| Comedy |
Leading Ladies |
Sept 10-20 2009 |
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by Ken Ludwig |
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 Leading
Ladies – Two broke Shakespearean actors
impersonate long lost English nephews to claim an old
lady’s fortune, but discover the missing nephews are
really nieces. Jack and Leo become Maxine and Stephanie,
and Leo falls in love with Meg, the old lady’s vivacious
niece. This farce is just hilarious from start to finish. |
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Meet the Cast Leading
Ladies |
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Concert Series |
By Gershwin |
Oct 3, 2009 |
 Celebrate
the music and lyrics of the brothers Gershwin, George &
Ira. From their early pop tunes on through their success
on Broadway and in Hollywood, everything they touched
turned to musical gold |
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Meet the Cast
Shot in the Dark |
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Comedy |
A Shot in the Dark |
Oct 8-18,2009 |
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by Marcel Achard, Adapted
by Harry Kurnitz |
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 A
Shot in the Dark – A saucy comedy made famous by Walter Matthau
and later by Peter Sellers. The prime suspect in a murder is found
unconscious, nude, and clutching a gun, with her lover dead beside her. A
young French magistrate senses that there’s more to the case, and spends the
show interrogating a series of zany characters to get to the truth. |
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Meet
the Cast "A Shot in the Dark" 10/2009 |
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First Nighters
Premier - November 4, 2009 |
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Musical |
Annie Get Your Gun |
Nov 5-15 ,2009 |
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Music & Lyrics by
Irving Berlin,
Book by Herbert & Dorothy Fields, as revised by Peter
Stone |
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 Annie
Get Your Gun – Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley and
the unforgettable songs and music of Irving Berlin. No
wonder it ran for over 1,000 performances and won a Tony
for best revival of a musical in this version. You know
the songs and love the music in this All-American Wild
West show-within-a-show. |
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Meet the
Cast "Annie Get Your Gun" 11/2009 |
| Concert
Series |
Hits From the Flops |
Nov 28,
2009 |
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For
Thanksgiving weekend we look at some great songs from
shows that were considered “turkeys” in their time. Learn
how tunes like “All The Things You Are”, “As Time Goes By”
and “He Touched Me” grew to hit status, despite being
featured in unfortunate shows. |
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Musical Drama |
A Christmas Carol |
Dec 10-20, 2009 |
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Dramatization by Sam McClelland, Book by
Charles Dickens |
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 A
Christmas Carol – We all know the story of
Ebenezer Scrooge, Jacob Marley and the Cratchit family.
This production tells the ageless tale from the viewpoint
of an older Tiny Tim, now a grandfather himself. In
between the carols, the three ghosts of Christmas visit,
Scrooge is redeemed and they all live happily ever after! |
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Meet the Cast
A
Christmas Carol |
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Musical |
Side Show |
Jan 14-24, 2010 |
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Book and Lyrics by Bill Russell.
Music by Henry Krieger |
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 Side
Show - The real life story of Daisy and Violet
Hilton, conjoined twins who make the change from being a
circus act to becoming famous stage performers in the
1930s. Told almost entirely through song, this is a moving
portrait of two women whose extraordinary bondage brings
them fame but denies them love. The Broadway show received
four Tony nominations in 1997. |
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Meet the Cast Side Show |
| Concert
Series |
BROADWAY
VALENTINES |
Feb 13,
2010 |
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A
musical look at love and romance, as seen through the eyes of Broadway's
greatest songwriters. From unrequited love to first dates and on
through the many sides of love, this concert explores the "heart" of
Broadway with romance and comedy. Songwriters represented include Jerry
Herman, Leroy Anderson, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Lerner & Loewe,
Rodgers & Hart, Dorothy Fields and many more!
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| Comedy |
Harvey |
Feb 18-28, 2010 |
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By Mary Chase |
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 Harvey
– The famous comedy about Elwood P. Dowd and his
imaginary friend Harvey, a 6 ½ ft tall pooka. Elwood’s
sister Veta tries to have him committed and gets locked up
herself by mistake. Almost 2,000 Broadway performances and
three movies later, it finally returns to the Playhouse. |
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Meet the Cast
Harvey |
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First Nighters Premier March 17,
2010 |
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Musical |
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum |
Mar 18-28, 2010 |
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Book by Burt Shevelove
and Larry Gelbart, Music and
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim |
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 A
Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum –
This is light, fast-paced, witty, irreverent and one of
the funniest musicals ever written – the perfect escape
from life's troubles. A crafty slave (Pseudolus) struggles
to win the hand of a beautiful but dim courtesan (Philia)
for his young master (Hero), in exchange for freedom. |
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Meet the Cast
A
Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum |
| Concert
Series |
Songs that Got Away |
April
10,2010 |
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Did
you know that “Getting To Know You” from THE KING & I was
originally in SOUTH PACIFIC? Or that songs from MY FAIR
LADY made their way into GIGI instead? In this fun concert
we’ll look at songs that were cut, revised or moved from
various Broadway shows during Broadway’s Golden Age.
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Romantic Comedy |
Enchanted April |
Apr 22-May 2, 2010 |
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By Matthew Barber,
Book by Elizabeth von Arnim |
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 Enchanted
April - When two frustrated London housewives
decide to rent a villa in Italy for a holiday away from
their bleak marriages, they recruit two very different
English women to share the cost and the experience. There,
among the wisteria blossoms and Mediterranean sunshine,
all four bloom again—rediscovering themselves in ways that
they—and we—could never have expected.
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Meet the Cast
Enchanted April
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Extended Season
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Comedy |
Don’t Dress for Dinner |
May 20-30, 2010 |
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By Marc
Camoletti, Adapted by Robin Hawdon |
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 Don’t
Dress for Dinner – This was a smash hit
comedy in Paris, London and New York. Bernard plans a
weekend with his chic Parisian mistress in a French
farmhouse. He has arranged everything. It's foolproof;
what could possibly go wrong? An evening of hilarious
confusion ensues as Bernard and his friend Robert
improvise at breakneck speed. |
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Meet the Cast
Don’t Dress for Dinner |
