Award-Winning Composer Marvin Hamlisch to Appear at Performing Arts Center

January 13, 2012

Legendary composer Marvin Hamlisch will appear at Georgia Southern University’s Performing Arts Center (PAC) on Sunday, Jan. 22 at 3 p.m.

Hamlisch is one of only two people in history to win a Tony, Grammy, Emmy, Oscar and Pulitzer Prize for his work. Hamlisch is the composer of the musical A Chorus Line, as well as Broadway’s The Goodbye Girl, and The Sweet Smell of Success.He composed original scores for motion pictures that include The Way We Were, Sophie’s Choice and Ordinary People.

 Hamlisch holds the position of principal pops conductor for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Pasadena Symphony and Pops, Seattle Symphony and San Diego Symphony.

Hamlisch will be joined onstage during this performance by vocalist Stephen Lehew, whose credits include roles on Broadway and television appearances including PBS’s “Evening at Pop’s.”

 Tickets for this special performance are $28 and may be purchased by calling the PAC box office at 912-478-7999 or online by visitinghttp://ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/pac/.

For the convenience of Savannah patrons, a shuttle service has been reserved for this performance. Tickets for the shuttle, operated by Old Savannah Tours, are $10 in addition to the performance ticket price and should be purchased by calling the PAC box office. Patrons with a shuttle ticket can be picked up at The Village on Skidaway Island at 12:30 p.m. or at the Savannah Festival Outlet Mall at I-95 and Highway 204 in front of Pride Pools at 1:15 p.m. the day of the show.