​​​​​​​​About the Show​

The Strand Theatre Preservation Society is thrilled to welcome LIVE theater to Moundsville with its musical production of A Grand Night for Singing! The show runs Friday, April 10, at 7pm, and Saturday, April 11, at 2pm. 

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Taste and imagination, the two key ingredients for a first-rate revue, abound in this fresh take on the Rodgers & Hammerstein canon, conceived by Tony Award winner Walter Bobbie. Over three decades after the duo’s final collaboration, The Sound of Music, took Broadway by storm, this new R&H musical opened the 1994 Broadway season with flair and distinction, garnering wildly enthusiastic notices and earning two Tony nominations, including Best Musical.

 

Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein may never have imagined “Shall We Dance?” as a comic pas de deux for a towering beauty and her diminutive admirer, nor might they have suspected 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 new revue, with innovative musical arrangements, including a sultry Andrews Sisters-esque “I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair,” a swingin’ “Honeybun” worthy of the Modernaires, and a jazzy “Kansas City,” proving how terrifically up-to-date the remarkable songs of R&H remain.  

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The cast and crew consist of artists from across the Ohio Valley. 

Cast members include Rose Cunningham, Jeremy Doolin, Chelsey Keding, Peter Lim, Wendy Putzulu, Emily Smith, Shanan Stout, and Michael Wylie. The production is directed by Cassie Majetich with musical direction by Michael Murphy and technical direction by Meta Lasch. Musicians include Josh Garrett, Leslie Garrett, Joan Palmer, Alex Talkowski, and Molly Williams. Sound and light design will be provided by Sean Geery and Sav Nelson. 

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Tickets for A Grand Night for Singing go on sale March 1, at Frame & Fortunes on Jefferson Avenue in Moundsville and online at www.strandtheatrewv.com/events. Adult tickets are $20 and student tickets are $15. All patrons, regardless of age, must purchase a ticket. 

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The production is supported by the Karl & Mildred Niekamp Charitable Foundation.

 

A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals. www.concordtheatricals.com