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Liberty University professor brings Broadway touch to 'Brigadoon'



Posted: Saturday, February 20, 2016 12:00 pm
Casey Gillis

Liberty University’s latest production includes a touch of Broadway — literally.

Art professor Ron Sumner, who worked on both film and theater sets during his professional career, painted the backdrops for “Brigadoon,” which opened in Liberty’s Tower Theater Friday and continues with performances at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday and throughout next weekend (see box for more information).

“There is often confusion about what a scenic artist actually does,” says Sumner, who has worked on backdrops for everything from the Broadway revival of “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Nathan Lane, to the European tour of “The Phantom of the Opera” to a London revival of “West Side Story.”

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