Moonlight, Music, and Romance: Musical Lunar Delights

Continuing the 28th Season theme of Sun, Moon, and Stars, New England's award-winning American Classics presents “Moonlight, Music, and Romance: Musical Lunar Delights" on February 14 and 16. Known for their entertaining and educational performances, American Classics' founders and producers Bradford Conner and Benjamin Sears blend familiar favorites with rarely performed selections performed by Greater Boston’s top singers and musicians. The nine-member cast features Grace Allendorf, Bradford Conner, Sarah Kornfeld, Brian De Lorenzo, Ethan Sagin, Carolyn Saxon, Marcus Schenck, and Benjamin Sears, along with Bethany Aiken, making her American Classics debut on piano. Some of the slated lunar delights include "Blue Moon" by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart (1934), "Moon River" by Johnny Mercer (1960), “How High the Moon" by Nancy Hamilton (1940), "In the Still of the Night" by Cole Porter (1937), and "Shine On, Harvest Moon" by Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth (1908) and many more.