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a musical
by Ted
Swindley
September 3-21, 2008
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ALWAYS
... PATSY CLINE
Country
singer Patsy Cline's personal friendship with Houston housewife
Louise Seger, an enthusiastic pen-pal, is the basis for this
rousingly
entertaining and endearingly sentimental
musical which boasts 28 of Cline's best known songs. An Off-Broadway
hit from the 1997 season and a perennial winner from coast
to coast.
"Sweet
dreams again."
USA
Today
"A
song-filled valentine."
Los
Angeles Times |
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a
drama
by Peter Morgan
November 12- 30, 2008
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FROST/NIXON
This
fast-paced play recounts one of the most monumental television
interviews of all time in which a famous British talk-show
host elicits the post-Watergate apology that the rest of the
world was waiting to hear from the former U.S. President.
A Tony Award winning Broadway hit from the 2007 season.
"Briskly
entertaining"
New York Times
"Ripe entertainment...
a stunning illumination of resolve, resentment, delusion (culminating
in) a stinging, ringing crescendo."
Washington Post |
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a
musical
by Anthony King
and Scott Brown
January 14-
February 1, 2009
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GUTENBERG!
THE MUSICAL!
With an unending supply of enthusiasm,
a pair of aspiring playwrights perform a backers' audition
for their new project: a big, splashy musical about printing
press inventor Johann Gutenberg. An Off-Broadway hit from
the 2007 season.
"A smashing
success. Who knew that a musical about the life of the inventor
of the printing press could have so many laughs?"
The New York
Times
"Zany! One
hell of a goofy evening!"
Variety |
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a drama
by Jeffrey Hatcher
and Mitch Albom
March 18-April 5, 2009
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TUESDAYS
WITH MORRIE
An
ailing professor and one of his former students reunite with
weekly visits that constitute a final class in the meaning
of life in this touching and life-affirming drama. An Off-Broadway
hit from the 2003 season based upon the four-year New York
Times Bestseller List novel.
"Genuine
and moving...it is bound to touch you deeply."
Steadstyle Chicago
"(a) tasteful
tutorial on being human."
Chicago Critic.com |
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a comedy
by Mitch Albom
May 13-31, 2009
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DUCK
HUNTER SHOOTS ANGEL
This is the uproarious story
of two bumbling Alabama brothers who think they shot an angel
and are chased by a cynical tabloid journalist and his reluctant
photographer who don't believe any of it until feathers, wings
and a tiara are discovered along the way. A regional theatre
hit from the 2004 season.
[the
play] takes risks and entertains, making it a wholly worthy
experiment."
The Ann Arbor News
Laughs
abound.
Lansing City Pulse
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a musical
by Rick Lewis
July 1 - 19, 2009
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THE
TAFFETAS
Four singing sisters from Muncie,
Indiana make their national television singing debut with
some of the greatest hits of the 1950s, paying tribute to
the sounds of such stars as the Maguire Sisters, The Fontaine
Sisters and The Chordettes. An Off-Broadway hit from the 1988
season which is enjoying yet another national tour in 2008.
a fine
confection.
The Denver Post
An undeniably
entertaining evening.
Washington Times
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