Light Opera Works Sets 2015 Season: GUYS AND DOLLS, SOUTH PACIFIC & More

Light Opera Works' 2015 season will open with THE FANTASTICKS with expanded full orchestra (June 6-14), followed by SOUTH PACIFIC (August 15-30), HOLLYWOOD'S GREATEST SONG HITS (October 2-11), and GUYS AND DOLLS (December 26-January 3).

The current 2014 season concludes with THE MERRY WIDOW, December 19-31, 2014.

The October concert will be at Nichols Concert Hall in Evanston. All other productions are at the company's home venue, Cahn Auditorium in Evanston,

The Light Opera Works box office is located at 516 4th Street in Wilmette. To purchase tickets call (847) 920-5360 or order online at LightOperaWorks.com

THE FANTASTICKS
Book and Lyrics by Tom Jones
Music by Harvey Schmidt

Press Opening Saturday, June 6, 2015 at 8 pm
Sunday, June 7 at 2 pm
Wednesday, June 10 at 2 pm
Friday, June 12 at 8 pm
Saturday, June 13 at 8 pm
Sunday, June 14 at 2 pm

Cahn Auditorium, 600 Emerson Street, Evanston

The Off-Broadway hit about two fathers who plot to get their boy and girl together by pretending to keep them apart. This expanded version features a full orchestra accompanying the song classics "Try to Remember," "They Were You," "Soon It's Gonna Rain" and "Never Say No."

SOUTH PACIFIC
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan
Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel
"Tales of the South Pacific" by James A. Michener

Press Opening Night: Saturday, August 15, 2015 at 8 pm
Sunday, August 16 at 2 pm
Wednesday, August 19 at 2 pm
Friday, August 21 at 8 pm
Saturday, August 22 at 8 pm
Sunday, August 23 at 2 pm
Wednesday, August 26 at 2 pm
Saturday, August 29 at 8 pm
Sunday, August 30 at 2 pm

Cahn Auditorium, 600 Emerson Street, Evanston

The Pulitzer Prize-winning musical about two couples from different worlds on a Pacific Island during World War II. The score includes "Some Enchanted Evening," "Bali Ha'i," There is Nothin' Like a Dame" and "Younger Than Springtime."

HOLLYWOOD'S GREATEST SONG HITS
Press Opening: Friday, October 2, 2015 at 8 pm
Saturday, October 3 at 2 pm and 8 pm
Sunday, October 4 at 2 pm
Wednesday, October 7 at 2 pm
Friday, October 9 at 8 pm
Saturday, October 10 at 2 pm and 8 pm
Sunday, October 11 at 2 pm

Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston

Essential to the Golden Age of Hollywood was the music, with America's greatest songwriters heading west to contribute to the Hollywood hit parade. This concert showcases such songs as "Moon River," "Puttin' on the Ritz," "The Way We Were" and "As Time Goes By."

GUYS AND DOLLS
A Musical Fable of Broadway
Based on a Story and Characters of Damon Runyon
Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser
Book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows

Press Opening: Saturday, December 26, 2015 at 2 pm
Second Press Opening: Saturday, December 26 at 8 pm
Sunday, December 27 at 2 pm
Wednesday, December 30 at 2 pm
Thursday, December 31 (New Year's Eve) at 8 pm
Friday, January 1, 2016 at 8 pm
Saturday, January 2 at 8 pm
Sunday, January 3 at 2 pm

Cahn Auditorium, 600 Emerson Street, Evanston

Broadway's classic musical about gamblers and the gals who love them. Songs include "Luck Be a Lady," "I've Never Been in Love Before," "A Bushel and a Peck" and "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat."