Maine State Music Theatre will present “42nd Street,” starring Broadway veterans, from left, Patrick Ryan Sullivan, Karen K. Edissi, Alessa Neeck and Tyler Hanes. The Tony Award-winning show opens Aug. 8 and runs through Aug. 25 at Pickard Theater on the Bowdoin College campus in Brunswick.

BRUNSWICK — The Maine State Music Theatre will close its summer season with the Tony Award-winning tap extravaganza “42nd Street,” opening Aug. 8.

Based on the novel by Bradford Ropes and the 1933 film adaptation, “42nd Street” is a high-energy show about taking chances. At the height of the Great Depression, a director, Julian Marsh, decides to launch a musical extravaganza.

Peggy Sawyer, fresh off the bus from Allentown, Pa., has talent that shines, but no one is looking  — until she runs directly into Marsh, the person who could give her the break she needs. Marsh eventually casts the newcomer, but Dorothy Brock, the experienced prima donna, is well aware Sawyer has the potential to outshine her.

The 1980 Broadway show, which became a long-running hit, offers such recognizable songs as “We’re In The Money,” “Keep Young And Beautiful,” “Dames,” “I Only Have Eyes For You,” “Shuffle Off To Buffalo” and “Lullaby Of Broadway.”

Maine State Music Theatre’s production, with a cast of Broadway veterans, MSMT veterans and others making their MSMT debuts, will be presented through Aug. 25 at Pickard Theater on the Bowdoin College campus. 

Matinees begin at 2 p.m., evening performances at 7:30 p.m. For tickets, $36 to $59, call 725-8769, visit the box office at Pickard Theater or log on to www.msmt.org. MSMT continues its tradition of pay-what-you-can pricing for both the matinee and evening performances on Friday, Aug. 10.