Lend
Me A Tenor
by Ken Ludwig
July 17 - August 9, 2008
2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, August 3
Wold
famous tenor Tito Morelli is to perform
Othello, his greatest role, at the
gala season opener of the Cleveland
Grand Opera Company, Morelli is late;
when he finally sweeps in it is too
late to rehearse with the company.
Through a hilarious series of mishaps,
Il Stupendo is given a double dose
of tranquilizers which mix with the
booze he has consumed. He passes out
and is assumed dead. What to do? "Uproarious!
Hysterical!" - USA Today
The Madwoman of Chaillot
by Jean Giraudoux, adapted by Maurice
Valency
September 20 - October 13, 2007
2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, October
7
The
play is a comic fable in the twilight
zone of the not-quite-true. At the
Cafe Chez Francis, a group of promoters
plot to tear up Paris in order to
unearth the oil which a prospector
believes he has located in the neighborhood.
These grandiose plans come to the
attention of the Madwoman of Chaillot
who is ostensibly not normal in her
mind but who is soon shown to be the
very essence of practical worldly
goodness and common sense. She sees
through the crookedness of the prospector
and his cronies and, taking matters
into her own hands, resolves the crisis
at a rather interesting tea party
in her home.
Fiddler
on the Roof
book by Joseph Stein, lyrics by Sheldon
Harnick, music by Jerry Bock
November 15 - December 15, 2007
$15.00 for all seats, Thursdays, Fridays
and Saturdays
8 p.m. and matinees at 2 p.m. on Sundays,
December 2 and December 9.
In
the little village of Anatevka, Tevye,
a poor dairyman, tries to instill
in his five daughters the traditions
of his tight-knit Jewish community
in the face of changing social mores
and the growing anti-Semitism of Czarist
Russia. Rich in historical and ethnic
detail, "Fiddler on the Roof"
has touched audiences around the world
with its humor, warmth and honesty.
Its celebrated score features songs
loved the world over: "Sunrise,
Sunset," "If I Were a Rich
Man," "Matchmaker,"
and others.
Marat/Sade
(The Persecution and Assassination
of Jean-Paul Marat As Performed by
the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton
Under the Direction of The Marquis
de Sade)
by Peter Weiss, English version by
Geoffrey Skelton
January 17 - February 9, 2008
2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, February
3
"Total
theatre" is the expression critics
have used to describe this unique
theatrical event, based on two historical
truths: the infamous Marquis de Sade
was confined in the lunatic asylum
of Charenton, where he staged plays;
and the revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat
was stabbed in a bathtub by Charlotte
Corday at the height of the Terror
during the French Revolution. This
play-within-a-play is no mere historical
drama - it is emotionally and politically
relevant to today's world and is packed
with action, song and dance. "One
of the most amazing plays ever seen."
- London Daily Mail
All's Well That Ends
Well
by William Shakespeare
March 13 - April 5, 2008
2 p.m. matinee on Sunday,
March 30
Having
saved the French king's life,
commoner Helena is granted
Bertram as husband. Bertam
balks, believing Helena to
be too far beneath him in
social rank. Immediately after
the wedding, Bertram flees,
pretending urgent business
calls him away. The scorned
bride must win her husband
back by a clever ruse.
Little
Shop of Horrors
by Howard Ashman, lyrics
by Howard Ashman, music
by Alan Menken
May 15 - June 14, 2008
2 p.m. matinee on Sundays
June 1 and 8
A
down-and-out skid row
floral assistant becomes
an overnight sensation
when he discovers an
exotic plant with a
mysterious craving for
fresh blood. Soon "Audrey
II" grows into
an ill-tempered, foul-mouthed,
R&B-singing carnivore
that offers him fame
and fortune in exchange
for feeding its growing
appetite, finally revealing
itself to be an alien
creature poised for
global domination. One
of the longest-running
Off-Broadway shows of
all time.
