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SAN DIEGO MUSICAL THEATRE BRINGING IN 2018...WITH AN UPROAR!
San Diego Musical Theatre (SDMT) is opening
its 2018 season withThe Full Monty, a raucous comedy musical with “the most highly anticipated closing number of any show.” Featuring music and lyrics by David Yazbek (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) and book by Terrence McNally (Ragtime), the show garnered a whopping nine Tony Award- nominations including Best Musical, Best Original Score and Best Choreography. Based on the hit cult film of the same name,The
Full Monty follows six down on their luck steel workers who are desperately looking for more work to support their families. In a stroke of genius, they come up with a bold way to work together and make some quick cash. Director Neil Dale is teaming up with Choreog-
rapher Paul David Bryant and Musical Conductor Don LeMaster, but the show will not appear on the Spreckels’ stage. San Diego Musical Theatre Founder and President Erin Lewis says, “This year will be our first full season at the Horton Grand Theatre. We are thrilled to offer a diverse season of musicals where there is something for everyone. In January we are also launching our first youth theatre program, which includes two pre-professional full-scale productions for young actors and students at the Horton Grand Theatre.” As they head into their eleventh season, Lewis reflected on the past ten years, “For us it is about the people…we love the people we work with, our
staff, casts, orchestras and crews. Theatre people have this incredible passion for what they do and we love that we can provide a place for them to use their creativity. We love giving our audiences great musical theatre that ignites the human spirit and offers a place to forget about everything else and just get away for a couple of hours. Another standout is our You Give, We Give campaign where we get to give back and help other local non-profits, it makes you feel great. We also, of course, are proud of the awards that SDMT has received over the past few years and none of that would have been possible without all of the great people we work with on and off stage.” Looking ahead, Lewis shared the strategy behind making the Horton Grand Theatre their main home. “When we were approached by the Horton Grand Theatre to manage the space we jumped at the op- portunity. Being able to make decisions about when
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we do shows, how long the run can be and having the flexibility to add other SDMT events throughout the year is an opportunity to allow SDMT to grow. Under our management, we are able to add new youth productions throughout the year and we will be renting out the theatre to other arts organizations, which provides us with another source of revenue to support our productions.” San Diego Musical Theatre has always included
a mix of Equity and local acting talent, “We provide opportunities for local talent by having a place for them to create and continue using their talents. We pride ourselves on having a safe and encouraging environment for artists to create, where no one is judged or criticized. We want to help make the best art we can on stage and make it an enjoyable experi- ence for artists and patrons alike. Also, in the new year, we are starting our Conservatory @ SDMT, this will be weekly classes that we will offer to the talented youth we have in San Diego,” said Lewis. Lewis askedThe Rage Monthly’s readers to lend
their support for San Diego Musical Theatre, not only by attending shows, “An easy thing to do is, once they see one of our productions, let their friends know about it and encourage them to attend. Word of mouth is one of our best allies!”
The Full MontyrunsFriday, January 26 through Sunday, February 25 at the Horton Grand Theatre. For tickets and more information, call 858.560.5740, or go
tosdmt.org.
We love giving our audiences great musical theatre that ignites the human spirit and offers a place to forget about everything else and just get away for a couple of hours.”
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