Contact:  Lois Robinson, Executive Director (318) 222-7496 lrobinson@shreveportsymphony.com  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE    SHREVEPORT SYMPHONY PRESENTS HOLIDAY POPS WITH BROADWAY STAR MEGAN HILTY ON DECEMBER 17 NOVEMBER 30, 2022, SHREVEPORT, LA - On Saturday, December 17, the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra (SSO) presents its Holiday Pops concert with guest vocalist Megan Hilty, star of the hit TV series “Smash” and Broadway productions of Wicked, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and 9 to 5.

Holiday Pops with Megan Hilty Saturday, December 17—7:30 PM RiverView Theater 600 Clyde Fant Parkway, Shreveport Shreveport Symphony Orchestra Michael Butterman, conductor Megan Hilty, vocalist The Holiday Pops program includes seasonal favorites — "The Christmas Song," "We Need a Little Christmas," "Sleigh Ride," "O Holy Night" and more.

Tickets are available online at shreveportsymphony.com or by phone at 318-227-8863. Prices range from $25-$69. Tickets for children 12 and under are $10; student tickets are $15. The SSO's season sponsor is Willis-Knighton Health System. The celebrity guest artist and concert sponsor is The Alta and John Franks Foundation.

# # # About Megan Hilty Stage and television actress/singer Megan Hilty is best known for her turns on Broadway as Glinda in Wicked and Doralee Rhodes in 9 to 5: The Musical, and for her role as Ivy Lynn on NBC's musical drama Smash. Born in Bellevue, Washington, Hilty started her vocal training at age 12 and studied at Redmond's Washington Academy of Performing Arts Conservatory High School. After graduating from the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama, she moved to New York City, making her Broadway debut in August 2004 as the standby for Glinda, the Good Witch of the North in the Oz-themed musical Wicked. Hilty took over the role in 2005 and, after ending her run in 2006, played Glinda in Wicked's first national tour and in a sit-down production in Los Angeles throughout 2007 and 2008. Late that year, Hilty joined the production of the musical adaptation of the film 9 to 5 in the role of executive secretary Doralee Rhodes, which was played in the 1980 film by Dolly Parton. For her performance as Doralee, Hilty earned acting nominations from the Outer Critics Circle Awards, the Drama League Awards, and the Drama Desk Awards. Starting in 2012, Hilty starred as veteran stage actress Ivy Lynn in Smash, a musical-within-a-musical that followed the development of a Broadway production about Marilyn Monroe; one of the songs she and co-star Katharine McPhee performed, "Let Me Be Your Star," was nominated for an Emmy and a Grammy that year. Early in 2013, Smash's second season premiered, and Hilty's debut album, It Happens All the Time (which featured songs by Damien Rice, Ne-Yo and Carrie Underwood), arrived shortly thereafter. The year 2016 saw the release of A Merry Little Christmas, a collection of holiday standards recorded live at the Carriage House in Stamford, Connecticut.

About the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra  Since its founding in 1948, the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra (SSO) has become Louisiana's oldest continually operating professional orchestra and one of the most respected regional orchestras in the United States. The SSO's mission is: To Embrace - to embrace the community we serve and to be embraced by the same community; to broaden the level of supporters and their involvement with the orchestra; to work across the region with various arts organizations through cooperation and partnerships. To Enlighten - to educate; to enlighten the senses beyond the norm. To Experience - to provide the unique aesthetic experiences of live orchestral music; to give depth and enriching life; to connect people through music; to foster cultural diversity. To Excel - to foster artistic, organizational, and financial excellence. shreveportsymphony.com

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