PROMISES, PROMISES To Play for Five Performances this September in Houston

Bayou City Concert Musicals will celebrate its tenth season at the Heinen Theatre with the only Broadway show written by the legendary songwriting team of Burt Bacharach and Hal David, Promises, Promises. BCCM will follow up Promises, Promises with a cabaret evening of non-Broadway music of Bacharach and David in February 2017.

BCCM will round out its 2016-17 season with a cabaret featuring the music of Duke Ellington.

Based on the 1960 Academy Award-winning movie The Apartment, Promises, Promises takes us back to mid-Twentieth Century America and the world of the grey flannel suited men and the women they pursued. Chuck Baxter works as an accountant for a New York insurance company. He longs for romance and for a promotion. Since the girls seem to ignore him, he opts for the promotion using his only asset, his apartment, which he lends out to company executives for, shall we say, some afternoon delight. When his boss, Mr. Sheldrake, promotes Chuck with the agreement he gets exclusive use of the apartment for his affair. Chuck agrees...only to realize that Sheldrake's mistress is Fran Kubelik, the girl of Chuck's dreams. The original Broadway 1968 production of Promises, Promises was nominated for eight Tony Awards and won two. The 2010 Broadway revival was nominated for four Tonys and won one.

Two of Houston's favorite musical actors head the Promises, Promises cast. Dylan Godwin will take on the role of Chuck and John Gremillion will play Mr. Sheldrake. Katie Viscontini will make her BCCM debut as Fran Kubelik.

BCCM Artistic Director Paul Hope will direct BCCM's production with co-director Mitchell Greco, musical director Michael Mertz, conductor Dr. Dominique Røyem, and choreographer Melissa Pritchett.

Proceeds from Bayou City Concert Musicals' production of Promises, Promises will benefit the Tim Harris Memorial Fund and The Actors' Fund. Both organizations support performers who have suffered catastrophic illness or injury.

BCCM's production of Promises, Promises will be at the Heinen Theatre, 3517 Austin, for five performances: 7:30 p.m., Thursday, September 15; 8:00 p.m., Friday, September 16; 8:00 p.m., Saturday, September 17; and two performances on Sunday, September 18, a matinee at 2:00 p.m. and an evening performance at 7:30 p.m.Bayou City Concert Musicals will round out its 2016-17 season with two cabaret productions at the Performance Centre at the Ensemble Theatre, 3535 Main. The first, February 18-20, 2017, will feature more of the music of Burt Bacharach and Hal David. BCCM's 2016-17 season will end with an evening of the music of Duke Ellington, May 20-22, 2017,

BCCM season tickets and individual tickets to Promises, Promises are available by phone at 713-465-6484 or on-line at www.bayoucityconcertmusicals.org. Single ticket prices range from $25 to $70. Due to the adult subject matter, Promises, Promises may not be suitable for younger audience members.

Bayou City Concert Musicals is funded in part by grants from the Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts, the Texas Commission on the Arts, and the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance.

Photo Credit: David de Hoyos