SHOW IS SACCO'S A.V. SWAN SONG HE'LL HUNT FOR SUCCESS AS SINGER, PLAYWRIGHT.

Byline: Peggy Hager Staff Writer

LANCASTER - Intended to be just another performance by vocalist Louis Sacco, ``Showstoppers'' will now be his Antelope Valley goodbye.

Sacco, a community theater regular for 15 years, is moving to New York in June to pursue work as a playwright, actor and vocal instructor.

His first New York gig will be a performance on a children's telethon in which he follows a performance by actor Danny Aiello.

``(I'm) going to audition and keep on auditioning until the project is over. In that process, hopefully I'll meet students,'' said Sacco. ``I'm just going to take one day at a time like I do here. I have no doubt that I'll do well.''

Sacco hasn't given himself a deadline to become successful and has no doubts that he will succeed.

``If you're going to do something, you can't go into it thinking you're going to fail. That makes no sense,'' said Sacco, who four years ago gave up a Warner Bros. job as a corporate training director to teach voice.

In ``Showstoppers'' this weekend at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center, Sacco will be joined onstage by Ricco Fajardo, Sabrina Hart, Robert Jalon and Laura Simonson in performing 15 Broadway tunes.

``The second act of the show, the theme is a little bit more about leaving for New York, getting me prepared,'' Sacco said.

Leading the ``Showstoppers'' band is Steve Pemberton, whose credits include the Boston Pops, gigs with Doc Severinsen, Ray Charles and Melissa Manchester.

A resident of the Antelope Valley since 1990, Sacco has been performing in theater professionally and regionally for those 15 years. He has a degree from the Boston Conservatory of Music and has taught voice for 20 years. He works at Antelope Valley College as an adjunct teacher.

While in New York, Sacco will pursue the sale of a musical, ``The Night Before Christmas,'' that he co-wrote with Lancaster Performing Arts Center staffers Denise Cardona, Mary Tanner and Tanya Stowe. He also plans on shopping around a musical adaptation of ``A Christmas Carol'' that the foursome wrote.

It seems like time to move on, Sacco said.

``I'm sort of at the end of my game; there's nothing to strive for here ... Even though I made a wonderful life here, I need more,'' he said.

``Showstoppers'' will be performed at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the Black Box theater at the Performing Arts Center, 750 W. Lancaster Blvd. Tickets are $14. For more information, call [phone].

Peggy Hager, [phone]

peggy.grimm-hager(at)dailynews.com

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(color) The ``Showstoppers'' cast, from left, are Robert Jalon, Laura Simonson, Louis Sacco, Ricco Fajardo and Sabrina Hart.