Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune
by Terrence McNally
Feb. 12–Mar. 7, 2010
Thursday, Friday, Saturday @ 8:00 pm
Sunday @ 3:00 pm
Tickets:
Thu & Sun: $10
Fri & Sat: $15 [Get tickets now!]
Directed by Biz Lyon
Winner of the Dramatists Guild Hull Warriner Award. A critical and popular success, this bittersweet comedy combines poignancy and laughter as it traces the unlikely romance that begins to develop between two middle-aged, working-class characters who think the chance for true love has passed them by.
"Terrence McNally has…a hit…in FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE. A romantic two-hander with character depth and an abundance of laughs…"
— Variety
"A richly warm, humorous, clear-eyed portrait of the beginning of a relationship, it cuts deeper to the heart than any previously seen McNally works…"
— Drama-Logue
"…Terrence McNally's very sweet, extraordinarily funny, romantic and ribald comedy…"
— NY Post
"Terrence McNally is one of our most original and audacious dramatists, and one of our funniest…"
— The New Yorker
Cast:
- Bonnie Lotesto
- Vania Smrkovski
| NOTE: This production contains mature themes and language that may be unsuitable for children. Parental discretion is advised. |
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TSC New Play Festival
March 12–28, 2010
Thu/Fri/Sat at 8:00 pm
Sun at 3:00 pm
Tennessee Stage Company presents the
World Premiere Production of Jay Huling’s
THE CHURCH OF DIMINSHING MARGINAL RETURNS
Tickets are on sale now. Call (865) 546-4280 for reservations.
General Admission: $15.00
Students and Senior Citizens: $12.00
When incorrigible entrepreneur Josh Pocket finds himself in severe financial trouble, he cons his evangelical brother Jon into starting their own church. Although Jon has a penchant for hermeneutical biblical exegesis and is quite sincere about the endeavor, Josh is only interested in collecting tithes and love offerings. Josh and Jon’s endeavor is so financially successful they’re able to pay off most of their debts. This doesn’t sit well with their banker, Gordon Hepworth, who has been making a handsome living off of the interest from their outstanding loans .And when Nancy Fairchild of the IRS uncovers the church’s activities, she launches a formal investigation/ Josh and Jon then must get their act together to qualify as a bona fide 401©(3) tax exempt church corporation.
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The Lady in Question
by Charles Busch
April 23–May 9, 2010
Directed by Jim Richardson
A free wheeling satire of patriotic 1940’s thrillers such as Notorious and Escape, The Lady in Question tells the suspenseful tale of Gertrude Garnet, the most glamorous concert pianist on the international stage. On tour in 1940 Bavaria, her colossal self-absorption is challenged when a handsome American professor engages her aid in rescuing his mother from a Nazi prison.
"The Lady in Question is hilarious company."
— Frank Rich, New York Times
"Busch keeps the multi-layered joke afloat with extensive good humor, skill and wicked comic daring."
— Feingold, The Village Voice
"The Lady in Question has every lovable old cliché from 1940’s movie history, sent up with the flamboyance of a Fourth of July rocket."
— Stearns, USA Today |
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