Spencer Theater Presents CAMELOT 2/20

Rediscover the grandeur of one of history's greatest love stories in "Camelot," Lerner and Loewe's timeless musical masterpiece!

Set in a fabled land where honor and chivalry reign, "Camelot" is a sumptuous tale that follows the love triangle of the genial King Arthur, his flirtatious wife Queen Guenevere and the charming young egoist Lancelot with one of the most hauntingly romantic scores of all time: If Ever I would Leave You, How To Handle A Woman, I Loved You Once in Silence, and Follow Me.

Featuring a cast of 30 singers, dancers and orchestra musicians with Columbia Artists Theatricals, the stunning musical journey will be presented at the Spencer Theater at
2 p.m. & 8 p.m. Saturday, February 20.

Tickets ranging in price from $46-$59 are available at the Spencer Box Office. Call 575.336.4800 or go on line to www.spencertheater.com for seating information.

Based on T. H. White's literary version of the legend The Once and Future King, "Camelot" was adapted for the Broadway stage by the famed songwriting duo of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Lowe (My Fair Lady, Brigadoon) in 1960. The musical swept the Tony Awards in 1961 with the amazing team of leading players that included Richard Burton, Julie Andrews, Robert Goulet and Rodney Macdowell, and has since become a performance favorite.
The story of "Camelot" is at heart all about relationships: the pursuit and complications of love and the deceptions people resort to in order to get the relationships and love they want. It is also about a deep love of place -- the lavish, idyllic paradise forever known as "Camelot."

..."In short, there's simply not
A more congenial spot
For happ'ly-ever-aftering Than Here
In Camelot"....

It is here that King Arthur establishes the Knights of the Round Table with an inspiringly new motif of "fight for right, not might."
And it is here that heartbreak hovers on the horizon....
King Arthur and Queen Guenevere's marriage is a love story that goes sour when the buff young Lancelot arrives on the scene. He desires to become one of Arthur's knights and ends up igniting adulterous sparks.
The lovers withhold their passsion out of love for Arthur, who has come to know Lancelot as his "best friend," but all goes to ruin when Arthur's devious, illigitimate son Mordrid appears with a mind full of malace.
"Camelot" delivers its drama with rich operatic ballads, lusty vocals, spine-tingling excitement and fiery intrigue.

...Don't let it be forgot
That once there was a spot,
For one brief, shining moment
That was known as Camelot.

Take a trip to that mythical realm at the Spencer Theater! Call 575.336.4800 for your tickets today!

Next Up:
• CATS (Wait list only) Sat Mar 6 at 8(79 & $76) & Sun Mar 7 at 1 p.m. ($76 & $73) Andrew Lloyd Webber's masterpiece, winner of 7 Tony Awards, three Grammys, six Oliviers, a Golden Glo1be, Oscar & an International Emmy is "the musical of the century,"
• CABARET Sat Mar 13 at 8 ($69 & $66) the Tony winning musical story of a night club singer's romance with an American writer set against the background of a crumbling Germany on the eve of Nazism is packed with decadence, romance and intrigue - and great songs: Cabaret, Money (Makes The World Go Around), Wilkommen...
• BIG BAND BROADCAST Thurs Apr 8 at 6 ($59 & $56) Holly Larocque & the 13-piece Mark Ferguson Orchestra sing & dance us back to the golden age of radio broadcasts in performance of 1940's classics like Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree, Stardust, In the Mood, And the Angels Sing.
• THE LEGENDARY DRIFTERS Sat Apr 24 at 8 ($59 & $56) The 1950's doo-wop/rhythm & blues vocal group of lore: There Goes My Baby, Under The Boardwalk, Up On The Roof, On Broadway, This Magic moment, Please Stay, (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay among other classics.

WAYS TO ORDER/ BUY Winter Season 2009-10 Tickets

GO TO THE BOX OFFICE: at the theater at108 Spencer Road, Airport Highway 220, Alto, NM. Business hours are 9 a.m-5 p.m., Monday through Friday. For tickets or information call (575) 336-4800 or toll free at 888.818.7872.

ON THE WEB: www.spencertheater.com. The site offers secure ticket ordering.

BY FAX: series and single tickets can be ordered by fax at (575) 336-0055.

BY E-MAIL: single tickets may be ordered at boxoffice@spencertheater.com.

BY MAIL: Donna Clarke, Box Office Manager, Spencer Theater, 108 Spencer Road, Alto, NM 88312

Winter Season 2009-10 is sponsored in part by The Hugh Bancroft Jr. Foundation, The Lodge at Sierra Blanca, the Inn of the Mountain Gods, Sierra Blanca Motors, Ruidoso Ford-Lincoln-Mercury, R.D. & Joan Dale Hubbard Foundation, Ventanas, The Enjoyment of Fine Southwestern Living, Rainmakers, El Paso Inside & Out Magazine, Oh So Ruidoso, Magazine, New Mexico Magazine, Ruidoso.net, area radio stations KRUI-1490 AM NEWS TALK TOURISM & KIDX 101.5 FM, KNMB-96.7 FM, KTUM 107.1 FM, KBIM-94.9 FM, 910 AM Roswell, KWES 93.5 FM and KBUY 1360 AM, KEDU 102.3 FM, and the support of Ruidoso News.

Spencer Theater is a world-class performance hall located in the Sacramento Mountain settlement of Alto, about 12 miles north of downtown Ruidoso. Unique architecture, outstanding acoustics, intimate seating, and excellent artistry are the Spencer's celebrated features. The elegant, award-winning hall, which first raised its curtains in 1997, seats 514, with no seats farther than 67 feet from the 4,770 square-foot stage. The Spencer also has a 964 square-foot outdoor stage that can seat 1,500. From its Spanish mica-flecked limestone face to the crystal lobby, the building itself is a work of art. Free public tours are offered at 10 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout the year.