Some Enchanted Evening: The Songs of Rodgers and Hammerstein
6 Singers, One Baby Grand and more than 30 Songs
Extended through July 3, 2011
Director: Fred Anzevino
Music Director: Austin Cook
Choreographer: Ben Mason
Extended Run: Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, May 6 – July 3
Curtain Times:
8:00 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays
7:00 p.m., Sundays
Location: No Exit Café, 6970 N. Glenwood, Chicago in the Rogers Park neighborhood (see Parking and Maps sections for details)
Doors Open: 90 minutes prior to curtain for dinner (see Dinner section for details)
NO LATE SEATING: Tickets will be released 10 minutes before curtain.
Tickets: Order tickets online or through the toll-free number. Buy Now. (see Ticket Section for details)
Dinner is optional with appetizer and entrée served prior to curtain and dessert served at intermission. Details.
The Revue
This memorable revue pays homage to the 20th Century Broadway icons and giants of musical theatre, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. Spend a evening harkening to the days of sophistication in the intimate setting of the No Exit Cafe and celebrate beautiful songs and lyrics from some of musical theatreʼs classics that have forever defined the genre: Carousel, Cinderella, The King and I, Oklahoma, South Pacific, The Sound of Music and more.
Austin Cook, musical director
The musical revue features six singers and one baby grand piano in the intimate 60-seat setting of the No Exit Café in Rogers Park. More than 30 songs from many of musical theatre’s classics of the 20th century are represented in the revue, including numbers from Carousel, The King and I, Oklahoma, South Pacific, The Sound of Music and more.
Director is Fred Anzevino, Theo Ubique’s Artistic Director, and music director is Austin Cook, who will also sing and play piano. Choreographer is Ben Mason.
Returning to the Theo Ubique stage are Dana Tretta and Jeremy Trager. Performing for the first time with Theo Ubique are Evan Tyrone Martin, Sara Schoch and Danni Smith in addition to Cook.
Tom Williams, Talk Theatre in Chicago, interviews Austin Cook — Listen Here
Crew members are: Michael Murtaugh, costume and props designer; Adam Veness, set designer; Michael Nardulli, lighting designer, and Rachael Holiday, stage manager.
The Songs
| ACT I | ||
| Opening Sequence | Company | |
| I Enjoy Being a Girl (Flower Drum Song) | ||
| Surrey with the Fringe on Top (Oklahoma) | ||
| I Can’t Say No (Oklahoma) | ||
| Younger Than Springtime (South Pacific) | ||
| Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’ (Oklahoma) | ||
| It’s a Grand Night for Singing (State Fair) | ||
| Honey Bun (South Pacific) | ||
| All Er Nothin’ (Oklahoma) | ||
| Getting to Know You (The King and I) | ||
| I Whistle a Happy Tune (The King and I) | ||
| No Other Love Have I (Me and Juliet) | ||
| Do-Re-Mi (The Sound of Music) | ||
| We Kiss in a Shadow (The King and I) | ||
| Climb Ev’ry Mountain (The Sound of Music) | ||
| Surrey with the Fringe on Top (Oklahoma) | Jeremy | |
| It Might as Well be Spring (State Fair) | Sara | |
| There is Nothin’ Like a Dame (South Pacific) | Men | |
| The Gentleman is a Dope (Allegro) | Danni | |
| I Have Dreamed (The King and I) | Dana | |
| Grand Night Agiato and Vocal Overture | Company | |
| Some Enchanted Evening (South Pacific) | ||
| The Sound of Music (The Sound of Music) | ||
| People Will Say We’re in Love (Oklahoma) | ||
| A Wonderful Guy (South Pacific) | Sara | |
| Hello, Young Lovers (The King and I) | Danni | |
| If I Loved You (Carousel) | Jeremy and Sara | |
| Something Wonderful (The King and I) | Danni | |
| A Fellow Needs a Girl (Allegro) | Jeremy and Evan | |
| I Can’t Say No (Oklahoma) | Dana | |
| I Enjoy Being a Girl (Flower Drum Song | Women | |
| Maria (The Sound of Music) | Evan | |
| Ten Minutes Ago (Cinderella) | Austin and Danni | |
| Everybody’s Got a Home But Me (Pipe Dream) | Austin | |
| In My Own Little Corner (Cinderella) | Dana | |
| A Bell is No Bell (The Sound of Music) | Company | |
| Shall We Dance (The King and I) and Finale Act 1 | Company | |
| ACT II | ||
| Entr’acte | ||
| Grant Avenue (Flower Drum Song) | Company | |
| Edelweiss (The Sound of Music) | Evan | |
| Twin Soliloquies (Flower Drum Song) | Jeremy and Sara | |
| This Nearly Was Mine (South Pacific) | Jeremy | |
| Out of My Dreams (Oklahoma) | Sara | |
| Don’t Marry Me Sequence | Dana and Evan | |
| Ordinary Couple (The Sound of Music) | ||
| Don’t Marry Me (Flower Drum Song) | ||
| When the Children are Asleep (Carousel) | ||
| Love, Look Away (Flower Drum Song) | Danni | |
| A Puzzlement (The King and I) | Jeremy and Evan | |
| A Cockeyed Optimist (South Pacific) | Dana | |
| Soliloquy (Carousel) | Jeremy | |
| Sixteen Going on Seventeen (The Sound of Music) | Sara and Dana | |
| Younger than Springtime (South Pacific) | Evan | |
| I’m Gonna Wash that Man Right Out-a My Hair Sequence | Women | |
| Many a New Day (Oklahoma) | ||
| I’m Gonna Wash that Man Right Out-a My Hair (South Pacific) |
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| Closing Medley | Company | |
| My Favorite Things (The Sound of Music) | ||
| Whistle a Happy Tune (The King and I) | ||
| Happy Talk (Happy Talk) | ||
| June is Busting Out all Over (Carousel) | ||
| Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’ (Oklahoma) | ||
| Lonely Goatherd (The Sound of Music) | ||
| Oklahoma (Oklahoma) | ||
| Some Enchanted Evening (South Pacific) | ||
