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Now Playing:
She
Loves Me
book by Joe Masteroff, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, music by Jerry Bock
November 13 - December 13, 2008
2 p.m. matinees on Sundays, November 23 and December 7
Georg
and Amalia are two feuding clerks in a European
parfumerie during the 1930s who secretly find
solace in their anonymous romantic pen pals.
Their correspondence leads to a surprise ending.
Funny, intelligent, honest and sentimental, “She
Loves Me” is a warm romantic comedy with
an endearing innocence and a touch of old world
elegance and nostalgia, yet as universal and
relevant as ever in this age of internet romances.
This production is a revival of the first show
performed at NCRT, twenty-five years ago.
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Still
to Come:
Beware
The Man Eating Chicken by Henry
Meyerson, and
The Goat by
Edward Albee
Two One-Act Plays: An Evening of Comedy and Oddity
January 22 - February 14, 2009
2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, February 8
These
two outrageous one-act plays take a humorous
and profound look at family relationships and
definitions of love. In the first play, Betty,
wanting to be a good mother to her son William,
enters him in the Fattest Man in the Universe
Contest. The Goat is about husband and father
Martin who falls in love with a goat. “A
profoundly unsettling subject, which for the
record is not bestiality but the irrational,
confounding, and convention-thwarting nature
of love.” – New York Times. Winner
of the 2002 Tony Award for Best Play. For mature
audiences only.
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Painting
Churches
by Tina Howe
March 19 - April 11, 2009
2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, April 5
Gardner
and Fanny Church are preparing to move out
of their house to their summer cottage on
Cape Cod. Gardner, once a famous poet, slips
in and out of senility as his wife Fanny
valiantly tries to keep them both afloat.
Their daughter Mags, a successful artist,
arrives to help them move and, she hopes,
to finally paint their portrait, thereby
coming to terms with them and they with her. "A
radiant, loving and zestfully humorous play.” Time
Magazine
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The
Producers
book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan, lyrics and music by Mel Brooks
May 21 - June 20, 2009
2 p.m. matinees on Sundays, May 31 and June 14
The
plot is simple: a down-on-his-luck Broadway
producer and his mild-mannered accountant come
up with a scheme to produce the most notorious
flop in history thereby bilking their backers
(all “little old ladies”) out of
millions of dollars. Only one thing goes awry:
the show is a smash hit! At the core of the
insanely funny adventure is a poignant emotional
journey of two very different men who become
friends. Winner of twelve Tony Awards, including
Best Musical.
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The
Love List
by Norm Foster
July 23 - August 15, 2009
2 p.m. Matinee on Sunday, August 9
In
this side-splitting and thought-provoking new
comedy, Leon and Bill concoct a list of attributes
of the ideal woman - the top ten best qualities
in a mate. When this allegedly ‘Ideal
Woman’ actually arrives on the scene
the men quickly learn that their list could
use a few revisions. Be careful what you wish
for--especially in choosing a mate. This old
adage leads to hilarious results in this sparkling
comic hit. “Sharp, snappy and irresistibly
funny.” -Contra Costa Times
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Earlier this Season:
The
Merry Wives of Windsor
by William Shakespeare
September 18 - October 11
2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, October 5, 2008
The
rascal Sir John Falstaff, mistakenly believing
that Mistress Ford and Mistress Page are
romantically interested in him, makes his
first mistake by sending them identical love
letters. As punishment, Falstaff faces various
humiliations including being disguised as
a hunter and a woman and being concealed
under dirty laundry. Meanwhile, young Anne
Page is being wooed by three suitors. Which
of the three men will succeed? The surprise
ending will reveal all.
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