The 1997-98 Season
The 1997-98 Season
 Hilarious Musical Comedy Oct 30 - Nov 15,1997 |
 An American Classic April 30 - May 23,1998 |
 Psychological Thriller February 26 - March 14, 1998 |
 Riotous Farce July 16 - August 8, 1998 |
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October 30 - November 15, 1997
We open the season with one of the biggest, splashiest, sharpest and cleverest musicals of the 1990s. City of Angels dazzled Broadway in the 1990 season, earning an astounding eleven Tony nominations and winning six awards. Set in the heydey of Hollywood filmmaking, the story of a novelist turning his hard-boiled detective tale into a Hollywood screenplay is part Bogart and part Busby Berkeley. In Larry Gelbart's clever script, the parallel worlds of fictional private eye and embittered writer dovetail and eventually collide as art imitates life (or vice versa?) and Cy Coleman's jazzy score will take you back to the film noir world reminiscent of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett.
Cast List and Production Credits
City
of Angels information (including a long plot synopsis) from the
The Musicals Home Page.
February 26 - March 14, 1998
Someone Waiting is the perfect entertainment for a chilly winter night. Full of atmosphere and mystery, this gripping psychological thriller (by the author of Night Must Fall) is a tale of murder and revenge - and perhaps something else. Was the man who was hanged for the diabolical murder, in fact, guilty of the crime? If not, who was? And where is the murderer now? Why is the law student's new tutor so intent on finding the truth and administering justice single-handedly? Don't try to solve this mystery at intermission because Emlyn Williams keeps twisting the plot right up to the last minute. And please don't reveal the ending to your friends (you can never be sure what they're up to).
Cast List and Production Credits
April 30 - May 23, 1998
The story of To Kill a Mockingbird has held a rich resonance for the American public since it first appeared in 1960. The novel was awarded the Pulitzer prize and remains one of the most read and most beloved books in American literature. The film version, starring Gregory Peck, won three Oscars (including Peck for Best Actor and Horton Foote's screenplay). Now we are very proud to be able to present this moving story faithfully brought to the stage by the novel's author (along with Christopher Sergel). As an entire town gets caught up in the explosive swirl of a racially charged trial, we see the prejudice and posturing of the adult world through the innocent eyes of a six-year-old girl. Through her, we get another chance to look at the way we look at justice and each other.
Cast List and Production Credits
Read the Review in the
Theater Mirror.
July 16 - August 8, 1998
Set in a Cleveland hotel suite in the 1930s, Lend Me a Tenor is a classic example of fast and furious door-slamming farce. It's opening night for the municipal opera company's carefully planned gala benefit. The world-famous tenor "il Stupendo" who has been imported to sing the leading role has disappeared minutes before the overture. The opera's manager's attempts to cover up his guest celebrity's disappearance quickly become the least of his problems as the absurd complications mount. There are mistaken identities, the hysterically ambitious bellhop, a girlfriend in the bathtub, another in the closet, the sudden appearance of the tenor's extremely jealous wife, and of course, all those doors.
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