Organization

The Drowsy Chaperone

Presented by West Valley Light Opera at Saratoga Civic Theater

March 3-March 31, 2012

Coming to this theatre in its Saratoga premiere is this truly modern, original musical within a comedy. It pays tribute to the Jazz-age shows of the 1920's and the power those shows held to transfer the audiences into a dazzling fantasy and lift their spirits in times of sadness.

The story is based on a diehard musical theatre fan who plays his favorite cast album and the music literally bursts to life in his living room telling the rambunctious tale of a brazen Broadway starlet

The Bells Are Ringing

Presented by West Valley Light Opera at Saratoga Civic Theater

June 23-July 21, 2012

Returning to this theatre after a long absence, this award-winning musical comedy is our final show of the season. Bells Are Ringing takes you back to a time before answering machines and high technology, when a real person answered your ringing telephone for you if you couldn't do it yourself. Welcome to "Susanswerphone" where the lines are blurred between doing a job and eavesdropping.

This musical opened on Broadway in 1956 starring Judy Holliday and Sydney

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Presented by West Valley Light Opera at Saratoga Civic Theater

November 5-December 3, 2011

Returning to this theater is the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical comedy; an irreverent satire about Corporate America, based on the book by Shepherd Mead in which J. Pierpont Finch owes his meteoric rise from window cleaner to Chairman of the Board of the World Wide Wicket Company. He accomplishes this not through hard work, but by his ability to make others work hard for him.

This musical opened on Broadway in 1961, receiving a Tony Award for Best Musical, starring Robert Morse and

The Sound of Music

Presented by West Valley Light Opera at Saratoga Civic Theater

June 25-July 23, 2011

This classic and beloved musical, based on the story of the Von Trapp Family Singers, was the final collaboration between Rodgers and Hammerstein. Winner of six Tony Awards including Best Musical, Book and Score, it has been performed on Broadway several times and has toured nationally and been produced on hundreds of stages the world over. The movie won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

This magnificent score contains some of the most memorable songs ever produced on

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Presented by West Valley Light Opera at Saratoga Civic Theater

March 12-April 9, 2011

This hilarious musical comedy celebrates the mania of competition. Six wacky and loveable misfits with steely ambition strive to define themselves apart from their crazy families as they confront the pitfalls of growing up and vie for selection in this witty and wise Broadway hit about coming of age on stage.

White Christmas

Presented by West Valley Light Opera at Saratoga Civic Theater

November 13-December 11, 2010

This wonderful and heartwarming musical adaptation of a movie classic features seventeen Irving Berlin songs. The 1954 movie starred Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Vera Ellen -- a story of a male song and dance team who join together with a sister song and dance team to perform a new revue in a Vermont Inn.

The dazzling score features well-known standards including Blue Skies, Sisters, I Love A Piano, and the perennial favorite, White Christmas. This

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

Presented by West Valley Light Opera at Saratoga Civic Theater

June 26-July 24, 2010

This new show celebrates the music of Neil Sedaka. Set in the Catskill Mountains in 1960, it features such Sedaka classics as Where The Boys Are, Laughter in the Rain, Love Will Keep Us Together, Calendar Girl and the ever-popular Breaking Up is Hard To Do. The storyline follows two friends, Lois and Marge, who are looking for some fun and romance over a Labor Day weekend in a Catskills mountain resort.