Geva Theatre Center (Mark Cuddy, Artistic Director) and Five Course Love Company LLC has announced the final performance of the lip-smacking new musical comedy Five Course Love with Book, Music & Lyrics by Gregg Coffin at the Minetta Lane Theatre, 18 Minetta Lane (between Sixth Avenue and MacDougal Street). The final performance will be Saturday evening, December 31 at 8:00PM. Performances began Saturday, October 1, 2005 with the official opening October 16, 2005. On closing, the play will have given 16 previews and 70 regular performances. Under the direction of Emma Griffin with choreography by Mindy Cooper (Dracula), the three member cast features Heather Ayers (Forbidden Broadway, Pardon My English), John Bolton (Spamalot, Contact, Titanic) and Jeff Gurner (The Lion King).
The creative team for Five Course Love includes G.W. Mercier (sets & costumes), Mark Barton (lighting), Rob Kaplowitz (sound), Bettie O. Rogers (hair & wigs) and Marge Betley (dramaturg). Musical director is Fred Tessler. The Production Stage Manager is Martha Donaldson.Five dates. Five restaurants. One chance at love. Five Course Love is a new musical that is equal parts comedy and music with heaping portions of that elusive search for love thrown in for good measure. Three actors portray fifteen characters whose amorous combinations are played out in this high-energy screwball comedy using an array of musical styles. Gregg Coffin¹s music ingeniously ranges from pop to country & western to a spoof of German cabaret to 1950's doo-wop to Italianate opera riffs to Motown and more. Inspired by his love for early TV sketch comedy, Shakespearean clowns, early stand-up, and character actors, Coffin says, "I wrote this as an homage to character actors. I wanted to watch what would happen if the comics took over the stage and sang and laughed about love."
Five Course Love began performances on Saturday, October 1, 2005. Opening Night was Sunday evening, October 16, 2005. The final performance is Saturday evening, December 31, 2005 at 8PM. The performance schedule is Wednesday - Saturday at 8:00PM, Saturday and Sunday at 3:00PM. No performance Christmas Day. Special holiday performance schedule for the week of December 26 is Monday & Tuesday at 8PM, Wednesday at 2:30PM & 8PM, Thursday &Friday at 8PM and Saturday at 3:00PM & 8PM. Tickets are priced at $65 and may be purchased online at Ticketmaster.com or by calling (212) 307-4100. Rush tickets ($25) are available at the box office day of performance. For group sales, call (212) 889-4300.
