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COMEDY |
"Importance of Being Earnest" |
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By Oscar Wilde |
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A reprise of the very first FWP production.
Jack Worthing has invented an irresponsible brother named Earnest. This
works well until he falls in love with Cecily who is certain she is fated
to fall in love only with a man named Earnest. How can wily "Jack" win her
heart? Will pretty Cecily change her mind? |
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Meet the
Cast "The Importance of Being Earnest" |
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| Drama |
"Miracle Worker" |
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By William Gibson |
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How can a young teacher break through to a person blind,
deaf and spoiled rotten? The powerful story of Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan,
her teacher, can be retold over and over without losing the tremendous,
positive power to inspire any audience. |
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Meet the
Cast "Miracle Worker" |
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First Nighter's
Premier
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MUSICAL |
"Sugar" |
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Book by, Peter Stone
Lyrics & Music by Bob Merrill |
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Millionaires, pretty girls, music and mobsters play hide and seek
in Miami in the 1920s. Our show gives an hilarious musical interpretation of
the movie "Some Like it Hot". Two musicians on the run from the mob escape by
traveling incognito with a girl's jazz band. They may escape the mob, but
they cannot escape the complications of true love. |
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Meet the
Cast "Sugar" |
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COMEDY |
"Life with Father" |
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By Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse
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Father and his wife Vinnie, their young sons, relatives
and friends, all are involved in this epic, comical and warm hearted struggle
between father and mother to have father properly baptized. FWP's tribute
to Ms Dorothy Ellison, our own theater's First Lady, who appeared in both
the Broadway and Road Show productions of Life with Father. |
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Meet the
Cast "Life with Father" |
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MUSICAL |
"Anything Goes" |
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Book by Wodehouse, Bolton Lindsay, Howard & Crouse
Music & Lyrics By Cole Porter |
Love found, love lost, love rediscovered but how can Billy
stay onboard a transatlantic liner without a ticket, passport or luggage?
Well he could use the cabin of the FBI's Public Enemy #1 and maybe his
friend, a famed evangelist, Rene Sweeney can help
dis"engage" his true love from her fiancé, a silly English Baronet. After all: Anything Goes! |
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Meet the
Cast "Anything Goes" |
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| Mystery |
"Dial 'M' for Murder" |
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By Frederick Knott |
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Marriage for money. Blackmail in trade for a murder.
Tables turned and the villain must adapt to a shocking twist of fate. A
suspenseful, dark mystery where we watch the disintegration of a well planned
murder gone awry. Scotland Yard must find a way to trap the evildoer and
prevent his scheme from succeeding.
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Meet
the Cast "Dial 'M' for Murder" |
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MUSICAL |
"La Cage Aux Folles" |
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Book by Harvey Fiersten &
Music & Lyrics by Jerry Herman |
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This warm, bright comedy is about love and family. Albin
and Georges have been partners for twenty years, but Albin's son now wants to
marry the daughter of a bigoted politician. How can this engagement
survive his unconventional family? Perhaps Georges can dress as Albin's wife, after
all, he does perform "professionally" as a woman.
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Meet the Cast "La Cage Aux Folles"
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| COMEDY |
"Auntie Mame" |
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By Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee |
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The madcap adventures of the sparkling, warm-hearted and scatter
brained lady whose whimsical gaiety and devoted love for her new nephew has
kept us laughing since 1928. Through fortunes up and down, Mame's spirit
doesn't falter; not when her pregnant secretary needs a husband, nor even
when her nephew wants to marry a stuffy debutante. |
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Meet the Cast "Auntie Mame" |
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Special
Building Fund Raising Performance |
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A Performance Piece |
"Love Letters
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By A R Gurney |
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Love Letters is a unique
performance piece which portrays the depth of a lifetime
friendship between two people. You will be entertained by
their revealing exchange of letters and the frequently funny,
heartfelt characterizations of our actors; Nonie White and
Stuart Janop. Call our Box Office to pre-reserve your tickets
so that you won't miss this exceptional production. |
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Meet
the Cast "Love Letters" |
