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2007-08 SEASON... Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, the authors of "Once On This Island," "My Favorite Year," "Ragtime" and the animated film "Anastasia" exploded on the musical theatre scene with this zany, offbeat, and very funny murder mystery comic farce about an unassuming English shoe salesman forced to take the corpse of his recently-murdered Atlantic City croupier uncle on a week-long vacation to Monte Carlo. Should he succeed, Harry Witherspoon stands to inherit $6,000,000. If not, the money goes to the Universal Dog Home of Brooklyn. The proceedings are sheer lunacy as Harry comes up against his uncle’s insanely jealous and legally blind mistress, her much put-upon optometrist brother and Annabel Glick, a zealous representative from the Universal Dog Home determined to see Harry’s inheritance "go to the dogs." "Lucky Stiff" is an intimate show with an energetic ensemble cast that has plenty to do, playing a variety of bizarre, memorable roles. Exuberant, energetic, and impeccably crafted, and with a sly, contemporary sensibility, "Lucky Stiff" will be absolute pure summer fun! (Rated PG) SHOW DATES: July 13, 14, 20, 21, 26, 27 & 28, 2007
Angel Street
The Broadway thriller on which the movie "Gaslight" was based, Angel Street is a masterpiece with some of the most brilliant suspense in modern theatre. A secret lurks behind every locked door. Under the flicker of gaslights a cleverly constructed conspiracy emerges. The Victorian-thriller follows a suffering bridegroom whose wife is slipping into madness. And close on his footsteps is an inspector from Scotland Yard questioning everyone. It’s that theatrical rarity – an edge-of-your-seat mystery that’s truly thrilling to watch.
SHOW DATES: September 21, 22, 28, 29 and October 4, 5 & 6, 2007
By Daniel Sullivan and The Seattle
Repertory Theatre "I laughed till I cried.... Sheer comic genius." -Journal American.
A Christmas Carol meets The Government Inspector meets Noises Off in this hilarious hit . A man who asks to audition at a small theatre is mistaken for an informer for the National Endowment for the Arts. Everyone caters to the bewildered wannabe actor and he is given a role in the current production, A Christmas Carol. Everything goes wrong and hilarity is piled upon hilarity. Perfect anytime, this delight is particularly appropriate at Christmas.
"Hundreds of jokes ... about ... anything that strikes the author's sardonic fancy." -Seattle Weekly.
"A razzle dazzle of funny characters and ingenious jokes." -Seattle Post Intelligencer.
"A Dickens of a giggle." -Seattle Times.
"A rollicking farce." -Everett Herald.
SHOW
DATES: November 9, 10, 16, 17, 29, 30 and December 1, 2007
Menu... Turkey Piccata, Honey Glazed Ham, Teriyaki London Broil, Sweet Potato Soufflé, Green Beans Almandine, Sweet Corn Casserole, Apple Almond Dressing, Mini Salad Bar, and Deluxe Dessert Table
Book by Joe Masteroff- Music by John Kander-Lyrics
by Fred Ebb Based on the play by John Van Druten and Stories by Christopher
Isherwood Cabaret is a stunning theatrical work that will take our audience to new places. The scene is a
night club in Berlin, as the 1920's are drawing to a close. The Master of
Ceremonies welcomes the audience to the show and assures them that, whatever
their troubles, they will forget them at the Cabaret. His songs provide wry
commentary throughout the show. Later we find Cliff, a young American writer,
and Sally Bowles, a singer in the cabaret, and follow them and the people of
Berlin leading up to the Third Reich as history is in the process of being made.
Musical numbers include Cabaret, Willkommen, Don't Tell Mama and Two Ladies, and
the chilling Tomorrow belongs to me. In 1967 CABARET received 8 Tony Awards
including Tonys for Best Musical, Composer and Lyricist; The Outer Critics
Circle Award for Production; and The New York Drama Critics Circle Award for
Best Musical. The most recent Broadway revival received four 1998 Tonys
including the Tony for Best Rival as well as three Drama Desk Award.
