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Light Opera Works' 2013 Season to Continue with GERSHWIN'S GREATEST HITS & ANNIE GET YOUR GUN

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Light Opera Works' 2013 season continues in October with GERSHWIN'S GREATEST HITS (October 4-13), then ANNIE GET YOUR GUN (December 21-31). To purchase tickets call (847) 920-5360 or order online at www.LightOperaWorks.com

GERSHWIN'S GREATEST HITS
Music by George Gershwin
Director - George Andrew Wolff
Music Director - Valerie Maze

Run
Press Opening - Friday, October 4, 2013, at 8 pm
Saturday, October 5, at 2 and 8 pm
Sunday, October 6, at 2 pm
Wednesday, October 9, at 2 pm
Friday, October 11, at 8 pm
Saturday, October 12, at 2 and 8 pm
Sunday, October 13, at 2 pm

Venue
Nichols Concert Hall
Music Institute of Chicago
1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, IL

Tickets
Main Floor - $40, $50, $60
Balcony - $30, $40, $50
Ages 21 and younger half-price
(847) 920-5360

A concert performance of Gershwin classics, including "Summertime," "I Got Rhythm," "'S Wonderful" and "Rhapsody in Blue."

George Gershwin's talent took Broadway by storm in the 1920s and 30s, sold out concert halls and opera houses, and defined an era.


ANNIE GET YOUR GUN
Music and lyrics by Irving Berlin
Book by Herbert and Dorothy Fields
Directed and choreographed by Rudy Hogenmiller
Conducted by Roger L. Bingaman

Run
Press Opening: Saturday, December 21, 2013, at 8 pm
Sunday, December 22 at 2 pm
Family Matinee: Thursday, December 26 at 2 pm
Family Performance: Friday, December 27 at 8 pm
Family Matinee: Saturday, December 28, at 2 pm
Saturday, December 28, at 8 pm
Sunday, December 29, at 2 pm
Tuesday, December 31, at 8 pm (New Year's Eve)

Venue
Cahn Auditorium
600 Emerson Street, Evanston, IL

Tickets
Main Floor $48, $68, $77, $92
Balcony $32, $48, $68, $77
New Year's Eve - $34, $50, $70, $79 and $94
Ages 21 and younger half-price December 26 and 28 at 2 pm, and December 27 at 8 pm
(847) 920-5360

Colette Todd (Aldonza in last season's MAN OF LA MANCHA and Nancy in OLIVER!) is Annie Oakley in the original 1946 version of this Broadway classic. A full orchestra accompanies such songs as "There's No Business Like Show Business," "Doin' What Comes Natur'lly," "I Got Lost in his Arms," "The Girl That I Marry" and "Anything You Can Do."

Photo by: Rich Foreman

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5.1% of votes

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