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Highlands Cashiers Players’ Some Enchanted Evening
Written By: Adair Simon - Highlands Cashiers Players | Issue: 2018/04 - April
The spring production of Highlands Cashiers Players is “Some Enchanted Evening,” a celebration of the songs of Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein.
More than any composer and lyricist who has written for the stage, the songs of Rodgers and Hammerstein have become an integral part of our everyday lives. We sing them in the shower, we dance to them in ballrooms, we hear them on the radio and in clubs and, yes, in elevators and supermarkets, too. We still thrill to them on the live stage in their respective shows, and we teach them to our children. This stunning collection of compositions places five performers in a theatrical setting − first backstage, where the songs are sung as personal interplay, and then onstage.
Highlands Cashiers Players is excited not only to present “Some Enchanted Evening” from May 24 through May 27, and May 31 through June 3, but to do so using fabulous new singing finds from the Plateau. Todd Lipphardt, new to HCP but an old hand at performing musicals, will be one of the leading men and will support veteran HCP actor Chris Hess as Chris dives into his first musical lead. Chandler Davis, new to HCP but again not new to musicals, has a classically-trained voice and 10 years of dance under her belt. Lynleigh McLain, a favorite of HCP audiences, brings her musical theater experience to the cast and Cashiers librarian Serenity Richards, with a degree in musical theater, rounds out the cast.
This show will be different from other Rodgers and Hammerstein Revues the Plateau may have seen because we are adding dancers and back-up singers. Nationally-known choreographer and dance teacher Danie Beck is upping the ante on showmanship for the musical and Les Scott, Musical Director of the Highlands United Methodist Church, is bringing out the best of the singers.
“Some Enchanted Evening” is sponsored by the Cullasaja Women’s Outreach, Bruce and Lois Selfon, Mary Lee Farrior, Sue Holmes, and Karen and Michael Albert.
For tickets, visit HighlandsCashiersPlayers.org or call the box office
at (828) 526-8084.
