MY FAIR LADY, Jule Styne's Greatest Hits, DIE FLEDERMAUS and More Set for Light Opera Works in 2016

Light Opera Works' 2016 season will open with MY FAIR LADY starring Nick Sandys as Henry Higgins (June 4-12), followed by MAME (August 20-28), LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU: JULE STYNE'S GREATEST HITS Songs from GYPSY, FUNNY GIRL and more, (October 7-16), and DIE FLEDERMAUS (December 26-January 1, 2017).

The current 2015 season concludes with GUYS AND DOLLS, December 26-January 3, 2016.

The October Jule Styne 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. Discount season packages are available. To purchase tickets call (847) 920-5360 or order online at LightOperaWorks.com.

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MY FAIR LADY

Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
Music by Frederick Loewe
Adapted from George Bernard Shaw's play and Gabriel Pascal's motion picture Pygmalion

With full orchestra

Press Opening Saturday, June 4, 2016 at 8 pm
Sunday, June 5 at 2 pm
Wednesday, June 8 at 2 pm
Thursday, June 9 at 2 pm
Friday, June 10 at 8 pm
Saturday, June 11 at 8 pm
Sunday, June 12 at 2 pm

Cahn Auditorium, 600 Emerson Street, Evanston

Eliza Doolittle and Professor Henry Higgins match wits in Lerner and Loewe's battle of the sexes, based on George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion. Nick Sandys stars as the curmudgeonly bachelor, reprising his role from the Light Opera Works production of 2009. Songs include "I Could Have Danced All Night," "On the Street Where You Live" and "Get Me to the Church on Time."

MAME

Book by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman
Based on on the novel by Patrick Dennis and the play Auntie Mame by Lawrence and Lee

With full orchestra

Press Opening Night: Saturday, August 20, 2016 at 8 pm
Sunday, August 21 at 2 pm
Wednesday, August 24 at 2 pm
Thursday, August 25 at 2 pm
Friday, August 26 at 8 pm
Saturday, August 27 at 8 pm
Sunday, August 28 at 2 pm

Cahn Auditorium, 600 Emerson Street, Evanston

Everyone's favorite Auntie Mame is eccentric, outspoken and totally outrageous. Mame's world is transformed when her young nephew comes to live with her in 1920s New York. Songs include "Open a New Window," "If He Walked Into My Life" and "We Need a Little Christmas" and "Mame."

LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU: JULE STYNE'S GREATEST HITS Songs from GYPSY, FUNNY GIRL and more

Press Opening: Friday, October 7, 2015 at 8 pm
Saturday, October 8 at 8 pm
Sunday, October 9 at 2 pm
Wednesday, October 12 at 2 pm
Thursday, October 13 at 2 pm
Friday, October 14 at 8 pm
Saturday, October 15 at 2 and 8 pm
Sunday, October 16 at 2 pm

Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston

A concert of well-known songs by Jule Styne, from such shows as GYPSY, FUNNY GIRL and GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES, including "Don't Rain on My Parade," Just in Time," "People" and "Make Someone Happy."

DIE FLEDERMAUS

Music by Johann Strauss
Performed in English

With full orchestra

Press Opening: Monday, December 26, 2016 at 2 pm
Wednesday, December 28 at 2 pm
Thursday, December 29 at 8 pm
Friday, December 30 at 8 pm
Saturday, December 31 (New Year's Eve) at 8 pm
Sunday, January 1, 2017 at 2 pm

Cahn Auditorium, 600 Emerson Street, Evanston

Husband and wife meet at a party neither is supposed to be attending -- and he unwittingly woos his disguised mate. Johann Strauss' ode to champagne and indiscretion features many famous melodies loved the world over.

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