Stoneham Theatre presents What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve? 12/31

What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? spend it with Kathy St. George December 31, 2010 7 pm and 10 pm performances presented by Stoneham Theatre

(Stoneham, MA 02180) Stoneham Theatre presents What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? with Kathy St. George. Friday, Dec. 31, 7 pm and 10 pm. Tickets for each performance: $44-$48 regular admission [$5 discount for subscribers], including a champagne toast. Stoneham Theatre, 395 Main Street, Stoneham. Wheelchair accessible. For advance tickets and information, visit or call the Box Office at 781-279-2200 (hours Tues.-Sat., 1-6pm) or log onto www.stonehamtheatre.org.

Stoneham Theatre's all time favorite Kathy St. George will bring in the New Year singing all our favorite show tunes and Great American Songbook hits. Accompanied by a seven-piece band, St. George will also include in her repertoire several Judy Garland numbers, including the classic sketch "The Wizard of Oz in Ten Minutes" which was last seen in St. George's sensational one woman show Dear Miss Garland staged at Stoneham Theatre in the summer of 2009.

"St. George ... magnificent." (Boston Globe)

The band for the evening, conducted by Jim Rice, will include Rice on piano, Tim Cote on trumpet, Rick Copeland on trombone, Mike Crowley on tenor sax, Heather Katz-Cote on woodwinds, Mick Lewander on drums, with the bass player to be determined shortly. Ryan McGettigan's playful set for the currently running The Best Christmas Pageant Ever will be in place to heighten the festivities and a little bubbly will make the evening's celebration extra bright.

Kathy St. George has been seen at Stoneham Theatre in the following productions: Dear Miss Garland, Pete N' Keely, and A Christmas Carol. She is also performing in the Theatre's current production of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. On Broadway, St. George has performed on Fiddler on the Roof, directed by Jerome Robbins (Tony award for Best Revival) and on Off-Broadway she has been involved in the following productions: I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change (along with five national tours), Menopause the Musical, Respect, Nine, Shear Madness, Blithe Spirit, Ruthless!, and in the title role of Peter Pan. A two-time IRNE Award recipient for Das Barbecu and And Now Ladies and Gentlemen, Miss Judy Garland, St. George is a Stoneham native and a Salem State grad. Her upcoming shows include The Producers in Vero Beach, FL (Feb/Mar 2011) and 42nd Street at Stoneham Theatre (May 2011). Visit www.kathystgeorge.com.

Coming up next in Stoneham Theatre's Season 11:

Winter Festival
January 13-23, 2011
The young company's "Winter Festival"; featuring the work of young performers (grades 1 through high school) involved in the theatre's fall/winter training program. Shows include segments from: "Oklahoma!", "13", and "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat."
For details, www.stonehamtheatre.org/yc_wintershow.html.

Sunfish
February 10 - February 27, 2011
[music by Hyeyoung Kim; lyrics by Michael Cooper; book by Michael Cooper and Hyeyoung Kim; musical direction by John Howrey; directed by Caitlin Lowans]
When offered a miraculous cure to restore her father's sight, a poor young girl sacrifices everything she knows and is swept up in an adventure that takes her from her small village to a fantastic undersea world. Based on a traditional Korean folk-tale, Sunfish combines the energy of Wicked with the magic of The Little Mermaid.
For details, www.stonehamtheatre.org/sunfish.html.

Stoneham Theatre, a professionally producing regional theatre, is the only company founded within the past ten years ranked by the Boston Business Journal among the area's ten most popular performing arts organization. It is consistently praised by critics and audiences for its superior caliber of production, its connection to the communities it serves and its comfortable atmosphere.

The Theatre has recently announced The Great Match, a generous $100,000 pledge from Stoneham Bank, which will be secured if Stoneham Theatre can match that donation by raising $75,000 by December 31st. More information on this exciting opportunity can be found at www.stonehamtheatre.org/TheGreatMatch.html.

Raffle tickets are now on sale in support of Lights Up!, Stoneham Theatre's tenth annual auction fundraiser. Tickets can be purchased for a chance to win an Ultimate Red Sox Experience! Package includes: four (4) front-row Pavilion Seat Tickets, round-trip limo service, dinner at the Shawmut Pavilion, a visit to the Red Sox Hall of Fame and an incredible On-Field Experience before the game. Raffle tickets are $50 each and the raffle is limited to 350 tickets. Drawing will be held at the Lights Up! Auction, Friday, April 1, 2011 at the Hilton Boston/Woburn, in Woburn. To purchase tickets or for more information, contact Kelly Gaudet at 781-279-7885 x101 or kelly@stonehamtheatre.org. Lights Up! Red Sox Raffle is sponsored by Business Copy Associates. Details on the Theatre's 10th Annual Auction can be found at www.stonehamtheatre.org/dev_auction.html.

Weylin Symes serves as Stoneham Theatre's Producing Artistic Director. Visit www.stonehamtheatre.org.

Stoneham Theatre is also home to the Atelier Gallery, a satellite gallery of the Griffin Museum of Photography, showcasing fine art photography. For more information on the exhibition schedule, log onto www.griffinmuseum.org/exhibitions_atelier.htm. The Atelier Gallery at Stoneham Theatre is open Tuesdays through Saturdays, 1-6 p.m., and one hour before each theater performance. The gallery can be accessed through the theatre's lobby; free and open to all.