Winner of 3 Tony and 4 Drama Desk awards, and nominated for Best Revival Tony in 2010, Lend Me A Tenor is set in September 1934. Saunders, the general manager of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company, is primed to welcome world 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 Stupendo. A sensation on Broadway and in London's West End, this madcap, screwball comedy is leaves audiences teary-eyed with laughter.
SHOWTIMES: August 21, 22, 28 & 29 @ 7:30pm
August 23 & 30 @ 2:00pm
Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at www.citedesarts.org or www.LREtheatre.com or by calling 337-291-1122
There will be a PREMIER STAGE BACKERS PERFORMANCE and fundraiser on August 20 at 6:00pm. Tickets for this night are $40 and will include drinks, dinner and entertainment before the show!
Cast:
Andrew Lee Vincent
Brandii Champange
Vincent P. Barras
Katryn Schmidt
Duncan Thistlethwaite
Brooklyn Woods
Jody Powell
Roger Peak
Directed by Cooper Helm