The Fall Theatre production features a performance of Lend Me a Tenor, by Ken Ludwig, on the O'Laughlin stage.
Lend Me a Tenor
November 13-15, 7:30 p.m. - O'Laughlin Auditorium
November 16, 2:30 p.m.
Winner of three Tony Awards and four Drama Desk Awards, Lend Me a Tenor is set in September 1934. Saunders, the general manager of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company, is primed to welcome famous, Tito Morelli, Il Stupendo, the greatest tenor of his generation, to appear for one night only as Otello. The star arrives late and, through a hilarious series of mishaps, is given a double dose of tranquilizers and passes out. His pulse is so low that Saunders and his assistant Max believe he's dead. In a frantic attempt to salvage the evening, Saunders persuades Max to get into Morelli's Otello costume and fool the audience into thinking he's Il Stupendo. Max succeeds admirably, but Morelli comes to and gets into his other costume ready to perform. Now two Otellos are running around in costume and two women are running around in lingerie, each thinking she is with Il Studpendo. A sensation on Broadway and in London's West End, this madcap, screwball comedy is guaranteed to leave audiences teary-eyed with laughter.
Admission is $10 - adult, $8 - senior citizen, $7 - SMC/ND/HCC faculty/staff, and $5 - SMC/ND/HCC students.
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