Lincoln County Community Theater (LCCT),  the resident theater company of Damariscotta’s Lincoln Theater, will hold auditions for the musical, “A Grand Night for Singing – the Music of Rodgers and Hammerstein,” on Tuesday, April 30  from 6 - 8 p.m. in Skidompha Library’s Porter Hall. 

 

Actors are asked to bring sheet music to the auditions. An accompanist will be provided. People auditioning are asked to use the Elm Street entrance to the library. 

Taste and imagination, the two key ingredients for a first-rate revue, abound in this fresh take on the Rodgers & Hammerstein canon. This  R&H musical revue opened the 1994 Broadway season with flair and distinction, garnering wildly enthusiastic notices as well as earning two Tony nominations, including Best Musical.

The R&H founding fathers probably never imagined 'Shall We Dance?' as a comic pas de deux for a towering beauty and her diminutive admirer, nor did they suspect that one day a lovelorn young lad might pose the musical question, 'How do you solve a problem like Maria?' But that's precisely the kind of invention lavished upon this revue, with innovative musical arrangements including a sultry Andrews Sisters-esque 'I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out-a My Hair,' a swingin' 'Honeybun' worthy of the Modernaires, and a jazzy 'Kansas City' which leaves no question about how terrifically up to date the remarkable songs of R&H remain.

“A Grand Night for Singing” will be under the direction and choreography of Emily Mirabile, with  music direction by John Mulcahy. Performances for this fully-staged production are scheduled for August 9, 10, 15, 16, and 17, with rehearsals beginning in early June.  Although originally written for a cast of five, LCCT, as they did a few summers back with the Kander and Ebb revue “And the World Goes ‘Round,” will be enlarging the company to feature multiple performers.

Questions can be emailed to lcctseason@gmail.com.