MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS Replaces TALLY'S FOLLY For May 2010 Run At Victoria Theatre

Victoria Theatre Association and The Human Race Theatre Company announced today that Lanford Wilson's Tally's Folly will be replaced on the 2009-2010 Miami Valley and Good Samaritan Hospitals Broadway Series, with the humorous and witty Moonlight and Magnolias by Ron Huchinson, May 11-23, 2010 in the historic Victoria Theatre.

"Apparently, Tally's Folly has caught the eye of Broadway producers," states Ken Neufeld, President & CEO for Victoria Theatre Association (VTA), "...it is being considered for revival in the Big Apple and the rights to produce the play are no longer available." Long-time subscribers may remember the production in the fall of 2006 at The Loft as a collaboration between VTA and The Human Race Theatre Company. Moonlight and Magnolias will be a "...revival of our own," says Neufeld "It was a great success there and we think more Miami Valley theatergoers deserve the opportunity to enjoy it in a larger venue like the Victoria." The Human Race Theatre Company and VTA will once again combine their efforts to produce the play.

Moonlight and Magnolias is set in 1939, where producer David O. Sezlnick is given just five days to turn the disastrous script of Gone with the Wind into a blockbuster or his career will be ruined. In desperation, Selznick locks himself in his office with director Victor Fleming and screenwriter Ben Hecht to salvage the script in a marathon rewrite session. Tempers wear thin and patience is tried as the story behind the film's now-famous dialog unfolds in glorious Technicolor right before the audience's eyes.

Moonlight and Magnolias is part of the 2009-2010 Miami Valley and Good Samaritan Broadway Series presenting a spectacular season line-up of: Broadway Holiday, December 9-20, 2009; WICKED, February 17- March 7, 2010; The Aluminum Show, March 9-21, 2010; A Chorus Line, April 27- May 2, 2010; Moonlight and Magnolias, May 11-13, 2010; and, The Phantom of the Opera, June 9-27, 2010. For more information or to purchase tickets when they go on sale go to http://www.victoriatheatre.com/broadway or call 937/228-3630.

Victoria Theatre Association is one of Dayton's premier arts organizations, presenting the Chase Broadway Series, the Young at Heart Family Series, the Michelob Ultra Cool Films series, Star Attractions, the Universal 1 Variety Series, and the Physicians for Kids Discovery Series, which features curriculum-enhanced live theatre productions for school children. Victoria Theatre Association is proud of its alliance with the Dayton Opera. In addition to the performances it presents, Victoria Theatre Association also manages the historic Victoria Theatre, the Benjamin and Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center, and the Metropolitan Arts Center, which houses The Loft Theatre. Victoria Theatre Association receives funding from a variety of diverse public, corporate, individual and private sources, including the Montgomery County Arts and Cultural District and the Ohio Arts Council. The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this program or organization with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.

Photo Credit: Scott J. Kimmins

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