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The Producers (A Metro Atlanta Premiere)
Book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan
Music by Mel Brooks and Glen Kelly
Lyrics by Mel Brooks


May 29 - June 27 on the Rendezvous Stage (In the Round) and the Cabaret Stage
Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM, Sundays at 3 PM
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Bialystock and Bloom! Those names should strike terror and hysteria in anyone familiar with Mel Brooks’ classic cult comedy film. Now as a big Broadway musical, The Producers once again sets the standard for modern, outrageous, in-your-face humor. It is a truly “boffo” hit, winning a record twelve Tony® Awards and wowing capacity crowds night after night.  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! The antics of Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom as they maneuver their way fecklessly through finding a show (the gloriously offensive “Springtime For Hitler”), hiring a director, raising the money and finally going to prison for their misdeeds is a lesson in broad comic construction. At the core of the insanely funny adventure is a poignant emotional journey of two very different men who become friends.  With a truly hysterical book co-written by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan (Annie) and music and lyrics by Mr. Brooks, The Producers skewers Broadway traditions and takes no prisoners as it proudly proclaims itself an “equal opportunity offender!”

Rated PG-13 for adult content & language

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Charley's Aunt
by Brandon Thomas

July 10 - August 15 on the Rendezvous Stage (In the Round)
Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM, Sundays at 3 PM

This world famous farce has moved millions to tears of laughter. Jack Chesney loves Kitty Verdun and Charles loves Miss Spettigue. They invite the ladies to meet Charley's wealthy aunt from Brazil. But alas, the millionaire aunt sends word that she will have to defer her visit for a few days. What is to be done? The dear young things must not be compromised no, never! but neither will the youths give up the opportunity of declaring their love. The problem is solved by forcing another Oxford undergraduate into a black satin skirt, a lace fichu, a pair of mitts, an old fashioned cap and wig. As Charley's Aunt, this old frump is introduced to the sweethearts, to Jack's father and to Stephen Spettigue, Miss Spettigue's guardian. Then the real aunt turns up. In the comic confusion which results, young Lord Babberley, posing as the aunt, tricks Stephen Spettigue into agreeing to the marriage of his ward to Charley, the real aunt marries Jack's father, Jack gets Miss Verdun, and "Charley's Aunt" regains the fortune he lost at gambling and the girl he loves. In its many stages and motion picture revivals, this play has reached a wide and eager audience.

 


Lend Me a Tenor
by Ken Ludwig

July 31 - August 29 on the Cabaret Stage
Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM, Sundays at 3 PM

This night in September of 1934 is the biggest in the history of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company world famous tenor Tito Morelli is to perform Otello, his greatest role, at the gala season opener. Saunders, the General Manager, hopes this will put Cleveland on the operatic map. 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 and he passes out. His pulse is so low that Saunders and his assistant Max believe he is dead. What to do? Max is an aspiring singer and Saunders persuades him to get into Morelli's Otello costume and try to fool the audience into thinking he's Il Stupendo. Max succeeds admirably, but Morelli comes to and gets into his other costume. Now two Otellos are running around in costume and two women are running around in lingerie, each thinking she is with  Il Stupendo! A sensation on Broadway and in London's West End.

 




 
Sweeney Todd
Book by  Hugh Wheeler
Music by  Stephen Sondheim
Lyrics by  Stephen Sondheim
Based on a version of Sweeney Todd by Christopher Bond


September 11 - October 10 on the Rendezvous Stage (In the Round)
Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM, Sundays at 3 PM

The rare instance of a musical thriller, chilling, suspenseful, heart pounding masterpiece of murderous barberism and culinary crime tells the infamous tale of the unjustly exiled barber who returns to 19th century London seeking revenge against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife. His thirst for blood soon expands to include his unfortunate customers, and the resourceful proprietress, Mrs. Lovett, soon has the people of London lining up in droves with her mysterious new meat pie recipe.  Sophisticated, macabre, visceral and uncompromising, “Sweeney Todd” nevertheless has a great sense of fun, mixing intense drama with howlingly funny moments of dark humor: audiences find themselves laughing hysterically one moment and gasping in surprise the next.

Rated PG-13 for violence & adult situations


Once Upon A Mattress
Music by Mary Rodgers
Lyrics by Marshall Barer
Book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller, Marshall Barer

October 10 - October 25 on the Cabaret Stage

If you thought you knew the story of "The Princess and The Pea," you may be in for a walloping surprise! Did you know, for instance, that Princess Winnifred actually swam the moat to reach Prince Dauntless the Drab? Or that Lady Larken's love for Sir Harry provided a rather compelling reason that she reach the bridal altar post haste? Or that, in fact, it wasn't the pea at all that caused the princess a sleepless night? Carried on a wave of wonderful songs, by turns hilarious and raucous, romantic and melodic, this rollicking spin on the familiar classic of royal courtship and comeuppance provides for some side-splitting shenanigans. Chances are you'll never look at fairy tales quite the same way again.

Presented by our Fabulous "Young Adults"

 


Don't Dress For Dinner

October 23 - November 14 on the Rendezvous Stage (In the Round)
Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM, Sundays at 3 PM

Bernard is planning a weekend with his chic Parisian mistress in a French farmhouse. He has arranged for a cordon bleu cook to prepare gourmet delights, is packing his wife Jacqueline off to her mother's, and has even invited his best friend to provide the alibi. It's foolproof; what could possibly go wrong? Suppose Robert turns up not knowing why he has been invited? Suppose Robert and Jacqueline are secret lovers? What happens if the cook is mistaken for the mistress and the mistress is unable to cook? An evening of hilarious confusion ensues as Bernard and Robert improvise at breakneck speed.  This farcical concoction involves a married couple, an old friend, a voluptuous mistress and an outlandish cook who's enlisted to take on different identities in a succession of lies, deceptions and misunderstandings. The plot is a recipe for hilarious confusion with more twists than a corkscrew.

Rated PG-13 for mild adult content
 


A Christmas Carol
by Lisa & G. Scott Riley (Based on the Novel by Charles Dickens)

November 27 - December 19 on the Rendezvous Stage (In the Round)
Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM, Sundays at 3 PM

Come join us in the Theatre in the Round for a unique perspective of this wonderful classic tale full of drama, laughter and music full of special effects and lighting.  Once again we are visited by three ghosts who show Ebenezer Scrooge the error of his ways.  A Christmas Carol is a morality tale of an old and bitter miser, Ebenezer Scrooge who undergoes a profound experience of redemption over the course of one night. Mr. Scrooge is a financier/money-changer who has devoted his life to the accumulation of wealth. He holds anything other than money in contempt, including friendship, love and the Christmas season.  This highly successful version of Charles Dickens tale has become a holiday favorite and an annual tradition. 

 


 

 

T.B.A.

 

 

Additional Christmas Show

November 27 - December 19 on the Cabaret Stage
Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM, Sundays at 3 PM

Additional Christmas Show to be announced.




 


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