A Very Vegas Christmas!

George Daugherty, conductor
Produced and Created by George Daugherty & David Ka Lik Wong

Featuring:
Michelle Johnson, vocalist / Jonathan Karrant, vocalist / Cecelia Violetta Lopez, soprano
Naomi Mauro, vocalist / Ellie Smith, vocalist

Special Guests:
Terry Fator / Clint Holmes / Mat Plendl

12 Legendary Showgirls from Las Vegas’ Golden Era:
Anna Bailey, Lee Ann Chessick, Cindy Doumani, Marla Gomes, Suzanne Jopson, Sheri Mirault, Terry
Ritter, Joni Sailon, Ramona Shaw, Lauri S. Thompson, Teri Thorndike, and Diane Michelle Varney

Act I
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee – sung by Michelle Johnson
based on Symphony No. 9, Final Movement, by Ludwig Von Beethoven

Joy to the World
composed by Isaac Watts, arranged by Arthur Harris

It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year – sung by Naomi Mauro & Michelle Johnson
words and music by Eddie Pola & Georgia Wyle, arranged by Sam Cardon, orchestrated by Garrett Breeze for Sutton Foster

The Christmas Song* – sung by by Clint Holmes
words and music by Robert Wells & Mel Torme, arranged by Daryl McKenzie

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – sung by Ellie Smith
music and lyrics by Hugh Martin & Ralph Blaine

I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm – choreographed by Sarah LeClear
music and lyrics by Irving Berlin, arranged and orchestrated by Bryan Kidd (instrumental)

I’ve Got the World on a String – sung by Jonathan Karrant
music by Harold Arlen, words by Ted Koehler

Quando m’en vo from “La Boheme” – sung by Cecelia Violetta Lopez, soprano
composed by Giacomo Puccini

My Favorite Things – sung by Naomi Mauro
music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, arranged in the style of Kelly Clarkson by Arron Hettinga

What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve? – sung by Michelle Johnson
music and lyrics by Frank Loesser

A Very Vegas Nutcracker Suite
composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Overture
Dance of the Milrlitons – danced by Sarah LeClear & Alejandro Domingo
Russian Dance – danced by Mat Plendl
Waltz of the Flowers

The Prayer – sung by Cecelia Violetta Lopez & Ellie Smith
composed by David Foster, Carole Bayer Sager, Tony Renis & Alberto Testa

Intermission

Act II
Jingle Bells (Audience Sing-Along)
composed by James Lord Pierpont, arranged by John Finnegan

Hark the Herald! (Audience Sing-Along)
music by Felix Mendelssohn, verse by Charles Wesley, arranged by Arthur Harris for The Philadelphia Orchestra

’Twas the Night Before Christmas – Narrated by Terry Fator
composed by Nathan Wang, text and poem by Clement Clarke Moore “A Visit from St. Nicholas” Terry Fator appears courtesy of The Strand

Sing, Sing, Sing – perfomed by Mat Plendl
music by Louis Prima for Benny Goodman, arranged by Matt Amy

The Wonder of Winter Medley – sung by Ellie Smith & Jonathan Karrant
arranged and orchestrated by Sam Cardon
Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
White Christmas
Silver Bells
Sleigh Ride
Blue Christmas
Winter Wonderland
Jingle Bells

My Grown-Up Christmas List – sung by Michelle Johnson
words and music by David Foster & Linda Thompson Jenner, arranged and orchestrated by Daryl McKenzie for Natalie Cole

Christmas Time is Here from “A Charlie Brown Christmas” – sung by Naomi Mauro
music and lyrics by Vince Guaraldi & Lee Mendelson, arrangement and orchestration by Sam Cardon & Garrett Breeze for Sutton Foster
Peanuts clip from “A Charlie Brown Christmas” Courtesy of Mendelson/Melendez Productions, LLC
© 1965 Peanuts Worldwide LLC All rights reserved. Used with permission.

O Holy Night – sung by Jonathan Karrant
composed by Adolph Adam, based on the poem by Placide Cappeau, English setting by John Sullivan Dwight

O Holy Night (Cantique de Noel) – sung by Cecelia Violetta Lopez, soprano
composed by Adolph Adam, based on the poem by Placide Cappeau, English setting by John Sullivan Dwight, arranged and orchestrated by Arthur Harris

Silent Night – sung by Michelle Johnson, Cecelia Violetta Lopez & our full cast
composed by Franz Xaver Gruber to lyrics by Joseph Mohr, arranged and orchestrated by Uli Geissendoerfer

Oh Come All Ye Faithful (Audience Sing-Along)
traditional, arranged and orchestrated by Arthur Harris for The Philadelphia Orchestra

*The Christmas Song will be performed during Act II of the evening performance