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The Beck Center for the Arts has a hit on its hands with Ken Ludwig’s “Lend Me A Tenor,” playing now through April 26 on the Mackey Main Stage. Directed by Scott Spence, the hilarious romp into a world of opera and odd opportunity will have young and old chortling throughout.

The fun farce follows Max (Scott Esposito), Maggie (Emily Pucell Czarnota) and Saunders (John J. Polk) as they try to get world-famous Italian opera legend Tito Merelli (Matthew Wright) to their benefit concert for the Cleveland Grand Opera. The night seems doomed from the beginning of the day, as Tito is running very late, the broken refrigerator threatens to ruin the mayo-covered shrimp that’s supposed to be served for the reception, and the music gets lost.