I like this format as well.... clean and inviting.
----- Original Message -----
From: Scott Zotto
Date: Tuesday, June 5, 2007 8:19 pm
Subject: {FOLISF} Re: FW: The TriArts Trumpet Newsletter Issue 2
To:
friends...@googlegroups.com> I like it very much
>
> On 6/5/07, Charles Wittreich wrote:
> >
> > How does this look as a newsletter?
> > -----Original Message-----
> > *From:* TriArts Sharon Playhouse [mailto:
in...@triarts.net]
> > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 05, 2007 2:06 PM
> > *To:* Charles Wittreich
> > *Subject:* The TriArts Trumpet Newsletter Issue 2
> >
> > This message contains graphics. If you do not see the
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> > *The TriArts Trumpet*
> Issue 2 Email
> > Subscriber Newsletter June 5, 2007
> > *"I grew up living and breathing Rodgers and Hammerstein's
> shows, and
> > Carousel has always been my favorite."* - Allison Berry
> >
> > *Even the Actors Feel the Special Carousel Magic*
> >
> > Allison Berry, who will play Carrie, one of Carousel's lead
> parts, knows a
> > great musical when she hears it...especially when she's in it.
> Most recently
> > Allison, who lives in New York City, played Eileen, the
> sister, in the first
> > national tour of Wonderful Town. But she says Carousel holds a
> special place
> > in her heart. Allison told TriArts, *"I grew up living and breathing
> > Rodgers and Hammerstein's shows, and Carousel has always been
> my favorite.
> > As a child, the haunting melody of the overture, and knowing
> what was to
> > come in terms of the story, sent a tingle up my spine, as it
> still does
> > today. I still have the record that I used to listen to in my
> bedroom as a
> > little girl. It has beautiful artwork on the cover, and I
> intend to have it
> > framed, once I am done with this production, as a kind of
> 'full circle'
> > experience with the show."*
> >
> > Allison holds graduate degrees in musical theater and voice
> from NYU, and
> > also a bachelor's in music from Michigan State University. We
> are delighted
> > that Allison's full circle Carousel experience will be on the
> TriArts stage!
> >
> > Millbrook's Miranda Schnoor, age 7, who plays one of Mr. Enoch
> Snow's> children, has been performing since she was just 4 1/2
> years old. *"I am
> > so excited about being in Carousel!"* Miranda said.* "It's a
> great play
> > and the music is so pretty."* The critics agree, Miranda!
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > *Carousel, "the Most Poetic and Lyrical of all Rodgers and
> Hammerstein> musicals"
> > Is Based on a Classic Tale*
> >
> > *Carousel's* libretto is based on Ferenc Molnar's classic
> play, *Lilliom*,
> > so popular that it was filmed three times. Rodgers and
> Hammerstein changed
> > the American Musical forever when they built a musical around this
> > complicated, grownup story. The producers of the movie, *Carousel*,
> > described its story this way in 1956, when they told movie
> going audiences
> > that "Gordon McRae and Shirley Jones experience the miraculous
> power of love
> > in this inspiring Rodgers and Hammerstein masterpiece. Billy
> Bigelow, a
> > smooth-talking carnival barker, falls in love with a pretty
> mill worker on
> > the colorful coast of Maine.
> >
> >
> > With a beautiful seaside setting as a backdrop and a thrilling
> score for
> > accompaniment, their romance unfolds. But right before the
> birth of his
> > daughter, Billy is killed while committing a robbery. Now in
> heaven, years
> > later he is permitted to return to earth for one day to attend his
> > daughter's high school graduation and teach her one very
> important lesson.
> > Featuring such classics as 'If I Loved You' and the
> inspirational 'You'll
> > Never Walk Alone,' *Carousel* is the most poetic and lyrical
> of all
> > Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals."
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > *Calling all volunteers!* If you are interested in
> volunteering to usher
> > or help park cars please send an email to Mimi at
>
mimi...@hotmail.com>
> > *You'll Never Hum Alone...*
> >
> > The *Carousel* score is among the composers' most affecting,
> from its
> > glorious opening waltz, to a succession of exquisite love
> songs ("If I Loved
> > You"), a heart-rending secular hymn ("You'll Never Walk
> Alone"), and the
> > expectant father's poignant reverie, "Soliloquy: My Boy,
> Bill." We dare you
> > to read their lyrics without living with their haunting tunes
> for the rest
> > of the day. Ready? Try "If I loved you, words wouldn't come in
> an easy way,
> > round in circles I'd go, longing to tell you, but afraid and
> shy....." Gotcha.
> >
> > Then there's the American Idol favorite: "When you walk
> through a storm,
> > hold your head up high, and don't be afraid of the dark...."
> because wherever
> > you are, if you're humming a *Carousel* tune, you'll never hum
> alone.> ------------------------------
> >
> > *Brief History of a Smash Hit*
> >
> > *Carousel* premiered on Broadway in 1945, winning the
> prestigious New York
> > Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Musical. The hit film
> version was made
> > in 1956, and a 1994 Broadway revival drew rave reviews.
> Critics throughout
> > the years have agreed that *Carousel* is a musical for the
> ages. *Variety*called its music "perhaps the finest score by the
> greatest composer of our
> > time," and the *New York Daily News* seconded, praising it as
> "Rodgers and
> > Hammerstein's most powerful score." *The New York Times*
> applauded the
> > show as the "most glorious of the Rodgers and Hammerstein works."
> >
> > So if it was so great, then, why didn't it win a Tony?
> *Because the Tony's
> > weren't awarded until 1947!* The legendary Agnes DeMille, who
> had been
> > Carousel's choreographer, won one of the first Tonys, for her
> work on
> > Brigadoon.
> >
> >
> > *Curtain Times, Prices, and Theater Contact Information*
> > The first weekend's showtimes (June 21-24) at TriArts are
> Thursday at 7
> > p.m., Friday and Saturday at 8, and Sunday at 5p.m. During the
> second> weekend (June 27-July 1), Wednesday matinee is at 2
> p.m., Thursday at 7
> > p.m., Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m. and Sunday at
> 5 p.m.
> > Prices are $26, $40 for Premium (Front-and-Center) Tickets. Matinee
> > performance tickets are $21, $31 Premium. Senior/student
> tickets are $20,
> > $15 for matinees. Children, $15 and $10. Ticket prices include
> $1 theatre
> > renovation fee.
> > Call the TriArts Box Office at
860.364.7469 or visit
>
www.triarts.net.> The
> theater is at 49 Amenia Road, Sharon at the junction of Rt. 343/41/4.
> >
> > *Borden Realtors, Prindle Insurance and Salisbury Bank & Trust
> are proud
> > sponsors of Carousel*