[NEohioPAL]Next on Stage at Weathervane...

Thu Jan 2 16:04:33 PST 2003

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WEATHERVANE PLAYHOUSE Kicks the New Year off with one of the craziest=20
comedies of the American Stage
Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring
Proudly Sponsored by Summa Health System Foundation

Weathervane Playhouse presents Arsenic and Old Lace, Joseph Kesselring's=20
comedy about two batty, but loveable, Brewster sisters, Abby and Martha. =20
They are the dispensers of cheer and goodwill to all and the makers of=20
delicious elderberry wine that's a real killer!  This bit of merriment will=20
take the stage from January 13 through February 9, 2003.  Abby and Martha ar=
e=20
sweet old ladies who do good deeds like providing toys for poor children,=20
making beef broth for Officer Brophy's ailing wife, making quince jam for th=
e=20
minister who lives next door and bringing peace and happiness to old men=E2=
=80=A6 by=20
murdering them =E2=80=A6 twelve of them so far!  Their nephew, Jonathan, has=
 also=20
murdered twelve men and is determined to retain his rightful title as=20
America's most prolific murderer!  Then there's Teddy, who confuses himself=20
with Theodore Roosevelt and believes that the Panama Canal runs through the=20
cellar of his home.  And also Dr. Einstein whose profession is disguising th=
e=20
features of underworld characters through plastic surgery.  Yes, it's a grim=
=20
collection of characters but they have been assembled solely to make us=20
laugh.  And who couldn't use a good laugh these days?!
Arsenic and Old Lace, one of the funniest and most famous comedies ever to=20
appear on the stage, by Joseph Kesselring, at Weathervane Playhouse January=20
13 through February 9, 2003.  Low-cost preview performances on Wednesday and=
=20
Thursday, January 15 & 16 with official opening on Friday, January 17.  A=20
special luncheon/matinee event will be held on Saturday, February 1.  Lunch=20
at 12:30 p.m., matinee at 2:30 p.m.  Combination ticket $28. .  Appropriate=20
for general audiences. This production is sponsored by Summa Health System=20
Foundation.
Charge by phone at Weathervane's Ticket Office at 330-836-2626.  Call betwee=
n=20
10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday.  Tickets: $17 ($2 discount on=20
Thursdays and Sundays for Senior Citizens & Students)

The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this program with state tax dollars to=20
encourage economic growth,
education excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.
Additional Season Sponsors: WKSU, PAX-TV

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ks the New Year off with one of the craziest comedies of the American Stage
 Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring
 Proudly Sponsored by Summa Health System Foundation
 
 Weathervane Playhouse presents Arsenic and Old Lace, Joseph Kesselring's=
 comedy about two batty, but loveable, Brewster sisters, Abby and Martha. &n=
bsp;They are the dispensers of cheer and goodwill to all and the makers of d=
elicious elderberry wine that's a real killer!  This bit of merriment w=
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Martha are sweet old ladies who do good deeds like providing toys for poor c=
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am for the minister who lives next door and bringing peace and happiness to=20=
old men=E2=80=A6 by murdering them =E2=80=A6 twelve of them so far!  Th=
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Panama Canal runs through the cellar of his home.  And also Dr. Einstei=
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 have been assembled solely to make us laugh.  And who couldn't use a g=
ood laugh these days?!
 Arsenic and Old Lace, one of the funniest and most famous comedies ever=20=
to appear on the stage, by Joseph Kesselring, at Weathervane Playhouse Janua=
ry 13 through February 9, 2003.  Low-cost preview performances on Wedne=
sday and Thursday, January 15 & 16 with official opening on Friday, Janu=
ary 17.  A special luncheon/matinee event will be held on Saturday, Feb=
ruary 1.  Lunch at 12:30 p.m., matinee at 2:30 p.m.  Combination t=
icket $28. .  Appropriate for general audiences. This production is spo=
nsored by Summa Health System Foundation.
 Charge by phone at Weathervane's Ticket Office at 330-836-2626.  Ca=
ll between 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday.  Tickets: $17=20=
($2 discount on Thursdays and Sundays for Senior Citizens & Students)
 
 The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this program with state tax dollars to=
 encourage economic growth,
 education excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.
 Additional Season Sponsors: WKSU, PAX-TV</HTML>

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