FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Brian Craft

Director of Marketing
(941) 749-1111 x104
briancraft@manateepac.com
DATE: October 20th, 2017

A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC coming to Manatee Performing Arts Center

(OCTOBER 26 – NOVEMBER 12, 2017)

(BRADENTON, FLA) Manatee Performing Arts Center proudly presents A LITTLE NIGHT
MUSIC, which debuted on Broadway in 1973 and ran for 601 performances, with lyrics and
music by Steven Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. Rick Kerby, who serves as Producing
Artistic Director, will direct. Winner of four Tony Awards, this is a musical work that has
forever entranced the world of theatre. A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC begins previews on October
24, opens on October 26, and runs through November 12, in Stone Hall as a part of the
Broadway Series.

Sondheim creates a stunning tour de force when he takes Ingmar Bergman's comedy of
manners, Smiles of a Summer Night, and turns it into a musical of masterful execution and
elegance. “It’s a mature play, not in the sense that it’s not accessible to all ages,” Kerby
remarked. “It’s one of Sondheim’s more sophisticated plays. It explores with inuendo and
nuance, It’s about the three stages of love and life.” A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC is full of
hilariously witty and heartbreakingly moving moments of adoration, regret and desire.

Set in 1900 Sweden, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC explores the tangled web of affairs centered
around actress, Desirée Armfeldt, and the men who love her: a lawyer by the name of Fredrik
Egerman and the Count Carl-Magnus Malcom. When the traveling actress performs in Fredrik's
town, the estranged lovers' passion rekindles. This strikes a flurry of jealousy and suspicion
between Desirée; Fredrik; Fredrick's wife, Anne; Desirée's current lover, the Count; and the
Count's wife, Charlotte. Both men – as well as their jealous wives – agree to join Desirée and
her family for a weekend in the country at Desirée's mother's estate. With everyone in one
place, infinite possibilities of new romances and second chances bring endless surprises.

Kerby has been seen on the stages in over thirty countries and all fifty US states. He appeared
on Broadway and in the National Touring Company of A Match Made in Heaven and Yankee
Doodle Dandy. Prior to his move to Bradenton, Rick was the Entertainment Director for the
USO of Metropolitan New York and the organizer of the Miss USO Contest. His USO troupe
was featured on the Today Show, Good Morning America, Fox News, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day
Parade and on The Miss America Pageant. The same USO troupe performed as part of the
USO Celebrity Tours in the Middle East, Europe and the Baltic.

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 CAST
Fredrik Egerman…………………………………………..…………………………………………….….…..………………Rodd Dyer
Henrik Egerman……………………………………………..………….……………………………….….….……………..Max Bolton
Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm………………..……………………………………………………..………………….Brian Chunn
Anne Egerman…………………………………………..………………………………………………….………………..Miranda Wolf
Petra……………………………………….…………………..……………………………………………………………….Michelle Anaya
Countess Charlotte Malcolm………..……………………………………………………………….………………Sarah Cassidy
Desiree Armfeldt…………….…………………………………………………………………………………………….Nancy Denton
Madame Armfeldt………………………………………………………………………………..………………….Jeanne Larranaga
Fredrika Armfeldt………….………………………………………………………………………………….……………Bridget Marsh
Frid……………………………………………………..………………………………………………………………………………Brian Craft
Mrs. Segstrom………………………..…………….……………………………………………………….…………….Meg Newsome
Mrs. Nordstrom………………………………………..……………………………………………………………….Madison Bradley
Mrs. Anderssen………………………..……………………………….………………………………………………….Victoria Gross
Mr. Erlanson………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………Ian Cicco
Mr. Lindquist…………….…….……………………………………………..…………………………….………………Cory Woomert
Ensemble………………………..……………………………………………..……………………………………………..Amanda Lade
Ensemble………………………………………………………………………….………………………….………………McKenna Gunn
Ensemble…………………………………………….……………………………..……………………….…………………..Cassie Lloyd
Ensemble……………………………………………………………………………….…………………….……………………….Barb Wolf
Ensemble………………………………………….………………………………….………………………………………………Chris Wolf

CREATIVE TEAM
Director……………..………………………..……………………………..………..….…………..…………………………..Rick Kerby
Music Director……………………………………………………………………………………….………..…………..….Rick Bogner
Scenic Designer……………………………..………….…………………….………….…………..…………….….…..Ken Mooney
Lighting Designer………………….………..….…………………………………………..…………………….……..Joseph Oshry
Costume Designer……………………………..…….…………..….………….…………………………….………….Becky Evans
Stage Manager…………………………………..…………………….…………………..……………………….………Kristin Ribble
Sound Designer…………………………………..……………………….……………….….………….……………………….Tom Sell

A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE

OCTOBER 26 – NOVEMBER 12, 2017
Wednesdays & Thursdays: 7:30PM Curtain
Fridays & Saturdays: 8:00PM Curtain
Sundays: 2:00PM Curtain

TICKETS
Tickets for A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC range from $27 - $37.
(Prices are subject to change according to availability.)

To purchase tickets, call the Box Office at (941) 748-5875, order online at
ManateePerformingArtsCenter.com or visit the Manatee Performing Arts Center Box Office at
502 Third Avenue W. The Box Office is open Tuesday – Friday from 10AM – 5PM.

MANATEE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

502 Third Avenue W, Bradenton, FL 34205

Box Office: (941) 748-5875
ManateePerformingArtsCenter.com

“The mission of The Manatee Performing Arts Center is to create, entertain and strengthen an artistic,
creative, curious, and thriving community by bringing people together.”

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