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The Graduate
September 25-28, 2008
Based on the Oscar-nominated screenplay by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry
Adapted for the stage by Terry Johnson
One of the most popular films of all time comes vividly to life in this acclaimed stage adaptation. During his first summer out of college, Benjamin unexpectedly finds himself in the arms of Mrs. Robinson, the seductive wife of his father’s business partner, even as he’s falling in love with her daughter. When the affair is revealed, the emotional turmoil threatens to upend all of the relationships. But true love ultimately triumphs in this dark comedy of bad manners. For mature audiences.
A Wonderful Life
December 11-21, 2008
Based on the screenplay It’s a Wonderful Life by Frances Goodrich
Book and Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
Music by Joe Raposo
Frank Capra's film classic has been brought to vibrant theatrical life through the remarkable collaboration of Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winner Sheldon Harnick and Grammy and Emmy Award-winner Joe Raposo. The story of George Bailey and his wonderful life in Bedford Falls remains a timeless fable of dreams, disillusionment and the power of love. An uplifting chronicle of the extraordinary lives of ordinary folk, A WONDERFUL LIFE exhilarates the mind and heart as it celebrates the innate goodness in us all.
Pillow Talk
February 5-8, 2009
Based on the Oscar-winning screenplay by Stanley Shapiro and Maurice Richlin
Adapted by Christopher Sergel
Doris Day and Rock Hudson starred in this romantic romp that takes us back to the swingin’ 60s. Jan is a successful young career woman although unlucky in love. She’s forced to share a party line with Brad Allen, a composer who so frequently woos his various girl friends in song that Jan can’t make a call. As their antagonism grows, a chance meeting allows Brad the opportunity to add Jan to his list of conquests under the guise of a naïve Texan. When she inevitably learns of Brad’s deception, heartbreak quickly turns into hilarious comeuppance for the two-faced cad. The inspiration for the 2003 hit film Down With Love, Pillow Talk is the kind of romantic comedy that could only come from the silver screen.
A Day in Hollywood A Night in the Ukraine
March 19-22, 2009
Book and Lyrics by Dick Vosburgh
Music by Jerry Herman, Gus Kahn, Frank Lazarus, Johnny Mercer, Richard Whiting
Two one-act musicals provide a double feature as hilarious as any presented in Hollywood’s heyday. Act I is set at Hollywood’s famed Grauman’s Chinese Theatre where the ushers imagine themselves upon the silver screen. Act II sweeps us away to Russia for a madcap Marx Brothers musical featuring all the usual suspects. The score includes such classics as Thanks for the Memory, Ain’t We Got Fun, Too Marvelous for Words, Beyond the Blue Horizon and Sleepy Time Gal. Nominated for 5 Tony Awards, this rollicking, innovative two-musicals-in-one is a guaranteed toe-tapping, belly-laughing delight.
BIG
The Musical
May 7-17, 2009
Based on the Oscar-nominated screenplay by Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg
Book by John Weidman
Lyrics by Richard Maltby,Jr.
Music by David Shire
The movie that made Tom Hanks a star now bursts onto the stage with all the vitality and heart that marked it as a modern classic. When frustrated 12-year old Josh Baskin makes a wish on an old carnival machine that he was a grownup, he wakes up the next morning…big. Now in the body of a 32-year old man, Josh discovers there’s much more to adulthood than he’s bargained for. Nominated for five Tony Awards, this fresh and relevant musical, with a beguiling score and irresistible characters, holds universal appeal for audiences of all ages.
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