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Live Arts proudly presents Stephen Sondheim and Hugh WheelerGuv,!v,,us A Little Night Music, directed by John Owen, musical direction by Greg Harris. A Little Night Music will run in our DownStage Theater December 07, 2007 through December 22, 2007.
Set in Sweden at the turn-of-the century, A Little Night Music tells the story of Frederik Egerman, Desiree Armfeldt and Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm, and their revolving love interests. They attempt to sort and resort their relationships in order to fill the voids in their lives. When the characters retreat to Desiree ArmfeldtGuv,!v,,us chateau in the country, they find themselves in the depths of emotions with everything (and everyone) they were trying to escape.
A Little Night Music is a musical whirlwind about what happens when couples explore their relationships, sexuality and each other. Frederick Egerman takes his young, virgin wife Anne to the theatre, forcing her naivety to take a reality check with her husbandGuv,!v,,us infidelity. Anne confides in her friend Charlotte, only to discover that CharlotteGuv,!v,,us husband, Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm is involved in his own illicit romance. Desiree Armfeldt, an actress, finds herself in the limelight of it all. The musical waltzes through the lives of two couples and their affairs, as they exchange partners and sentiments to explore their frenzied relationships. There is no shortage of laughter, confrontation and lusty temptation.
A Little Night Music features a book by Hugh Wheeler with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Wheeler is a multiple Tony Award winner, including his win for A Little Night Music in 1973, a musical inspired by Ingmar BergmanGuv,!v,,us motion picture, Smiles of a Summer Night. A Little Night Music was adapted to the screen in a film version starring Elizabeth Taylor in 1978. Sondheim is an Academy Award winner, and an unprecedented seven-time Tony Award winner. His 1973 Tony Award win was for Best Score of A Little Night Music. He has also received several Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize and has written renowned music compositions, including the score for West Side Story.
Cast, alphabetically: Taylor Baltimore, Ruth Anne Bishop, Rosa Brown, Maya Cichon, Jeff Dreyfus, Dan Finn, Stephanie Finn, Sonya Hayden, Nick Heiderstadt, Luke Hudnall, Marthe Rowen, Dan Stern, Linda Waller, Heather Waters, and Gary White.
Free tickets to the Thursday, December 06, 2007 Preview are available in person at
C-VILLE Weekly. This ticket giveaway will be available on a first come, first served basis, and will continue until gone. Limit is 2 tickets per person, and FREE admission is only via these tickets.
Reserved Seating $19.50/ $22.50 (Fri & Sat) Guv,!Vu Members $17.50 / $20.50 (Fri & Sat) Guv,!Vu General Seating (Balcony) $10.00 Guv,!Vu Tickets on-sale November 20, 2007
Kevin Doyle is the facilitator for a new group at the University of Virginia called Hoos in Recovery. He and fourth-year student “Kate” join WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to talk about the program, which helps students, students and faculty who are seeking to break their addictions. Find out more information at the U.Va Center for Alcohol and Substance Education.
At its meeting on November 14, 2007, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors approved the rezoning of six acres near Crozet for a planned residential development. That’s not unusual, but this time, the property will be used to bring something called co-housing to the county.
Bob Gibson, political reporter for the Charlottesville Daily Progress, joins Coy Barefoot each Monday afternoon for a discussion of Virginia politics on WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now. This week, Ron Paul wins the Republican straw poll at their advance this past week. Delegate Chris Saxman decided he won’t seek the Republican nomination for John Warner’s Senate seat, but Delegate Bob Marshall is still considering doing so.
This week on the Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call, two members of Who’s Watching Charlottesville? join host Rick Moore to talk about cyber security, and how to protect yourself in the digital world. Marty Peterman is an IT Security Officer from UVA, and Aaron Paula Thompson is with the UVA Community Credit Union; they try to educate people of all ages about topics like online shopping safety, protecting your password, and viruses.
On this program, Peterman and Thompson discuss wireless internet, cellular networking, and online banking, and other topics callers asked about. Find out all about these topics by listening to the podcast, and visiting the Who’s Watching Charlottesville Website.
Becky Reid is the Charlottesville-area grassroots organizer for Planned Parenthood of the Blue Ridge. She joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to talk about recent news that Governor Tim Kaine is pulling money from abstinence-only sex education in Virginia.
Larry Sanger, one of the co-founders of Wikipedia, recently addressed the Jefferson Society about his efforts to createG,V a successor called