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tume and pretend to be the real Tito. Just when the plan seems to be working, Tito awakes and gets into costume. Soon there are two Othellos running around in iden- tical costumes, being chased by two fe- male fans, each thinking she’s with the star himself! The hilarity that ensues has made
as Not Now Darling and The Foursome. He currently is splitting his time between The Playhouse’s Lend Me a Tenor rehearsals and performing at 1000 Island Playhouse’s She Loves Me. Also familiar with Playhouse audiences is Parris Greaves as Max, who is coaxed into
Now Darling and A Nice Family Gathering, returns to play Maggie, the opera manag- er’s daughter who’s enamoured with Tito. Patti Kazmer, also last seen in The Cemetery Club, is Julia, an opera board member who follows the opera star’s every move. Round- ing out the cast are Doug Tangney, a Play- house stalwart that audiences are always happy to see, and Ed Sahely, an actor who is making his Playhouse debut. Tangney can’t walk the streets without being recognized for the many comic roles he’s created over the years. He’ll add a star- struck Bellhop who dodges in and out of the action to his impressive list of stage credits. Sahely, who plays Saunders, the excitable theatre manager, has written and performed for several years with Second City as well as appearing at various theatres in shows such as The Drowsy Chaperone , A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and others. Lend Me a Tenor is a ter- rific way to spend an August afternoon or evening, a great show, fabulous cast and a curtain call you won’t soon forget!
FRANCIS RACINE francis.racine@eap.on.ca
MORRISBURG | Upper Canada Playhouse’s Summer Season is in full swing and the parking lot full to the brimwith audiences from far and wide enjoying their 2014 Season of entertaining theatre. Their third show, Lend Me a Tenor by Ken Ludwig, is a hilarious comedy that guarantees to keep the action and laughs coming fast and fu- rious from July 31 through August 24. Audiences are transported to 1934 Cleve- land where world famous Tito Morelli, one of the most celebrated tenors of his time, is set to appear for one night only as Othel- lo. Everyone is soon plunged into comedy chaos when the star not only shows up late, but also passes out from inadvertently tak- ing too many tranquilizers just before his performance. Panic reigns and in true ‘the show must go on’ fashion, Max, the opera’s assistant manager, is forced to get into cos-
Lend Me a Tenor one of the most popular comedies of the past two decades. With its great story, hilari- ous characters, 1930s charm and whirlwind of mistaken identities and misunderstand-
playing the opera star at the last minute. Greaves has appeared in several Playhouse shows includ- ing Having Hope at Home and The Amourous Am- bassador . Another Playhouse favourite, Susan Green-
Audiences are transported to 1934 Cleveland where world famous Tito Morelli is set to appear
ings, it has the classiness of an old movie and the hilarity of a Marx Brothers routine. Director Donnie Bowes has lined up just the cast to ignite this fiery and snappy pe- riod piece. And a large cast it is! Sheldon Da- vis, famous for his comic talents at many of the country’s major theatres, plays famous opera singer Tito Merelli. Davis has been seen at The Playhouse in such comedies
field, returns from Alberta where she ap- peared in Cow Patti Dinner Theatre’s pro- duction of Nurse Jane Goes To Hawaii. Greenfield plays Maria, Tito’s quick-tem- pered wife. Cow Patti’s Anna Marie Lea herself joins the Lend Me a Tenor cast as the flirtatious Diana and was a hit with au- diences in last season’s The Cemetery Club. Liz Gilroy, last seen at The Playhouse in Not
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