Ladies
of the Camellias
by Lillian Groag
September 21 – October 14, 2006
2pm matinee on Sunday, October 8
A hilarious farce about an imagined
meeting in Paris, 1897, between the
famous theater divas Sarah Bernhardt
and Eleonora Duse. The two actresses—who
were the biggest and most temperamental
stars of their day—were scheduled
to perform back-to-back productions
of the play The Lady of the Camellias
by Alexandre Dumas. Plans are interrupted
when a Russian anarchist enters the
scene and threatens to blow up everyone.
“A juicy tour de farce…”
– Variety.
The
Mikado
book by W.S.Gilbert,
music by Arthur Sullivan
November 16 – December 16, 2006
2pm matinees on Sundays, December 3
and 10
Nanki-Poo, the son of the Mikado, assuming
the disguise of a traveling musician,
has fled from his father’s court
in order to escape marriage with elderly
Katisha. He has fallen in love with
the beautiful Yum-Yum but has been prevented
from marrying her by Ko-Ko (her guardian)
who also wants to marry her. Nanki-Poo
returns to claim Yum-Yum after hearing
that Ko-Ko has been condemned to death
for flirting. But there are unexpected
complications in this delightful musical
tale!
Jake’s
Women by Neil Simon
January 25 – February 17, 2007
2pm matinee on Sunday, February 11
Jake, a novelist who is more successful
with fiction than with life, faces a
marital crisis by daydreaming about
the women in his life. The wildly comic
and sometimes moving flashbacks played
in his mind are interrupted by visitations
from actual women. “Fantastically
funny.” – N.Y. Post
Henry
IV, Part One
by William Shakespeare
March 22 – April 14, 2007
2pm matinee on Sunday, April 1
King Henry IV opens the play by explaining
that the recent civil war in England
has left its mark on his kingdom. He
hopes a much-delayed religious crusade
will unite his people together once
again. King Henry is also troubled by
the lifestyle of his son Prince Hal,
who seems to spend most of his time
with his friend Falstaff in taverns
in the seedy part of London. Among the
King’s enemies is the valiant
Hotspur, whom Henry respects more than
his own son. Following court intrigue
and power struggles, the King’s
troubles are finally solved on the battlefield.
Kiss
Me, Kate
music and lyrics by Cole
Porter,
book by Bella and Samuel Spewack
May 31 – June 30, 2007
2pm matinee on Sundays, June 10 and
17
One of Broadway’s treasures, this
charming musical combines parts of Shakespeare's
Taming of the Shrew with the marvelous
music and lyrics of Cole Porter. As
the show begins, we see the cast of
a musical version of Taming of the Shrew
in final rehearsals. A play-within-a-play
unfolds, where each of the four main
cast member’s on-stage performances
is complicated by what is happening
in their off-stage lives…. Winner
of five Tony Awards including Best Musical.
The
Nerd
by Larry Shue
July 26 – August 18, 2007
2pm matinee on Sunday, August 12
Willum Cubbert has often told his
friends about the debt he owes to
Rick Steadman, a fellow ex-GI whom
he has never met but who saved has
life after he was seriously wounded
in Vietnam. So Willum is delighted
when Rick shows up unexpectedly at
his apartment on the night of his
thirty-fourth birthday party. But
his delight soon fades as it becomes
apparent that Rick is a hopeless “nerd”—a
bumbling oaf with no social sense,
little intelligence and less tact.
One uproarious incident follows another
as the plot leads to a surprise ending.
