Acton's Maryann Zschau to Star in "Millie"

By RLPR (Open Post)

Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston Presents Thoroughly Modern Millie

Starring Acton Resident and Multiple IRNE-Award Winner Maryann Zschau Reprising Her Role as "Mrs. Meers"

July 7-17, 2016 at the Robinson Theatre, Waltham

Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston will bring the bright lights of 1920’s New York City to the stage with the Tony Award-winning musical comedy Thoroughly Modern Mille from July 7-17, 2016. Millie will run for eight performances at the Robinson Theatre (617 Lexington St. Waltham, MA, 02452). Directed by Broadway veteran Cynthia Thole (Me and My Girl), Millie will star Gabrielle Carrubba (American Idol Season 11, Spring Awakening) as Millie Dillmount, a small-town girl who arrives in New York City to lead a thoroughly modern life. Millie will also feature Acton's Maryann Zschau (Nunsense National Tour) reprising her IRNE Award-winning role as Mrs. Meers (Reagle Music Theatre 2006). This lavish musical is filled with fabulous flappers, eccentric New Yorkers and soaring musical numbers including “Forget About the Boy” and “Only In New York.”

Single adult tickets are $35-$63; discounts apply for seniors, students and groups of 10 or more. Tickets can be purchased at www.reaglemusictheatre.com, by calling 781-891-5600, or at the theater box office. Season subscribers can save 20% on each show! Subscriptions available for purchase thru June 19th, 2016 by calling the box office. PERFORMANCES: Thursday, July 7 and 14 at 2:00 pm; Friday July 8 [PRESS NIGHT] and 15 at 7:30 pm, Saturday July 9 and 16 at 7:30 pm and Sunday July 10 and 17 at 2:00 pm.

MARYANN ZSCHAU is thrilled to return to Reagle Music Theatre to recreate the role of Mrs. Meers - the role that 10 years ago won her a 3rd IRNE Award. Performing credits include: National Tours: Nunsense (w/Georgia Engel) and Menopause the Musical. Selected Regional: Company Theatre – Les Miserables (Madame Thenadier); Reagle Music Theatre - Chicago (Mama Morton), Mame w/ Lee Meriwether (Vera Charles), Annie w/ Sally Struthers (Francis Perkins) and She Loves Me (Ilona). Lyric Stage Company – Follies (Phyllis), Urinetown (Pennywise), Dirty Blonde (Mae West), SideShow (Daisy) and Assassins (Sarah Jane Moore); Publick Theatre – Sweeney Todd (Mrs. Lovett), Guys & Dolls (Adelaide), Into the Woods (Baker’s Wife) Gypsy (Mama Rose) and Nine (Luisa); Concerts: Follies w/ Len Cariou (Phyllis); Songs for a New World w/ Jason Robert Brown (Soloist). Awards: Three time IRNE Award recipient for Thoroughly Modern Millie (Mrs. Meers, Reagle Music Theatre), A Little Night Music (Desiree, Lyric Stage) and Sunday in the Park with George (Dot, Lyric Stage).

The winner of six Tony Awards including Best Musical, Thoroughly Modern Millie was the most awarded new show on Broadway in 2002. Based on the 1967 Academy Award-winning film, Thoroughly Modern Millie takes you back to the height of the Jazz Age in New York City, when "moderns" including a flapper named Millie Dillmount were bobbing their hair, raising their hemlines, entering the workforce, and rewriting the rules of love. Filled with frisky flappers, dashing leading men and a dragon-lady of a villainess audiences will love to hate,Thoroughly Modern Millie is a perfectly constructed evening of madcap merriment. Book by Richard Morris and Dick Scanlan. New Music by Jeanine Tesori. New Lyrics by Dick Scanlan. Original Story and Screenplay by Richard Morris for the Universal Picture Film. THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIShows.com

Reagle’s 48th Summer Season will end with the Gershwin musical comedy Crazy For You (August 4-14) starring Broadway couple Kirby and Beverly Ward. Single adult tickets for each production are $35-$63; discounts apply for seniors, students, and groups of 10 or more. Season subscribers can save 20% on each show by calling the box office! Student rush seats at 50% off are available one hour before curtain with a valid college ID. To purchase, visit www.reaglemusictheatre.com, call 781-891-5600, or visit the theater box office at 617 Lexington St, Waltham, MA, 02452. Hours of operation are Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Saturdays 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. during each production run, with extended hours from 9:00 am to curtain on performance days.

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