The Season Jan-Dec 2003
February 5 - 23
DON'T DRESS FOR DINNER
By Mark Camoletti
In a stylishly converted French farmhouse, Bernard is hoping to entertain his
chic Parisian mistress Suzy for the weekend. He has arranged for a cordon bleu
cook to furnish the gourmet delights, is in the process of packing his wife off
to her mother and has invited along his best friend, Robert, as a suitable
alibi. It's foolproof. What could possibly go wrong?
"Hurtling along at the speed of light, this breathtaking farce is a near
faultless piece of theatrical invention. Within seconds we are drawn into a
delicious web of marital treachery which accelerates with classic symmetry to a
wild and hysterically funny denouement." — The Guardian
March 26 - April 13
DEATH OF A SALESMAN
Arthur Miller
Fifty four years after its New York debut, Mr. Miller's Pulitzer Prize winning
masterpiece continues to thrive as a permanent contribution to our national
literature.
"One of the finest dramas in the whole range of the American theatre."
— Brooks Atkinson, The New York Times
May 14 - June 1
THE 1940's RADIO HOUR
A musical by Walton
JonesWe're in the studios of WOV, a 5,000 watt local New York City radio
station. It's December 21, 1942 and we've got about an hour before the Monday
night broadcast of a weekly variety show, "The Mutual Manhattan Variety
Cavalcade!"
Get ready to enjoy the greatest pop music of the day like: Blue Moon; I'll Be
Seeing You; That Old Black Magic; Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy from Company B; Blues
In the Night; Strike Up the Band; Daddy; Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas;
I've Got A Gal In Kalamazoo; You Go To My Head.
"An almost totally exhilarating hour of singing, dancing and funny
commercials." New York Daily News
September 3 - 21
DEATHTRAP
A thriller by Ira Levin
We won't tell you anything about it, except what the critics said:
"Deathtrap is like a ride on a good roller coaster when screams and
laughs mingle to form an enjoyable hysteria!" — Newsweek
"It's nice to hear screams in the theater again. Be delighted -
scream a little - it's good for you!" — Cue Magazine
"An absolute knock-out of a suspense melodrama and fun straight
through." — Walter Kerr, The New York Times
October 29 - November 16
THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO
By Alfred Uhry
Winner of the 1997 TonyAward for Best Play Atlanta, December, 1939. Clark Gable
is in town celebrating the world premiere of Gone With the Wind. Hitler has
invaded Poland. Atlanta's elitist German Jews are much more concerned with who
is going to Ballyhoo, the social event of the season. A beautiful and moving
story about people who can no longer ignore worldly events. People whose
security is based on the comfortable ideas and attitudes they've hidden behind
for generations. As in Mr. Uhry's hugely successful Driving Miss Daisy, this
play is about people, their ability to discover things about themselves,
overcome their guilt and move forward.
"Alfred Uhry's charming Broadway comedy is funny. It has a subtext
and undertow of thought." — The New York Post
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