Hutton Honors College

Broadway at the MAC: The Most Happy Fella
Featuring a Pre-performance Talk by
Grammy-winning Soprano Sylvia McNair

Saturday, April 18, 2009 * Musical Arts Center (101 N. Jordan Ave.) * Third Balcony Tickets: $10
6:45 p.m. Pre-performance Talk * 8 p.m. Performance *
SIGN-UP REQUIRED * Refreshments Included

Frank Loesser, an American songwriter who wrote the music for such Broadway hits as Guys and Dolls and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, wrote the music, lyrics, and book for The Most Happy Fella (1956), as much musical theatre as opera. IU voice professor and legendary baritone Timothy Noble will star as Tony Esposito, who falls in love with a young and beautiful waitress named Rosabella. When Tony and Rosabella strike up a correspondence, Rosabella asks Tony to send her a picture of himself. Tony, who is self-conscious about being middle-aged and rather unattractive, instead sends her a picture of his handsome foreman Joe. If you want to know how things turn out, you'll just have to come and see for yourself!

The evening includes a special pre-performance talk with IU voice professor and two-time Grammy winner Sylvia McNair, who will talk about her stellar career and the roles she has sung, including Rosabella in The Most Happy Fella at the 2007 Ravinia Festival. Sylvia McNair possesses the virtuosity to sing across a wide array of musical genres, from opera to musical theater to jazz. Over the span of her 25-year career, she has made more than 70 audio recordings and has performed in concert for Pope John Paul II and the U.S. Supreme Court. McNair has soloed with many of the major European and American opera houses and has been awarded two honorary Doctor of Music degrees, one from Westminster Choir College and one from Indiana University.

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