SUMMER SHOWBIZ 2011
Join us for great entertainment this summer!
Directed by Mark Bacus
Dunham Hall Theater
June 22-25 at 7:30 p.m.
June 26 at 2:00 p.m.
The world famous Tito Morelli, II Stupendo is scheduled to perform at the Cleveland Grand Opera Company. Most agree that he is the greatest tenor of his generation! Unfortunately, II Stupendo arrives late and due to a series of unfortunate circumstances is given a double dose of tranquilizers. He passes out and the show looks to be a disaster. The general manager of the opera house, in a desperate attempt to salvage his company’s reputation, convinces his assistant to dress as Morelli and perform Otello. His costume and his singing succeeds in deceiving the audience, but in a hilarious turn of events II Studpendo wakes up and getting into his costume, he appears on stage. This winner of three Tony Awards and four Drama Desk Awards has left audiences from Broadway to London in tears of laughter. A brilliant, madcap musical comedy!
Book, Music and Lyrics
by Meredith Willson
(based on a story by Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey)
Directed by Joy Powell
Dunham Hall Theater
July 13 – 16 at 7:30 p.m.
July 16 & 17 at 2:00 p.m.
Harold Hill is a very successful con artist who travels from small town to small town posing as a boys’ band organizer who also happens to sell band instruments and uniforms. Once he has the townsfolks’ money, off he scoots! His lucrative life takes a sudden tailspin when he meets his waterloo in River City, Iowa. While pulling of his con, Marian, the local librarian, sees through his act and is about to expose him when Hill’s kindness toward her younger brother causes her to have second thoughts. To make Hill’s situation even more complicated he realizes that he is falling for Marian and she is falling in love with him! Is he willing to be exposed and captured to win her heart?!! Opening on Broadway in 1957, Willson’s The Music Man won five Tony Awards including Best Musical and ran for 1,375 performances! In 1962 a film adaptation quickly became a hit as well. This is fun for everyone! Don’t miss it!
SOMETHING NEW!
Summer Showbiz proudly presents
The Cougar Theatre Company
The Cougar Theatre Company is a new Theater for Young Audiences (TYA) company that performs plays written for children and teens.
Aesop’s Fables
By James Brock
Directed by Wendy Greenwood
Metcalf Theater
May 28 at 2:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.
Marvel at how quickly the actors can become the Rabbit, the Turtle, the Fox, the Crow or the Donkey! Watch the actors go from character to themselves and into another character! This fast paced adaptation of the classic fables of Aesop presents his most loved stories “The Fox and the Crow,” “The Donkey in the Lion’s Skin,” “The Fox and the Sour Grapes,” and the best known, “The Tortoise and the Hare.” It’s 45 minutes of hilarity and charm!
An adaptation of Shel Silverstein’s “Where the Sidewalk Ends”
Adapted & Directed By Wendy Greenwod
Metcalf Theater
June 11 at 2:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.
The Cougar Theatre Company proudly presents a world premiere creative reimagining
of scenes from selected poems and stories from this beloved children’s classic. True to
Silverstein’s poetry, this fanciful 45 minute production addresses many common
childhood concerns through fun and imaginative storytelling.
