It's About Grand Time: 'Grand Night' Turns 24

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Promotional ad for "It's a Grand Night for Singing!" Provided by UK Opera Theatre. 

LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 6, 2016) Only a few more days remain before the sounds of some of Billboard and Broadway's most beloved songs fill the campus. Guaranteed to have you singing and dancing in your seats, University of Kentucky Opera Theatre presents the 24th annual production of “It’s a Grand Night for Singing!” June 10-19, at the Singletary Center for the Arts.

Executive Producer and Music Director Everett McCorvey and Director Peggy Stamps bring together a company of more than 100 performers again to usher in the summer arts season in Central Kentucky. Students from UK Opera Theatre join forces with some of the most talented members of the Lexington community in this popular annual town-and-gown revue. Among this year's hits will be music from such icons as Prince and Gloria Estefan, as well as showstoppers from popular new musicals like "Hamilton," "Into the Woods," "Enchanted" and "School of Rock" and such classics as "Grease," "Les Miserables," "Oklahoma" and "Chicago."

With choreography by Jeromy and Lyndy Franklin Smith, this year's production will feature performances by such audience favorites as Tedrin Blair Lindsay, Everett and Alicia Helm McCorvey, and Gregory Turay.

Showtimes for the six performances of "Grand Night" are 7:30 p.m., June 10, 11, 17 and 18, and 2 p.m., June 12 and 19.

"Grand Night" tickets are $45 for general admission; $40 for seniors and UK faculty; and $15 for students with a valid student ID. In addition, each performance will also have a limited number of select seats available to UK staff for only $25. The special staff price is presented in memory of Russ Williams, the university's first representative of the staff on UK's Board of Trustees who died in 2009. Staff tickets must be purchased in person at the venue with a valid staff ID.

Tickets for "Grand Night" are available through the Singletary Center ticket office, by phone at 859-257-4929, online at www.scfatickets.com or in person at the venue. All applicable fees will be added to tickets upon purchase transaction.

UK Opera Theatre is part of the UK School of Music at the UK College of Fine Arts. The school has garnered a national reputation for high-caliber education in opera, choral and instrumental music performance, as well as music education, composition, and theory and music history. 

UK is the University for Kentucky. At UK, we are educating more students, treating more patients with complex illnesses and conducting more research and service than at any time in our 150-year history. To read more about the UK story and how you can support continued investment in your university and the Commonwealth, go to: uky.edu/uk4ky. #uk4ky #seeblue

MEDIA CONTACT: Whitney Hale, 859-257-8716; whitney.hale@uky.edu