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Theatre Westminster to Present "A Little Night Music"

Posted on Friday, November 5, 2010

Theatre Westminster will present A Little Night Music Nov. 11-14 in Beeghly Theater.

Based on Ingmar Bergman's film Smiles of a Summer Night, the musical is set in a weekend country house in turn-of-the-century Sweden. It brings together surprising liaisons, long-simmering passions, and a taste of love's endless possibilities. Hailed as witty and wildly romantic, A Little Night Music centers on the elegant actress Desirée Armfeldt and the spider's web of sensuality, intrigue, and desire that surrounds her.

Curtain time Thursday-Saturday is 7:30 p.m.; Sunday's matinee is at 2:30 p.m. Reservations can be made online by following the "ticket reserve" link at www.westminster.edu/drama or by calling the Box Office at (724) 946-7241. Prices for general admission adults are $15, and senior citizens and non-Westminster students are $10.

The production is under the direction of guest artist Lester Malizia, a Westminster alumnus who spent 20 years as artistic director of Seaside Music Theater, a leading professional theater in Daytona Beach, Fla. During his time at Seaside, Malizia directed over 85 productions and produced the first staged production of the Tony Award-winning musical Million Dollar Quartet, which moved on to Broadway after development at Seaside under Malizia's guidance. He was the founding director of the Rogue Theater in Orlando, Fla., where he directed the Florida premiere of Brad Frazier's Unidentified Human Remains and The True Nature of Love. Malizia was one of the architects of the MFA Musical Theater program at the University of Central Florida and taught and directed the MFA classes. He is a past chairman of the Professional Division of the Southeastern Theater Conference and served on the board of the National Alliance for Musical Theater for eight years. He has been awarded the Distinguished Career Award by the Florida Theater Conference, the Richard Fallon Award for Innovative Leadership in the Theater, and the Volusia Arts Council Award for Leadership in the Arts.

Contact Dr. Scott Mackenzie, Westminster associate professor of theatre, at (724) 946-6238 or e-mail mackensa@westminster.edu for more information.