Saturday, May 22, 2010
8:00 PM

Rita McKenzie, one of Broadway, Hollywood and television’s most versatile actresses, performs her internationally acclaimed tour de force show which re-creates the life and times of Ethel Merman, the Queen of Broadway’s Golden Age. The songs Ethel introduced during this era (and which are featured in the show) include I Got Rhythm, Anything Goes, It’s Delovely, I Get a Kick Out of You, There’s No Business Like Show Business, They Say It’s Wonderful, Small World, Everything’s Coming Up Roses, Some People and Rose’s Turn. Rita McKenzie’s personal success with Ethel Merman’s Broadway triggered an international tour, taking her to Carnegie Hall, Pasadena Playhouse, Harrah’s Casino Hotel in Atlantic City including an eight-city tour of Japan, Toronto and London.

Special thanks to our Signature Series Sponsors - Season Sponsors: Arts Midwest Performing Arts Fund, James H. and Nike D. Lagos, Ohio Arts Council, Performing Arts Center Circle of Friends, Springfield Foundation, ThinkTV, and Yellow Book | Season Co-Sponsors: Courtyard by Marriott, Fifth Third Bank, Lite 99.9 FM, Springfield Masonic Community, Springfield News-Sun, Target, Tech II and The Turner Foundation

This presentation is supported by the Performing Arts Fund, a program of Arts Midwest funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art, with additional contributions from the Ohio Arts Council, General Mills Foundation, and Land O’Lakes Foundation.

(All dates, times and artists are subject to change)