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'''Lamplighters Music Theatre''' is a semi-professional theatrical company based in [[San Francisco, California]]. Founded in 1952 by Orva Hoskinson and Ann Pool MacNab, |
'''Lamplighters Music Theatre''' is a semi-professional theatrical company based in [[San Francisco, California]]. Founded in 1952 by Orva Hoskinson and Ann Pool MacNab, the Lamplighters specialize in [[light opera]], particularly the works of [[Gilbert and Sullivan]]. |
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The company's season usually comprises four productions: a fully-staged production in January/February; a staged concert in the spring; a fully-staged production in July/August; and a full-length original musical comedy, presented as a |
The company's season usually comprises four productions: a fully-staged production in January/February; a staged concert in the spring; a fully-staged production in July/August; and a full-length original [[musical theatre|musical comedy]], presented as a champagne gala fundraiser and silent auction, in November. The company's artistic director is Barbara Heroux, and its musical director is Baker Peeples. |
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The Lamplighters performed at [[Harding Theater]] from 1961 |
The Lamplighters performed at [[Harding Theater]] from 1961 to 1968 and then at the [[University of San Francisco]]'s [http://www.usfca.edu/presentationtheater/history.html Presentation Theater] until 1995. Since then, it has performed at San Francisco's Novellus Theater at [[Yerba Buena Center for the Arts]], Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek and several other Bay Area theaters. |
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The company presented [[Lerner & Loewe]]'s ''[[My Fair Lady]]'' in July/August 2009. |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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Revision as of 21:09, 22 April 2010
Lamplighters Music Theatre is a semi-professional theatrical company based in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1952 by Orva Hoskinson and Ann Pool MacNab, the Lamplighters specialize in light opera, particularly the works of Gilbert and Sullivan.
The company's season usually comprises four productions: a fully-staged production in January/February; a staged concert in the spring; a fully-staged production in July/August; and a full-length original musical comedy, presented as a champagne gala fundraiser and silent auction, in November. The company's artistic director is Barbara Heroux, and its musical director is Baker Peeples.
The Lamplighters performed at Harding Theater from 1961 to 1968 and then at the University of San Francisco's Presentation Theater until 1995. Since then, it has performed at San Francisco's Novellus Theater at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek and several other Bay Area theaters.
The company presented Lerner & Loewe's My Fair Lady in July/August 2009.
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