Jazz Age Musical Will Be Staged at SVHS March 3-6

Note: An earlier version of this story included incorrect ticket pricing information. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. Also, the ticket prices for the March 3 Speakeasy Dinner/Show package have been lowered.

A cast of talented Saucon Valley High School students will take audiences back in time to the Roaring ’20s with their 2016 spring musical, which will be performed in early March.

The winner of six TONY Awards including Best Musical, Thoroughly Modern Millie was the 2002 season’s most awarded new show on Broadway.

“Based on the 1967 Academy Award-winning film, Thoroughly Modern Millie takes place during the height of the Jazz Age in New York City, when ‘moderns’—including a flapper named Millie Dillmount—were bobbing their hair, raising their hemlines, entering the workforce and rewriting the rules of love,” a description on the Saucon Valley Theatre website states.

The plot revolves around feisty young flapper Millie, who plans to find a job and marry a wealthy employer. Though she’s fond of penniless paper clip salesman Jimmy, Millie is determined to marry the well-heeled executive Trevor Graydon III, who loves Millie’s roommate Dorothy Brown. As all four try to find love, evil landlady Mrs. Meers schemes to sell the orphaned Dorothy into white slavery

The musical is rated PG and will be performed Thursday, March 3 through Sunday, March 6. Tickets are are $10 for adults and $8 for student/seniors, and will be sold at the door for three consecutive evening performances (Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m.) and one matinee show (Sunday at 2 p.m.).

In addition to the musical, a special leisurely “Speakeasy-Style Dinner” including cabaret-style entertainment and jazz music provided by the SV High School Drama Club will be held at 5 p.m. Thursday, March 3 at the school. The menu will include baked ziti, chicken marsala, salad, rolls, coffee/tea and a dessert bar.

Tickets for the dinner are $20, which includes admission to the show. Seniors (65+ with ID) are FREE. There is limited seating available for the dinner and reservations are required by Feb. 25.

To purchase tickets, please mail a check made payable to Saucon Valley High School and a self-addressed stamped envelope to the Saucon Valley Performing Arts Association, P.O. Box 311, Hellertown PA 18055 (see order form, below).

Tickets will also be available for purchase on the website closer to the opening date.

For more information about the performance, please email thesvpaa@gmail.com.

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