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Take Me Out
by Richard Greenberg
June 2 - June 26, 2005
Winner of the 2003 Tony Award, Richard Greenberg's play tells the story of Darren Lemming, the star center fielder of the world champion New York Empires, who is young, rich, famous, talented, handsome and so convinced of his popularity that when he casually announces he's gay, he assumes the news will be readily accepted by everyone. It isn't. Friends, fans and teammates react with ambivalence, and when the slipping Empires call up the young phenom Shane Mungitt to close their games, the ambivalence turns to violence. Angry, lonely, guilt-ridden and confused, Darren finds some unlikely solace in the form of friendship with his new business manager, Mason Marzac?a brilliant but repressed guy, who, as everyone around him copes with disenchantment, blooms in the ecstatic discovery of baseball.
" what an enchanting and enchanted take on baseball Mr. Richard Greenberg has created passionately personal and lyrically analytical. It's a sensibility that is so smart, raw and sincere all at once that you may find tears in your eyes an unconditional, all-American epiphany to cherish. " —NY Times.
" A heady, heartfelt and enormously appealing romance . Perhaps never in my theater going experience have I experienced such an overwhelming and spontaneous surge of affection sent across the footlights. — Variety.
The Sum of Us
by David Stevens
August 25 - September 18, 2005
This award-winning play tells the story of widower Harry Mitchell and his son Jeff. Not only do the two live together, but Harry is Jeff's determined matchmaker. Jeff is in love with a young gardener he met in the local pub, but Greg is wary particularly when he meets dear old Dad. Meanwhile, Dad is developing a relationship with a woman he met through a dating service.
" A father son play with a big heart. Its first act has plenty of laughs, while the second half balances humor and pathos and includes a surprise twist and a shocking conclusion, and The Sum of Us adds up to be an engaging theatrical experience filled with laughter and emotion." — Variety.
" An old fashioned play in the best sense. There's a real story and fully developed characters an audience can care about. " —AP.
A New Brain
Music and Lyrics by William Finn
Book by William Finn and James Lapine
November 17 - December 11, 2005
By the Tony-award winning authors of Falsettos, here is an energetic, sardonic, often comical musical about a composer during a medical emergency. Gordon collapses into his lunch and awakes in the hospital surrounded by his maritime-enthusiast lover, his mother, a co-worker, the doctor and the nurses. Reluctantly, he had been composing a song for a children's television show that features a frog - Mr. Bungee - and the spector of this large green character and the unfinished work haunts him throughout his medical ordeal. What was thought to be a tumor turns out to be something more operable and Gordon recovers, grateful for a chance to compose the songs he yearns to produce.
" Jaunty [with] moments of captivating eccentricity. " — N. Y. Times.
" Apt and original . . . A fascinating story. " — N. Y. Post.
" Filled with beguiling, buoyant melody [and] witty and original lyrics . . . The kind of musical theatre invention we have come to expect from this gifted artist. " — InTheatre.
Christmas with the Crawfords
Written by Richard Winchester & Mark Sargent
Friday, December 16 through December 22
Dec. 16 ,17,18,19,20,21,22)
December 27-December 31(Dec 27, 28, 29, 30, 31).
12 performances only.
All performances except Sundays and NY Eve at 8PM. Sundays are at 6PM and NY Eve is at 7:30PM.
Where else these days can you see the likes of the Andrews Sisters, Judy Garland, Gloria Swanson, Hattie McDaniel, Carmen Miranda and Ethel Merman all in one room, singing their hearts out as if there wasn't a care in the world? Whatever the appeal of “Christmas with the Crawfords” is, it seems to be broad. Young, old, gay, straight, suburban and city dweller alike show up for a Christmas Eve with Joan and the children that they will never forget. Wire hangers? Forget about them. It's Christmas…after all. And the legend continues…
For reservations please call 402-341-2757
Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
By Ed Graczyk
March 10 - April 2, 2006
In a small town dime store in West Texas, the Disciples of James Dean gather for their twentieth reunion. Now middle aged women, they were teenagers when Dean filmed Giant two decades ago in nearby Marfa. One of them, an extra in the film, has a child whom she says was conceived by Dean on the set; the child is the Jimmy Dean of the title. The ladies’ reminiscences mingle with flash backs to their youth; then the arrival of a stunning and momentarily unrecognized woman sets off a series of confrontations that upset their self deceptions and expose their well hidden disappointments.
“Full of home - spun humor [and] ... surefire comic gems.” — N.Y. Post
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402-341-2757
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
By Richard Alfieri
June 1 - June 25, 2006
Thurs, Fri & Sat 8 PM
Sundays 6 PM except the final Sunday June 25 is at 2 PM
Sign Language Interpreted on Sunday, June 4 at 6 PM by Christine Lafinhan
and Gary Beck
Starring Elaine Jabenis and Michal Simpson.
Directed by Bill Bohannon
Choreography by Michal Simpson
Costume Design by Ron Osborn & Nancy Ross
Set Design by Bryan McAdams
Lighting Design by Mike Runice
Sound Design by Dave Podendorf
Antagonism gives way to profound compatibility in the play, “Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks” by Richard Alfieri. A formidable woman hires a former broadway dancer to give her dance lessons in her Florida condo. The play is part comedy, part drama, part cha-cha-cha. The play communicates the age-old lesson of old-age lessons. Grab a relationship and hold on for dear life. And if you’re going to learn to dance, let it be the two-step: love and companionship. Watch as a friendship melds with the music, the dance and a brilliant sunset.
The play is chock full of acerbic, raunchy humor and genuinely witty one-liners. In “Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks,” Alfieri goes beyond merely skillful painting by the comedic numbers and attains some appreciable depth in the play’s depiction of the human need for mutual honesty, acceptance and unconditional love. Like a polished score by a popular composer who really knows how to win you over and push your emotional buttons, the script heaps the laughs and heart tugs on a silver platter, and then delivers them with panache.
“A joy to watch! Richard Alfieri’s “Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks,” is feel-good lessons in life”— New York Post
“Thoughtful, razor sharp, charming, funny and genuinely moving.” —The Hollywood Reporter
“A heart warmer!” —The Los Angeles Times
“Richard Alfieri’s smart new play, a poignant comedy, is a charmer — a crisply written script that crackles like caramelized sugar on top of a crème brulee. !”—Poughkeepsie Journal
For reservations please call
402-341-2757
When Pigs Fly
Conceived by Howard Crabtree and Mark Waldrop
Sketches and Lyrics by Mark Waldrop
Music by Dick Gallagher
November 16 - December 10, 2006
In this side splitting musical extravaganza by the creators of Howard Crabtree’s Whoop Dee Doo!, new heights of hilarity are achieved in outrageous skits. During its long off Broadway run it has been honored with two Drama Desk awards including Best Musical Revue and two Outer Critics Circle awards including Best Off Broadway Musical.
“Exceptionally cheerful ... [with] enough hilarity, wit and outre humor to evoke that era when bright, irreverent revues were commonplace on Broadway.... This show works.” — N.Y. Times.
I Am My Own Wife
By Doug Wright
March, 2007
Based on a true story, and inspired by interviews conducted by the playwright over several years, I Am My Own Wife tells the fascinating tale of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, a real-life German transvestite who managed to survive both the Nazi onslaught and the repressive East German Communist regime. Winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize and the 2004 Tony Award.
“I Am My Own Wife is the most stirring new work to appear on Broadway this fall...both moving and intellectually absorbing.” —NY Times
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