Who Says You Can’t Relive the 80s?
Mill Mountain Theatre Presents: Ladies of the 80s
Who said the 1980s were so yesterday? Get your hairspray and leg warmers ready for a thrilling concert like no other.
Mill Mountain Theatre is excited to present Ladies of the 80s– a staged concert on the Trinkle MainStage. This concert will feature big hair, bigger voices and iconic women from the era. An 80s concert would not be complete without music by Madonna, Whitney Houston, Stevie Nicks, Janet Jackson and more!
This concert’s arrangements are by Mill Mountain Theatre’s resident music director and musical genius, Seth Davis. Davis has curated a plethora of 80s music from female artists who will lift you out of your seat and onto your feet.
Get ready to dance, sing and remember the culturally defining music from incredible women who changed pop culture and helped form today’s 1980s revival. Ladies of the 80s is produced by Mill Mountain Theatre in just one week and will feature esteemed vocalists and musicians located near and far!
Returning to the Trinkle MainStage are Roanoke favorites, Maddie Mae Walker (Music of the Crooners), Alexia Buckner (Polkadots) and Katie Emerson (The Marvelous Wonderettes). Mill Mountain Theatre is also welcoming esteemed vocalist, Sarah Coleman to the Trinkle MainStage.
This concert features an all-star band of local musicians. The live band for Ladies of the 80s features J.T. Fauber, Evin Bowman and Mike Havens, all of who will be directed by Seth Davis.
MMT’s production of Ladies of the 80s will be produced and directed by MMT’s Producing Artistic Director, Ginger Poole with Music Direction and arrangement by MMT’s Resident Music Director Seth Davis, Sound and Lighting design by Savannah Woodruff and Technical Direction and Props Design by Matt Shields.
Ladies of the 80s begins performances on August 19th and runs through August 20th on the Trinkle MainStage for three performances only. Tickets can be purchased online at millmountain.org or by calling the box office at 540-342-5740
Sponsors and grantors for Ladies of the 80s include Cary Street Partners; Claytor/Wirt and Associates; Roanoke Valley Orthodontics; Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black Attorney’s at Law; Virginia Commission for the Arts; Center in the Square; Theatre Communications Group; Actors’ Equity Association and Blue Star Theatres.
