SHOWTUNES 10TH ANNIVERSARY BENEFIT CONCERT Held At The Moore

Broadway Across America-Seattle and the Seattle Theatre Group, in partnership with Showtunes Theatre Company announce a benefit concert and 10th-anniversary party on Saturday, February 6 at 8 p.m. at The Moore Theatre, 1932 Second Ave., Seattle. Tickets start at $30 and can be purchased at 1-877-784-4849 or online at www.stgpresents.org.

Showtunes is a non-profit organization that produces concert versions of long-lost or lesser-known musical theater works while showcasing the exceptional talent from Seattle.

A schedule of the benefit concert and other Showtunes productions at the Moore Theatre this year is as follows:

MUSIC! MUSIC! MUSIC!
A Grand Night for Listening, Singing, and Singing Along!
A Benefit for Showtunes Theatre Company

Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 8pm
$30 Reserved Seating; $50 Special Limited Seating (includes on stage champagne reception to follow with the cast)

"Music! Music! Music! Celebrates the Tenth Anniversary of Showtunes musicals in concert presentations, and will highlight the continuing 2010 Season at their new Seattle home - The Moore Theatre. Prizes and surprises galore!

FOLLIES
Book by James Goldman
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Saturday, June 5, 2010 at 8pm
Sunday, June 6, 2010 at 2pm
$25 Reserved Seating

"Follies remains one of the sure-fire argument starters in musical theater," read the original recording's liner notes. "The show smudges the line between reality and theater...challenging an audience to abandon its illusions, not just about the theater, but life itself." Newsweek said "It's a brilliant show, wonderfully entertaining, extraordinarily intelligent with a stunning direct appeal...Sondheim must be credited with as brilliant a burst of creativity as American theater has seen in a long time." Filled with favorites like "Broadway Baby", "Losing My Mind", and "I'm Still Here", musical comedy doesn't get any better, and as cults go, this isn't a bad one to join. We've had the experience of leaving a performance of a play so powerful that we can't quite adjust, once it ends.

CALL ME MADAM
Book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse
Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin
Saturday, September 25, 2010 at 8pm
Sunday, September 26, 2010 at 2pm
$25 Reserved Seating

"Call Me Madam" was a romp --- a bawdy mixture of folly and politics that lured Ethel Merman back to Broadway after her triumph in "Annie Get Your Gun," which was also written by Irving Berlin. Taking place in two fictional countries, Lichtenburg and America, the authors tweaked everything the traffic would allow, as they invented a female ambassador with a penchant for the faux pas, but close ties to President Truman. They send her off to a tiny European country hoping to keep her out of trouble, but find that she can make mischief anywhere. This delicious Berlin score contains, among other standards, "The Hostess With The Mostess," "It's A Lovely Day Today," "The Best Thing For You Would Be Me," and the grand duet, "You're Just in Love."

Information: www.showtunestheatre.org.

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