Nov 06, 2015 lend me a tenor acting edition ludwig, ken on. The musical is based on the 1986 play of the same name by ken ludwig. Stanley tucci, anthony lapaglia, tony shalhoub, justin bartha and the cast of lend me a tenor duration. He has performed on stage for over three decades in theatres all over the country. Lend me a tenor revival, play, comedy, farce, broadway opened in new york city apr 4, 2010 and played through aug 15, 2010. Original cast recording original london cast recording of lend me a tenor. Actor packet for the show, lend me a tenor by ken ludwig. Maggie is the sort of saucy ingenue i am ready to play. A musical farce is a tricky thing to pull off, but lend me a tenor shows us how its done. A supersonic pace, mistaken identity, and a cast of characters in various states of. Lend me a tenor the musical is a bona fide, booming big broadwayesque spectacle, crying out for bigger attention. Sep 20, 2012 for the love of opera, from lend me a tenor. Supported by a generous donation by awardwinning playwright ken ludwig, the author of comic hits including crazy for you and lend me a tenor, this.
May 26, 2017 pcpas lend me a tenor the musical plays in the solvang festival theater july 6 23, 2017. This brandnew production is directed by olivier awardwinning director ian talbot high society, anything goes and choreographed by tonynominated choreographer randy skinner 42nd street, white christmas. It seems like great fun, but i wondered if anyone had any negative feedback about the black face makeup that the tenors playing otello end up wearing all through act 2. Set in 1934, lend me a tenor is an extremely funny behindthescenes look at one day in the life of the cleveland grand opera company. It received nine tony award nominations and won for best actor philip bosco and best director jerry zaks.
Dive deep into ken ludwigs lend me a tenor with extended analysis, commentary. Auditions lend me a tenor denton community theatre. Lend me a tenor staging tito is dead human desire provides basis for jokes maggie. The play was subsequently presented by andrew lloyd webber for the really useful company at the globe theatre, london on march 6, 1986. The play was produced on both the west end 1986 and broadway 1989. Worldrenowned tenor tito merelli has signed on to play otello at a cleveland opera company in the fall of 1934. The worldfamous tenor, tito merelli, il stupendo, is to perform his greatest role, otello, at the tenyear anniversary gala season opener. Hi everyone, our playreading committee is looking at lend me a tenor. Ken ludwig has had 6 shows on broadway and 7 in londons west end, and many of his works have become a standard part of the american repertoire. Lend me a tenor by ken ludwig april 5th 15th, 2018 norshor theatre director. Lend me a tenor plot pdf sport blogging is like a sport. In this hilarious comedy by the author of lend me a tenor and moon over buffalo, two english shakespearean actors, jack and leo, find themselves so down on their luck that they are performing scenes from shakespeare on the moose lodge circuit in the amish country of pennsylvania. It has all the right components of what makes a tremendous musical sensation.
Lend me a tenor is a doorslamming, dressdropping farce with mistaken identities, mischievous misunderstandings and compromising positions. A hit during the 198990 broadway season, the show is getting its first broadway revival. His befuddlement, double takes and exasperation par excellence are laughoutloud funny. You could say that ken ludwigs operaspoofing, doorslamming farcical comedy lend me a tenor is back just for laughs. Lend me a tenor question community theater green room. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Winner of 3 tony awards and 4 drama desk awards, lend me a tenor is set in september 1934. Jul 20, 2014 we tried doing this year, when we did lend me a tenor, but found it impossible. Book and lyrics by peter sham based on the comedy by ken ludwig. Plenty of laughs an enchanting piece the london magazine hilarious. That seems to have been good enough for the audience at the performance i attended.
Featuring phiiip jacques as tito merrelli, fred burks as mr. Lend me a tenor plot summary, character breakdowns, context and analysis, and performance video clips. It is the biggest night in the history of the cleveland grand opera company, and worldfamous italian tenor signor tito merelli will be their guest artist in otello, highlight of the companys most important fundraiser for the 1934 season. Featuring some of ludwigs most beloved characters from his critically acclaimed and tony awardwinning smash hit, lend me a tenor, this laughoutloud farce will have audiences in stitches from beginning to end. Through a hilarious series of mishaps, world famous tenor, tito morelli, is given a double dose of tranquilizers, which mix with the booze he has consumed, and he passes out. Chaos ensues including a scheming soprano, a tenorstruck ingenue, a jealous wife and the cleveland police department. It is recommended that the original broadway cast recording, available on either itunes download or compact disk, be used in conjunction with discussion of the musical elements.
Please feel free to download and print insights, as long as you do not. Ken ludwig playwriting scholarship the kennedy center. Callbacks, if needed, will be held at the campus on april 10. A comedy of tenors script now available ken ludwigs a comedy of tenors has just been published and is now available from samuel french. Usually, a line or two especially if they arent important to the integrity of the piece isnt an issue, but changing whole parts or elements of the.
Click order products to purchase the cd, script, and perusal items. Wallnau is a master of timing, with his slow burn a thing to behold. This night in september of 1934 is the biggest in the history of the cleveland grand opera company world famous tenor tito morelli is to perform otello, his greatest role, at the gala season opener. Saunders, the general manager of the cleveland grand opera. Lend me a tenor the musical is a giddy masterpiece of sorts. Empty when it premiered more than 20 years ago, ken ludwigs lend me a tenor felt like an uninspired attempt to write the kind of screwball farce that was so popular decades earlier. Denton community theatre is holding auditions for lend me a tenor, written by ken ludwig. There are several notable changes from the play turning it into a fullon musical comedy.
Bringing back the most requested play by newport theatre arts center patrons since we first produced it in 1995. Both titos are never seen by the other characters in the same room at the. Lend me a tenor won two tony awards and was called one of the classic comedies of the 20th century by the washington post. Saunders, the general manager of the cleveland grand opera company, is primed to welcome worldfamous singer tito merelli, known as il stupendo, the greatest tenor of his generation, to appear for one night only as the star of the opera. Psf lend me a tenor pennsylvania shakespeare festival. Part of purchasing the rights, is that you agree to do the show as written without any significant changes. Ken ludwigs lend me a tenor concord theatricals samuel french.
When world famous italian tenor tito merelli is hired to play otello, little do these unsuspecting ohioans realize how many things can go wrong in one brief but actionpacked evening. Lend me a tenor original, play, comedy, farce, broadway opened in new york city mar 2, 1989 and played through apr 22, 1990. A comedy of tenors script now available ken ludwig. Lend me a tenor june 2019 denton community theatre. Lend me a tenor has been translated into sixteen languages and produced in twenty. Lend me a tenor was first presented at the american stage festival, milford, new hampshire on august 1, 1985. Set in 1939 clevelad, a famous opera tenor is coming for a onenight performance. Lend me a tenor this night in september of 1934 is the biggest in the history of the cleveland grand opera company. Performing arts with a minor in opera performance from marycrest college in davenport, ia. Lend me a tenor by ken ludwig hilarious comedy about clevelands opera company hosting a world famous italian tenor, whose offstage.
Saunders, the general manager of the cleveland grand opera company, is primed to welcome world famous, tito. Buy script lend me a tenor is set in september an accelerating snowball of laughter, lend me a tenor has the class and charm of. Psfs lend me a tenor generates laughter of operatic proportions. Lend me a tenor is a musical with book and lyrics by peter sham and music by brad carroll.
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