'Gone With the Wind' Comedy Gusts to SouthEast

Opening the season at Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre is the South Florida Premiere of the hilarious new comedy, MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS by Ron Hutchinson, playing from October 11-November 12, 2006.
 
MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS is the imaginative retelling of the writing of the screenplay Gone with the Wind. What went on behind a producer's closed doors in 1939 is cleverly reenacted by some of Actors' Playhouse's most popular actors. The play introduces us to famous Hollywood producer David O. Selznick, (played by Gary Marachek,) as he tries to find the right director and writer to fix the screenplay that has failure written all over it. With just days to spare, he calls in script doctor Ben Hecht, (played by Wayne LeGette;) to remedy what's already passed through many hands, including that of F. Scott Fitzgerald. After firing popular Hollywood director George Cukor, Selznick swiftly offers the job to Victor Fleming, (played by Gordon McConnell,) before he loses any impatient stars. Fleming leaves the set of The Wizard of Oz to come to the rescue. Now, with the right people presumably in place, all is smooth sailing. Or is it?
 
With no time to lose, these men of the silver screen assemble in Selznick's office. They have no idea what they're in for, and yet for 5 days they labor away to create a masterpiece of cinema history. For sustenance, they live on nothing but peanuts and bananas - Selznick's "brain food" -- brought in by an overworked but dedicated secretary, Miss Poppenghul. In the process, tempers flare, a coma is induced, a blood vessel is popped, and egos are hurt. To add to the pressure, Selznick and Fleming must act out the story for Hecht who refuses to read Margaret Mitchell's best-selling epic of love and war.
 
Under the direction of David Arisco, these Actors' Playhouse acting veterans promise to deliver tour-de-force performances. The creative team of MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS is comprised of set designer Gene Seyffer, costume designer Ananda Keator, lighting designer, Patrick Tennent, and sound designer, Nate Rausch.
 
MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS previews October 11th & 12th. Gala Opening Night will be October 13th and plays through November 12, 2006.
 
MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS will have Wednesday through Saturday evening performances at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. There will be two additional Wednesday matinee performances on October 25th and November 1st at 2 p.m. Tickets are $30 for previews, $38.50 for weeknights and matinees, and $46 for Friday and Saturday evenings. The theatre offers a 10 percent senior discount rate the day of performance and $15 student rush tickets 15 minutes prior to curtain, with identification. All discounts are based on availability and exclude Saturday performances and Sunday matinees. Group rates are available for 15 or more, and theatre/dinning packages are available with Coral Gables' select restaurants through our group sales department. Tickets may be purchased through the box office at 305-444-9293, or on line at <http://www.actorsplayhouse.org> , or through Ticketmaster.

The 2006-2007 season at the Miracle Theatre also includes the South Florida premiere of Irving Berlin's White Christmas (November 15-December 31, 2006,) the recent Off-Broadway musical sensation, I Love You Because (January 17-February 11, 2007,) Jerry Herman and Harvey Fierstein's Broadway musical La Cage Aux Folles (March 7-April 8, 2007,) the world premiere play written by Miami playwright Susan J. Westfall, The Boy From Russia (May 9-June 3, 2007,) and Tom Lehrer's satirical musical comedy review Tom Foolery (July 11-September 2, 2007.)

Subscribers receive premium seating, best savings, and benefits and discounts to the area's choice restaurants and establishments. Season subscriptions for the 2006-2007 season are on sale now, with prices ranging from  $160 for preview performances, $214 for Wednesday and Thursday evenings and Sunday matinees, $250 for Friday and Saturday evenings, and $256 for VIP Flexible/Anytime tickets for choice reserved seats in every performance. Opening night tickets, including a gala party and Bacardi bar, are $394. Miracle Maker donor subscriptions, including two tickets to opening nights, donor acknowledgement, and two tickets to the annual Reach for the Stars Gala Auction 2007 are $1250. Subscriptions for children 18 years and younger with a full paid adult subscription, and college students, are $100 (restrictions apply.)

  
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