PALMDALE PLAYHOUSE PLANNING SOME ENCHANTING EVENING.Byline: Daily News PALMDALE - The greatest songs from the 16-year collaboration of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II Noun 1. Oscar Hammerstein II - United States lyricist who collaborated on many musical comedies (most successfully with Richard Rodgers) (1895-1960) Hammerstein, Oscar Hammerstein will grace the stage this weekend and next at the Palmdale Playhouse. The Desert Opera Theatre production ``A Grand Night for Singing,'' director Anndrea Stephan says, is a ``musical revue revue, a stage presentation that originated in the early 19th cent. as a light, satirical commentary on current events. It was rapidly developed, particularly in England and the United States, into an amorphous musical entertainment, retaining a small amount of of Rodgers and Hammerstein's musicals'' full of songs that people will easily recognize. ``It's actually like 99 percent singing and dancing but we've tried to include a thread of continuity because basically it's about love,'' said Stephan. ``I expect people to be singing along in the audience and that's fine. There's laughter in this and there's pathos, funny and romantic.'' The show stars Abbie Bundy, Brant brant or brant goose, common name for a species of wild sea goose. The American brant, Branta bernicla, breeds in the Arctic and winters along the Atlantic coast. Goodwin, Erin Elyse Barr, Kasey Mullins, Melissa Mosher A mosher is a person who is crossed between goth/punk/skater they have long hair and listen to music like slipknot and metal music. Some people call them headbangers. At certain music shows they have something called a mosh pit, basically its a fight pit with loads of people bashing each other. , Melony Lynn Storkson, Rene Martin-Cleek, Sheron Mitchell, Tyler Heckathorn. Songs include ``Oh What a Beautiful Morning,'' ``Surrey With the Fringe on Top,'' ``If I Loved You,'' ``People Will Say We're in Love,'' ``Might as Well Be Spring,'' ``The Gentleman is a Dope,'' ``I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out Of My Hair,'' and ``Some Enchanted en·chant tr.v. en·chant·ed, en·chant·ing, en·chants 1. To cast a spell over; bewitch. 2. To attract and delight; entrance. See Synonyms at charm. Evening.'' This is Stephan's directorial debut with community theater although she has directed productions for churches and schools in Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern . ``I absolutely love it. It's been so much fun because, being a small cast ... the whole cast has just bonded as a family, practically,'' said Stephan. Show times are 8 p.m. today, Saturday, Feb. 28 and March 1 and 2 p.m. Sunday and March 2. Tickets for the show are $14 for adults, $12 for military, students and seniors and $10 for groups of 10 or more. |
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