Theatre, and FORBIDDEN BROADWAY: SVU at the Royal George Theatre. Other credits include GRAND HOTEL and NUNSENSATIONS at Drury Lane Water Tower Place, and A CHORUS LINE, SHE LOVES ME and ME AND MY GIRL at Theatre at the Center. For the past eight years, Linda has been the music director for Chicago's Equity Joseph Jefferson Awards. During the day, Linda owns American Eagle Productions, a touring theater company that takes shows and workshops directly into schools. American Eagle has been doing shows for 23 years and presents 300 shows a year to Chicago area schools.

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. 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 Light Opera 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.

Light Opera Works' mission is to produce musical theater from a variety of world traditions, to engage the community through educational and outreach programs, and to train artists in musical theater.