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Sentimental Journey
Written By: Lindsay Garner Hostetler | Issue: August - 2022
Mountain Theatre Company’s Sentimental Journey is a reverent, raucous visit to the USO Canteen Shows of World War II – August 12 through September 4. Get your tickets at mountaintheatre.com
As Mountain Theatre Company just closed a wildlysuccessful production ofJersey Boys, their 2022 seasonopener at The Highlands Playhouse, they are alreadyhard at work on their next production.Up next on the historic Playhouse stage isSentimental Journey,a unique and nostalgic production that pays tribute to thelegendary USO shows of World War II. Filled with classic1940s songs, soldiers, starlets, and sensational swing dancing,this toe-tapping, finger snapping, high-stepping musical revueis one that you don’t want to miss!Sentimental Journeyfollows The Byrd Sisters, a singing trioof starlets, as they perform for love and country. Celebrate atime when all of America and Great Britain was listening anddancing to the same music. It features over 40 classic hits ofthe 1940s including the title number,Sentimental Journey,as well asDon’t Sit Under the Apple Tree, Almost Like BeingIn Love, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, It Had to be You, BoogieWoogie Bugle Boy, and many more.Sentimental Journeytellsa story of the war through the lens of the united Allied powersas the world came together to uphold the values of freedom inthis touching tribute to veterans and an entire generation whoanswered the call.Written by Mountain Theatre Company’s Executive ArtisticDirector Scott Daniel,Sentimental Journeyhas had a longroad to Highlands. Its world premiere was produced at TheShowpalace Dinner Theatre in Hudson, Florida, in 2011. In2019, this beautiful and emotional music revue went on toplay a sold out run at the esteemed Edinburgh Fringe Festival,the largest theater festival in the world. A successful run atthe Edinburgh Fringe can make or break a show. Shows thathave premiered at this famed festival have gone on to becomewell known, household names. Come see the next step in thisproduction’s journey asSentimental Journeypremieres on theHighlands Playhouse stage.Mountain Theatre Company’s production ofSentimentalJourneywill run at the Highlands Playhouse from August 12through September 4, Wednesdays through Saturdays at 7:30P.M., and Saturdays and Sundays at 2:00 P.M.
by Lindsay Garner Hostetler,
Director of Marketing and Outreach, Mountain Theatre Company
