Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston Presents Oklahoma!, Sound Of Music

Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston is alive with the sound of Rodgers & Hammerstein this summer as its 43rd consecutive season features the first and last Broadway collaborations of this legendary composing team. A sumptuous production of "Oklahoma!" that recreates the original 1943 sets, costumes, and choreography kicks things off July 8-17, followed by the most popular musical of all time, "The Sound of Music," August 5-14.

"Our avid audiences named both of these timeless classics as the shows they'd most like to see us bring back to the Robinson Theatre," says Robert Eagle, producing artistic director of Reagle Music Theatre. "With ‘Oklahoma!' we are thrilled to be able to bring them the original Agnes De Mille choreography as recreated by her great friend Gemze de Lappe, along with gorgeous period sets and costumes, a full live orchestra, and a cast of nearly 50. For ‘The Sound of Music,' we've paired the remarkable soprano of Broadway's Sarah Pfisterer with the dashing star quality of Patrick Cassidy. We listened to what our audiences wanted, and we are treating them to a season of their favorite things."

Patrick Cassidy (Broadway's "42nd Street," "Aida," "Annie Get Your Gun," "Leader of the Pack," "The Pirates of Penzance") possesses The Combined musical theater talents of his late father, Jack Cassidy, and his world-famous mother, Shirley Jones. He originated the role of the Balladeer in Stephen Sondheim's "Assassins" at Playwrights Horizons, and he recently recreated the role of Frank Butler opposite Patti LuPone in "Annie Get Your Gun" at the Ravinia Theatre Festival in Chicago. He toured nationally in 2000 and again in 2006 as Joseph in "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" and won the National Broadway Theater Award for Best Actor in a Touring Musical as Radames in "Aida" in 2002.

In Los Angeles Cassidy has played Bobby in "Company" with Carol Burnett, co-starred with Jason Alexander at Reprise! Musical Theatre in "I Love My Wife," and won the Garland Award for Best Actor in a Musical for "Threepenny Opera," also at Reprise! He has starred in "Carousel," "Little Shop of Horrors" and "Camelot" regionally, and he has earned rave reviews for playing the fast-talking, woman-charming salesman Harold Hill in several concert versions of "The Music Man." His most notable performance of this iconic character was in an all-star production with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Conducted by Marvin Hamlisch, the acclaimed concert also featured Shirley Jones (Marian in the original movie version) as Mrs. Paroo.

Cassidy's "Sound of Music" co-star Sarah Pfisterer (Broadway's "Phantom of the Opera," "Show Boat") is a Reagle favorite who has starred here in "Beauty and the Beast," "Carousel," "The Music Man," "My Fair Lady," "The Will Rogers Follies," "The King and I" and "The Sound of Music." She has earned five IRNE (Independent Reviewers New England) Award nominations and has won twice for "Carousel" and "The Sound of Music." Off-Broadway Pfisterer starred as Anna Smith in "Meet Me in St. Louis," and when the national tour of "Phantom" played in Chicago she was nominated for the prestigious Joseph Jefferson Award. A Metropolitan Opera semi-finalist, Pfisterer has starred as the tragic romantic heroine Christine Daaé in more than 1000 performances of "Phantom" on Broadway and nationwide.

"Oklahoma!" choreographer Gemze de Lappe has enjoyed a long and successful career as a professional dancer, director, and teacher from ballet to Broadway. She studied and performed with the great ballet choreographer Mikhail Fokine in her teens and ultimately became Agnes De Mille's leading female dancer, interpreting well-loved roles such as "Laurey" in "Oklahoma!" In the 1940s de Lappe danced with the American Ballet Theatre, and in the 1950s she worked with choreographer Jerome Robbins in the movie version of "The King and I" dancing as Simon Le Gree in "The Small House of Uncle Thomas."

In the 1970s, with the resurgence of interest in the style of dance created by Isadora Duncan, de Lappe emerged as one of a handful of authentically trained Duncan dancers. She became an artist-in-residence in dance at Smith College. In the latter part of her career she has gone on to stage the de Mille repertoire internationally. Most recently de Lappe served as choreographer for the faithful recreation of the original 1943 production of "Oklahoma!" at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. She comes to Reagle Music Theatre directly from this acclaimed collaboration with UNCSA Chancellor John Mauceri, former maestro of the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl.

Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston is an award-winning regional theater company that features Broadway stars performing alongside local talent. The 43-year-old non-profit organization operates year-round, producing major musicals each summer, spectacular seasonal revues, and celebrity concerts featuring legendary entertainers. Stars who have appeared at Reagle include John Davidson, Robert Goulet, Shirley Jones, Patti LuPone, Ann Margaret, Andrea McArdle, Lee Meriwether, Sarah Pfisterer, Debbie Reynolds, Sally Struthers, Tommy Tune, Leslie Uggams, Joanne Worley, and Rachel York.

Information about season subscriptions, youth, student, and senior citizen discounts, and individual tickets to "Oklahoma!" and "The Sound of Music" is available online at www.reaglemusictheatre.org. Tickets may be purchased online, by calling 781-891-5600, or in person at the Box Office at the Robinson Theatre, 617 Lexington Street, Waltham, Mass. Box Office hours are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and performance days 9 a.m. till curtain.

Test and expand your Broadway knowledge with our new game - The Broadway Match-Up! How well do you know your Broadway casting trivia?	Play the Daily Game, explore current shows, and delve into past decades like the 2000s, 80s, and the Golden Age. Challenge your friends and see where you rank!
How well do you know your Tony Awards history? Take our never-ending quiz of nominations and winner history and challenge your friends.	Can you beat your friends? Play today’s daily Broadway word game, featuring a new theatrically inspired word or phrase every day!