(A calendar of DLO and other Danville-area arts events is also available here)  

54th Season Opener:  

My Fair Lady

November 1 & 2, 2008
DHS Auditorium

Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
Music by Frederick Loewe
Adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s Play and
Gabriel Pascal’s Motion Picture “Pygmalion”

Not presented on the Danville Light Opera stage in more than 30 years, this is the Broadway musical by which all others are measured. With fabulous and familiar songs such as “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly?,” “With a Little Bit of Luck,” “I Could Have Danced All Night,” “On the Street Where You Live,” “Get Me to the Church on Time,” and “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face,” everyone, not just Henry Higgins, will fall in love with Eliza Doolittle.

Dinner Theatre:  

Cabaret

February 13, 14 & 15, 2009
DACC Theatre

Book by Joe Masteroff
Based on the Play by John Van Druten and
Stories by Christopher Isherwood
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Broadway Production by Harold Prince
Produced for the Broadway Stage by Harold Prince

It is the tumultuous and heartbreaking era leading up to the Third Reich. At a Berlin night club, the master of ceremonies assures the audience that they will forget their troubles at the Cabaret.  Besides the title song, musical numbers include “It Couldn’t Please Me More,” “Willkommen,” “Tomorrow Belongs to Me,” “Don’t Tell Mama,” and “Two Ladies.” The original Broadway production won eight Tony Awards, and the most recent revival captured four.

Season Finale:  

Do Black Patent Leather Shoes
Really Reflect Up?

April 24, 25 & 26 and/or May 1, 2 & 3, 2009
(EXACT DATES TBA)
DACC Theatre

Book by John R. Powers
Music and Lyrics by James Quinn and Alaric Jans

DLO reprises this delightful musical comedy that focuses on eight children during their Catholic elementary and high school education in the 1950s. Every number tickles the funny bone of anyone who ever went to school, public or private.

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