Chorus to sing Broadway classics

YORK — Music from over 100 years of American stage and screen will be featured when Seacoast Community Chorus presents its spring concert, "Memorable Music from Stage and Screen," on May 15 and 17.

Now in his 16th year as its conductor, Wendell S. Purrington has selected a concert repertoire that spans a century of American musical theater — from "Give My Regards to Broadway," written by George M. Cohan in 1904 to "For Good," from the 2003 musical "Wicked."Classics like "My Fair Lady" and "The Fantastics" and contemporary favorites like "A Chorus Line" and "Rent" are among the diverse selection of music.

The York concert starts at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 17, at the First Parish Church, York Street, York. They will also sing in Dover, N.H., at 8 p.m. Friday, May 15, at the First Parish Church, Central Avenue.

Tickets are available from chorus members or at the door for a requested donation of $10.

Now in its 38th year, Seacoast Community Chorus is a non-auditioned, mixed voice group of 60 members from throughout the Seacoast.