[NEohioPAL]Lakeland Theatre opens tonight with BLACK COMEDY

[Martin Friedman]

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For Immediate Release!

Lakeland Theatre returns with the rarely performed Peter Shaffer cult comedy

BLACK COMEDY

Production Dates: Friday, Oct. 18 @ 8pm; Saturday, Oct. 19 @ 8pm; Sunday, October 20 @ 2pm; Friday, Oct. 25 @ 8pm; Saturday, Oct. 26 @8pm; Sunday, October 27 @ 7pm.

Tickets: $8 for adults; $6 for seniors and students! First class theatre for an affordable price. For ticket information and reservations call 440.953.7034. Lakeland Theatre is located at Lakeland Community College: Rt #306 and I 90.

Featuring: Doug Rossi, Pandora Robertson, Donald A. Squires, Bob Keefe, Krissy Gasbarre, Michael Rogan, Edward Sajovic and Mary Stirring.  

Directed by Martin Friedman; Sets and Lights by Keith Nagy; Costumes by Angel Kornuc

This funny, prize-winning play has not had a full-scale professional production in Greater Cleveland for at least 15 years. Long considered one of the greatest examples of 20th Century Farce, BLACK COMEDY was widely admired by audiences and critics alike when first produced by the British National Theatre in 1965. It uses wit, imagination, and broad physical humor to get its audiences laughing. A cross between a comedy of manners and Benny Hill (or the Three Stooges if you prefer).

Peter Shaffer wrote masterpieces such as Equus, Amadeus, The Royal Hunt of the Sun, and Lettice and Lovage. In BLACK COMEDY, Peter Shaffer makes use of mistaken identity and pratfalls, as well as the Chinese Theatre device of light-dark reversal. Darkness, caused by a blown fuse, is seen in the theatre as a brilliantly illuminated room which characters are blindly groping around. The light-dark device never wears thin, because Shaffer shrewdly fills the story with eight wonderfully defined characters. The 1965 premiere featured Albert Finney, Derek Jacobi and Maggie Smith, under the direction of John Dexter. The 1992 Broadway Roundabout Theatre revival featured Kate Mulgrew, Peter MacNicol and the late Nancy Marchand.



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<P align=center><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff80bf size=4>For Immediate Release!</FONT></P>
<P align=center>Lakeland Theatre returns with the rarely performed Peter Shaffer cult comedy</P>
<P align=center><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#a94a76 size=5><STRONG>BLACK COMEDY</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=1>Production Dates:</FONT> <FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff409f>Friday, Oct. 18 @ 8pm; Saturday, Oct. 19 @ 8pm; Sunday, October 20 @ 2pm; Friday, Oct. 25 @ 8pm; Saturday, Oct. 26 @8pm; Sunday, October 27 @ 7pm.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=1>Tickets:</FONT> <FONT color=#00bfbf>$8 for adults; $6 for seniors and students! First class theatre for an affordable price. For ticket information and reservations call <FONT color=#347d7e size=3><STRONG>440.953.7034</STRONG></FONT>. Lakeland Theatre is located at Lakeland Community College: Rt #306 and I 90.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=1>Featuring:</FONT> <FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#4040ff size=3>Doug Rossi, Pandora Robertson, Donald A. Squires, Bob Keefe, Krissy Gasbarre, Michael Rogan, Edward Sajovic and Mary Stirring.</FONT>  </P>
<P><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#373e68 size=3>Directed by Martin Friedman; Sets and Lights by Keith Nagy; Costumes by Angel Kornuc</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">This funny, prize-winning play has not had a full-scale professional production in Greater Cleveland for at least 15 years. Long considered one of the greatest examples of 20th Century Farce, <STRONG><FONT color=#c080ff>BLACK COMEDY</FONT></STRONG> was widely admired by audiences and critics alike when first produced by the British National Theatre in 1965. It uses wit, imagination, and broad physical humor to get its audiences laughing. A cross between a comedy of manners and Benny Hill (or the Three Stooges if you prefer).</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Peter Shaffer wrote masterpieces such as <STRONG>Equus</STRONG>, <STRONG>Amadeus</STRONG>, <STRONG>The Royal Hunt of the</STRONG> <STRONG>Sun</STRONG>, and <STRONG>Lettice and Lovage</STRONG>. In <FONT color=#80c0ff><STRONG>BLACK COMEDY</STRONG></FONT>, Peter Shaffer makes use of mistaken identity and pratfalls, as well as the Chinese Theatre device of light-dark reversal. Darkness, caused by a blown fuse, is seen in the theatre as a brilliantly illuminated room which characters are blindly groping around. The light-dark device never wears thin, because Shaffer shrewdly fills the story with eight wonderfully defined characters. The 1965 premiere featured Albert Finney, Derek Jacobi and Maggie Smith, under the direction of John Dexter. The 1992 Broadway Roundabout Theatre revival featured Kate Mulgrew, Peter MacNicol and the late Nancy Marchand.</FONT></P><p><br><hr size=1>Do you Yahoo!?<br>
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