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 Forever Plaid
by Stuart Ross
July 21, 22, 28 & 29 and August
3, 4 & 5, 2006
One of the most popular and
successful musicals in recent memory, this deliciously goofy revue centers
on four young, eager male singers killed in a car crash in the 1950s on the
way to their first big concert, and now miraculously revived for the
posthumous chance to fulfill their dreams and perform the show that never
was. Singing in the closest of harmony, squabbling boyishly over the smallest
intonations and executing their charmingly outlandish choreography with
over-zealous precision, the “Plaids” are a guaranteed smash, with a program
of beloved songs and delightful patter that keeps audiences rolling in the
aisles when they're not humming along to some of the great nostalgic pop
hits of the '50s.
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 Moon Over
Buffalo
by Ken Ludwig
September 15, 16, 22, 23, 28,
29 & 30, 2006An acting
couple not exactly the Lunts are on tour in Buffalo in 1953 with a repertory
consisting of Cyrano de Bergerac revised one nostril version and Noel Coward's
Private Lives. This backstage farce by the author of Lend Me a Tenor brought
Carol Burnett back to Broadway and also starred Philip Bosco as her
megalomaniac, often drunk husband and leading man. Fate has given these
thespians one more shot at starring roles in The Scarlet Pimpernel epic and
director Frank Capra himself is en route to Buffalo to catch their matinee
performance. Will Charlotte Hay appear or run off with their agent? Will George
Hay be sober enough to emote? Will Capra see Cyrano, Private Lives or a
disturbing mixture of the two? Hilarious misunderstandings pile on madcap
misadventures, all of which are magnified by Charlotte's deaf mother who manages
the theatre.
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 The Unexpected Guest
by Agatha Christie
November 9, 10, 11, 16, 17 &
18, 2006 A thriller as well as a puzzler set in a foggy
estate in Wales, this mystery opens as a stranger walks into a house to find a
man murdered and his wife standing over him with a gun. But the woman is dazed
and her confession unconvincing. So the unexpected guest decides to help her and
blame the murder on an intruder. Later, the police discover clues that point to
a man who died two years previously and a Pandora's box of loves and hates,
suspicions and intrigues is opened to the night air.
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 Guys & Dolls
Book by:
Abe Burrows and
Jo Swerling
Music and Lyrics by:
Frank Loesser
February 16, 17, 23 & 24 and
March 1, 2 & 3, 2007
Set in Damon Runyon's mythical New York City, this oddball
romantic comedy - considered by many to be the perfect musical comedy – soars
with the spirit of Broadway as it introduces us to a cast of vivid characters
who have become legends in the canon: Sarah Brown, the upright but uptight
"mission doll," out to reform the evildoers of Time Square; Sky Masterson, the
slick, high-rolling gambler who woos her on a bet and ends up falling in love;
Adelaide, the chronically ill nightclub performer whose condition is brought on
by the fact she's been engaged to the same man for 14 years; and Nathan Detroit,
her devoted fiancé, desperate as always to find a spot for his infamous floating
crap game.
Everything works out in the end, thanks to the machinations of Abe Burrows and
Jo Swerling's hilarious, fast-paced book and Frank Loesser's bright, brassy,
immortal score, which takes us from the heart of Times Square to the cafes of
Havana, Cuba, and even into the sewers of New York City. Funny and romantic,
“Guys And Dolls” is ideal for audiences and performers of any age.
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 On Golden Pond
by
Ernest Thompson
May 4, 5, 11, 12, 17, 18 & 19, 2007
This is the love story of Ethel
and Norman Thayer, who are returning to their summer home on Golden Pond for the
forty-fourth year. He is a retired professor, nearing eighty, with heart
palpitations and a failing memory—but still as tart-tongued, observant and eager
for life as ever. Ethel, ten years younger, and the perfect foil for Norman,
delights in all the small things that have enriched and continue to enrich their
long life together. They are visited by their divorced, middle-aged daughter and
her dentist fiancé, who then go off to Europe, leaving his teenage son behind
for the summer. The boy quickly becomes the "grandchild" the elderly couple have
longed for, and as Norman revels in taking his ward fishing and thrusting good
books at him, he also learns some lessons about modern teenage awareness—and
slang—in return. In the end, as the summer wanes, so does their brief idyll, and
in the final, deeply moving moments of the play, Norman and Ethel are brought
even closer together as the play draws to a close. Time, they know,
is no longer their ally, but the years have been good and, perhaps, another summer
on Golden Pond still awaits.
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