Lynn University BFA Drama Students to present ‘42nd Street’ Feb. 17-25
By Dale King
Lynn University philanthropist Elaine J. Wold along with Bachelor of Fine Arts drama students at the school will present the popular musical production, 42nd Street, during the next two weekends in the Keith C. & Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center at Lynn University, 3601 N. Military Trail, Boca Raton. The show is being directed by Assistant Professor Danielle Jolie-Dale Hancock.
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The schedule of performances is:
Friday, Feb. 17, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 18, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 19, 3 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 23, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 24, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 25, 7:30 p.m.
42nd Street is a 1980 stage musical with a book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble, lyrics by Al Dubin and Johnny Mercer and music by Harry Warren.
The Broadway production won the Tony Awards for Best Musical and Best Choreography and it became a long-running hit. The show was also produced in London in 1984 (winning the Olivier Award for Best Musical) and its 2001 Broadway revival won the Tony Award for Best Revival.
Based on the 1932 novel by Bradford Ropes and the subsequent 1933 Hollywood film adaptation, the backstage musical show follows the rehearsal process of a Broadway show being presented during the height of the Great Depression.
The musical follows small-town native Peggy Sawyer as she lands her first chorus job in the ensemble of a glitzy new Broadway show. When the leading lady breaks her ankle before opening night, Sawyer must step in and save the day.
The score is filled with Broadway standards including “You’re Getting to be a Habit with Me,” “Dames,” “We’re in the Money,” “Lullaby of Broadway,” “Shuffle off to Buffalo,” and the title song, “42nd Street.”
Tickets are available by calling (561) 237-9000 or emailing: tickets@lynn.edu.
