[NEohioPAL]Hilarity Reigns in "Lend Me a Tenor"

Thu Mar 2 08:49:57 PST 2006

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Hilarity Reigns as

WEATHERVANE PLAYHOUSE presents=20

Ken Ludwig's comedy LEND ME A TENOR

www.weathervaneplayhouse.com

Weathervane Playhouse is pleased to present Ken Ludwig's comic farce =
LEND ME A TENOR. The setting is a hotel suite in Cleveland in 1934. The =
curtain will soon rise on the Cleveland Grand Opera Company's =
season-opening gala, which promises to be spectacular thanks to a =
starring role by Tito Merelli, a world-famous tenor nicknamed "Il =
Stupendo" by his adoring fans. The great tenor, however, is a bit of a =
drunken rover and, through a series of comic mishaps, takes too many =
sleeping pills causing the opera company officials to scramble for a =
replacement. Max, the nerdy opera company gofer who harbors fantasies of =
being a great tenor himself, dons the Otello costume and is shoved into =
the spotlight! You'll roar with laughter at this comic farce which =
thrusts high society types into desperately comic situations that come =
complete with mistaken identities, slamming doors and crazy, hilarious =
shenanigans!

Cast: Tom Stephan, Timothy H. Champion, Henry C. Bishop, Scott Shriner, =
Linda Graske, Karen Wood, Melanie Lorman Roddy, Amanda Davis

Director: Nancy Cates (ssdc) Artistic Co-Director of the Ohio =
Shakespeare Festival

Alfred Anderson -- Opera Consultant and Vocal Coach

LEND ME A TENOR -- a rib-tickling comedy at Weathervane Playhouse March =
22 - April 9, 2006. Low-cost preview performances on Wednesday and =
Thursday, March 22 & 23 at 7:30 p.m. with official opening on Friday, =
March 24 at 8:00 p.m. Other performances are Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., =
Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m. (There is no =
performance Sunday, March 26.) Charge by phone at Weathervane's Ticket =
Office at 330-836-2626. Call between 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Tuesday =
through Friday. Tickets: $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, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

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Weathervane Playhouse is pleased to present Ken Ludwig=92s =
comic farce=20
LEND ME A TENOR. The setting is a hotel suite in Cleveland =
in=20
1934. The curtain will soon rise on the Cleveland Grand Opera =
Company=92s=20
season-opening gala, which promises to be spectacular thanks to a =
starring role=20
by Tito Merelli, a world-famous tenor nicknamed "Il Stupendo" by his =
adoring=20
fans. The great tenor, however, is a bit of a drunken rover and, through =
a=20
series of comic mishaps, takes too many sleeping pills causing the opera =
company=20
officials to scramble for a replacement. Max, the nerdy opera company =
gofer who=20
harbors fantasies of being a great tenor himself, dons the Otello =
costume and is=20
shoved into the spotlight! You=92ll roar with laughter at this comic =
farce which=20
thrusts high society types into desperately comic situations that come =
complete=20
with mistaken identities, slamming doors and crazy, hilarious =
shenanigans!
Cast: Tom Stephan, Timothy =
H. Champion,=20
Henry C. Bishop, Scott Shriner, Linda Graske, =
Karen=20
Wood, Melanie Lorman Roddy, Amanda Davis
Director: Nancy Cates (ssdc) =
Artistic=20
Co-Director of the Ohio Shakespeare Festival
Alfred Anderson -- Opera =
Consultant and Vocal=20
Coach
LEND ME A TENOR -- a rib-tickling comedy at Weathervane =
Playhouse=20
March 22 =96 April 9, 2006. Low-cost preview performances on =
Wednesday=20
and Thursday, March 22 & 23 at 7:30 p.m. with official =
opening on=20
Friday, March 24 at 8:00 p.m. Other performances are Thursdays =
at 7:30=20
p.m., Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m. =
(There is no=20
performance Sunday, March 26.) Charge by phone at Weathervane=92s Ticket =
Office at=20
330-836-2626. Call between 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Tuesday =
through=20
Friday. Tickets: $20 ($2 discount on Thursdays and Sundays for =
Senior=20
Citizens & Students).</DIV>
<DIV align=3Dcenter>The Ohio Arts Council =
helped fund this=20
program with state tax dollars to encourage economic =
growth,</DIV>
<DIV align=3Dcenter>education excellence =
and cultural=20
enrichment for all Ohioans.</DIV>
<DIV align=3Dcenter>Additional =
Season Sponsors:=20
WKSU, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company</DIV>
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