For your convenience, we are offering easy online ticket sales again this year. Use the TicketTurtle.com link to purchase your tickets using your credit or debit card. After completing your purchase, be sure to print your receipt and your tickets. Then simply bring your ticket with you the night of the show and bypass any lines at the box office.

Using online sales is the only opportunity to purchase tickets using your credit or debit card. Ticket sales at the door are currently cash or check only.

If you have questions or need to speak to a member of the ticket committee, please call our new Vocal Music Hotline number at 487-5240 ext SING (7464). Thank you for supporting Upper Arlington Vocal Music, and Enjoy the Show!  

The musical opened at the 46th Street Theatre on Broadway in October 1961, running for 1,417 performances. The show won seven Tony Awards, the New York Drama Critics Circle award, and the 1962 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. In 1967, a film based on the musical was released by United Artists, with many of the original cast recreating their roles. A 1995 revival was mounted at the same theatre as the original production (now named the Richard Rodgers Theatre) ran for 548 performances and starred Matthew Broderick and Megan Mullally. A 50th anniversary Broadway revival directed and choreographed by Rob Ashford and starring Daniel Radcliffe and John Larroquette opened on March 27, 2011, at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre.

David Bahgat, UAHS class of 2004, will again be our guest stage director. David is fresh off of a tour of Jesus Christ Superstar and really felt a lot of personal growth when he stage directed Millie. We are fortunate to have such a talented alumni who is willing to share his experiences and give back to his community as he helps all of us continue to grow.

From UA This Week, January 25, 2012:

With next month’s production of “How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,” a number of production roles have been filled by former students, working to share their experiences with this year’s class.

February’s production will feature directing by David Bahgat (’04), set design by Keith Schnacke (’07), sound design and engineering by Mike Freeze (’08), and lighting design by Anthony Aleshire (’08).

“It’s a pretty cool thing that, from the technical side, these guys have learned and decided to make that their vocations, but they all started in our productions,” said Eric Kauffman, UAHS vocal music director. “When they were students here they all did dual duty. If they weren’t in a scene, they were doing something backstage, or in here on weekends working to get the musicals ready.”

Bahgat, who is now acting in New York City, said this year’s production satirizes the way men and women interact in the office.

“It’s a commentary on the business world, and it definitely is a satire on the workplace and what women’s roles there are,” he said. “It pokes fun at CEOs and corporate execs, asking if they, or anyone, really ever knows what they’re doing in their jobs.

“In this piece, we really decided from the beginning that women are the brains behind the workplace, that really, the job can’t be done without them, and we play with that.”

Read the entire article here.

Performances of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying will be on February 23, 24, 25 and 26. Tickets are on sale now.

Congratulations to Kelsey Overmyer, who is the recipient of the 2011 Keith Krieger Music Endowment Award, given through the Upper Arlington Education Foundation. The Keith Krieger Award was established by friends and family in memory of Keith Krieger, who was a member of the UAHS Class of 1976. This fund awards an annual music scholarship for a student who will continue in the performing arts in higher education. Vocal music and/or piano will be given priority.

See more information about the Keith Kreiger Award

WE know that the vocal music performances are great! Now we need to be sure the whole community knows!! Please help get the word out. The Boosters need YOUR help to organize the distribution of yard signs, flyers, and sandwich boards. We also need help getting the word to retirement homes, senior centers and other groups who would love to see the shows.

Please email Melissa Storer or contact her by phone at 459-0694 if you would like to participate in the Publicity Committee. Thank you!