STAND BY YOUR MAN, SOUTH PACIFIC, LIBERACE! and More Set for Ivoryton Playhouse's 2015 Season

Well, the weather outside may well be frightful but inside, at the Ivoryton Playhouse, plans are hatching for a delicious and delightful season ahead, beginning in March with the fascinating story of country music legend Tammy Wynette in STAND BY YOUR MAN by Mark St. Germain (March 18 - April 5) featuring 26 great country classics. The talented husband and wife team, Ben Hope and Katie Barton will be playing Tammy and George Jones. Katie has just finished a national tour of MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET and Ben was last seen as The Man in Broadway's ONCE.

In April (April 22 - May 10) we have THE LAST ROMANCE by Joe Di Pietro, a heartwarming comedy about how love can make anyone feel young again -- even an 80 year old widower. An enchanting mix of love, laughter and opera!

One of the best-selling plays in British theatre history is making its US premier in June (June 3-21). CALENDAR GIRLS by Tim Firth is a dazzlingly funny and shamelessly sentimental story of the ladies of the Women's Institute who pose au natural for a fundraising calendar. It sparked many copies but this original story is guaranteed to bring tears and laughs galore!

Rodgers and Hammerstein's SOUTH PACIFIC (July 1 - 26) is filled with the glorious songs we all know and love -- Some Enchanted Evening, Bali Ha'i, There Is Nothing Like A Dame. But it is also a deeply felt drama. Its portrayal of Americans stationed in an alien culture in wartime is as relevant today as when it first thrilled audiences in 1949. In August, we are very excited to bring to our stage the Tony award winning MEMPHIS by Joe Di Pietro and David Bryan (August 5 - 30), a new musical with an electrifying score redolent with the sounds of the 50s. Set in the places where rock and roll was born; the radio stations, recording studios and seedy nightclubs of Memphis, TN, MEMPHIS will capture you from its opening chords to its rousing finale.

If you like your musical comedy with a side order of old time horror, then LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman (September 23 - October 12) is the show for you. The charming, tongue in cheek musical comedy of Seymour who stumbles across a new breed of plant he names "Audrey II" after his coworker crush, has been devouring audiences for over 30 years. A deviously delicious Broadway and Hollywood sci-fi smash musical. The season will close with LIBERACE! by Brent Hazelton (October 28 - November 15) a moving and highly entertaining tribute to the performer and musician famous for his charm, glitz, and glamour, with a rollicking piano score spanning classical and popular music from Chopin to "Chopsticks," and Rachmaninoff to Ragtime.

Visit our website for more information www.ivorytonplayhouse.org . Subscriptions are now on sale at 860 767 7318.

Photo by Anne Hudson.

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