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LTVB
Presents...
Season 64, Issue 6
July 2011
Stage Notes
Guys and Dolls
A Musical Fable of Broadway
Based on a story and characters of Damon Runyon
Book by
Music and Lyrics by
Jo Swerling & Abe Burrows
Frank Loesser
Directed by Christopher Bernhardt
LTVB Ticket Prices
General Admission: $17
Seniors, Students, &
Active Duty Military: $14
Children under 12: $5
Guys & Dolls is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).
All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019. Phone: 212-541-4684 Fax: 212-397-4684 www.MTIShows.com
Performances: July 15 — August 7, 2011
Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 pm;
Sundays at 2:30 pm
Sunday Matinees
all seats: $14
Group pricing available for
groups of 20 or more.
Reservations:
428-9233
Photographed below:
Claudia Wootton, Jonathan
McCormick, Dowler Young &
Brandon Monahan
Photo by: Robin Orton
A musical that you’ll really dig…
By Christopher Bernhardt
What do you like best about musical theater? The music….the dancing… the
costumes…the sets….the sheer over-the-top spectacle of it all? Me? I love all of it;
every single little thing. Thanks to Mom, I was introduced to the genre of musical
plays via movies like Thoroughly Modern Millie, Cabaret, Victor/Victoria, The Sound
of Music and Little Shop of Horrors, just to name a few. I always imagined myself
singing and dancing on stage, and I used to practice…a lot! (My poor parents and
their eardrums!) When I finally came to the realization that performing in a musical
was probably not my forte, I focused on the next best thing: directing one. So here
we are, on the cusp of seeing that dream fulfilled and you, the audience, are
playing the most important part.
Based on a series of short stories by Damon Runyon,
Guys and Dolls is set in New York City and takes a
comic look at what life might have been like in the
1950s. There are gamblers, show girls, and “Save-ASoul” missionaries among the unforgettable
characters. The show debuted on Broadway in 1950
and has been revived frequently (three on Broadway
and three in London), featuring actors such as Faith
Prince, Nathan Lane, Bob Hoskins, and Lauren
Graham. A 1955 film adaptation starred Marlon
Brandon and Frank Sinatra as Sky Masterson and
Nathan Detroit. There is good reason why this musical
has been delighting audiences for over 60 years, and
now, at the Little Theatre of Virginia Beach, you will get
to see why.
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The 2011 Annual Meeting!
Entertainment was provided by a few members of the cast of our upcoming show Guys and Dolls...
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Nic Hawk & Nick
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Dowler Young &
Brandon Monahan
Jonathan
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Claudia W cCormick &
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Congratulations to our volunteers!
Eric Hodeen & Rose Busetti
are the Volunteers of the Year!
Evelyn & Ken Reightler
received the Longtime
Dedication Award!
Local Theatre Events
Little Theatre of Norfolk, 627-8551: The Drowsy Chaperone, Sept 16 — Oct 9, 2011
Generic Theater, 441-2160: Jack & Jillian, July 8 — July 17, 2011 & The Eulogist, July 22 — July 31, 2011
Hurrah Players, 627-5437: Hairspray (at TCC Roper Performing Arts Center), July 29 — July 31, 2011
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Coming up Next…
The 39 Steps
Auditions July 18 & 19, 2011
Performances September 9 — October 2, 2011
Directed by Nancy Bloom
Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel,
add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39
Steps, a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves
the magic of theater! This 2-time Tony and Drama
Desk Award-winning treat is packed with nonstop
laughs, over 150 zany characters (played by a cast
Announcing the 2011-2012 Season!
The 39 Steps
Adapted by Patrick Barlow; From the novel by John Buchan
From the Movie of Alfred Hitchcock licensed by ITV Global Entertainment Limited
And an original concept by Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon
Auditions: July 18 & 19, 2011
Performances: September 9 — October 2, 2011
Jekyll & Hyde-The Musical
Conceived for the stage by Steve Cuden & Frank Wildhorn
fingers and some good old-fashioned romance! In
Book & Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse;
Music by Frank Wildhorn
Orchestrations by Kim Scharnberg
Arrangements by Jason Howland
The 39 Steps, a man with a boring life meets a
Auditions: Sept 12 & 13, 2011
Performances: November 11 — December 4, 2010
of 4), an on-stage plane crash, handcuffs, missing
woman with a thick accent who says she's a spy.
When he takes her home, she is murdered. Soon,
a mysterious organization called "The 39 Steps" is
Getting Away with Murder
by Stephen Sondheim & George Furth
Auditions: Nov 14 & 15, 2011
Performances: January 13 — February 5, 2012
hot on the man's trail in a nationwide manhunt
that climaxes in a death-defying finale! A riotous
blend
of
virtuoso
performances
and
wildly
inventive stagecraft, The 39 Steps amounts to an
unforgettable evening of pure pleasure!
(Visit www.ltvb.com for more info on auditions)
LTVB 2011-2012
Board of Directors
President, Robin Chapman
VP/Production, Mary Lou Mahlman
VP/Business, Nancy Bloom
Treasurer, Jim Russell
August: Osage County
by Tracy Letts
Auditions: Jan 16 & 17, 2012
Performances: March 16 — April 7, 2012
A Bad Year for Tomatoes
by John Patrick
Auditions: March 19 & 20, 2012
Performances: May 18 — June 10, 2012
Summer Show (which is not included in the 2011-2012 season):
Gypsy
Book by Arthur Laurents
Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Auditions: May 21 & 22, 2012
Performances: July 13 — August 5, 2012
Recording Secy, Shirley Hurd
Corresponding Secy, Lisa Bolen
Box Office, Beth Fotheringham
Building & Grounds, Paul Berryman
Costumes, Kay Burcher
Membership, Robin Martineau
Play Reading, Tom Coffey
Programs, Joan Patterson
Props, Donna Lawheed
Publicity & Web Site, James Bryan
Set Coordinator, Dennis Lawheed
Socials, Rita Gordon
Technical Coordinator, Jeff Brangan
Volunteers, Brandon Monahan
—Thank you to Al Dunavan for the donation of a handmade table and
chairs.
—Thank you to Matt Cole for writing in The Green Room blog during Hotel
Paradiso.
—A big thank you to the following for their generous donations: Bill and
Loretta Smith, Erma Cook, James and June Rammell, Lorenz Connelly,
Barbara Drew, Leslie and Ed Tourigny, Edward and Delores Kerr, Francis
Meyer, Terry and Linder Ritter, Walter and Joanne Rooks, Mr. and Mrs. John
Robertson, Patty Landrum, Joan and Ken Geroe, John and Selma Stone,
Barbara Crawford, Jan and Will Isner, and Martha LaGiglia.
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