'Officer and Gentleman' coming to Civic Center

"An Officer and a Gentleman" is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. March 15 and 16 in the Amarillo Civic Center Complex Auditorium, 401 S. Buchanan St.

"An Officer and a Gentleman," based on the Oscar®-winning film starring Richard Gere, is a breathtaking production that celebrates triumph over adversity and includes one of the most iconic and romantic endings ever portrayed on screen.

Featuring the Grammy Award® winning, #1 hit single ‘Up Where We Belong’, and a score based on the 1980’s catalogue of music that gave voice to a generation, the live stage production is a new adaptation by multiple Tony Awards® nominee Dick Scanlan (Thoroughly Modern Millie, Everyday Rapture), based on the original screenplay by Douglas Day Stewart. The musical is directed by Scanlan with choreography by

Patricia Wilcox (Motown, A Night with Janis Joplin).

Tickets for this production are not yet on sale, but will be announced and available through panhandletickets.com