Taste and imagination, the two key ingredients for a first-rate revue, abound in this fresh take on the Rodgers & Hammerstein canon which opened the 1994 Broadway season with flair and distinction, garnering wildly enthusiastic notices as well as earning two Tony nominations, including Best Musical. The LCCT production features a roster of area performers which includes: Andy Barber (Woolwich), Emily Sue Barker (Boothbay), Soren Barker (Boothbay), Jane Bertelsen (Boothby Harbor), Joel Biron (Brunswick), Roosevelt Bishop (Southport), Laurie Brown (Waldoboro), Andrew Fenniman (Chamberlain), Taylor Fish (Southport), Emerson Harris (Southport), Sarah Harris (Southport), Victoria Hamilton (Camden), Joseph Lugosch (Round Pond), Carissa McCurdy (Brunswick), Emily Mirabile (Edgecomb), Nick Mirabile (Edgecomb), Harrison Pierpan (Bristol), Spencer Pottle (Boothbay), Nina Tilander (Gardiner), Natalie Wright (Boothbay).
Tickets are $20 Adults, $18 Lincoln Theater members, and $5 for Youth ages 18 and under and can be purchased in advance through the theater office in person or by phone at 563-3424 or by emailing info@lcct.org.
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 as they entertain theater-goers of all generations.
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