Salve Regina University’s Department of Music, Theatre and Dance has announced the opening weekend for their performance of the beloved musical Meet Me In St Louis; Thursday, October 24th and Friday, October 25th at 7 p.m.; Saturday, October 26th and Sunday, October 27th at 2 p.m. at the Casino Theatre.
Based on the classic 1944 MGM film, Meet Me In St, Louis follows the Smith family in the months leading up to the 1904 World’s Fair. The story takes the audience on a journey through touching scenes by Hugh Wheeler and songs by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane that have become classics. All of the stage performers are Salve Regina students, and Salve students work across all aspects of the production.
A Close-knit community feel
Salve Regina Theatre’s production will highlight the warmth and kindness of a close-knit community and the feeling of family. “It’s something we all need right now,” said the show’s guest director and choreographer Ali Angelone. A Bristol resident, Angelone has sought to evoke the sense of joy in community around annual holidays. “The show features holidays like Halloween and Christmas and then of course the big World’s Fair. I grew up going to the Fourth of July Parade every year and now bring my children. This is what I’d like audiences to feel,” she said. “The sense of community and family that special events in a town can create.”
Clang, Clang, Clang Went The…RIPTA?
You can’t have a production of Meet Me In St. Louis without “The Trolley Song!” And through a collaboration with the Rhode Island Transit Authority, audiences catch a sneak peek into the show on the Route 67 trolley in Newport, October 20th-23rd from 4:30-5:30pm. To make the theatre-going experience even more special, audiences can take the Newport Trolley, #67 route to the International Tennis Hall of Fame, and walk around the corner to the theatre.
Tickets are on sale now to the general public, here. Families are encouraged to bring children and grandparents. Tickets are $20 for adults; $18 for Salve Regina faculty, staff and seniors; $15 for children 12 and under; and free for Salve Regina students with an ID.
