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Three local theaters join forces for one spectacular show
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ORANGEVILLE — The Mighty Richland Players Dessert Theater, Polo Area Community Theater and Morrison Music Theatre Association will be joining together for the first time ever to perform one big concert of Broadway music Nov. 12-14. Dylan Hinrichs is the musical director.  

They will be joining thousands of theatrical organizations around the world by producing their own local production of Music Theatre International’s All Together Now!: A Global Event Celebrating Local Theatre. MTI created this revue for theatres across the globe to use as a local fundraising event, all performed over the same weekend. Several countries and theaters from all fifty states will be participating in this event. 

A fantastic selection of songs will be featured in this brand-new musical revue from shows including Rent, Into the Woods, Annie, Once on This Island, High School Musical, Les Miserables and Mary Poppins. 

MTI’s President and CEO, Drew Cohen said, “MTI’s All Together Now! is about bringing people back to the theatre, whether as audience members or cast, crew and musicians. The revue features songs from the world’s most iconic musicals, so there is definitely something for everyone to enjoy. Our goal with this worldwide event is for organizations to provide hope, inspiration and excitement to their communities through the transformative power of musical theatre.”  

The Mighty Richland Players Dessert Theater in Orangeville, 203 High St., will open the performances at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 12. This stadium is seating only, no dessert will be provided for this show. The Saturday, Nov. 13 performance will be held at 7 p.m. in Polo at their theater, 117 N. Franklin. Morrison will have a Sunday, Nov. 14 performance at 2 p.m. and will be held at Morrison Institute of Technology, 701 Portland Ave. 

Tickets are $15, and can be purchased at the door or online at www.polotheatre.org. For more information, please e-mail Kim at qsouls@hotmail.com or info@polotheatre.org.