Prospect Theater to Present TAKE ON ME Musical Next Weekend

On October 14 and 15, Prospect Theater will be filled with the joyous sounds of a live big band, and 80s songs that defined your life. Take On Me will send audiences back to the 1950's New Orleans in this musical revue featuring four couples struggling with the highs and lows of love! All told with 80's pop hit, the four couples promise a swinging good time "all night long."

"Having grown up in the 80's, I have a special connection to music of that era!", says Ferguson. "Take On Me is the soundtrack of my youth, and each song reminds me of people and places that are near and dear to my heart. I hope that the audience has as much fun rediscovering these songs as I have."

In true supper club format, Take On Me showcases songs, such as Total Eclipse, Open Your Heart, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Heaven Is A Place On Earth and of course, Take On Me. Take On Me features hits by iconic singers including Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, George Michael, Cyndi Lauper and more!

The company includes AlFred Jackson (Rent, Hollywood Chair, Solid Gold Motown, General Hospital and recipient of the NAACP Award for Best Choreographer for Sarafina); Domonique Paton (Frozen Live, the international tour of Hairspray, national tour of How the GRINCH Stole Christmas); Natalie Wachen (Boardwalk Empire, Rent, Dreamgirls, Dreamgirls 35 Concert); Rogelio Douglas, Jr. (Chicago PD, Orange Is The New Black, Ray Donovan, Whiplash, Superfast!, Straight Outta Compton, In The Heights, Little Mermaid); Chris Chatman (R&J Love Is a Battlefield,, In The Heights, Clueless, Sister Act); singer/songwriter She'Leah Nikole (Def Jam, Dave Stewart (of the Eurythmics, Grammy Award winning productions team of 1500 or Nothin);

Take On Me is directed and choreographed by the highly sought after Jamal Sims (Step Up, Hairspray, Footloose, Cirque du Soleil) and features a book by Joël R. Scoville (Recorded In Hollywood, Hairspray, Crumbs from the Table of Joy).

The creative brain behind Take On Me is creator, orchestrator and arranger Wilkie Ferguson III. A graduate of New World School of Arts, Ferguson studied classical piano performance at Eastman School of Music and Morehouse College. In addition to being a classically trained pianist, he also has been a part of the original Broadway casts of the Tony Award winning production of The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, Motown the Musical, and Wonderland. He has toured with In the Heights, Hairspray and Dreamgirls. Off Broadway and regional shows include Cotton Club Parade at City Center and the world premieres of Sister Act and Ray Charles Live at Pasadena Playhouse.

Tickets are now on sale for $39 regular admission and $59 VIP. Showtime nightly at 8pm. Performances play Prospect Theatre at 6356 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA. Tickets at bit.ly/2cROebi. Facebook/Instagram/Twitter: @takeonmemusical.

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