SHOW
DATES: February 15, 16, 22, 23, 28, 29 and March 1, 2008
By William Inge
"…Mr. Inge has put together an uproarious comedy that never strays from the truth." -NY Times.
"William
Inge should be a great comfort to all of us…he brings to the theatre a kind of
warm-hearted compassion, creative vigor, freshness of approach and appreciation
of average humanity that can be wonderfully touching and stimulating."
-NY Post.
SHOW
DATES: May 9, 10, 16, 17, 22, 23 & 24, 2008
By Dan Goggins
They’re back! Those wacky nuns you have come to love are back in this hilarious new Nunsense musical! In their latest adventure, we find the Sisters on a trip on the "Faiths of All Nations" Cruise. Every cast member of the onboard production of Fiddler on the Roof, except the actor playing Tevye, has succumbed to seasickness. The ship’s captain, knowing of the Sisters’ show-business savvy, requests that the Sisters and Tevye put on an original revue. At first the nuns are concerned that the two faiths have nothing in common...then it hits them...GUILT! The resulting musical mischief will have you rolling on the decks and push you overboard with laughter. Suitable for all ages.
SHOW
DATES: July 18, 19, 25, 26, 31 and August 1 & 2, 2008
The Musical Comedy A (non-musical) Comedy by John Bishop The creative team responsible for a recent Broadway flop (in which three chorus girls were murdered by the mysterious "Stage Door Slasher") assemble for a backer's audition of their new show at the Westchester estate of a wealthy "angel." The house is replete with sliding panels, secret passageways and a German maid who is apparently four different people — all of which figure diabolically in the comic mayhem which follows when the infamous "Slasher" makes his reappearance and strikes again—and again. As the composer, lyricist, actors and director prepare their performance, and a blizzard cuts off any possible retreat, bodies start to drop in plain sight, knives spring out of nowhere, masked figures drag their victims behind swiveling bookcases, and accusing fingers point in all directions. An ingenious and wildly comic romp which enjoyed a long and critically hailed run both on and Off-Broadway. Poking antic fun at the more ridiculous aspects of "show biz" and the corny thrillers of Hollywood's heyday, the play is a non-stop barrage of laughter as those assembled (or at least those who aren't killed off) untangle the mystery of the "Stage Door Slasher." "…a kind of crossbreeding of Charles Ludlam The Mystery of Irma Vep and Terrence McNally It's Only a Play seasoned with a soupcon of NOISES OFF." —NY Times. "…enormous fun… Its strength comes in part from the sheer diamond wit and diamante showbiz glitter of Bishop's writing. Even his corn is succulently served." —NY Post. "…Bishop gives us a nakedly silly and relentlessly convoluted murder-mystery plot, with twist piled on twist till you have to give way and start laughing at the silliness…it's hugely enjoyable." —Village Voice. "MURDERS is the intelligent person's kind of nonsense." —NY Magazine. SHOW
DATES: September 19, 20, 26, 27 and October 2, 3, 4
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"Infinite
craft and dexterity.... Comes off the top part of the theatre's top shelf."
In the middle of a
howling snowstorm, a bus out of Kansas City pulls up at a cheerful roadside
diner. All roads are blocked, and four or five weary travelers are going to have
to hole up until morning. Cherie, a nightclub chanteuse in a sparkling gown and
a seedy fur-trimmed jacket, is the passenger with most to worry about. She's
been pursued, made love to and finally kidnapped by a twenty-one-year-old cowboy
with a ranch of his own and the romantic methods of an unusually headstrong
bull. The belligerent cowhand is right behind her, ready to sling her over his
shoulder and carry her, alive and kicking, all the way to Montana. Even as she's
ducking out from under his clumsy but confident embraces, and screeching at him
fiercely to shut him up, she pauses to furrow her forehead and muse, "Somehow
deep inside of me I got a funny feeling I'm gonna end up in Montana …" As a
counterpoint to the main romance, the proprietor of the cafe and the bus driver
at last find time to develop a friendship of their own; a middle-age scholar
comes to terms with himself; and a young girl who works in the cafe also gets
her first taste of romance.
