Down and out private eye Sam Galahad has his life overturned when a mysterious blonde, "with a mouth that could send Shakespeare thumbing through a thesaurus," hires him to find a missing person. Set in a seedy airport lounge, this funny and jazzy musical of lost love and too much bourbon brings film noir to the stage. Season subscriptions available now
"One hell of a good time in the theatre."
-- talkinbroadway.com
TRYING by Joanna McClelland Glass (Dec 3—Dec 27, 2009)
Judge Francis Biddle, in younger days, was Attorney General under Franklin Roosevelt and Chief American Judge at the Nuremberg Trials. At 81, crusty and curmudgeonly as he faces the end of his illustrious career, his biggest trial now is trying not to scare off yet another secretary. This is a warm and witty play about aging and cross- generational connections. (co-production with Rubicon Theatre, Ventura). Season subscriptions available now
"Comic and touching" --The New York Times
SOUVENIR by Stephen Temperley. (Feb 4—Feb 28, 2010)
Florence Foster Jenkins fancied herself a great opera singer. There was just one problem: she was tone deaf. Through a winning combination of determination and self-delusion, Jenkins' popularity grows as she moves from small concerts to recordings and, finally, an outrageous sold-out concert at Carnegie Hall. Based on a true story, Souvenir is a celebration of indomitable spirit and the inner diva in us all. Season subscriptions available now
"Wildly funny ... pure theatrical magic!"
-- Time Out New York
THE GLASS MENAGERIE By Tennessee Williams (April 8— May 2, 2010)
This breakthrough play is a lyrical and haunting portrayal of a family in a St. Louis tenement during the Great Depression. In a story laid bare through memory, the play depicts the struggles of a young writer who tries to break through his suffocating environment and to free himself of the ties to his demanding mother, his emotionally crippled sister, and a dead-end job in a warehouse. The arrival of a "gentleman caller" offers the family a glimmer of happiness and redemption. Season subscriptions available now
An American Classic of the modern theater.
LOOT by Joe Orton (June 3—June 27, 2010)
An upside down corpse, a bank robbery and an unhinged police inspector make up this edgy farce about greed, hypocrisy, and police brutality. On the eve of his mother's funeral, Hal robs a bank while his mother's nurse, who has a penchant for murder, plots her eighth marriage. Mayhem and anarchy reign in this hilarious and shocking comedy by one of Britain's funniest playwrights. Season subscriptions available now
"It's Oscar Wilde crossed with Monty Python," --USA Today
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