Singin’ in the Rain, the most famous and beloved movie musical of all time, will be presented live onstage by Performance Riverside at Landis Performing Arts Center from January 22 through 31.

Performances of Singin’ in the Rain are January 22, 23, 29, and 30 at 8pm, and January 24, 30 and 31 at 2pm. Tickets are $25, $30, $37, and $43. A specially priced “Discovery Theatre” prevue for school and senior groups is available on Friday, January 22 at 10am. All performances are at Landis Performing Arts Center at 4800 Magnolia Avenue. For more information and to purchase tickets contact the Landis Box Office at 951-222-8100, or come and explore Performance Riverside’s website at www.performanceriverside.org. 

Performance Riverside’s production has been faithfully and lovingly adapted for the stage from the original award-winning screenplay by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, with lyrics by Arthur Freed, and music by Nacio Herb Brown. Unforgettable scenes, songs and dances are brought to life, including the show-stopping title number – complete with a rain storm live on stage! David Engel, one of the creators of the Off-Broadway perennial hit Forever Plaid, is directing and choreographing the production. A six-time LA Stage Alliance Ovation Award winner, Engel starred as Singin’ in the Rain’s Don Lockwood in 2008 and 1999 at Cabrillo Music Theatre. The production is musically directed by Scott Smith, and produced by Producing Artistic Director Rey O’Day.

Singin’ in the Rain will feature top talent from Riverside and around the Southland. Actor’s Equity Artist Michael (Mishi) Schueller will play Don Lockwood, the role originally brought to life by Gene Kelley. Alyssa Marie, last seen in Performance Riverside’s September production of All Shook Up, plays Kathy Selden, and Casey Garritano takes on the physically challenging comic role of Cosmo Brown.  The cast, in alphabetical order, also includes Jordan Arana, Courtney Burfeind, Desmond Clark, Josh Elmore, Chelsea E. Franko, Karla J. Franko, Frank Gilleece, Donterrio Johnson, Rachel King, John Lynd, Rachel McLaughlan, Michael Milligan, Ann Myers, Linda Neel, Sam Nisbett, and Alison Vesey.

O’Day comments, “Singin’ in the Rain honors both MGM’s magnificent movie musicals of the 1940’s, and the revolutionary birth of the talking motion picture.  It’s a big, broad, rich musical about a glorious age in American film history. This show topped our list of requests for this season, and we are delighted to produce it.”

Performance Riverside is the professional theatrical production company based for over a quarter-century in Landis Performing Arts Center at Riverside City College. Performance Riverside seeks to engage, inspire, educate, entertain, bring together and enlighten the diverse Inland Empire community with the magic of live performances.