2009/2010 Season
MOON OVER BUFFALO
September 25 through October 18, 2009
Preview September 24
Charlotte and George Hay, an acting couple not exactly the Lunts are on tour in Buffalo in 1953 with a repertory consisting of Cyrano de Bergerac "revised, one nostril version" and Noel Coward's Private Lives. Director Frank Capra himself is en route to Buffalo to catch their matinee performance. Will Charlotte appear or run off with their agent? Will George be sober enough to emote? Will Capra see Cyrano, Private Lives or a disturbing mixture of the two?
by Ken Ludwig
G.I. HOLIDAY JUKEBOX
December 4 through December 20, 2009
Preview December 3
During WWII, Hollywood stars and starlets made it their duty to entertain "the boys." G.I. HOLIDAY JUKEBOX takes four Hollywood stars to the "front" for a holiday reunion. It's Christmas-time, the world is at war, but for a brief time, at peace as our four singing stars deliver some of the best music of the 1940's, framed by a collection of holiday and Christmas music, ranging from the classic to corny to silly and sentimental!
by Rick Lewis
THE FOURPOSTER
January 22 through February 14, 2010
Preview January 21
Winner of the Tony Award as Best Play, this theatrical Valentine is a 35 year chronicle of a husband and wife beginning on their wedding night in 1890. They fret and quarrel, laugh and cry and make love in the same room in which they began their married life. And through the years is the old four poster, a silent witness to all their memories.
by Jan de Hartog
MASTER CLASS
March 19 through April 11, 2010
No show Easter Sunday, April 4, 2010
Diva: Maria Callas. The name evokes greatness, beauty, talent and in some cases, fear. While interacting and teaching three students over the course of a “master class,” Callas muses on her past performances, successes and failures, her infamous relationship with Aristotle Onassis, and the sacrifices we all must make in the name of art.
by Terrence McNally
BEACHED WAILS
May 14 through June 6, 2010
Preview May 13
This lighthearted comedy by local playwright, Topher Payne, finds four sisters from Mississippi whose annual beach vacation getaway is interrupted by a mysterious neighbor, unanswered questions, and an impending storm.
by Topher Payne
COMPANY
July 16 through August 8, 2010
Preview July 15
On the night of his 35th birthday, confirmed bachelor Robert contemplates his unmarried state. In vignette after hilarious vignette, we are introduced to "those good and crazy people," his married friends, as Robert weighs the pros and cons of married life. In the end, he realizes being alone is "alone, not alive." This innovative work by Stephen Sondheim is considered by many to have inaugurated the modern era of musical theatre.
Book by George Furth; Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim