Bayou
City Concert Musicals 2010-2011 Season
THE BRIGHT AND BRASSY “GENTLEMEN
PREFER BLONDES”
CABARETS: THE MUSIC OF GEORGE GERSHWIN AND RODGERS AND
HART
BAYOU CITY CONCERT MUSICALS
presents the bright and brassy, song and dance extravaganza, GENTLEMEN
PREFER BLONDES, opening Thursday, September 9 and playing
through Sunday, September 12, for FIVE PERFORMANCES ONLY.
Performance times for the staged concert version are Thursday at 7:30
p.m., Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. and 7:30
p.m. at The Heinen Theatre, 3517 Austin at Holman in Midtown. The
production is directed by Paul Hope, with Art Yelton as Musical
Director, Krissy Richmond as Choreographer and Dominique Royem as the
Conductor.
GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES
could arguably be called the quintessential Broadway song and dance
musical set in the flapper era of the 1920s, replete with hilarious
miscues and misadventures, stunning dances and memorable songs. “Diamonds
Are A Girl’s Best Friend,” “Bye Bye Baby,” “A Little Girl From
Little Rock,” and “It’s High Time,” are just a few of the most
well known of the twenty or more songs in the musical. Set during the
wild and exciting days of the flapper era, two beautiful fun loving
girls, Lorelei Lee and her best friend, Dorothy Shaw, prepare to board
the Ile de France for a journey to Paris. The story is of their
hilarious misadventures as they meet a menagerie of colorful characters
on board the ship and in Paris.
This season BCCM will offer two cabarets. Our cabaret
programs support the mission of spotlighting under-performed works of
the American musical stage by educating audiences about the history of
American classic music. Artistic Director Paul Hope, who serves as
master of ceremonies weaves the history of the music and its creators
into a special evening of song. The cabaret evenings take place at the
Performance Centre at the Ensemble Theatre, 3535 Main at Berry, entrance
on Fannin and Berry, at 7:30 p.m. on three consecutive Monday nights.
“STAIRWAY TO PARADISE: THE EARLY SONGS OF GEORGE
GERSHWIN” is scheduled for three
consecutive Monday nights in February 2011. George Gershwin ranks in the
top five composers of American popular music along with Jerome Kern,
Richard Rodgers, Cole Porter and Irving Berlin. At the age of 17, he
wrote his first national megahit, “Swanee.” He excelled not only in
writing popular music, but also in writing classical music; symphonies,
opera and ballets, and was an accomplished classical pianist.
“I’LL TAKE MANHATTAN: THE SONGS OF RODGERS AND
HART” is scheduled for the first three
consecutive Monday nights in May 2011 and rounds out the Bayou City
Concert Musicals 2010-2011 season. One of the most prolific writing
teams of the time, many of their songs have become standards in the
music of today. A few of the songs included in the cabaret are “Where
or When,” “Blue Moon,” “Falling in Love With Love” and “Johnnie
One Note.”
BCCM is funded in part by a grant from the City of
Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance.
Season tickets for all three shows are $70.00, and for
seniors and student, $65.00, and are available now. Single tickets are
also available online at bayoucityconcertmusicals.org or by calling
713-465-6484. Single tickets are priced at $25 to $35 for GENTLEMEN
PREFER BLONDES.
