MTG Opens 15th Season With 70, GIRLS, 70

The award-winning Musical Theatre Guild, a company of professional performers who present concert-staged readings of seldom seen musicals, will open its 15th season with a 40th Anniversary staging of John Kander and Fred Ebb's charming 70, GIRLS, 70. The opening performance will take place on Monday, September 20, 2010 at 7:30 PM at the historic Alex Theatre in Glendale. A second, and final, performance will occur on Sunday, September 26, 2010 at 3:00 PM at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza's Scherr Forum.

Based on the play BREATH OF SPRING by Peter Cook, 70, GIRLS, 70 is ostensibly about the residents of a senior citizens' hotel who become shoplifters to buy the building before it is sold to developers. What it really is about is staying alive and enjoying every minute. First produced in 1971 and playing just 35 performances, the show functions both as a frame to hold Kander & Ebb's winning honky-tonk vaudeville score and as a valentine to showbiz troupers.

70, GIRLS, 70 will star MTG members Chuck Bergman, Christopher Callen, Helen Geller, Pamela Hamill, David Holmes, S. Marc Jordan, Paul Keith, Marsha Kramer, Michael Shepperd and Susan Watson with guest artists Sylvia MacCalla, Erik McEwen, Barbara Minkus and Steven Smith. The musical will be directed by John Bowab, musical direction by Steven Smith, conducted by Tom Greip, tap choreography by Jeffrey Polk with Mr. Polk and Maura M. Knowles serving as MTG production coordinators.

The Alex Theatre is located at 216 North Brand Blvd in Glendale. Tickets are available at the Alex Theatre box office, online at www.alextheatre.org or by calling 818-243-ALEX. The Scherr Forum at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza is located at 2100 Thousand Oaks Blvd., in Thousand Oaks. Tickets to this venue are available by calling Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000, online at www.ticketmaster.com or by visiting the Civic Arts Plaza box office.

The Musical Theatre Guild's 15th Anniversary 2010-2011 season continues with HELLO AGAIN, ONE TOUCH OF VENUS, LITTLE ME and BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL. Call 818-848-6844 or visit www.musicaltheatreguild.com for complete schedule and venue information.

Musical Theatre Guild
Broadway in Concert
70, GIRLS, 70
Music by John Kander, Lyrics by Fred Ebb, Book by Fred Ebb & Norman L. Martin Based on the Play "Breath of Spring" by Peter Coke, Adaptation by Joe Masteroff

ALEX THEATRE

WHAT Musical Theatre Guild presents a 40th Anniversary staging of 70, GIRLS, 70, Kander & Ebb's valentine to showbiz troupers. John Bowab directs.
DATE Monday, September 20, 2010: 7:30 PM
LOCATION Alex Theatre, 216 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale, CA 91203
PHONE 818-243-ALEX
TICKETS $40.00
INTERNET www.alextheatre.org, www.musicaltheatreguild.com

JANET AND RAY SCHERR FORUM THEATRE

WHAT Musical Theatre Guild presents a 40th Anniversary staging of 70, GIRLS, 70, Kander & Ebb's valentine to showbiz troupers. John Bowab directs.
DATE Sunday, September 26, 2010: 3:00 PM
LOCATION Janet and Ray Scherr Forum at Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks, CA 91362
PHONE Ticketmaster: 800-745-3000
TICKETS $40.00
INTERNET www.civicartsplaza.com, www.ticketmaster.com