Showtunes Theatre Company's 2015-16 Season to Feature FINIAN'S RAINBOW, WORKING & More

By: Aug. 06, 2015
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For their 2015-2016 season SHOWTUNES Theatre Company will expand their offering from two to three concerts. They are adding the long-awaited reunion choral concert of The Washingtonians on December 5 and 6, 2015; the season continues with two rarely produced concert version musicals Finian's Rainbow on March 19 and 20 and Working on May 7 and 8, 2016.

SHOWTUNES enters their 16th year and fourth full season at Benaroya Hall's intimate yet acoustically rich 500-seat Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall. They continue on in their mission to bring lesser-produced American musical theatre gems to life. For The Washingtonians audiences can expect at least 50 of the original singers to return to the stage after a 12-year hiatus. For the March and May concert musicals SHOWTUNES assembles a cast of talented local musical theatre professionals to revive the original book and score with scripts in hand and minimal staging props and costumes.

On December 5 and 6 (8pm and 2pm respectively), 2015 The Washingtonians perform Songs We Know. This beloved "choir with a sense of humor" is comprised largely of musical theater performers; it was founded in 1993 by Seattle-based composer Scott Warrender (Das Barbecu! Texas Chainsaw Manicurist). Warrender directs the Songs We Know concert and will feature the very best from his hilarious repertoire of tunes and wonderful choral arrangements. Their band, The King Counties, and a colorful cast of funny characters including Don and Fluff LeQwape and Mrs. Wilke add to the fun.

Finian's Rainbow runs March 19 and 20, 2016. This old-fashioned musical (featuring the clever lyrics of E.Y. Harburg set to the beautiful music of Burton Lane) premiered 69 years ago on Broadway, and its scathing indictment of racism, and message of justice and social equality remains just as relevant today. "Look To The Rainbow," "Devil Moon," and "How Are Things In Glocca Morra" are but a few of the lyrical tunes in this magical tale of Finian McLonergan, his daughter Sharon, the golden crock stolen from Og, a leprechaun, and a racist Senator.

The season closes on May 7 and 8, 2016 with Working, a show that is known for its dramatic book and powerful contemporary score. Based on Studs Terkel's oral history of the working class set to music by Stephen Schwartz, James Taylor, Mary Rodgers and others, Working presents a different look at the seemingly humdrum lives of everyday people and reveals a myriad variety of hopes, aspirations and dreams. From "Millworker" to "The Mason" to "Just A Housewife," the stories from everyday Americans working to get by in 1978 still resonate in 2015.

SHOWTUNES Season Subscription packages are available now, and start at just $75 -20% off single ticket prices. Single tickets go on sale October 2, 2015. Subscriptions are available over the phone (206.215.4747) online (www.showtunestheatre.org), via mail (download a subscription form at www.showtunestheatre.org and mail it in) or in person at the Benaroya Hall Ticket Office on the corner of Third Avenue and Union Street. Ticket Office hours are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; and Saturday, 1 p.m.-6 p.m.

SHOWTUNES enters their 16th year and fourth full season at Benaroya Hall's intimate yet acoustically rich 500-seat Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall. They continue on in their mission to bring lesser-produced American musical theatre gems to life. For The Washingtonians audiences can expect at least 50 of the original singers to return to the stage after a 12-year hiatus. For the March and May concert musicals SHOWTUNES assembles a cast of talented local musical theatre professionals to revive the original book and score with scripts in hand and minimal staging props and costumes.

On December 5 and 6 (8pm and 2pm respectively), 2015 The Washingtonians perform Songs We Know. This beloved "choir with a sense of humor" is comprised largely of musical theater performers; it was founded in 1993 by Seattle-based composer Scott Warrender (Das Barbecu! Texas Chainsaw Manicurist). Warrender directs the Songs We Know concert and will feature the very best from his hilarious repertoire of tunes and wonderful choral arrangements. Their band, The King Counties, and a colorful cast of funny characters including Don and Fluff LeQwape and Mrs. Wilke add to the fun.

Finian's Rainbow runs March 19 and 20, 2016. This old-fashioned musical (featuring the clever lyrics of E.Y. Harburg set to the beautiful music of Burton Lane) premiered 69 years ago on Broadway, and its scathing indictment of racism, and message of justice and social equality remains just as relevant today. "Look To The Rainbow," "Devil Moon," and "How Are Things In Glocca Morra" are but a few of the lyrical tunes in this magical tale of Finian McLonergan, his daughter Sharon, the golden crock stolen from Og, a leprechaun, and a racist Senator.

The season closes on May 7 and 8, 2016 with Working, a show that is known for its dramatic book and powerful contemporary score. Based on Studs Terkel's oral history of the working class set to music by Stephen Schwartz, James Taylor, Mary Rodgers and others, Working presents a different look at the seemingly humdrum lives of everyday people and reveals a myriad variety of hopes, aspirations and dreams. From "Millworker" to "The Mason" to "Just A Housewife," the stories from everyday Americans working to get by in 1978 still resonate in 2015.

SHOWTUNES Season Subscription packages are available now, and start at just $75 -20% off single ticket prices. Single tickets go on sale October 2, 2015. Subscriptions are available over the phone (206.215.4747) online (www.showtunestheatre.org), via mail (download a subscription form at www.showtunestheatre.org and mail it in) or in person at the Benaroya Hall Ticket Office on the corner of Third Avenue and Union Street. Ticket Office hours are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; and Saturday, 1 p.m.-6 p.m.



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