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Woodlands Academy Presents “Guys and Dolls” March 6-9
The Tony
Award-winning musical “Guys and Dolls” will be presented four times by the
Theatre Program at Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart. All performances are
in the Susan Saint James Performing Arts Center at Woodlands Academy, 760 E.
Westleigh Road, Lake Forest, on the following dates: ·
Thursday,
March 6, at 7 p.m.
·
Friday,
March 7, at 7 p.m.
·
Saturday,
March 8, at 7 p.m.
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·
Sunday,
March 9, at 2 p.m.
Tickets
are $10 in advance; $12 at the door and can be reserved (at the $10 price) by
contacting the school, 847-234-4300. Seating is limited, so you may want to reserve tickets early.
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“Guys and Dolls”, which
premiered on Broadway in 1950, ran for 1,200 performances and won the Tony Award for Best Musical. With music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, “Guys and
Dolls” has had several Broadway and London revivals
as well as a 1955 film
adaptation starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra and Vivian Blaine.
Featured
in the Woodlands Academy production are:
·
Senior
Grace Reyes of Kenilworth as Sarah Brown
·
Sophomore
Eleanore van Marwijk Kooy of Lake Barrington as Sky Masterson
·
Junior
Lilly McAveeney of Lake Forest as Miss Adelaide
·
Senior
Manasa Datla of Long Grove as Nathan Detroit
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Founded in 1858, Woodlands Academy is an independent
Catholic college preparatory day and boarding high school for young women, and
part of a worldwide network of Sacred Heart Schools that spans 19 cities in the
United States and 44 countries around the world. A nonprofit, Woodlands
Academy’s identity is rooted in Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat’s desire to
inspire young hearts and minds to excel, to lead lives of integrity and to
serve. For more information about Woodlands Academy, please visit www.woodlandsacademy.org
