The vocal highlight of the 1997-98 Millsaps Players season was the musical review A Grand Night for Singing by Rodgers and Hammerstein, which ran on campus November 14-16.
   This stunning production, a collaborative effort of the newly formed Department of Performing Arts, was directed by Morgan Gadd with musical direction by Tim Coker. 
   A wonderful evening of music and romance, the revue explored a broad spectrum of romantic relationships by way of more than thirty Rodgers and Hammerstein songs, classics, and lesser-known discoveries.
   Each of the team's musicals was represented, although the original narrative context, characters, costuming, and location of the musicals were not recreated.  Instead, the songs were staged in fresh theatrical settings.
   The show was an emotional journey beginning with young infatuation and the awakening of real love, through the touching and funny complexities of commitment and marriage, the joys of parenthood, and finally, the power of enduring love.
   "The great thing about this show is that it never apologizes for being a little sentimental," said cast member Nicole Saad in a Jackson Clarion-Ledger interview.
   In addition to Miss Saad, the talented cast included Millsaps students Josh Dupont, Carla Morrison, Lindsay Whitfield, and Patrick Johnston.

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